The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-08-09
Intimation
That They Sponsor
Campaign for City
Manager Plan Begun
By Newly-O Organized
Commission Govern
ment Union Indig-
nant at Unauthorized
Use Of Their Names.

The 5000 Bridgeporters who
pledged themselves Nov. % to
vote for Commission Form of
Government, received today in
the mail envelopes enclosing
two letters.
The letters were. on the paper
of the Commission Govern
ment Union" and the name of
w. T. Hincks was printed at
the end Of each. One letter
contained statements that the
City Manager Plan or govern
ment is approved by "a great
majority of people who have
given great study to the ques-.
ton of civic betterment" and
urged that the recipient Of the
letter be not misled into think
ing it is a scheme to insure the
control of selfish interests
The other Of which 400 were
sent out, contained an appeal
to each of the committee of
100, which boosted the Com
mission Form of Government,
to go out and get 10 more to-
vote for the city manager plan.
But on the back of each letter
were the names of the committee of
100, intimating that he committee vas
responsible for the letter. s.sComnait-
tee members, who are prominent and
active citizens. were very indignant
today, at what they resent as an gun-
warranted use of their names. Many
Of them are absolutely opposed to the
city manager plan. Many more never
heard of the Commission government
Union.
The letter the committee of 100 re-
ceived, follows:
Dear Sir
In the writer's opinion the only
thing thatis is apt to defeat the pro-
posed new charter at the election
on Saturday of this week, August
11th, is the Indifference of those
who are it's theoretical friends. It
was said many Years ago on
mighty good authority BY their
works ye shall know them" That
is Just as true today as it was two
thousand years ago.
If you are we'll disposed toward
this proposed new charter, the
question arises What are you, as
a good citizen, of Bridgeport, going
to do to procure it's adoption 80
You are no real friend of theAe
charter if you simply sit by ans
do not work for it.
May ask you to. do the follow-
ing concrete piece of work? Let
each man who receives this letter
AL
write to ten men who in your
opinion would not naturally vote
for the charter unles so commun-
icated with. Look on the back OF
this sheet and see the names OF
the Committee of One Hundred,
and do not telephone to them, ever
though they are your naturak
friends and associates. Get others.
Get the people whom you do bus
mess with at your house-the
c11auffeurs, the factory men, and
others who would not naturally
vote.
If every member of the COM
mittee of One Hundred will get
ten men, we shall have one thou
sand extra votes for the charter.
which will be very apt to insure its
passage.
Like other outside things in this
hot weather, this is not the pleas
antest thing in the world to do.
Nor is it the most unpleasant by
any means. It is little enough we
are asked to do to prove our
claimed good citizenship. Will
you do it in this case?
u COMMISSION GOVERNMENT
UNION,
hxy VIZ
The other communication follow:
Bridgeport, Conn, Aug. 8, 1917.
Dear Sir:-You will undoubted.
ly rem enfbeT with pride that you
were one of six thousand forward
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