Evening journal., 1923-02-12
70 SOCIETIES
WANT CHARTER
City Committee to Con-
tinue Its Activities This
Week
OFFICIALS IN OTHER
CITIES APPROVE

representing thousands OF voters
already have endorsed the proposed
new city charter. and others are
expected TO do so this week. Inter
est in the movement Is gaining
steadily. according TO members OF
the General Citizens Charter Com
mittee
II is planned by the committee
10 arrange with members OF the
General Assembly for a hearing in
Dover on the Charter measure 10 be
attended by a large delegation from
Wilmington.
Action by the subcommittee OF
the Democratic City Committee on
the charter bill is awaited with in
terest This subcommittee will re-
port on Thursday night. Il is an
ticipated II will propose amend
ments 10 provide or election OF
members Of the new City Council by
districts instead OF at large. and 20
limit the services Of the Director OF
the Law Department strictly 70 the
municipality.
Among the organizations which
have endorsed the proposed charter
are the Rotary. Kiwanis and Lions
Clubs. Goldey College Alumni As
ISOLATION. general public meetings at
the Public Building. Methodist Min
isterial Association. Coyne Neighbor-
hood Association, Council OF Jewish
Women. Daughters OF the American
Revolutions, Central Labor Union
with reservations; Women's Retail
Druggists Association. East Central
and Ninth Ward Improvement As
sociations. Beth Emeth Brotherhood
and National Women's Party.
Speakers sent out by the Charter
Committee will address meetings this
week as follows:
Tonight, National Association for
the Advancement OF Colored People;
sixth and Walnut streets; tomorrow
evening. Catholic Daughters OF Amer
ca: wednesday, Welcome Council, Jr.. !
O. T. A. NJ; Thursday Knights Of
Columbus and WorSmen OF America. /
Declaring that the city manager
form Of government makes for eff /
cheney and economy. and at the .
same time the closest kind OF CO. /
operation, A. A. Carroll. superln- (
tendent OF police al Grand Rapids I
Mich, has addressed an interesting .
letter TO the General Citizens Char
ter Committee. A part OF the letter
follows:
Since have worked under both
the aldermanic and commission
manager forms OF government, 1
feel that IL would be well for me
10 state just what my experiences
have been along this line.
Under the old aldermanic form
OF government II was an utter i'm
possibility 10 keep politics out OF
our department: 1t was an utter i'm
posi- bility 10 treat everybody alike
because there would be scarcely a
morning but that this one or that
one wouldn't get some alderman 10
try and intercede for him. II wasn't
q question as TO whether a man was
right or wrong. II was a question
of how much pull he had that he
could turn over TO the alderman
for services rendered.
Under our present city manager
form our police department is
good deal more efficient. Our COM
missioners are carefully selected by
the people They do not represent
any particular section Of the city J
but the entire city, and 1 want TO $
say so far as I am concerned. give Q
me the present system. l have only {
one man TO take orders from that J
is the city manager who is one OF !
the kind that hews to the line and .
lets the chips fall where they will.
IF a man violates the law, no
matter II he should happen 20 be a q
city official. he Is sent into Court the
same as anyone else. Our police de-
partment was never in as good d
working condition as at the present T
time. That log rolling we used 10 l,
have in the old days IS all done u
away with You know 1t Is my duty .
TO stand behind our men, when they
are in the right, and 1 have had the u
backing OF the manager and COM u
mission TO a marked degree. There "a
is a keener cooperation between
the departments.
We meet once a week-the Il
heads OF departments-and that e.
stimulates cooperation. which I find !,
is very beneficial. Under the old or d
der OF things every man was looking e.
out for himself. and oftimes for
getting the other fellow. A good ~
many persons are skeptical about y
changing their form Of government, d
but 1 want 10 say that II you adopt
he city-manager plan there will be ~
no trouble" ~
Major John G. Emory. who be- "
came national commander of the -
American Legion, following the &C -
,idental death of Colonel Frederick II.
W. Galbrafth Jr served az ono NJ AZ
he city commissioners in Grand
Rapids until taking the Legion post. &c
George b. Mccain. treasurer Of al
he Dayton Engineering Laboratories :.
company. Dayton, O.. which is now VI
part Of the General Motors Cor &C
,oration. has written an endorse "
nent OF the commissioner pr
Ian OF government. w
The letter written by Mr.. Mccain III
anne in response to an inquiry made
+ him relative to the operation Of ol
he system in his home city. Mr.. co
icCann is not only prominent in er
Industrial affairs in Dayton. but is al co
o leading figure n social. religi- or
MS and fraternal circles. Among to
ther things, he says: ag
1T has been my privilege to be pa
resident of Dayton ever since its pl
doption OF the city managership en-
Ian, and I am glad to state that tn
egard It as the outstanding plan for FOL
he economical management of a mi
ity. hc
The management of a city, right
: handled, is only a parallel to the Ma
amusement of any corporation of Dc