The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1919-02-13
Ex-MAYOR TATE HEARTILY
FAVOR OF SCHOOL BOARD
OF FIVE.

Gives His Views Regarding Same as
Well as Other Needed Improvement
Mot a Candidate for Municipal
Office Hence Has no Strings Tied TO
His Propositions.
To The Editor:
7 have read from time to time our
ing recent weeks the comments IN tne
Entcrprise with respect to certain
proposed changes in our city charter.
7 fully agree with all that has Deen
said or written pertaining to this muca
needed Improvement in our scnool
government and I cannot believe tnat
anv real honest public-spirited citizen
of High Point should wish Tor the
nresent form of school management
and oversight r to continue longer
than is necessary to make the chanse
It isn't necessary to furtner argue
the ncints of wisdom for sNch acIloht
Es4sats@sa. lrsve~s been well and d2sunansse
ably covered in communications sno
editorials. Let us simply give our
children the best possible school ad-
vantages by having our school COM
mission COMPOSED or men and women
of the citv not only qualified but with
sufficient time to devote to this great
work and with no other public duties
tn burden them. This is written IN
no spirit of criticism Of our present
! citv cnuncil. ~ These men seem TO
have little time or thought to give 10
our schools and there can certainty
be no sensible reason why one SET OF
| officers should be burdened with dou
ble public duties especially when otn
| or good citizens are available and
such duties can be divided without ad
ditional cost to the tax payers.
But why stop with this one change
| in our present charter When the Wnole
| thing is an abomination as at presen
constituted and operated. Now please
| follow me for a moment ana may
/ ovn7ain what I mean. A few years
900 the High Point charter was
/ amended over the protest OF our c1tl
zenship and the City Manager Form
was put off on our people and tnen
/ little later a most obnoxious GU.
nertisan primary law or amendmeh
was forced on us by further leglsla
tive enactment without cause. IN
l affairs of the city government lncluC
5 ing it's schools were thrown INTO pa
= tisan politics and general upneaVe
resulted The city primary law as
e ie at nresent a part Of our chafte
| rrovides that only the voters IN a q
= en- ward can select the candidate WI
D is to serve the entire c1Ly IL elee'0o -. :
S tho Nav election. In other words, tn
: voters as a whole have no part III IL u
S selection of the men who are 70 ~
: ern our city, but under the presel
onfair arrangement can vote ohly - -
~ the candidate from the ward IN Wnle
cratic and unfair as we'll as mo-
I dangerous procedure and can neVs
with safety secure for the service
K the city the best available c1tlzens. @
Again, why a City Manager? Wn:
=, has this arrangement amounted TO
the four years it has been tr1eo ou
J. where is the need Of this add1t1on
t expense and if there ever was sucn
r. need. where can be the need now
in the near future. With higher cl'
taxes and higher water and light D1il' m
L a new lighting contract, or munlc1p
u electric lighting plant to he negotls
4 ed during the next administrator a.
; with greater demands of every natu
in order to cope with the consta
needs Of a growing city, is it not MI
time to "sit tight" and get our Dfea'
&c so to speak; go little slow on %!
,r issnes and certainly eliminate or CT
- fail every needless expense. Ii see1
- to me the time for absolute fetren
D ment in the matter of finances Is
n hand and it further seems TO me III