Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-03-20
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directly striving for positions for which
I they are untitled either by experience
temperament or age. Lastly. Il lack of
I young, energetic and far. seeing men on
the Board of Directors.
The board moves too ponderOusly.
The Mayor has his hands full running
The business Of Philadelphia he
would only recOguiZ" the fact.
Running an international exposition
n addition is piling PIlion on Ossa
Ia be sure, President Harding has
been approached about n Federal np.
propr!ation, Hu, even mis- pilgrimage
TO Washington was not undertaken
until members of fhe Philadelphia dele =
CATION in Congress had publicly proddcd
the Mayor and directors by declaring
thar the whole exposition project was
being endangered By inaction.
The above statements will b. chal- =
, lenged. They will be Indignantly denied
Nothing. however, that can be said will
disprove the facts | have stated.
Council, sparrine seltiShly for polit .
iral advantage. has fought. threatened
and otherwise endeavOred 10 impose ths
wishes Of individual members upon the
Board Of Directors as 70 the matter OF
site.
And it has taken year to select a
site.
have limited that the delay, iuartion
and hackwardncsS of the project are
due 10 unbusiueSsllke mrthnds Of the
Mayor. There il tho impression that
, Mayor Moore ~ d"SirOuS Of becoming
the head Of the great exposition prof.
ect. inst as he is the head of lts Board
Of Directors and its controlling power.
Meanwhile. other members Of the
board ar" feeling out public sentiment
az t. chances for becoming director
general.
There j. djSsur rsfaction and rerrimi.
nation
II IS indiSputabio rhaj with the powers
conferred upon him aS chairman Of the
Board of Directors Mayor Moore holds
the whip hand. | p 10 the present mem
bers Of til" directorate have yielded 70
his desires. But there have been mur-
muringS
It seems 10 become more apparent
daily thai his dual role rs Mayor OF
Philadelphia and head of the SeAuut-
Centennial Board Of Directors, Mayor
Moore is in danger Of falling between
the SteedS through Inability to ride both.
Each position * one-man job. No
one individual can I'LL both with salts
faction 20 III" public or justice to his
employment.
The vital point, though. ~ he need
of Il viriie. active. ambitious board Of
far -visloned men and women. One
third Of the present boa rd have reached
an age limit where they should be will
ing. voluntarily, 10 retire from active
management of this great international
enterprise in favor Of the younger gen.
Grafton.
It may be objected hat this is IN.
necessary thar there is wise counsel in
age. True. These elderly ones are
needed as an advisory council. bur the
work Of planning, scheming, financing
and running the project should be
transferred TO th" younger members Of
the present board and new appointccs.
in place Of spxagenurian and septuagc-
marian incumbents.
As general in the World War said
when philadclphlan siXty.two years
Of age was turned down in his appl.
cation for, active, service, This is "A
young mans war,
The Sesqul-C Centennial is young
mans exposition. 1t is 10 be the en-
bodiment "A the thought, aspirations
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