Salt Lake Telegram | 1905-05-03 | Page 2 | Alexander Asked to Resign Place

ALEXANDER ASKED ' TO RESIGN PLACE ' " . NEW YORK. May 1 The Evening "M'orld reports that the-Frick Investigating Investigat-ing committee has summoned James W. Alexander before it and asked him to resign his place aa president of the Equitable Equit-able Life Assurance society. According to the Kvening World, Mr. Fries, said thst although he could not promise it for a certainty, he would try. to get Mr. Hyde to .retire, temporarily anyway. If Mr. Alexander would resign. -- Mr. Frlck did not criticise Mr. Alexander's Alexan-der's administration of the office he has held so long, but said it must be obvious that his period of usefulness was over and nothing but Ms retirement would accomplish ac-complish what the committee is striving for, the end of the entire controversy. Mr. Alexander was also asked to use his influence with second Vice-President 1 Tarbeil to get him to resign, too. Mr. Alexander was - very snuch afrected, but ' declined to resign then. He told the com-mlttoe com-mlttoe he would think the matter over.