The Austin Statesman (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 270, Ed. 1 Tuesday, March 11, 1924 Page: 4 of 12
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TUESDAY, MARCH 11. 1924
THE AUSTIN STATESMAN
NOLEN OPPOSED TO
PULLMAN OPERATING
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For An Enlarged Leadership
W. Q. Shepherd,
WORK STARTED ON
ANNEX TO THE WARD
MEMORIAL CHURCH
DISTRICT GOVERNOR
OF ROTARY TALKS TO
AUSTIN ROTARIANS
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RESIDENTS OF SEVENTH
WARD MEET TONIGHT TO
PLAN ITS DEVELOPMENT
PUBLIC RECORDS
CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT.
was permitted to withdraw its
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was reset for trial on March 11.
REALTY DEEDS RECORDED.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES ISSUED.
AUSTIN MUST WORK
TO SECURE THE TEXAS
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BUILDING PEIMITS ISSUED.
Fred Sterzing. City Tri Collector.
Mrs. J.
Fox. 2105 East Second
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CONTRACTORS PLAN
EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN
DELAY IN DELIVERY OF
AUTOMOBILE NUMBER
PLATES CAUSE TROUBLE
nouncement of ready and
withdrawn from the jury.
Coleman Du Poat,
the millionaire. be;
longs, and ao duel
The contractors
their educationai
Lester Dawley Urges Application
of Rotary Principles to Every
Line of Activity.
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Lavaca Street Station May Be
Abandoned to Retain Double
Platoon., System.
TELEPHONE LINEMAN OF
HOUSTON IS AWARDED
MEDAL FOR BRAVERY
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ARNOLD BENNETTS
Latest Novel
BY WILLIAM G.SHEPHERD
(Special Correspondent to The Austin Statesian.)
Should Work for Plan to Hold
Celebration at University
of Texas.
Chamber of Commerce Advised
Car Painted Yellow Now in
Service On N. W. Road.
FINAL EXAMINATIONS
START AT UNIVERSITY
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. i The organization forces of the Democratic party have won a
sweeping victory in Missouri's ward and township conventions. Senator
James A. Reed’s state manager has conceded his failure. But Reed has
dragged McAdoo down to defeat with him. Only a third of the dele-
gates who will go to the county conventions are instructed for McAdoo.
A majority was instructed against Reed but otherwise left free.
-If there is no extraordinary intervention of machine politics, the
State meeting, drawn from the county gatherings, should send an
uninstructed delegation to the Democratic National Convention. Thus
the Reed campaign will have served its larger purpose.
Prohibition Director Palmer Canfield
said at a dinner at New York:
"We don’t want things to let as bad
here in New York as they ued to be
In old Kentucky
"A Methodist minlster onee passed
the night in a Kentucky mountain town
that was famous for the moonshine
whisky turned out in its illicit stills.
“After supper a crowd of mountain*
eers cum* in, and the landlord sold
them about twenty bottles of liquor.
The minister, when they were gone,
snid to him. pretty sternly:
" 'This Is a very bibuloue country,
I belleve.
"The landlord laughed in an apolo-
getic way.
" “Gosh, parson, hr mid, *I don't be*
Here there’s a dozen Bibles in all Ken*
tucky.‘ "
AUTOMOBILES REGISTERED.
J. R. Williams, County Tax Collector.
wisest people on earth," suggested her
husband. *
How Ro, Orrin?”
"Well,** Mid Mr. Farr, with emphasis,
because they make a deity of a woman
who has sense enough to giro her chin
a rest."
....$0.65
:...$8.75
carrier, in the city, daily and
A. N. Powell, Overland. 786,217.
John F. Butler, Buick, 786,246.
B. R. Spillar, Nash. 786,249.
Harry Landa, Marmon,-786,250.
Stone Gardner. Ford, 786,251.
W. R. Pennington, Ford, 784,262.
Purity Feed Co., Ford. 786,253.
D. H. Varden. Ford truck, 786,459.
“AUSTIN” NAME UF
“Get Into Politics In Your Own
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Cash la Advance.
Efforts are being made to strengthen
the organization known as the Austin
General Contractors Association by
adding new members, according to an
announcement made by Secretary
Frank K. Rundell.
