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without a referendum vote by the entire membership. Both Mr. Wells 

 and Mr. Reynolds stressed the fact that the only notice of the meeting 

 had appeared in an inconspicuous place near the end of the February 

 issue of American Forestry, in striking contrast to the prominence 

 usually given notices of annual meetings, and it was questioned whether 

 any action taken at the meeting would be legal. 



During Mr. Wells' statement some of those in attendance at the 

 meeting, which was composed so largely of young ladies that a news- 

 paper reporter inquired whether the membership of the Association 

 was made up chiefly of high-school girls, started to leave the hall. Mr. 

 Pack, interrupting the speaker, urged them to remain until the close 

 of the meeting, saying significantly that it would last only a few- 

 minutes longer. This remark apparently shortened the statement by 

 Mr. Wells, w^ho promptly remarked that he would be through in a 

 minute. 



When he concluded, Mr. Pack stated that he noticed that whenever 

 Mr. Reynolds desired money he came to him for it and that he had 

 just recently sent him a check. He gave the impression that Mr. 

 Reynolds' alleged requests for contributions were made on behalf of 

 the Massachusetts Forestry Association and added that the Board 

 of Directors of that Association had no foresters on it. 



Air. Reynolds promptly replied that to his knowledge he had never 

 asked Mr. Pack for any contributions whatever, although he had re- 

 cently received a check from him transmitted through the Chairman 

 of the National Forest Fire Prevention Comrhittee. He added that 

 wdien this committee was organized Mr. Pack was asked to become a 

 member of it but declined on the ground that it was duplicating work 

 already handled by the American Forestry Association, whereas in fact 

 the committee was formed precisely because the American Forestry 

 Association Avas not doing such work. He also pointed out that the 

 Board of Directors of the Massachusetts Forestry Association has 

 always had foresters on it and at present has two foresters, Mr. H. F. 

 Gould and Mr. J. S. Ames. Mr. Pack interrupted that he did not 

 know this, to which Mr. Reynolds replied that he should know before 

 making any such statements. Addressing himself then to the pro- 

 posed amendments to the by-laws, he reiterated the position taken by 

 him in his letter to Mr. Pack objecting particularly to the appointment 

 of a considerable number of directors to life membership. He stated 

 that he knew of only one association where any considerable number 



