Strife at Houston

The responsibilities of managing American Petroleum Institute have fallen not upon the well-known men who have occupied its presidency but upon William

Rufus Boyd Jr.. executive vice president. Last year A. P. I. members decided they wanted a president who would be more than a shirt front. They elected Amos Leonidas Beaty and decided to depart from tradition, pay him a salary (reported at $50,000). Many members were against the salary. Others felt that 62-year-old Mr. Beaty, whose friends call him "Judge," was not giving the A. P. I. its money's worth. When the A. P. I. held its convention in Houston last week Mr. Boyd let it be known that he would resign should Mr. Beaty be reelected. He did not have to, for instead of Mr. Beaty the A. P. I. directors chose Judge Charles Bismark Ames, first vice president of Texas Corp.

Judge Ames, a lank Oklahoma City lawyer, was assistant to Attorney General Mitchell Palmer from 1919-20. From 1923-25 he was general counsel of Texas Co. Then followed two years during which he went back to his law practice before rejoining Texas Corp. He knows his A. P. I. predecessor well for Mr. Beaty was Texas Co. president in 1920-26. Judge Ames will resign from Texas Corp. to give his full time to A. P. I., presumably at a salary. Last week Mr. Boyd, while satisfied over the ousting of Mr. Beaty, announced he might yet resign within 30 days.

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