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of the Board of Directors was permanent and that that Association, 

 which at one time had been a most powerful and useful one, had, as 

 a result of that action, lost its influence and was now making no 

 progress whatever. He emphasized his belief that the proposed amend- 

 ments were altogether too important to be voted upon at a gathering of 

 only about 150 members out of a total of 16,000 and stated that if 

 the amendments were adopted, as he presumed they would be, he 

 would, if permitted by the President, ofifer a motion to refer the action 

 of this meeting to a referendum vote. 



During and following Mr. Reynolds' talk more restiveness made 

 itself manifest in the meeting and others started to leave and were 

 again begged by the President to remain. Mr. Barrington Moore, of 

 New York, in spite of the evident desire to force a vote and get the 

 meeting over with, stated that he wished to point out that the action 

 which it was proposed to take at this meeting was the biggest thing 

 that had yet come before the Association. He emphasized both the 

 radical nature and dangerous character of the proposed amendments. 

 He also stated that the National Information Bureau of New York 

 City, an organization which was composed of prominent and public- 

 spirited men of high standing in the country and of which he was a 

 member, had recently investigated the American Forestry Association 

 and had found that its affairs at present were so conducted that the 

 Bureau, which had been formed to advise investors and contributors as 

 to organizations worthy of their support, would not endorse the Asso- 

 ciation. He added that if the amendments were adopted the suspicions 

 of the National Information Bureau as to the reliability of the Associa- 

 tion would be strengthened, decidedly to the detriment of the Asso- 

 ciation. 



Mr. Wells offered an amendment to the pending motion for the 

 adoption of the proposed amendments, the effect of which was to 

 provide for a referendum vote. Mr. Pack opposed the proposed 

 referendum on the ground that it would cause delay and involve a 

 needless expenditure of some $600 or $700, and that the Association 

 did not have the money. He added, somewhat irrelevantly and patron- 

 izingly, that while the foresters were good enough fellows who must 

 be looked to for supplying information they could not handle the 

 publicity. A gentleman in the middle of the hall also opposed Mr. 

 Wells' motion, stating that it was impossible for many members of 

 the Association to attend such a meeting as this or to take part in the 



