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Show CANAL BUILDERS 10 RESIGN PRESIDENT REQUESTS MEM OCRS OF COMMISSION TO STEP DOWN, Step Was Taken In Order That the Prealdent Might Have Fret Hand I n Reerganlting the Commission. Tbe first prat Ural atcp having In view the reorganization of tho Pan nma canal commission wns taken Wednesday, when. In compliance with t Instructions from President tloose. volt, Sorrelary Taft requested tbo members of the commission lo tender their resignations This request was promptly compiled wllh by those members of Ihe commission now lu Wnshliicton and their resignations nrn In tbe hands of the president. The purport of Secretary Taft a let ter requesting tho reslgnatlone of tho commissioners was sent to Major flenernl (leorge W Davis, retired of tbe nrmy governor of the cnnnl tone and also one of the memliers of the commission and a prompt answer ll exported from him As Indicated In Ihe letter of Sccre-1 tnry Taft Ihe reslinntlons nre re quested In onler that the prealdent rnny have n free hntul In reoranulslug tho commission That the president contemplated the reorganisation of tbo commission hns been known fur ihiiiih lime and he has bet n In fro-quent fro-quent consultation with Secretary i Taft as In his future policy In choosing choos-ing Its personnel and directing Its work It was belli veil orlglnnlly that1 better results mUtit he accomplished by the nppolutmtnt of n smaller commission com-mission than that now existing, but n recent opinion of Attorney (lineral Mood) held that under the law thn president was r quired to nnme seven memtiora In all The appolntim tits prolnbl) will bo announced durlnc the progresa of bis southern trip I Tho niernlx rs of the present com I mission In addition to (leneral Davis nre Hear Admiral John (1 Walker of tho nnv) n llreil chairman Wll llnm llarrln) Parsons William 11 I Ilurr Ilenjnmln M llnrrod and C. K i Wald CIrtinsk) |