Palisadian., 1923-08-10
CORKINC PLATFORM
BY CANDIDATE BLACK
RidgeWood Man Puts Up Fine
Argument on Why He Should
Go to Assembly.

At meeting of the Ridgewood Unit
of the New Jesey Women's Republi-
can Club, held at Ridgewood, N. j., on
Thursday, August 2, Charles F. Black
was enthusiastically and unanimously
endorsed as a candidate for the As
sembly on the Republican ticket in
the coming fall primaries.
Il am very grateful to your presi-
dent and this unit for the privilege of
speaking before this splendid, live or
ganization of Republican women.
"As a candidate for the Assembly
hope to have your active support, for
| appreciate that if my candidacy does
not appeal to both the men and wom-
en- of Ridgewood, my home town, it
could hardly be expected to appeal
elsewhere, as there is no community
more typical of America and more il
Illustrative of American ideals than our
own village of Ridgewood.
'In this campaign | shall indulge in
no personalities of any kind, nor shall
| attempt to gain your support, or the
support of any organization by per-
sonal comparison of my own expert
ence and qualifications with these of
others who are or may be candidates
for the nomination.
"There are four nominees to be Sc
lected. Five men are already avowed
candidates, and more will probably
follow, so that the range of choice
will not be limited by numbers and it
will be the duty of all Republicans in
terested in good government to care
fully appraise each candidate before
making a selection. All ! ask is that
you. give the matter of selection the
same consideration and thought you
would give to an equal matter of i'm
portance affecting your private affairs.
If your verdict be adverse, | shall ac-
cept it in the same good American
spirit.
"In urging before you my own can
didacy | am going to refer, briefly, to
a matter in the proper solution of
which | may be of substantial service
! to the people of this county, refer
! to the matter of transportation. AT
| the present time there exists bi-
| SIdlG ClCdlCu ny thC az
ton of the legislatures of New York
and New Jersey, subsequently ap-
proved by Congress, known as the
| Port of New York Authority. This
| Port of New York Authority consists
of a commission of six members, three
from New York and three from New
| Jersey with an engineering staff,
counsel and full equipment, which
was empowered and directed by the
! legislatures of the two states to pre-
pare a comprehensive plan to CO
ordinate, extend and develop the
transportation facilities within the so
called Port District.
"The so-called Port District com
prices an area of approximately 1,500
square miles, including within it's
boundaries the entire Metropolitan
District within a radius of twenty-five
miles from the Statue of Liberty. 1t
| therefore includes the whole of the
| City of New York; and practically all
| of Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Essex
and parts of Monmouth, Union and
| Middlesex counties in New Jersey
With in this area there are l05 mu
inequalities, including our own county
of Bergen, the cities and towns of Du-
mont. Hackensack, Rutherford, Ora,
dell, Westwood, Glen Rock, Lodi, Gar
field, Bogota, Englewood, Ridgefield
Park, and others.
"This commission has prepared a
comprehensive plan, which has been
submitted to and approved by the
| legislatures of both state, and the
Port of New York Authority is now
functioning as a body, with certain de-
fined powers over transportation and
other facilities within the Port Dis
trict.
"The comprehensive plan, among
other things, calls for the building of
vehicular tunnel under the Hudson
| river hetWaen New York and New