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Show JOIISTITIITIOII ADD BYLAWS , DEBATED Rotarians in Conference Consider Proposal to Amend Charter Paper of International Association DISCUSSION of the proposed revision of the constitution and bylaws of the International Association of Rotary clubs occupied oc-cupied a greater portion of this morning's session of the fifth annual conference of tho Rotary clubs of the "Twentieth district at the Hotel Utah. Pronounced opposition to tho proposed pro-posed changes as suggested In a tentative tenta-tive draft submitted to the individual , Rotary clubs by the special committee commit-tee appointed by the International association as-sociation officers following last year's Atlantic City convention was manifested mani-fested by leading Rotarians from the Twentieth district. Chief among the objections was the proposal to form an International governing body. CHIEF OPPONENT. Ralph E. Bristol, governor of the Twentieth district, was the chief opponent op-ponent of the proposed changes. He declared himself unalterably opposed to any constitution snd bylaws that would take away national government and substitute therefor an International form -of Rotary control, l'ast President Presi-dent George O. Relf of Salt Lake, who led in the discussion of the proposed constitutional changes, waa another opponent op-ponent of the change, which contemplates contem-plates the formation of a central governing gov-erning body composed of representatives representa-tives of Rotary In various countries. The report of the special committee appointed February It. 1921, to In-vestigate In-vestigate the proposed changes on be-as be-as half of the Salt Lake Rotary club as read by Rotarian Will G. FarreU. also opposed the change. Mr. FaireU read excerpts from a British Rotary, magazine maga-zine showing the British Rotarians to be against the proposed centralized form of International government. ATTITUDE NEUTRAL. - - - Robert H. Timmons, third vice president presi-dent of the International association, stated the attitude of International toward the proposed changes to be neutral neu-tral and that in submitting tne new draft through the special committee the International had done so simply to carry out instructions given at the At-lan At-lan tic City convention last year. He explained that the British Rotary clubs acknowledged allegiance to International Interna-tional Rotary In answer to a question regarding the acceptance of the invitation invi-tation to hold the 1921 convention In Kd in burgh. Boot land. A motion by President Wesley E. King of the Salt Lake Rotary club that the constitutional amendment establishing estab-lishing a "retired membersnm class! - fication be approved was adopted following fol-lowing objections by Rotarian Clem Schramm. The amendment permits any Rotarian who haa been a member of a club for three years to continue hia membership upon retirement from active business. BIG REGISTRATION. A report of registration activities showed that 4 Rotarians have reg-latered reg-latered for the fifth annual convention. Th total membership of the Twentieth Twen-tieth district la 149 7. The noonday luncheon today was conducted under the auspices of the Montana Rotary clubs, with Louis A. La Mont, president of the Butte Rotary club, presiding. The afternoon aession la to be devoted de-voted to th nomination of candidates for district governor and voting upon th nomineea; a discussion of "How to Preserve tho Unique Features of Rotary." Ro-tary." led by Rotarian A. C. Wherry of Salt Lake: "The Interpretation of Rotary as Applied to Your Personal, Bualness and Community Life,' by Rotarian Ro-tarian Rev, Elmer 1. Goshen of Salt Lake, and an address on th "Undeveloped "Unde-veloped Natural Resources," by Ro-tarian Ro-tarian Preston G. lcterson of Jjngnn. I The report of the election committee will be received and the newly elected district governor introduced. In the evening the annual Twentieth dlatrlct Rotary hall will be held at the Hotel Utah, with the new district governor gov-ernor as the guest of bonor. |