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Show Rishel Frustrates Club Consolidation Consoldation, of the two touring bodie:, into a single 'rgar.isation failed fail-ed because of selfishness of the Utah Suite Automobile E'ssociat'on, according accord-ing to advises received from Salt Lake. . A sincere effort was made to bring together the Utah State association associa-tion and the Auto Club of Utah to furnish the nucleus of a single touring body which should be truly representative repres-entative of all sections. For nearly a month committees named by the two organizations had been working 'together to effect this consolidation for a United Utah in the touring world. Only when it appeared impossible im-possible to reach an understanding which would allow the state as a whole a direct voice in the club management man-agement of the proposed joint organization organ-ization did the Auto Club of Utah representatives drop negotiations. At the first meeting of representatives representa-tives of the two organizations the committee of the Auto Club of Utah laid down a plan embracing the following fol-lowing features: Reorganization of both clubs under a board representative representa-tive of all sections; developement of every section's tourist travel wit'h impartial routing of travel; dictation of the club's management by the executive ex-ecutive committee rather than by one man; co-operation with all papers and civic organizations for a membership campaign to make the new club self supporting; co-operation with all outside out-side touring clubs for developement of the maximum tourist travel into and through Utah; have the association issue its own literatur-e. This plan was accepted by the joint committee but no agreement could be reached on selection of the representative representa-tive board. At the outset the Auto Club of Utah committee held out for a board of 18 of whom 9 were to be chosen from Salt Lake and 9 from outside sections, the men to be named by the joint committee of the two clubs. The Utah Automobile association associa-tion balked at this and after considerable con-siderable sparring countered with a plan of having a board of 21 men, .12 from Salt Lake City and 9 from outside, ten of the 12 Salt Lake men to be chossen by the Utah State association and two by tho Auto club of Utah. The committee of the later organisation was prepared to accept this proposal in the interest of bringing bring-ing about a united effort but the association repudated its agreement and demanded that it be allowed to name all twelve of the Salt Lake directors and join with the Auto Club of Utah in naming the nine from out- side sections. The Auto Club of Utah might even have accepted this arrangement1 even though it would not have allow-1 ed prouer representation for outside' sections had it not been for the fact j that the Utah Automobile association associa-tion insisted upon the retention of Jiill Rishel. Tired of this form of cut-throat diplomacy the Auto Club j representatives heid that such a con- j solidation would have resulted mer-ed mer-ed ely in strengthening the policies followed out in the past of directing traffic to discrimination of certain sections and broke off negotiations, ' according to officials of the Auto Club of Utah. j This organization was convinced that the best interest interests of the ; state laid in formation of a single tourng body uniting Salt Lake and outside interests for mutual interests. Only through granting the Utah i Automobile association unheard of concessions however would this com-bine com-bine have been brought about. i ThQ only -course left open is for the Auto Club of Utah with the Scen- ic Highway association to continue the organization of its touring ac-j ac-j tivities in Salt Lake and outside for ithe building up of a big organization which shall in itself represent the interests of Salt Lake with those of the north, south, east, and west. |