The sun., 1919-01-20
WATCH CITY HALL,
SLOGAN OF UNION
Citizens Body Finds All It's
ForcbOdings Have Come
True.
INEXPERIENCE IN SADDLE
Annual Report Gives Praise to
Women for Part In Civic
Affairs.
INEXPERIENCE IN SADDLE

n may be that a big and luminous eye
Will DO painted soon upon one OF the
windows looking upon the CITY Hall
from the headquarters Of the Citizens
Union at Al Park Row. Tho Cts Union
states In simple, easy English that the
present city administration needs watch
Ing and that all of its forebodings have
come true. 1t finds, whenever it glanccs
toward the hail. inexperience, unfitness
and narrow partisanship.
"What the Citizens Union said n year
ago OF the necessity OF watching the new
city administration has proved true" it
II stated in the annual report OF Father
Knickerbocker's prim housekeerer at
was 20 be expected that new hands
would do a certain amount of bunshng
In trying TO run machinery with which
they were unfamiliar.
'Some Of the mistakes have been due
TO this lack of experience. hut others can
be attributed only to total unNtness for
office II was but natural that after
years OF government by officials who
represented and FOR the most part at.
tempted to put into practice an ideal
OF non partisan service an administra-
ton elected on a strictly partisan basis
tisanship into the city government.
"That expectation also has been full
filled. 1t furnishes the hest possible
proof OF the need of just such Intelligent
watchfulness as the Citizens Union pro-
vides'
Gives Credit to Women.
With palpable pride the union notes
: that the ladies are now powerful In It's
councils and recalls that az far back
as 1897 n committee of women was as
ISOLATED In the work OF the orga animation
The new year book reveals that among
the members OF the principal committees
OF the union are Mrs. James Lees Laid
law, Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, Mrs.
Roealie JoeN whitney. executive COM
rnittee Mrs Irene Osgood Andrews, Miss
Clhrice AuerbaCh. Mrs +. Robertson
Jones, Mrs, Helen st. Clair Mullan and
Miss Elizabeth 7. Toms, COMMITTEES on
city government; Mrs. Mary Gray
Brewer, MIS-. Raymond Brown. Mrs.
Estelle Bush. Miss Mary Vida Clark.
Mrs julius Henry Cohen. Miss Katharine
b. Davis. Mrs. II. Edward Dreier, Miss
Mary E. Dreler, Mrs. William p. Earle.
Jr., Mrs. William H Hays. Mrs. Stanley
NJ. Isaacs Mrs. Helen Leavltt. Miss
Edith Morgan. Mrs. George hoffman Mrs
Mary padden. Miss BcrIna K.nbaue,,
Mrs. F. Louis Slade. Mrs. Albert Strauss
Mrs. Charles F. Tiffany, Mrs. w. Holden
Weeks, Mrs. Frederick II. Within, Mrs
William G. Wilcox. Miss Ida Wool
worth and Miss Rose Young. city COM
mittee.
After reviewing the scope Of It's work
FOR twenty-five years and its efforts To
keep the fires of pure municipal and
State government burning while the at
tentlon OF the public was concentrated
upon the war the Citizens Union an
nounces Its plans for the coming year
All legislation will be analysed care
fully and reported to the public. The
city administration will be watched. The
fight for home rule will be kept up. 4
special eye will be kept on the Board Of
Aldermen. Greater publicity in the
preparation of the city budget will be
advocated. Useless expense and dup,i-
cation In city and county government
will he fought. The fundamental prln-
ciples Of the direct primary Will be up
held. and measure putting the respon-
stbility for nominations squarely upon
the shoulders OF the party leaders with
fair and full opportunity for primary
contests Will be supported. Mantle
nance of State control over the Public
Service Commission will be advocated,
and efforts for an efficient commission
kept up. Operation of public utilities
by cities will be favored After the war
needs Of city and State will be studied.
Opposition TO special legislation and
privileges will be maintained, Inquiries
into sources Of revenue will be pursued
and new sources sought for. \ work.
able plan for port development and Il
permanent solution Of the West side
problem are on the calendar \ study
will be made TO ascertain what bene-
ficlal changes could be made in existing