Show LAWSON LAVON CALLS UPON GOYE GOVERNOR NOR GUr CUMMINS MINS OF IOWA Asks Iowa Executive in Connection With Other Noted Re Reformers Reformers Reformers formers to Take Ta e Charge of the Life Insurance Proxies Gathered by Him i Dos Des Moines Iowa Feb 6 Thomas ThomasW W v X Lawson awson of Boston today called on and Invited Governor A B Cum Cummins Cummins Cummins mins to serve with four lour other distin distinguished distinguished reformers of America on a committee to which he will turn over his New York Tork Life and Mutual Life Lite of New York Tork proxies and which he asks to attend the coming annual meetings of these two companies forthe for forthe forthe the purpose of electing good honest sound business men as directors Governor Cummins replied that he I would consider the proposition and after a conference with Governor Johnson of Minnesota one of the theother theother theother other members would make definite answer The conference between Mr r Lawson Laws on and Governor Cummins was held in Governor Cummins private office at atthe atthe atthe the state house Mr Lawson was ac accompanied accompanied companied by E J Ridgeway a mag magazine magazIne magazine azine publisher Lawsons Committee Mr Lawson told Mr Cummins that the other members of the committee will be Governor Johnson of Minne Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota sota Senator LaFollette of WIsconsin Wiscon Wisconsin sin Governor Broward of Florida and General Monett of Ohio He said he had received a large arge number of ot proxies in the New York Life and Mutual Life of New York which with the others he expected to get and which he is confident will come in hi if the committee plan g goes oes through will give him control of both companies The proxies are so worded that Mr Lawson cannot vote them himself He must turn them over to a committee of unquestionably responsible men to tobe tobe tobe be named by him which committee will attend the annual meetings and the proxies Mr Lawson also told Mr Cummins that he lie desired the committee to take steps st ps to have the New York statutes amended to make a majority of the directors director for the two mutual com corn companies companies elected annually At present less than a majority are elected each year |