The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-04
METRIC SECRETLY CALLED ID NAME
 GW|N OPPONENT
Officers and Directors of Civic Bodies Are Asked to As- SembIe at Chamber of
 Commerce Tonight

A meeting has been called at the Chamber of Commerce auditorium for tonight at 8 o'clock looking to the nomina- tion of an independent candi- date for president of the board of revenue to oppose Jerry Gwin.
 The meeting is private or rather only those know about it to whom invitations have been extended.
 The invitations were sent out by O. |, Bum, general manager of the Cham her of Commerce. although Mir. Bum explained last night that if was not a chamber matter
 Those invited for tonight include the officers and directors of practically all of the civic bodies of Birmingham. including the Rotary. Kiwanis. Civitan. Community. Civic Association, Trad ss
 
 Mir. Buun last night explained that the meeting was not In any sense Chamber of Commerce af- fafr- "A number of men who are members of the chamber wanted the meeting held and simply asked me to send out the invitations,' said MT. Bunn. "The chamber, of course, offered them the use of the auditorium. and at their request wrote the letters which were ad- dressed to the officers and direc- tors of all the civic bodies in BU- miDgham. Further than this know nothing nbout the matter, M. r. Northington. president of the chamber. when asked last night if the organization of which he Is head was sponsoring the meeting said: There is nothing I can say about the matter at tEis time.'
 For some time. it will be recalled, there has been talk of bringing an in- dependent candidate for nresident of the board of revenue into the field It will also be recalled that T. B. Aldrlcn, well-known republican is already in the race. ArJndependent candidate in order to quanfy must do so not later than twenty days before the general election
 While there has been nothing In the open the charge has already been made that much of the OppO- sition and hostility to President Gwin of the board carae from re- publican sources and thnt it was part of the republican strategy in Birmingham as elsewhere to do everything they could to discredit democrats wherever possible from President Wilson doun to the hum bIest democratic candidate.
 While this latest movement among the civic bodies probably has no direct connection with the efforts of the re- publicans to throw up as much dust as possible around democratic candidates and confuse the issues as much as pos sible. at the same time it is regarded as in measure playing into the hands O. those whose chief strategy lies In causing all possible embarrassment Co the regularly nominated candidate for the head of the board of revenue The man who received more votes than any one else in the democratic primary for board of revenue is naturally the chier target for the attacks of local republi- cans
 President Gwin has already stated that he would welcome nothing more gladly than that an independent candidate should get into the field. He beIicvss that the democrats of the county would ad- minister a severe rebuke to those republicans who just before cleo ton have sought to discredit the regular democratic nominee.