Evening star., 1923-11-13
MANAGERS HEAR
OF v0TELESS CITY
Co|Iaday Explains Conditions
to Municipal Heads Gath
cred Here.

aShlngtOnS NoteleSS CoHultioii
was brought home to more than 100
municipal administrators meeting at
the City Club today in the annual
convention of the City Managers AS
sociation, by Edward +. Colladay,
president of the Board of Trade. who
appealed to the city managers to re-
store residents of the Capital to full
citizenship.
Passage of a pending constitutional
amendment to give residents Of this
city representation in Congress. rep
resentation in the electoral college
and the right to sue and be sued In
the federal courts was urged by Mr..
Colladay in an address in which he
described the residents of Washing
ton as "downtrodden citizens of the
United States"
Record Of District.
More than $4,000 citizens of this
country, in Washington. are taxed
without representation" Mr.. Colladay
habitants of any one Of six states
Of the nation. Residents of the Ma
tionai Capital pay more in federal
taxes than the citizens of any one of
seventeen states and sent more men
into the service during the war than
did any one OF thirty-two states"
He urged the municipal managers
to spread among their representa-
tiveS in Congress the hope that in
the near future Washingtonians will
citizenship He said delegates to the
convention were being offered every
facility for seeing Washington and
invited. them to attend a meeting of
. flr.1 VDs.p,y - a
night
Cuno II. Rudolph. president of the
board of Commissioners reviewed the
history of the municipal government
of the District of Columbia. pointing
out that the first effort to stop the
'wastefur' form of government by
mayors and councils was made here
in 1871, when Congress established
the territorial form of government.
This form lasted four years and in
government was established. Mr.. Ru
dolph congratulated the convention
on it's selection of Washington as its
1923 meeting place and declared every
effort would be made to make the
stay OF the delegates in the Capital
a happy one, Commissioners Oyster
and Bell also attended the opening
session of the convention, but did not
speak.
Responding to the addresses of
welcome. Louis Brownlow. president
of the association and former chair
man of the Board of ommissioners
of the District, said he had found in
his experience as city manager OF
Petersburg. Va, little difference be
tween the commission plan of man
agement in use here. and the city
manager plan The District Com
missioners, he said. take final action
on any problem as one. acting as a
board and not as individuals.
Absence OF Politics.
Mr.. Brownlow said the commission
plan Of government, as in use mere,
makes for an orderly city, with a
singular freedom from partisan pol
itics." Continuity of engineering ad-
vice secured by the overlapping
terms of engineer officers OF the
Army makes for an orderly and we'll
BANNED city, Mr.. Brownlow added.
He said he had been unable. and
quoted Commissioner Rudolph as be-
ing unable, to find any nanifestion
of partisan politics among the heads
District government. Mr.: Brownlow
becomes city manager Of Knoxville.
Tenn. on December 1, leaving Pc
tersburg, Va, where he has oeen
Delegates to the convention will be
received by President Coolidge at the
White House at 1880 tomorrow and
will then proceed by automobile to
Alexandria, Va, where they WIZ pc
the guests of the Alexandria kiwanis
Club at a luncheon to meet City Man
ager Wilbur M. Rich.
Heads of the different departments
of the District government have ar
ranged a schedule of trips by motor
about the city. beginning today, dur.
ing which the city managers VIII
have an opportunity to visit the
schools, parks, markets and WharVes
and inspect the police, fire. sewer and
water departments.
Addresses will be made at the ses-
sion tonight by George j. Roark OF
Beaumont, Tex; Albert l. Roper,
mayor of Norfolk. Va; c. Wellington
koiner of Pasadena, Calf: c. +. Rid
ley of Bluefield, w. Va; Thomas II.
Reed of the University OF Michigan,
and Howard w. Odum OF the UniVer-
sity Of North Carolina
Harrison G. Otis, city manager OF
Clarksburg. w. Va. presided at
luncheon today at the City ClQo. Inc
annual report of Secretary John G.
gain Of fifty-one cities for the city
manager plan during the year.
Secretary Of Commerce Hoover is
cheduled to address the association
at the annual dinner tomorrow even
ing and former Attorney General
wickersham will speak Thursday
evening, when q joint dinner will be
held at the City Club with the Ma
tional Municipal League The league
will hold its annual convention at the
City Club Thursday and Friday.