The Natchitoches enterprise., 1920-07-08

n To The Board of Directors O
e the Chamber of Commerce
i of the Parish of Natchi;o
q cheS.
Gentlemen:-
When the members of the Chambe
: OF Commerce met at the Court Hous
: to elect Board of Directors the mem
bers of the Board selected, proceede'
to elect me President, this having oc
=, Cured during my absence from tn,
Court.
The Board of Directors having cleo
ted me President during my absence
decided to go on and discharge the du
ties of the President of the Board ane
have done SO to the present time to the
best of my ability.
Some time since. after Mr.. Hope
the Secretary of the Board had &C.
copied another position, the board of
Administrators appointed Committee
to take up the selection of suitable
successor.
This the Committee did. by at once
wiring the National Chamber Of Com
merce at Washington d. G., fer a list
of suitable men for the place.
The National Chamber of Commerce
at once sent the committee list of
persons highly recommended for the
place.
The committee found of the entire
number recommended by the Nation
Chamber of Commerce only two of
them were open to our proposition,
One Of the two of the parties wrote
he was ready to report for a personal
IntervIsw w1raI ~ sl.----sx-n :@ae4ess
The committee wired him to come on
at once.
The friends of local candidate for
the place had meeting called of the
Directors, quorum being present, a |
resolution was offered and adopted to
employ the local candidate Cor the place
without waiting to let the party who
had been wired for come on.
This act was direct open repudia
ton of the acts of the committee and
forced the committee into the humiliat-
ting position of having to wire q coun-
termand of the orders given by the
to the candidate to come on /
for personal interview
The other party who had been rec
by the Washington Cham
Der of Commerce, said he would come
for an interview if half of his expcn-
Fes was paid, as one member of the
was willing to pay this out
'f his own pocket. the way was open
foi personal interview with both of
hem, before acting upon the subject
If their employment.
The public interest had everything to /,
,ain nothing to loose by waiting and
irving the Board of Directors chance
o have personal interview with the
'arties. Public interest demanded that
hey should be heard before the matter
+ employing a Secretary was acted :
pon.
Viewing public Office as d public
rust and while we are not public off.
ers, in the official and technical sense
re are entrusted with the disburse' /
tent of public funds, contributed by 4
,dividusl members of the chamber Of
to be used for the best pub
c interest, and In the best business
tanner.
l can but feel, that the honest good III
nth efforts Of the Committee to give II
.e public the best possible public SER HI
ice, has been repudiated by the action
the members of the Board or Direc-
RS who are responsible for what oc-
lrred and the committee dishonored.: Iii
Iregret to find that the views Of I'LL
lblic matters, entertained by a mai MI
ity of the Board of Directors who
ted on the matter, and mine are so ,a
ideally different, that in order not to I-
nbarrass the Board of Directors I
ght to resign. and l hereby tender NH
u my resignation. MI
Respectfully, Xii
D. C. SCARBOROUGH
Natchitoches, Louisiana,
June g, 1920.
:. Charles E. Hope. IH
c'y Chamber Of Commerce, I
Louisiana. E
.ar Sir:
wish you to prepare full and COM
tie financial statement of the cham. Ih
I of Commerce with you up to Friday NH
hit Of this @sek.
wish you to prepare a full and u
uplete statement Of the different I1
mbers Of the chamber Of Commerce
to Friday night, showing the amount
. BY each member, the amount paid IA
each member since the organization
ran business. We will need the
nplete statement for seyeralreasons.
N please notify all directors of the
citing to be held Friday night at IN
m. Very truly, II
d. G. SCARBOROUGH, I'M
Pres. Chamber Of Commerce -