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Organized 1926 May issue, 1953 * THE CLARION * Official news bulletin of The [[underlined]] ART AND ANTIQUE DEALERS LEAGUE OF AMERICA, INC. [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Cable: [[/underlined]] ARTANTIQUE NEW YORK 138 East 55th Street [[underlined]] NEW YORK 22, N.Y. [[/underlined]] [[underlined]] Tel. [[/underlined]] PL 5 - 9773 OBJECT: This organization shall operate on a non-profit basis and shall be devoted exclusively to the best interests of dealers and buyers of antiques and works of art, and to the encouragement of educational and cultural activities in the arts generally. It shall further enact and cause to be maintained a Code of Ethics and give force and effect to the Rules of Procedure applying thereto, the purpose of which shall be to elevate the standing of the art business in general. ------------ [[/underlined]] CONTENTS [[/underlined]] ------------ Object of the League P. 1 Administration 1953-54 P. 1 President's Report P. 2-3 Secretary's Report P. 3-4 Membership Applications P. 4 Annual Meeting Agenda: Special questions P. 5-6-7 Call League re: Excise Tax problems P. 7 Exports of antiques to Canada procedure.... P. 7 C.I.N.O.A. Congress P. 8 California Chapter P. 8 Operating Costs and Treasury Report P. 9-10 [[underlined]] ADMINISTRATION 1953-1954 [[/underlined]] PRESIDENT_______________________ MAURICE FREEMAN VICE-PRESIDENT (first) _________ ALBERT R. NESLE VICE-PRESIDENT (second) ________ ALASTAIR A. STAIR TREASURER ______________________ ERIC SHRUBSOLE SECRETARY ______________________ FRANK ATTMAN ^[Clairon] [[underlined]] EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE : [[/underlined]] CHAIRMAN _____________ A. M. ADLER VICE-CHAIRMAN ________ RALPH HYMAN ALEX CHAPIN BENJAMIN GINSBURG LOUIS GOLDENBERG RAFI MOTTAHEDEH DAVID STOCKWELL IRA SUVAL J. E. TRELEAVEN DAVID WEISS SIDNEY WIESNER [[underlined]] (all elected officers are also members of Committee) [[/underlined]] J. P. MONTLLOR - EXECUTIVE SECRETARY ____________________________________________ We are indeed privileged to report to the membership that the Annual Meeting and General Election held at the Hotel Gotham in the evening of April 30th was unusually well attended, and that it resulted with the re-election of all the nominees reported by the Nominating Committee plus the election of Mr. J. E. Treleaven, on the "Personal Choice" column, for the three-year term to the Executive Committee which remained open on the ballot. To one and all, we are sure, will for the felicitations of the membership along with all good wishes for a most constructive and successful administration. [[underlined]] continued on #2) [[/underlined]]