Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-13
PENROSE URGED TO AID
TRANSIT LOAN BILL

PENROSE URGED TO AID
TRANSIT LOAN BILL
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tional issue should arise to divide support
for these bills. Civic pride must assert
itself before factional politics.
CALL FOR SUPPORT.
Fully apprecating then your broad
comprehension of all that is necessary
for all our advancement, and relying on
your patriotism to submerge any bitter
ness in the present political conflict, we
urgently call upon you TO Immediately
ask every one to support these bills.
I'VE should all be For Philadelphia,
dlsregardng politics, locality, creed or
race.
"a Greater Philadelphia can come no
other way.
PROTECT INTERESTS.
an the distribution and award of the
contracts your friends and adherents In
City Councils can easily advise the citi'
zens and protect their interests. 1t will
take many years to expend the money
secured from these loans and to complete
these improvements, so the vital question
of the moment is the Immediate securing
of funds for the purposes necessary.
MAY we, therefore, count upon your ac.
tive support and a public declaration. at
once, in the interest of the passage OF both
bills? Very truly yours
EDWIN NJ. ABBOTT,
president Oak Lane Park Improvement
Association"
WORK UNTIL POLES CLOSE.
The final week of the city-wide. fight
for the passage of the S67,100,000 tram
sit and port loan bill ended today with
confident predictions from leaders In
every section of the city that the bill will
pass on Tuesday by big majority. In
dorsements Of the loan bill and the Taylor
plan from organizations of very kind
continued to pile up today, and the men
who have led the campaignN for real
rapid transit said they would continue
the fight until the polls close on Tues
day night.
The action of David H. Hart, Penrose-
McNichol leader in the 23d Ward, in COM
ing out publicly for the transit loan, was
regarded as q significant development
for II marked the first break in the ranks
of the faction reported to be opposed to
the passage of the loan. In making pub
lie his stand before the United Republican
Club, at 1925 F'rankford avenue, Hart
said that McNichol had told him he was
doing wise thing to support the loan
bill.
He also presented a resolution, which
was adopted, calling upon the voters to
take the loan question out of politics and
support the movement for Greater Phila-
delphia in spite of hostility to the Smith
administration.
THE RESOLUTION.
The resolution follows:
Resolved, in view OF the fact that
an effort has been made to make
political issue of the loan bills to be
voted upon May 49, the active Repub-
licans of the 23d Ward present at
this meeting (who unanimously favor
Senator Penrose as leader in prefer
ence to the Vares) desire to place on
record their approval of the loans.
We believe the question of financing
the transit plans and other public inn
provementR may safely be left in the
hands OF the citizens of our city, and
the approval of the loans would not
necessarily mean an Endorsement of
the present city administration in all
it's actions.
We deplore the fact that some citi-
zens, incensed at what they believe to
be a misuse of the police power in
the present campaign, have threat
ened to show their resentment by
voting against the loan bills, and we
take this opportunity of urging all
citizens to support the bills on Tues
day next
The Penrose-AIcHichol faction in the
46th Ward gave the transit and port and
the general loan bill half-hearted in
dorsement last night at a meeting In the
SGD Street Theatre, SD and SAMSON
streets, when speakers said it was "a
good bill TO put in the hands of the wrong
people"
At the same time the loan bills were
indirectly attacked by Select Councilman
Harry ]. Trainer, a former Ware leader,
who has swung in FIR Penrose, who told
the members of the seth Ward Penrose
Club, at a meeting at 26th and Wharton
that would increase the tax rate and the
rents.
The loans were indorsed at a meeting
in the 2Sd Ward. held at Griscom and
Unity streets, by the North Philadelphia
Real Estate Brokers' Association, the
Overlook Association and by resolutions
received by the Mayor from the Phlladel-
phla Real Estate Board, the Lancaster
Avenue Business Mems Association and
the 25th Ward Republican Club.
That the sentiment OF more than 20
business mems organizations is favorable
to the twin loan measures was the decla-
ration OF William II. Hancock, president
of the United Business Mems Association
of this city and of the Cohocksink Bust
ness Mems and Taxpayers Association.
II am decidedly in favor OF both loan
measures" he said. THE United Business
plan and the loan bills. We still stand by
that record and we will do all in our
power TO help the passage OF the two
measures and the successful completion of