Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-03-04
MAKE REPORT
ON FINANCES
FOR BIENNIAL
Federation Leader Elk
Plains Controver 8 v
Regarding Chair
manship

The Fifth district Of women's
sinoA Of Texas is second in the
amount contributed over the state
~ the interests Of the coming BIZ
~eHnial," announced Mrs. Volney w.
taylor, chairman Of finance Of this
district, Thursday evening over
AWWGs LEGAL radio station. She had
returned that day from Dallas
where with 70 ether members Of the
executive board III the state fedora
ton met TO discuss the coming BIZ
ennial. About $500 has come in 20
MRS. Taylor for this district and Ia
approximately half the nominal
quota.
In her talk she especially urged
mat all Texas women wishing 70 be
present at the Texas dinner on the
evening OF May 2G, AZ San Antonio
Just preceding the general sessions
o. the Biennial 20 send in their
reservations by May Is.
Hotel reservations IN San Antonio
are coming in fast. she states. that
tbey are getting all rooms taken
over weeks before time-one woman
from Misoufi writing in for so
rooms-one in Massachusetts, coming
with another large straightforward
one from China who writes that she
mas a friend in Texas with whom
she Will visit, not realizing perhaps
that IL takes twelve hours FOR her
70 reach San Antonio after she has
crossed the state border.
Bringing back with her from the
poard meeting at Dallas, Mrs. Iay-
Tor has a statement from Mrs. Flor
enee G. Floore, who is a member of
the board Of directors Of the general
federation Of women's clubs, writ
ten IN an effort to clarity the gen.
eral haziness among Texas women
regarding authority for the substi-
tuition OF Mrs. Henry p Drought as
local Biennial chairman in the
~S@ace OF Mrs. J. U. Fields By the
executive committee OF the general
federation.
Bylaws Quoted
The following is an abbreviated
substance Of her lengthy explana-
tory statement: In the first place
Art. XIII. Sec. 2, of the bylaws of
the general federation reads that
to secure suitable arrangements
for each biennial convention ana BIZ
email council the board Of directors
shall arrange for the appointment
of a committee from the place "
meeting. which shall act in concert
with the directors in arranging for
these meetings"
The committee from the place Of
meeting, which acts in concert with
the board of directors Of the gen
eral federation is known as the 70
cal biennial board. It's Chairman IS
known as the local chairman and il
has been the custom to have in the
entertaining state but one chairman.
and 70 select this chairman from the
city in which the biennial is held.
Mrs. Drought was chosen to fill this
chair during the summer Of Is2G.
During the raIlas state convention
IN November 1926, Mrs. Drought
called a meeting OF q number OF wo-
men. including Mrs. Fields. then
president, and IL was learned at this
injecting that Mrs. Fields desired A
chairman Of the local biennial board
T:tside the city and suggested a
s#te biennial committee in addition /
"a the a Antonio committee.
Later on she informed the execu- |
tive committee that there was a mis-
understanding as 20 Mrs. Drought's
appointment-thst she was not chair
man OF the state local biennial board
but OF q local committee Of San An
tonic which statement left TIE ~
ecutive committee in confusion
since they regarded Mrs. Drought a.
TIE state Chairman. Mrs. Fields how
ever assured them that Mrs. Drought /
ola not wish 20 be chairman Of Ire
whole state and in view Of this tha
executive committee passed n radical
change of policy" bv setting aS;Se
the precedent Of having the local ~
ennial board chairman in the enter.
tanning city and BY choosing one
from n out in the state.
No Funds in Treasury
a meeting Of some Of the
called in San Antonio. in nsesrhas
1897, IL was impossible ~ go
statement a. 70 the amount of 9nrds
IN the treasury. As no definite -.
ports as to the amount pledrnd ~
collected IN the seven state dixtr;cts
could be obtained the necesxitv "a
definite plan for raising. deposit-
ing and disbursing the bienniaI fr-d
was discussed. AS the local sts4e -
ennial chairman. Mrs. Fields 49, =.
sucn plan ana in the end A nlan hv
mrs. w. X. Potter, state president
was adopted. Followed Confusion ne
70 the respective duties OF the st.te
SnaImzn tMrs. %fields), the San An
.SSao snaiIman mrs. Drought) and
tne state president Mrs. Potte~
In discussion, the f~ollowirg na;.4.
were brought out. (al EI.raa
months had passed since the s~.~n
tive committee gave permis.;on -
Texas to try the experiment M h.vs
ing a local biennial chairman ort-
side the entertaining city: (bo ter
months . elapsed since Mrs. F;aIds
was elected state local bienn;si
chairman; (c1 time had arr;v.J
when 20 insure success Of IT, 49,
ennial meeting constant nnhf;.s.,-
nus be sent out which would -
cessisate money Immediately wh;ch
was not available. ~
Following this situation 49,
Cured confusion ss "a who wss -
sponsible for the raising ~ ~.
$4,000 needed for the feetipg A..
Fields said that il rested with ~.
finance chairman she had anno;,t.d
and later stated that she wouiS 80
that the amount be collected before
the board meeting on January :
IL was found that on Decemher "a
only $500 was In the treasury With
only $4,000 collected which was stiil
in the hands Of women over the
state.
Confusion I'm Board
Mrs Floore stated N her renor.
that IL seems evident that the execu- !
tive committee for the general fed
Grafton was justified In thinking thai
there was confusion and that thew
we're also justified in thinking that
the funds collected mt this time were
inadequate. Now since the bylaws
az the general federation placed the
responsibility Of arrangements for
the biennial on the general feder-
alton board OF directors or on the
executive committee which acts in
case Of emergency. they came 70 the
conclusion that the trial change az
poIicv brought combinations and