Aecordingy a committee consigtins
of Jim Blackmore and T. Ar Webb has
been named to devise a program of
education in order tn Inform the p90-
pie and general coutraetors alike the
status that the contracting business
should have in a community. Other
committees from the organization
will Interview contractors who are not
member* of the associntion and invite
them to join in order to advance their
interests in a compact organization.
"We want to put the contracting
business in Austin on a higher plane
and get it out of the hands of the so-
called fly by night* contractors." Mr,
Rundell deeds red “We ope to stabil-
Ise building in our cit and give the
public the best quality of construe
tion. We are planning to innusurate
a campaign of education and thereby
get the people of the city to come to
contractors direct when they plan to
build instead of going through some
other agency first."
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one that can be immediately turned to account by taking the next
step in progress with assurance, it is of inestimable worth.
Austin is dearly on the threshold of great things. And these
are not vague and indistinct shapes of mere hope, but actualities.
They are not far off, but really impending. The most definite
among them is the good prospect of developing factories here, to use
the power resources of the Colorado and the raw material of the
cotton fields. ,-’
Our situation in respect to the requirements for textile manu-
facture is so much better than that of other places which have be-
come famous for their large enterprise in this direction, that it
seems as though cotton mills would actually be thrust upon us.
BIG POLITICS
Four Oklahoma employes,
Mrytle K. Hadley of Snyder;
Mayme H. Payne of Cleveland;
Bertha Dobbs of Madill and
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
The Assoriate Press U exclusively entitled to the use for publication of
ahl,news dispatehes credited fo lt er not otherwise credited in this paper,
•* vubilcation aaen.
“If Austin people believe that the
Texas Centennial Celebration should
be held at the University of Texns,
and I have heard no one in the city,
oppone this plan, then the citizens ot
Austin should get to work and secure
the centenninl here." maid Denn Will
if Mayes of the University depar-
mient or journalism, this morning.
have decided to
Run del l necretary of the Austin Cen- active support.
oral Contraetors Assoctation, "Austin should have the centennial.
definite Action fa taken on the loca-
tion of the centennial. Austin I* the
Henna M. Frazler of Weleetka, will be
awarded medals. All of these awards
are for extraordinary devotion to duty
resulting in the saving of many lives
from fire and flood at varlous time*
The awardsare made by a reviewing
committee in New York, the recom-
mendations for awars being submit-
ted to the committee by the respective
companfes in the Bell System. Silver
and gold medals are also awarded to
ITTLE TLKS
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ECZEMA ON FEET.
One man says he had it over twenty
years and that one bottle of imperial
Eezema Remey cured him. All drug-
gists are authorized to refund your
money If it fails.—Adv.
employee deemed particularly
serving of recognition.
Sunday morning edition. byali •THexm
vieus articles by Austin residents,
who pointed out its advantages €00-
graphically, historienlly and other-
wine. The plan of holding the centen-
plat at the Unfyersity. and of leaving
the centennial buildings to the Uni-
varsity, has met with prnctically no
opposition, but it is being given little
lilian, a beautiful young girl,
enters th* typewriting office of
Felix Grig. Rend of the futile
Attempts of Orig’s jealous sister
to interfere with the astounding,
romance that follows, and the
strange ending, in
The chicken thief, very much fright-
ened. was crouching in the corner
watching the man coming towards the
coop.
Presently a face appeared in the
window, and in the dim light he recog-
nised hia beloved son. Before he could
recover from hia horror of discovering
that his son, whom he had always
thbught so good, was a chicken thief?
Fed C. Melons, County Clerk.
Manuel Bean and Angela El Ison do.
Fpolito Garcia and Marcin Cormona.
"It here. 'One of the idols most
reverd by heathen is a figure of a
woman, seated, resting her chin in her
hands.*" said Mrs. Frr, reading from
a book.
"Which proves they are about the
abort time until
a ray of light struck him full in the
face and a deep vote* sald:
“You lyin’ niggah: Tou knowed you
come to steal dem hickens! Confess
and repent, or I’ll break ebery bone in
youah black body and caa* you into the
fiery furnace’"
The light disappeared, and the terri-
fied hoy fell on hia face on the floor
of the chicken house and began to pray
for mercy, for he thought the ray of
light came straight from the Lord. Ho
kept saying, "Lord, hab mercy on me.
and fo’gib di* misahable sinnah jes"
dts ones, and I’ll neber. no NEBER
steal anudder chicken long as I lib!
