Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-03-25
Townley VIII Resign
AS President OF League
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quarsers?" inquired a woman dele.
gate. {s M
no. there wasn't replied Mr..
Liederbach.
The articles were published in the
N~onpartisan Leader and were fur
nished in pamphlet form from nation
al headquarters" declared Mr.. Town
ley. Mr.. L~iederbach says he didn't
know it. Either he is nAsrepresent-
ing the facts, or he is woefully ignor-
n
Il don't know whether Fred Miller
took these checks from the state
night or in the daytime, but when
ever he took them he had q right to
do SO" AZ
Attacks Liederbach's Statement.
Mr.. Townley thenrattacked Lieder-
bach's statement made Friday that
the National Nonpartisan league had
collecting Sc post-datH checks.
There is no more truth in This state
ment than there is in most Of his 9TH
er charges against me-" declared
Townley. 'Liederbach is as far from
the truth on that question as on the
articles of association"
I'm the case of some six dollar
checjs which were six years past due
we paid, 1 think, three dollars or
three dollars and a half. ON the 9TH
er checks we paid five dollars on each
didn't tell you that these six dollar
checks were all very old mes"
Launches Into G. N. Dispute.
Mr.. Townley then launched into a
discussion of the ownership Of the
Courfer-NeWs And the charges made
by Lederbach that he had failed to
carry out his agreement to turn over
ownership to the state committee.
He declared that the ownership of
the Courier-News, like all other
league publications, was vested in the
N~onpartisan Publishing company and
that this form of ownership had been
decided upon because If the owner
ship a been vested in the farmer
members of the league the farmers
would have been individually liable to
assessments to e obligations Of the
paper. y
Under that scheme" said Mr..
Townley, III LANCER had won his $780,
900 libel suit hat could have been as
sessed against the farmers individ-
NS' S"A u AACy
The national committee he said was
at all times willing to turn over the
management and control Of the paper
to the state committee providing that
committee would assume responsible
ty for the continued publishing of the
paper in the interests of the Nonpar-
tisan league.
Ownership Don't Figure.
| sNNhn o--1nchS- "a ,--,
figure in the proposition which was
first put up to US by the state com.
mittee," said Mr. Townley, but we
would have been willing to turn il
over to the state committee if we
could have been certain that wher
that committee rel out of office the
members would have rNurned it t.
the national committed. AS it was thu
executive committee had full contro
and management Of the paper"
Produces Letters.
In support OF these, contentious Mr.
Townley produced a letter written BY
him to Mr.. Liederbach in which hi
declared it to be his personal opinion
that the ownership Of the pape
should be vested in the state commit
tee on condition that at the close o.
that committees term of office the
ownership should revert back to thu
national committee.
He also produced a copy of the con.
tract under which the Courier-New.
is now being operated by the stat.
committee, which gives the state com
mittee full authority as to the. man
agement and control of the paper bu
prevents it's sale and compels it's be
ing passed on to the successors of tn,
present committee.
In this connection he declared tina
the articles of association made i
plain that the present committe,
should hold office only until this con
v%ention and that the election of :
new committee at this time was there
fore proper at this time.
The statements of Townley in re
gard to the p~ost-dated checks wa
drawn forth by charges made by A
"A. Llederbach at last nights session
Speech Was Lengthy.
Mr.. Liederbach continued the pre
s%entation of the committee majority
case during all Of the afternoon ses
sion yesterday. Ills most sensational
charge was that involving the hand
ling of $117;000 worth OF post-date,
checks Of the N~onpartisan league.
Mr.. Liederbach said that Fred Mil
Ter, an accountant for the nationa
VINO is now treasurer of tn,
national organization, came to Farg,
for the purpose Of checking up tn,
state league accounts. Mr.. Lieder
bach said that Miller came to hin
nj asked if it would be all right t,
take a certain number of post-datet
checks to the national headquarters
Mr.. L~iederbach quoted himself as re
plying that he would strenuously op
pose the removal of such checks ant
that Miller informed him that h,
(Miller) had anticipated such objec
ton and had already sen the check.
in question to the Minneapolis office.
Mr.. Licderbach said also that Mr.
Miller exhibited a letter signed by A
G. Townley. VIM. Lemke and Thoma.
Keyes, former treasurer of the league
authorizing the removal of the check.
in question.
Mr.. L~iederbach asserted that tn,
state committee had made arrange
ments for the collection of post-datec
checks on a basis that would give thu
league organizer Is per cent commits
sion on the checks collected and S pc
cent commission on the. checks tina
were renewed. Whereas he main,
tanned that the national organization
had made an arrangement to hav.
the checks collected. through bank:
for IS an item. He said that a checl
for Sc if collected on the nationa
league arrangement would have giver
1.-THE league 81, while the bank got IS
Demanded Proof.
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