The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-03
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offices until after action is taken by the |
national body in convention assembled"
The meeting was attended by the larg
est number of individuals in the history
of the association. and more than $4,000
proxies were voted. of which the faction
favoring the retention of the offices in
their present locations controlled large
majority.
The directors voted to abolish the ex-
tension work, which means that the ex-
tension service office in charge of Prof
William VI. Rider of Brattleboro will be-
discontinued. Professor Rider viii fin
ish work for the association July l.
The defeated faction took its defeat
hard. but made no threats of retaliation
1t was voted to hold the next annual
meeting in Kansas City. the date being
the first Wednesday in June. 1922.
President Aitken was completely out
| generated, and after his defeat Secretary
/ Houghton was reelected unanimously.
George T.. Stevenson of Ciarks Summit
Pa. was elected vice president. Wing X.
Smith of Syracuse was reelected treas
urere and Malcolm III. Gardner of Dele
van. Wis. was reelected superintendent
of Advanced Registry.
| Three new full-term directors were
| elected. De Lancey H. Armstrong of Wat
ertown, y. y, John NJ. Kelley of Baraboo
Wis. and Prof. T. +. Elder of Mt Her
mon. Mass, being elected to succeed Hor
ace w. Norton, jr.. of Howell. Mich.
George Il. Van Hagen of Darlington. H.,
and III. ~ Mover of Syracuse
Horace W. Norton. jr, was elected a
director to till out the unexpired term of
| DIR. b. Il. Dayis of Omaha, Neb. resigned.
| Fred PabSt of Oconomowoc Wis, was
! elected director TO succeed himself.
/ The new president of the association.
ex-Governor l.owden Of Illinois. was one
| of the Republican candidates for president
| of the United States when Warren G..
| Harding was nominated.
| Several weeks ago the faction of the
/ association which was seeking to secure
complete domination of its affairs
/ through n Capitalization of its branches
! including the office of the secretary. r.
l.. Houghton of Brattlcboro. and the Of
/ fee of the superintendent of Advanced
i Registry. Malcolm H. Gardner of De
n lavan. Wis. which would have meant
new officers in both of those offices. began
a. campaign 10 secure proxies from the
members of the association. This move
was met promptly by a counter campaign
on the part Of those who opposed the
consolidation plan, and these included
i most of the members i'm the New Eng
land. New York. Pennsylvania. and
ether eastern states which comprise the
larger part of the membership.
:
n systematic campaign to secure proxies
fran all over the country by means of
letters calling attention 10 the danger
which threatened the association. This
involved heavy expense. and when the
facts became known to the BTattlebOro
Chamber Of Commerce that organization
manifested a desire TO do what il could
to save to RrattleborO the Secretary :
, office. which employs about $50 persons.
The most effective piece Of work which
! Il could do seemed to be To raise funds to
help the states dcfray the cost Of CORE
; pandence and postage necessary to So
cure the greatest possible number of
proxies 50 that the Uoughton men might
! control the annual meeting. To that end
u canvass was made among the Rrattle-
; bnrn business men and about $4,000 was
raised for the cause.
While nothing was certain as 10 the
outcome until the proxies were checked
up at the meeting the information that
| came To the SecreaTy'S Office previous to
ne meeting was of such MIXTURE that
the Brattleharo people who were keeping
N touch with the campaign felt reason
Nv sure that the program Of centraiz-
Gtj"u wluld fail.
The letters which were sent ont from
DE large states mentioned were Of very
| affectivr character They called the 1T
| tcntinH of the members throughout the
II United States to the fact that after the
meeting in Philadelphia i'm 1919 the di-
rcctorS out-voted the finance committee
and raised thc transfer fee from - cents,
TO 81. which action was supported by
President -. y. Aitken of Flint. Mich.
and that if tho opponents of the old re-
rimc could get control they would save
he members 100000 n year by re
ducing the transfer fec to 20 cents
Attention was called also to the fact
hat President Aitkcn for two wears had
tcen drawing n salary of $4,000. or 50
coo more than the governor of New York
state. although the bylaws do not pro-
vide for any salary for the president
II was proposed further that the ac-
ton taken Mt st. Paul last year appoint
ing n committee with power To select and
i buy an association home. which might
/ wine out the reserve i'm the treasury.
| amounting to S343. 900. he rcScindcd.
The members We're appealed to to defeat
the proposed amendment To give the di-
rectorS mower to make. amend or repeal
he bylaws which right always has
been vested i'm the membership and not
i'm the directors. 1t was pointed out that
4 il this proposed amendment passed the
members would no longer have anv con-
trel over the annual income of 100000
4 and the reserve of S343 600
Snecial cmnhaSiS was placed upon the
loval and efficient service of Secretary
4 TT0ughton aud Superintendent Gardner
f tho Advanced Registry. and the dcsir-
ability of re-clecting these two men was
urged.