The Lambertville record., 1925-12-17
BONDHOLDERS ACT TO TAKE
OVER new HOPE BRICK CO

in the Company, asked that his name
be withdrawn and that Charles II.
Bressler be substituted. Harry Fox
then moved that with this change in
the committee that the resolution be
adopted. Mr.. Ward seconded the
motion.
This precipitated heated argu-
ment, for Immediately Alexander Nc
Bride protested against the naming
of Judge Bressler on the committee,
claiming he was an enemy of the
Company. Mcbride has been a sup
porter of Harvey, and altho not an
official of the Company, has been
constantly about the plant for the
last year or so.
Judge Bressler arose to defend
himself against McBride's TRADE"
as he expressed it, and protested
that it was utterly unthinkable that
he should work against the interest
of the Company, for he had been
associated in it from the beginning
and had invested all his available
capital in the enterprise. He chal-
lenged any bondholder or stockholder
to testify that he had ever said
anything to them to the detriment of
the Company. The young son of
Ives Harvey stood up, but before he
could say anything his father Great
ed a disturbance by assailing Judge
Bressler with some unprintable
epithets and language which abso-
lutely ignored the several ladies pres
ent. To say that the spectacle was
disgraceful would be putting it
mildly.
Gordon Cooper arose to defend
Bressler with his personal knowledge
of the untiring work he had done
for the Company, and especially in
his efforts to protect the investors
who had put their money into its
stock and bonds. One instance was
cited of his fear that the widow of
one of the original investors would
lose her holdings, and that he had
pleaded for her interest.
Harry Fox also spoke emphatically
in Judge Bressler's defense, saying
that he had lived across the street
from him for many years and that
he had always been an upright honest
gentleman. He said that with
Bressler on the committee he felt
sure his interests and the interest
of other bondholders would be pro-
tected rs far as Judge Bressler was
concerned. Harvey interrupted him
to make some more castigating re-
marks. but Fox silenced him by tell
ing him that "Bressler is worth four
of you!"
After a lot of disturbance the
resolution was finally adopted by
a vote of Is to 5, but the actual
vote was 20 to because the chair
man and secretary were both in
favor of the resolution and the in
clusion of Judge Bressler on the
committee.
The bond bondholders then ad-
iourned and short meeting of the
stockholders was held to appoint
a committee to cooperate with the
bondholders committee. The stock
holders committee was composed of
Horace G. Prall, Gordon Cooper,
John L. Marks, Samuel G. Davis and
William Resides.
Following the meeting another
scene was enacted when Harvey tried
to take Cooper to task about articles
published in the Lambertville Rec
ord and The New Hope News. Har-
vey demanded that the next time
Cooper printed anything about him
to come to him and get the facts"
CAS- he called them.) Cooper re-
piled that whenever he printed any
thing that wasn't true and failed to
make acknowledgements of it, that
Harvey had recourse to the courts
under the libel laws if libel had been
committed, and advised him that if
he thought he had case to act
accordingly.
During the clash young Harvey
butted into the argument with a
peevish statement that Cooper was
as yellow as his sheet" (And of
course that broke Cooper's heartD
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