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A REPLY SENT TO THE ORIGINATING STATION, IN A RECORD TIME OF ONE HOUR AND
20 MINUTES.  MAXIM AND TUSKA, AS THE SOLE OFFICIALS OF THE ASSOCIATION,
REALIZED THAT THEY HAD REACHED THE LIMIT OF THEIR ADMINISTRATIVE ABILITY
THE LEAGUE WAS GROWING AND EXPANDING TOO RAPIDLY.  CONSEQUENTLY, A MEETING
OF LEADING AMATEURS WAS CONVENED TO DEVELOP THE REORGANIZATION OF THE
LEAGUE.  IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1917, A CONSTITUTION WAS ADOPTED CALLING
FOR ELECTION OF FOUR OFFICERS AND 12 DIRECTORS.  MAXIM WAS ELECTED
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PRESIDENT, ARTHUR A. HEBERT  VICE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER TUSKA WAS
AGAIN ELECTED SECRETARY AND C. R. RUNYON JR. BECAME THE TREASURER.  THE
LEAGUE WAS FINALLY STRUCTURED FOR GROWTH AND EXPANSION.  THE IMPACT OF
WORLD WAR I BUT CONFLICT IN EUROPE GREW MORE INTENSE UNTIL, ON APRIL 6,
1917, THE UNITED STATES WAS PROVOKED TO ENTER.  ONLY DAYS LATER, LICENSED
AMATEURS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE ORDERING THAT
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