‘Deed I won’t!”
The light again shone on his fare,
and the same voire solemnly replied:
"Go and ain no mo. Youah sns be
fo’gibben you.”
With , trembling limbs th* boy
climbed out of the window and ran for
home rs if he thought the devil, not
God, was after him.
When his footsteps could be heard
no longer, his father gave a sigh of re-
lief. and then and there dropped to his
knees and prayed that the good Lord
would forgive him for stealing chickens
at night and posing as a good old
preacher in th* day time all his life
long.
“Deah Lord," he prayed. "ef you
please done and go and fogib me jes’
die once and not let ma boy know his
ol‘ daddy is a sinful, deceitful old nig-
gahr preacher. I’ll go down on ma
knees to bless you!”
And after praying a long time, he
rose and slowly and painfully crawled
through the window. As he walked
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Construction of a two-story annex
to the Ward Memorial Methodist
Church at 1240 Willow Street costing
412,440 was started today under ths
direction of B. H. Sherman, secretary
of the Trades Labor Union, who is
supervising the work, it was an-
nounced by Rev. R. E. Duke, pastor of
the church.
The new annex will house the five
Sunday school departments of the
church when completed. It is pro-
posed to build all around galleries and
to install art windows. The new ad-
dition is being made to connect with
the north end of the present audi-
torium and the present church build-
ing and the addition wil! be stuccoed.
When completed the church annex
will have the appearance of a new
building and will represent an invest-
ment of 823,000.
The church congregation has been
promised possession of the annex by
June 16. Rev. Mr. Duke stated.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC. 1
Any erroneous reflection upon the character, standing or reputation of <
any person, firm or corporation which appears in the columns of this paper
will be gladly corrected if called to the attention of the publishers.
The waitress, very much out of sorts,
sailed haughtily up to the table nt
which sat the grouchy customer She
slammed down the cutlery, snatehed a
napkin from a pile and tosied it in
front of him. Then, striking ar furious
pose, she glared at him.
"Whatcha want?” she snapped,
"Couple of eggs,” growled the diner.
How ya want ‘em?"
"Just like you are."
close call! An’ de lord war mighty
good not to let ma boy fin’ out Ida ol’
daddy war a chicken thief!”
(Billy and * Nannie continue their
travels tomorrow.)
NEW YORK. March 11.—‘The|Na-
tional Civic Federation is the strang-
eat and the most complete mixture of
all kinds of Americans that has yet
been achieved. Elihu Root belongs to
_ it and so does,
fiasbspegzsan Daniel E Tobin.
County tax collectors in practically
every county in Texaa are clamoring
for automobile number plates due to
the failure of the contractors to supply
the state highway department with
the plates at specified times, according
to J. F. DuPre, chief clerk of the high-
way department who had a conference
with the state board of control relative
to the matter.
Chief Clerk DuPre sald that the de-
partment had ordered 200,040 number
plates for this year to be delivered in
instalments, the last instalment of
which was to have keen on March 1.
So far, DuPre said. less than 250,000
of the plates have been delivered to
the department, the shortage being,
accordingly over 50,000.
An instalment of 26,040 plates due
her* on Jan. 1, has just now been re-
ceived and another instalment was
due to arrive on March 1 and this is
also undelivered, la the meantime,
tax collectors are writing almost every
day asking when they will receive ad-
ditional number plates. The instal-
ment just received is now being dis-
tributed to the various counties. The
board directed Chief Clerk DuPre to
take the matter up with the contrac-
tors in an effort to speed the ad-
ditional platea
Judge James R. Hamilton.
Filed: Elnora Jenkins vs. G. R.
Jenkins. divorce.
The state of Texas vs H. H. Pickle,
suit for condemnation of automobile.
Defense in the case of H. C. Rosette
One month 4-
Six months ..
program following logical place as shown in many pre-
Street, garage, 276.
Rev R. E. Duke, 1204 Willow Street,
additions tn Ward Memorial Metho-
dist Church, stucco construction
812.400,
A. T. MeWright, 1800 Routh Fifth
Street, dwelling. 1400.
Lester W. Dawley of Paris, district
governor of Rotary Clubs,, was the
guest of the Austin Rotary Club at
the meeting at the Driskill Hotel.
