The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-05-31
NEW AUTO
ORGANIZATION
IS FORMED

Inc National Automobile ASSOcia-
ton, a nationwide organization of
automobile clubs and associations,
was launched in st. Louis. May 19-
20. 1922. following the withdrawal
from the convention of the Ameri-
can Automobile Association by clubs
n associations representing IL
states and 243.000 individual mem
bers. The states represented in the
new movement are Ohio. Indiana,
illinois, Kentucky, New York, Min
nesota, Texas. Nebraska. Missouri.
Iowa, Dakota and Wisconsin.
The proceedings which led to the
inauguration of this movement were
marked by charges on the floor of
the convention that the old organi-
zation had been sold out to the
Chicago Motor club. the principal
feature of which clu is a pro-
prietary insurance department.
Protests we're lodged with the
committee on credentials of the old
Organization against the seating of
70 delegates from the Chicago Mo-
tor club. Those protests were sign
ed by representatives from several
different states. The protests We're
based on Article III, Section ? and 3,
which read as follows:
ARTICLE III
Membership.
Sec. 2. All state associations of
clubs or individual members, or OF
clubs and individual members,
which on November /. 1918. were
affiliated with this corporation IN
der either form Of membership, may
continue sub affiliations as long as
there is compliance with the By
laws of the corporation and such
state association has enrolled not
less than two-thirds OF the rotor
clubs in such state with member
ship Of one hundred or more.
Sec. 8. on and after the date Of
the adoption of these amended By
laws no state association Of clubs
or individual members shall be ad-
mitted to membership as such in
his corporation.
Leaders of the clubs which have
formed the new national organiza-
ton charged that the Constitution
and Bylaws of the old association
were violated in the admission OF
clubs Independently Of state asso-
citation lines. This, it is charged
tends to the breaking down OF
legislative effectiveness of state as
sociations and inasmuch as such
legislative effectiveness Is largely
based on the observance of state
lines as a unit. the result would
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bile owner. For the protection OF
the automobile owners rights and
the furtherance OF his interests ii
was determined to form a new ma
tion-wide federation based on state
lines and a two day meeting OF
clubs in the new movement resulted
in the formation of a new National
Automobile Association.
1t was charged In the protest that
the Chicago Motor club, which ii
headed by Charles NJ. Hayes, said tc
be the personal beneficiary of the
insurance department operated witt
his club, is not affiliated with tn,
Illinois State Automobile Associa
ton which was and is regularly af
hliated with the A. a. A. unde
Article III. Section .. This provides
that where a state association al
ready affiliated as such. such as tn
Illinois state organization, hold
the franchise for that state. tina
only clubs may be admitted whicl
come in through that state organi
cation. It was charged that the ad
mission of the Chicago Motor clui
was in contravention of the Bylaw
and the delegates therefore wer
not admissible from the Chicag'
Motor club to the convention unles
their utilization had been e~ffecte'
through the state organization a
provided in the organic law of tn
national body.
Those making the protest wer'
not called before the credential
committee reported in favor of seat
ing the protested delegates of TIL
Individual club from Chicago.
Motions were regularly made fol
he rejection OF the report OF tn,
credentials committee on seatins
the protested delegates. On all such
motions President George c. Dieh
permitted the Chicago Motor clul
delegates to vote on their own seat,
ing. 1t was pointed out by Senator
George W. Sieber of Akron tina