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MONDAY, NOVEMBER Is, 1920.
Kcep the Charter Work Going.

The Rotary Club, having successfully
started movement 10 secure new char-
Ter for Wilmington at the coming session
# the Legislature, made a further move at
It's meeting last Thursday night, TO con-
sentrate the agencies il incited TO action
INTO an effective, practical committee 10
take IN hand the work of formulating
charter measure IL adopted resolution III
winch Il decided 10 continue to sponsor
the movement for a new city charter
and authorized its public affairs commit
tee 10 participate IN the organization OF
C.nsy,l Charter Committee in behalf OF
the citizens Of the community, and 10
.s-iSi this committee in its work IN every
vsy possible. :.
The next move will be 70 have the vari-
o.,s civic bodies which have gwen favor
able consideration 10 the charter pr oIeet
,fssolnt committees from which the
General Charter Committee may be select
81. Il should be possible 70 perform TINS
necessary preliminary work during TINS
vcrk. ~ that the General Charter Com
mittec may be formed and start Immediate
!, upon tho preparation OF a charter
measure. In work Of this character TOO
many direct operatives would not be ad-
viSsble. but il should be easily possible
for committees from the agencies that thus
far have spoken, and others that may desire
,o take part in the good work, To assemble
and appoint their representatives TO the
General Charter Committee. Upon the
latter would then devolve the responsibility
for fnal action, and there can be no doubt
q rDod General Charter Committee would
prepare a good charter measure.
o. ouIrse IL 10 not possible for any out
s.de agency 20 prepare charter measure
with guarantee that it would be enacted
bv the General Assembly. IL would, how
ever. be large step towards final success
TO have a good measure prepared Tor the
consideration Of the Legislature I'M
neiiately after it assemblies IN regular
session. next January. But no time IS 10
be lost in the preliminaries. That General
Charter Committee should be formed De
fore the end Of this week
Nor is it 10 be considered that the
preparation Of new charter measure
even under the promising agencies that
arr now in movement, would mean sue
cess Of itself. The real work viii begin
when the measure is submitted TO the
Legislature, and we feel We are but dong
public duty when we say TO these agencies
that they may expect a hard contest at
Dover 10 crown their efforts with success
There will be inhuences-open ana Sc
cret. but especially the latter-whlch VIII
work against any material changes IN our
existins charter, and it viii be necessary
N inaugurate an efficient fighting force TO
get a new charter through the Legislature.
The greatest enemy, however, would be
indifference. OF even tagging OF interest
IN the work. We have seen IN the past
an admirable charter measure, prepared
with great care and presented to the Legs
lature early In the session, die from most
amazing neglect and indifference mani
Tested Immediately after It's introduction
st Dover. The reason for this surprising
failure has never been explained to this
day. Similar indifference following ex-
cenent work would be equally fatal to the
present movement.
But a sound and effective charter
measure. aimed at the kind of administra-
ton the people Of Wilmington both need
and want, supported earnestly by all the
agencies concerned in It's preparation,
would, in our opinion, meet with crafty
ing srccpse