Hoo-Hoo Supreme Nine Meets in Milwaukee

At the Annual meeting of the Supreme Nine of Hoo-Hoo held in Milwaukee, October 26 and 27, it was decided to break with precedent and set October 7 through 10 as the 1951 convention dates, instead of the usual September session. Local conditions as well as hotel accommodations were the primary reasons for the change. The 1951 convention, therefore, will be held at Miami Beach, Roney Plaza Hotel, on the above dates. The time honored Hoo-Hoo Day, September 9, hou,ever, will be observed by all Hoo-Hoo Clubs with appropriate programs.

Acting upon the recommendation of Hoo-Hoo in convention assembled at Boston, the selection of Denver. Colorado for the 1952 convention was confirmed. The exact dates are to be determined by the local group and depending upon local conditions.

The newly elected Snark of the lJniverse, chairman of the Supreme Nine, Lynn Boyd, presided at this meeting and expressed satisfaction and appreciation of the 100 per cent attendance. All nine members representing the nine Jurisdictions of Hoo-Hoo were present. The board of councillors also present, included Past Snark l\{artin T. Wiegand, newly elected president of the corporation.

Education and Forest Products Promotion

The primary business of the meeting was the consideration of the affairs of Hoo-Hoo and policies to develop and carry out aims and objectives. Two important standing committees, namely on education and the promotion of forest products, were continued so that Hoo-Hoo may be in position to cooperate with the educational programs of the industry and the wood promotion programs of the various lumber associations both at the national and local level, local clubs are to appoint public affairs committees to study and work with other groups in matters affecting the industry.

New Rituals Adopted

. A new ritual for Hoo-Hoo concats was formally adopted and all old rituals were definitely decreed null and void, to be recalled as promptly as the new rituals can be put in the hands of Hoo-Hoo Vicegerent Snarks and clubs. Each member of the supreme nine u'ill present the new rituals to the groups in his jurisdiction.

Dues for all Hoo-Hoo members called into the military service of the United States are waived for the period of their service and their membership continued.

Jurisdiction V Retained

On.the question of jurisdictional changes especially the suggstion that Canada be broken up to tie in rvith jurisdictions adjacent to the border, the Supreme Nine decided against breaking up jurisdiction 5 which is Canada. It was recommended that members of the Supreme Nine u,hose jurisdictions border on Canada should make contacts and u,ork together with Canadian areas bordering and adjoining their particular jurisdictions. Thus they w-ill work in cooperation with the head of jurisdiction No. 5 on a north-south basis rather than across country, east-west basis, as is the case novr..

Pilgrimage to Gurdon

A pilgrimage to the Shrine of Hoo-Hoo, Gurdon, Arkansas where Hoo-Hoo s'as born in 1892, is planned. The suggested date is December 9 and members of the Supreme Nine closest to Gurdon, headed by the Snark of the Universe and other officers, plan to attend. Appropriate ceremonies will mark the event and the Gurdon Hoo-Hoo Club has promised a concat. It is expected that many Hoo-Hoo members, especially in the vicinity of Gurdon, will join the pitgrimage.

Changes In By-Laws

A committee was appointed by the Snark to pass on all proposed changes in the by-laws and to report such changes to the membership 6O days prior to the annual convention so that such changes may be voted on at the annual convention. Supreme Scrivenoter John B. Egan, of St. Paul, is chairman ot this committee.

In vieu'of suggested changes in the byJarvs and due to the general increased activity throughout IIoo-Hoo, the Supreme Nine will meet in a full day's s€ssion on the day immediatety preceding the annual convention which for l95l would be October 6.

This annual session of the Supreme Nine closed on a high note of satisfaction at accomplishment. The membership of Hoo-Hoo is approaching the 10,000 mark and the figures reveal a sound financial condition. All men on the Supreme Nine were optimistic about Hoo-Hoo interest and activity in their jurisdictions and looked forward to continued growth and development.

Price F:xins and ihe Bill of Rishts

(Continued from page 24) the citizen is a creature of the goverruDent and that the citizen should have no rights of which tte government may not, at will, despoil him. If we yield to tte dcmand of the Socialists and permit a deviation from tte lines laid down in the Constitution and permit open violiation of the Constitution, the effect will be to destroy this govcrnnent and Mexicanize our people. If we remove from our Constitution the Bill of Rights and the rcpect which the American people have always shown for the eternal tnrths of the Bill of Rights, then we abondon forever the .blessings of liberty for ourselves and for our posterity,.i'

Thus ended John Henry Kirb/s famous spcech on tte subject of "Price Fixing and thc Bill of RighE." And it was only about l8 years later that Justice McReynolds, of the United States Supreme Court, said dramatically, ..The Constitution is gone !" The things that he believed ire and that John Henry Kirby belicvcd in-were bcing dcstroyed.

Scrn Frcncisco Hotel Plc@^" 32-Story Annex

Announcement \r'as made in San Francisco November 15 that the owners of the Fairmont Hotel have completed plans for a $7,000,000 32-story sky-scraper addition to the present building on Nob Hill.