The Washington times., 1922-03-31
A. A. A. ADVISERS
QU|T|N PROTEST
TO BOOST IN FEE
UIIman Resigns, Taking Ad-
visers With Him-Auto
Circles Stirred.

Declaring that there is a movement
on foot in Washington to exploit the
automobile public. being launched by
the national officials of the American
Automobile Association, william Ull,
man, for eight years editor Of the
A. A. A. "Motorist." and secretary OF
the District of Columbia Division OF
the A. A. A, as well as publicity di-
rector of the National Association,
together with members OF the Dis.
trict of Columbia advisory board. to.
day rendered their resignation as a
protest,
The personnel OF the board which
resigned Is as follows: Judge Martin
A. Knapp. chairman; Gilbert n.
Grosvenor, of the National Geo
graphical Society; Robert +. Elem
ming. vice president Of the Riggs Ma.
tional Bank; Conrad II. Syme. former
corporation counsel of the District:
Rudolph Jose, president of the Wash
ington Automotive Association, and
John oliver LaGorce. ,.r.,'
Dues Raised SO Per Cent.
Without consulting the -'Washing
ton advisory board, charged with the
administration of the affairs of the
A. A. A. in the District of Columbia.
the dues of the association have been
raised from IS to $40, without rea-
son or justification" it is declared.
1t is also charged that the manage
ment of the Washington branch of
the three AS has been taken out Of
the hands of the advisory board and
placed in the hands of a crew of pro.
fessional, nonresident membership
campaigners from New York"
The present fee of IS. IL is declared.
"is more than sufficient to pay the
expenses of the association in the
District, and is all that the member.
ship is worth"
In a statement issued this morn
ing by Secretary Ullman. announc-
ing his resignation and that Of the
board, he made It clear that the
break" between the local council
of the A. A. A. and the national
officials. came as a vigorous pro-
test against the attempt Of the ma
tional officials to raise the fees in
the District and the efforts TO ex-
plot the Washington automobile
public.
THE present fee Of So is totally
sufficient and the proposed fee Of
$40 Is an imposition on the auto
mobile public. In the first place
the association doesn't. need the
money, and for what they get now
IS is a big sum-" Ullman declared.
Commercialism Charged.
Efforts have been under way for
a considerable length Of time, 1t
was known, to commercialize the
American Automobile Association,
because OF the belief of officials
of that organization that it's mem.
bers were financially able to pay
more.
This fact. however, in the be-
lief Of the resigning advisory board
Is not tustifiable or a sufficient
excuse to soak" the American
public.
The purpose OF the association,
organized in Chicago in March.
1902, was never to commercialize
the association, and the resignation
of the board is in the nature of
protest at the action of the ma
tional officials" one member said
this morning.
In his resignation sent to George
c. Diehl, president of the Associa-
ton in New York. Secretary Uni
man, bitterly denounced the action
OF the national body in taking the
local organization out of the hands
OF the Washington Advisory Board
and putting It in the hands of out.
side campaigners
An objectionable Slight.
1T is an objectionable slight on
the integrity of these members of
the board, who have worked faith.
fully and hard, without compensa.
ton, for the success OF the associa.
ton, to have their efforts entirely
disregsrded by sending crsw of
paid organizers fromA an outside