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Show DiSGRIMlNATIDN IS GHAHBE jraUHST JL C Charges that the Utah State Automobile Auto-mobile association and William D. Rishel, tour manager for the organization, organiza-tion, had been discriminatory and unfair un-fair in the routing of automobile tourists was made at a meeting held Saturday at the Salt Lake chamber of commerce between representatives of thirty-four towns through the state and the board of governors of the Salt Lake chamber. The representatives of the state civic organizations charged "Mr. Rishel in conducting his office has been unprofessional, dictatorial, militant, abusive and unfair to communities com-munities who have sought information informa-tion and who have ventured suggestions sugges-tions pertaining to the best interests of Utah." No definite action was taken at the meeting and a joint committee was named to investigate the charge which came chiefly from the southern south-ern and central parts of the state and which alleged that the communities communi-ties there suffered through discriminatory discrim-inatory methods emanating from the offices of the Utah State Automobile association. The automobile association had no direct representation at any of the meetings, so it was decided that the Protestants would have until Thursday Thurs-day to present additional written evidence before the board of gover-nors. gover-nors. On Thursday, January 20, the board of governors will take evidence from the automobile association and allow the civic organizations to offer rebuttal testimony. According to Malcolm A. Keyser, president of the chamber, the board will shortly afterwards after-wards make its recommendations. Two Committees Meet "With the conclusion of the morning morn-ing meeting and the presentation of the charge made by the civic organizations, organ-izations, which they had formulated in a previous meeting, two special committees met in the afternoon to try to iron out the difficulties and come to solution of the problem. It was at this time that the decision to defer definite action was made. During the committee meeting the argument waxed warm several times and several times it looked as if an open fracas would result. Burton W. Musser, counsel for the automobile automo-bile association, charged that the meeting, isasmuch as it was making an attack on Mr. Rishel, had not acted act-ed fairly in not asking.him to present his case. This brought forth an answer an-swer from E. S. Hinckley of Provo, one of the leaders of the state delegation, dele-gation, that the meeting was not afraid to meet with Mr. Rishel." Whereupon Mr. Musser warmly denied deni-ed that he had inferred that anyone at the meeting had lacked courage, hut said he meant that it was unfair to condemn a man without allowing him to present his own case. Asked to Stop Aside A. Y. Hardy of Cedar City told the Joint committee that he could add more than a score of memberships to the automobile association in twenty-four twenty-four hours if Mr. Rishel were no lunger tour manager. Other speakers speak-ers stated that whether he deserved it or not Mr. Rishel was unpopular throughout the state and that the only real solution was for him to step aside so that the various communities communi-ties could live on more amiable terms with the automobile association. associa-tion. Defending Mr. Rishel. Mr. Musser declared that if he had built up the association through years of sacrificing sacrific-ing toil, and he challenged any one of the meeting to say that Mr. Rishel w.is not fair and square and was not working for the best interests el" the state. The Civic club's committee consisted consist-ed of J. F. Tolton. Reaver, chairman: Charles Skougard. Richfield : I. Wesley Wes-ley Horsley, Brigham City: A. Y. Hardy. Cedar City: William Scow-croft. Scow-croft. Ogden; K. S. Hinckley. Provo. The chamber of commerce committee commit-tee consisted of E. A. Ashton. J. J. Burke. A. F. Merrill. Dr. Sol Kahn and R. F. Redman. NO Vote Taken The resolution which led to the aft-(Coutinued aft-(Coutinued on Page Five) DISCRIMINATION (Continued from Page One) ernoon committee meeting was presented pre-sented Saturday morning. It had been drawn up at a previous meeting of the representatives of the state civic organizations and, as signed by their committee, said that it represented repre-sented the unanimous sentiment of the thirty-four delegates to the meeting. meet-ing. Because the board of governors felt that it was in the nature of an indictment against the association, no vote was taken on it, but it was presented pre-sented as evidence before the chamber cham-ber organization. Clippings from The Salt Lake Tribune, Trib-une, which, the representatives declared, de-clared, showed the discrimination practiced by Mr. Rishel and the association, as-sociation, was given to the board of govenors as evidence. As a solution to the problem the representatives recommended the establishing es-tablishing of an "information bureau and tourist routing bureau under the direct supervision of the state road commission of Utah." Other Charges Other charges contained iu the resolution res-olution are: "We charge as discriminatory and unfair the routing of tourists, whose destinations are Los Angeles, by way of San Franscisco over the Wendover route." Clippings from The Salt Lake Tribune were shown, which were alleged to prove this statement. "Failure of members of that district dist-rict to renew their membership caused caus-ed Mr. Rishel to openly declare a boycott boy-cott on Sevier county in southern Utah." It is further alleged that the automobile auto-mobile association gave information published in Salt Lake papers that the Salina canyon road was blocked in 1926, when, as a fact, the resolution resolu-tion says, the road was kept constantly constant-ly open to the public. "I did not attend the conference, but am glad the people of the southern south-ern part of the state have had an opportunity to present any grievances they may have," said W. D. Rishel, Saturday night. "Now is a good time to iron out any differences there may be." Salt Lake Tribune. |