Tuesday noon. Mr. Dawley spoke on
the responsibilities of Rotary mem-
bership and urged the necessity of
each member rendering service in the
real sense of that much abused term
in such manner that the results should
not be confined to Rotarian* alone
but should extend to include the
community ht large. In other words,
membership in a Rotary Club should
not be the basis of friendship, business
relations or business profit but that
the influence of Rotary should be.
felt throughout the community.
Judge Ben H. Powell of the com-
mission of appeals, spoke on th* code
of ethics of Rotary and said that in
his estimation the Golden Rule wns the
basis of law and of social, business
and all other relations in life That
until the precepts of the Golden Rule
were universally practiced the mil-
lenium would be delayed and when the
precepts of the Gulden Rule were
universally practiced the millenlum
would be here and th* lawyer’s proj
fession would become extinct and
lawyers would cease to exist profes-
sionally. This announcement of
Judge Powell’s brought forth instant
response in prolongd applause from
his hearers.
Theo. Meyer played two violin se-
lections which were roundly appiaud-
ed. The Scottish Rite Dormitory
Texet tee furnished music for the club
members, playing various selections
which were greatly appreciated and
received great applause and demunds
for more. The Texet tee were generous
in their responses and played man
encores.
Nicholas Murray Butler, president of
Columbia University and once presi-
dential aspirant.
The National Civil Federation has
been preparing a program for its an-
nual conference, which is called for
some time in April in New York City.
The keynote of this conference will
be a new thing.
“Get into politics” will be its advice
to American men and women.
By "getting into politics’ the Na-
tional Civic Federation doesn’t mean
merely voting. The program of the
conference provides that famous
statesmen of both parties—eminent
politicians, in the best sense of the
ward—shall advise all American citi-
zens to join the local political organ-
zations in their own home districts.
"Declare yourself in on the political
game in your home town”—that’s the
advice to the Civil Federation.
Ralph M. Easley, chairman of the
executive committee of the Federation,
has written, in gist, to members of the
Federation who will attend the confer-
ence:
“Only <18 per cent of our voters voted
in the last presidentta] election. A
Putting the big celebration In the
capital city is about the only plan
that ran be used to secure the co-
operation of all the other cities of the
state Hut th* cltisens of Austin must
work to secure IL They should begin
at. once, and continue the It activities
until the centennial is finally-lecated."
an address made torthem at a recent
banquet held at the Driskill by John
I. Keen, who states I that the con-
t ra« tlng businese wan woriy of a
high place in any community and that
to secure such a tandard a strong
organization was highly ssentjal. K.
B Snelling is president and Frank R
.Charles Alfred Lorenz, of Houston,
telephone lineman in the employ of
the Southwestern . Bell Telephone
Company, is to be awarded a Theodore
N. Vali bronze medal for bravery and
resourcefulness in an emergency, when
he went to the rescue of D. V. Brown
who had com* into contact with a
live wire while the men were en-
gaged in stringing wires.
The shock of the current threw
Brown across a span of wires in a
helpless condition. Lorenz, at tho risk
of his own life went to Brown’s assist-
anc* and lifting him clear of the wires
lowered him to the ground with a
rope. Lorenz then applied resuscita-
tion treatment resorting to every prac-
tical method known to him to revive
Brown but unfortunately without sue
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Whether to, abandon temporarily the
Lavaca Street fir* station or to reduce
the personnel of .the fire department
from its present standing strength of
sixty-six men to a numerical strength
of approximately fifty men are the
alternatives which taco Commissioner
Harry Nolen, superintendent of police
and public safety, os the measure to
be adopted in order to carry out the
program of economy planned by the
city council in order to reduce the
existing overdraft of 4140,000 during
1924 by a substantial amount.
Temporary abandonment of the La-
vaca Street station is known to be Tn
opposition to the wishes of Fire Chief
Clarence Woodward •who believes that
such a step will reduce th* efficiency
of the department very materially. The
Lavaca Street station is the only fire
company in that section of the city
and serves the territory from Fifteenth
Street north to Twenty-seventh Street
principally. To eliminate that station
would be reducing the protection from
fire to the University community, it is
pointed out. Temporary abandonment
of the station would save the city
87040 during the coming year.
Commissioner Nolen has under con-
sideration a schedule prepared by
Chief Woodward for the reduction in
the fire fighting personnel of the
city. This would' reduce the force to
fifty men and raise the salaries to a
small extent of the remaining firemen.
