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[NEw E~IGLAlXID ASsociATIOl~t oF FIRE CHIEFS
I know, also, that the Committee, this year, felt that there might be a
gimmick in the situation, if the Panel didn’t go over too good. And, in order
to take care of any such possibility, on the first day, two speakers were added,
just as fill-ins, and it happened as they thought it might happen,, where one
iCellow had to wait until the next day to give his talk. And I want you fellows
to know that that was why there were two speakers on Jthe program for one
SeSSiOn.
Now, the Lord has been good to me; you fellows, are keeping me on again,
without raising my pay, and I will do all I can to put over the program, as: I
understand you want. I have nothing else to do.
CHIEF GORMAN: It is not quite clear to me as to the reason for starting
the Conference on Tuesday instead of Monday. Maybe you can clarify that a
little bit.
SECRETARY O’HEAR~: Ray Wells clarified it very well. Some of us fellow~
do come up here on Saturday or Sunday, and we have a little bit of extra
recreation; but, that is no reason that we are going to open the convention up
on Monday morning, just because we are here, and we know that there are a
whole lot of fellows who can’t afford to get here un61 Tuesday; we want to give
them the four full days of discussion.
We always did start on Tuesday; then we got kind of generous; we had a
good place to come to, and. we made it a week-end vacation for many to come in
on Saturday or Sunday for those who could afford it, and then start the Conference
on Monday afternoon.
CHIEF GORMA~: Let us clarify one point on the financial side of it. I
have come here several times and paid my own way; a couple of times., I have
been fortunate enough to have the expenses taken care of.
I am still not clear why the thing isn’t started on Monday morning. If
man wants to come to the convention he can get here Monday morning. I
don’t see why you have to start on Tuesday. I don’t think that is a satisfactory
reason as to why we should have to lay over until Tuesday. That is. only my
personal opinion.
SECRETARY O’HEARN: I have one more answer to that. We are not running
the hotel..
CHIEF GORMAN: I said it wasn’t clear to me, when somebody said we
should start on Tuesday.
SECRETARY O’HEAR~: That was my suggestion. We always had it, previously,
on Tuesday, until within two 6r three years. But, we are not running
the hotel, and ~s you know, we had some difl%ulties last year, with fellows
coming in and they could get no. beds, because there was another convention
here. And yet, you Wou~d no~ ask the proprietor of the hotel not to have a
convention over the week-end, I don’t believe.
CHIEF GORMA~: That clari~es ~:he reason, in my mind, ~tnd I thank you.
CHIEF AI)AMS, Milford, Mass.: It looks to me as though the Chief who
._has his "expenses. paid will be up here on Sunday, as usual, and he will get the
best accommodations, and the fellow who can’t get his expenses paid is going
to come up here on Tuesday instead of Monday, anB’ he is going to land up
within one inch of the asphalt shingles and within a half inch of the north wail.