Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1925-08-08

mittee felt it could progress no further
with the Valley publicity campaign, and
recommended that it be discharged.
The report poirted out that the COM
mittee felt unable TO pursue the work
further, and felt that it could not raise
the $25,000 fund which was the goal
of the committee.
Jamie, Heron, manager of the campaign
launched a short time ago to sell the
Valley to tire residents Of the Valley,
explained that he did not care to collect
the money, although he would work ON
the publicity as he had done in CON
vincing Valley people that the money
should be raised.
People Ask Questions
He explained that the people wanted
to know who was going to spend the
money, how it was going to be spent
and other things which could not be told
at this time, and that inability to an
swer these questions was one of the
main reasons for failure to make a
success of the campaign.
On motion made at the meeting the
report was accepted, and the committee
discharged, thus ending the publicity
campaign. No money was ever actually
paid over to the drive, it was explained,
except some $1,000 which was collected
from members of the publicity commit
tee and expended in paying expenses of
Jamie Heron and his assistants in car
rying on the drive.
This report, and concluding action on
it, was followed by the reading of the
resignation of the officers 1t was
explained by these officers in their
resignation that they felt the Valley
Chamber of Commerce was criticized,
and that there was lack of cooperation,
which might be caused by the present
officers.
1t was explained that the Chamber of
Commerce has worked with practically
no funds, and that it has not had the
cooperation necessary to make a success
of any undertaking. Belief was ex-
pressed that much of the criticism of
the Chamber is based on lack of inform
alton as to its finances, etc.
The resignation of the three officers
was accepted, although they will con-
tinue in office until their successors
are named.
Porter A. Whaley to Talk
A general discussion followed this
action, in which it was decided that a
Valleywide mass meeting Of directors
of theValley Chamber of Commerce,
members of the Chamber of Comerce
interested in it, or in some similar
form of organization, should be held in
the near future, and resolution was
passed to ask Porter A. Whaley, man
ager Of the West Texas Chamber Of
Commerce, to be present at this meet
ing.
The date of the meeting was not set,
but will be set as soon as officers Of
the Valley body find out when the West
Texas Chamber Of Commerce manager
will be able to come here, and address
them on chamber of commerce work.
Several discussions of the situation
followed, and the speakers all praised
the work of the present Valley Cham
ber Of Commerce officer, and said that
failure to accomplish objects aimed at
y due rather to lack of cooperation
from the members than to inability of
the officers.
A. j. Ross, mayor of Edinburg, talked
tions be formed, one to care for Hidalgo
county and the other for Cameron
county. He intimated that people of
one county would be more likely to ac-
lively support a body functioEing in the
county than they woald to take an active
interest in Valleywide body.
Steffins in Discussion
W. II. Steffins of La Feria took an
active part in the discussion, and M. T.
Wiley of La Feria, after discussing the
situation and expressing approval of the
present officer, moved that no action
be taken at the meeting yesterday to-
ward the election of new officers, but
that this be put off until the meeting
when all directors and members would
be present.
The motion was carried.
Mrs. j. c. Myrick of Harlingen spoke
briefly, commencing the work of the
present officers
Belief that the Valley Chamber Of
Commerce, if it is carried out, shoulc
| be operated without any necessity Of
the secretary having to go out and col
| lect memberships to keep it going, tha
| it should receive cbopeAatSon of al
members and directors, and that it
work should be carried out with suf
ficient financial backing to enable i
to be done efficiently were some of tn,
thoughts voiced in the informal discus
| sion held.
| No date has yet been set for the mex
meeting.