However, this plan will save the city
about 815,000 but would mean the
abandonment of the double platoon
system for on* year at least. This
would cause the firemen to be on duty
for twenty-four hours a day.
Commissioner Nolen has not favored
any reduction in the fire department
but is inclined to favor the closing of
the Lavaca Street station if either of
the two alternatives must lx* exer-
cised. He declared that he is opposed
to the abandonment of the double pla-
toon system stating that the double
platoon system had been secured only
after a long fight on the part of the
fire department and that he hated to
see it go. Commissioner Nelen also ex-
pressed the fear that elimination of
the double platoon system will mean
that it may not be reinstated for a
period of years.
Austin business men will decide today and tomorrow, by their
response to the Chamber of Commerce membership drive, whether
their community is to have an enlarged leadership for the promotion
of its expanding interests.
No one can question the splendid record of the Chamber in
the past, nor doubt its usefulness in the immediate future. It is
hardly possible that any other commercial organization has done
so much for a community in the same length of time.
Before the Chamber was organized along its present lines.
Austin was scarcely alive to any of its opportunities. Today the
full consciousness of the citizenship as to the possibilities of the
community bears evidence of the definite accomplishments of our
central directing body.
The enthusiasm of the people and their confidence in their
future is the very greatest asset of a city. When it is, as with us.
Residents of th, Sevepth Ward,
mor* familiarly known as th* old tenth
ward will meet tonight at 7:45 at the
tenth ward fir* hall to organ ire a
civic development league with the view
of working for the greater upbuilding
of that section of the city. An-
nouncement of the meeting was made
Monday afternoon by Walter E. Davie,
Travis county farm demonstration
agent and a resident of that sectlon of
the city.
The seventh, ward ia on the era of
expansion and progress with the re-
mainder of the city. It was pointed
out. The Wani Memorial Methodist
Church, of which Rev. R. E. Duke is
pastor, will be remodeled and ad-
ditional room built coating 212,000.
That section also boasts of an athletic
club known as the Yopng Men’s
Christian Society and it is from this
section that many of Austin's bes
known athletes have come during the
past few years.
Two-Story Addition Costing
$12,000 Being Built to House
Sunday School.
PAPER DELIVERY.
Subscriber* in the city who do not receive their paper by 7 o’clock' in th*
afternoon on week days and by 8 o'clock on Sunday morning will confer a
avor on the management by calling the Circulation Department, phone 4164.
and reporting any irregulariy.
That there is a Pullman car named
“Austin" in the service of the North-
western Railroad wich traverses th*
northwestern states was th* an-
nouncement mad* In a letter to the
Chamber of Commerce received from
J. Keeley of the Pullman News a pub-
lication issued by the Pullman Com-
pany.
Mr. Keeley stated that the Pullman
car in question is painted yellow, the
standard color of the Northwestern
Railroad and that the car would have
to be removed from a certain group
and repaint it in order to place it in
service between San Antonio and St.
Louis as suggested .by Chamber of
Commerce officials.
Mr. Keeley stated that if the pres-
ent "Austin” is retired from service
and a new Pullman built to arry that
name, he virtually promised that the
car would be painted the standard
Pullman green and placed in service
between St. Louis and San Antonio.
In a letter to Mr. Keeley, Chamber
of Commerce officials stated that the
local organisation has no ebjection to
having the bar in its present color
operate south of St. Louis either on
the International -Great Northern
Railroad or the Missouri-Kansas-
Texas Railroad. The unusual color
would be outstanding advertising of
the Capital City of Texas, the officials
commented.
Fred C. Melons, County Clerk.
Mrs. H. 11. Shapard to T. C. Rich-
ardson, part of lot 14, block 18, outlot
12 division. D. In the city of Austin,
Texas; considerstlpn, 25500.
R. Lee Ashmore to D. E. Chamber-
lain, two acres out of Calvin Barker
one-third league survey in Travis
county, Texas; consideration. 1200.
J. T. Priest and wife to Chaa
Mosteller, lot 10. block L of the James
R Bouldin addition to the city of
Austin: consideration, $225.
Geo. W Wailing Jr., to Chaa. Mos-
teller, lot 1. block 4 of Dawson and
Davis addition to the city of Austin.
Texas: consideration. $800.
