The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-26
CEMENT IS CAUSE
 OF LIVELY TILTS <. IN MOTOR CLUB
Other Paving Men Claim
 Discrimination In Recent Advertising

2 A display advertisement in The Age !. Herald of March 16 which purpOrted to soe an appeal for new members for the Recently organized Birmingham Motor club. was in fact ''big boost' for the Portland Cement association to the ex- clusion of all other paving concerns, according to a complaint made before the officers and directors of the club Tuesday night by H. M. w; rren, vice president of the Southern Roads com pany. and Harold Samson of the South ern Cement company.
 ' The complaint plunged the directors into long and heated debate. lnvesti- gation was put under way to ascertain who paid for the advertisement, it be- ing asserted by Roderick Beddow, one of the directors, that "a shrewd and subtle hand" appeared behind it. After failing to agree on several resolutions that were offered, the directors ad- journed at a late hour with the under standing that the entire club would be allowed to take hand !, the case at . general meeting on April II.
 Mr. Warren at the outset asserted that he was a member of the club and that he knew of his own knowledge that the officials of the organization did not have knowledge of the ad ertisement until after it's appearance. To this Mir. Beddow added that someone with an ax to grind evidently put one over."
 Want To Make Amends
 Expressing themselves as anxious to make amends for any injustice that had been done, the directors went into exc cutive session and debated the question for several hours. After adjournment President A. F. Pryor said progress had been made and that all details would come to the surface at the April meet ing.
 The advertisement complained of covered full page. The word "con- crete" showed over the club emblem and the assertion was made that Alabama can have as good roads as Illinois, California and Pennsylvania if we stand together as cooperative body of motorists"
 Warren charged that officers of the Portland Cement association addressed the motor body shortly before the ad- vertisement appeared.
 I'm not here to advocate any par ticular type of pavement" Warren con- tinued. My company advocates per-
  It is plain that this advertisement was calculated to benefit one particular firm"
 Almost all the directors hastened to assure MT. Warren that no intentional injury had been done lis and other firms. They expressed confidence that the matter could swiftly be adjusted.
 The whole thing was discrimination pure and simple" Mir. Beddow put in. Il think we ought to be fair enough to admit the error and take back water. l knew nothing of the ad until after it came out with my name in it. want to know who inserted it, who wrote it, and who paid for it. Certainly no di- rector of this club did so."
 Mir. Samson, whose firm manufactures Magnolia cement, spoke briefly in SUD- port of the contentious of : -. Warren and asked for flair play" Both Samson and Warren left the meeting satisfied, they, said, that the right thing would be done."
 Directors closeted themselves and dis cussed the situation freely. It was an- nounced that one member had resigned his membership in the club since the advertisement was published.
 ''The matter is being handled in the right way" declared President Pryor.