W. W. Burnett to Chas. Mosteller,
lots 2, 4, 14, and 11 in block 10 of
the Dawson and Davis addition to
Austin; consideration, $300.
Final exnmirmtions for the winter
term start at the University tomorrow
morning and continue until newt Tues-
day afternoon. Spring term elasees
will start on Wednesday of next
week.
Alt student Aetivitien com* I* a
ciose tonight, to be resumed after the
e im mnina lions. Ail of the athletic
teams will be given a rest until th*
spring tezan work atarts.
th* younger man lay sprawling at his
feet, crying in a weak, frightened
voice:
“Oh, Massa Harry. I didn’t coin* to
steal no chickens! I didn't, sunh! I
Jus' come to see if the weasels kotched
any chickens in de night, 'deed I did!"
You see, Billy had slipped up be-
hind him and given him a butt through
the window, just as he had his father.
Then to the young darkey’s dismay.
much less percentage helped to select
candidates in the primary electjons.
The party organizations usually select
the candidates and if American voters
want to pick candidates whose names
will be on the ballots—even the pri-
mary electiop ballots—they ought to .
make these selections within the cir-
cles of the party organizations."
Political experts any that there is no
such thing as state or national poli-
tics; ait politics is local. The basis of
all polities, in other words, is local
political organisations. No man can
last very long in national or state poli-
tics if lie doesn't stand high in the
political organization of his party in
hls own home district; right in his
own precinet.
The National Civic Federation offi-
cials have dug up a little book which
Flihu Root wrote long ago in which
Mr. Root urged all citizens to go into
politics by joining the political organ-
izations in their own neighborhoods.
"These organizations.” explains Mr.
Easley, '’are vry often clubs or socie-
ties that welcome new members. In
the rural districts they are often asso-
ciations almost like debating societies.
Only a few* people belong to them, but
in our observation, additions of citi-
sens would always be favorably
greeted.”
"Join a local pollttcal organixation,
of some sort, just as you would join a
country club or a woman's club, ami
take part in its affairs"— that's the
gist of the new advice which the Na-
tional Civic Federation has to offer to
American cit (sens.
It is pointed out that when Theodore
Roosevelt decided, as a young man,
that he wanted to get into politics, he
walked around the corner in his home
neighborhood in New York, entered
the building of the local Republican
organizatin and told the secretary he
wanted to "heiong." He was a
stranger, but he was* admitted. An:
he was "inside” and fighting—for all
the rest of his life
(Copyright, 1924, George Matthew
Adam.)
But so many things must be brought together and co-ordinated, in
order to realize the inviting prospect, that definite, purposeful plan-
ning is absolutely necessary.
Funds must be available to properly advertise our advantages,
and those advantages must be literally shown forth by our mani-
fest intention to enjoy them, not by waiting for others to do so. To
attract the capital and the new people we need, we must go about
the business of building a greater community in so earnest a way
that we will be able to show results at every point. ' Co-operation
on a much more extensive scale than we have ever known before
will be called for, and it will need to be more intense and deter-
mined than it has formerly been.
Leadership is imperative to our greater achievement and it
must be enlarged proportionately to serve its purpose. In the past
the membership and finances of the local Chamber of Commerce
have really been inadequate to the exacting role of leadership. But
the great spirit of the men in the organization and the ready sympathy
from the citizenship which their earnest efforts called forth permitted
it to do what no other Chamber could have accomplished. We
do not want, however, to waste the fine spirit of our leaders in
civic affairs, by making them work with insufficient funds and in-
adequate facilities.
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Given the right kind of financing and a membership strong
enough to really handle the problems of development confronting
it, the Chamber of Commerce will tremendously better its record
and launch the city forward upon the course of prosperous expansion
with an impetus which it has never known in its past progress.
The issue of a greater city, ably planned for, is one which can
be decided in the right way only by the full participation of Austin
business men in the central directing organization. They should
be prompt to answer the invitation to membership extended them by
the Chamber of Commerce campaign committees
As has been well said by the directors of the campaign, this
is not a drive for donations, but the presentation of an opportunity
for service and for reward individually and collectively. It appeals
both to men's interest and to their pride in their city.
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The Organization Wins In Missouri.
president of
the International
Brotherhood o f
Teamsters. Mar-
shal Field, the
New York banker,
belongs to it and
so does T. V.
O’Connor, o n c.e
president of
the International
L o n g s h oremen’s
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