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blank petitions to drug stores in all
quarters of the city.
Anyone who is interested in the
city, and who has not had a chance
r drug store and place his or
her signature on the blank at once"
was the appeal of the board.
At nearly every church Sunday
a member of the Committee of
1000, who will also be a member
Of the church, will circulate the
petitions.
Teams at Work
Several large manufacturing
plants have reported the office
force and employees have signed 100
per cent. Teams Of workers are be-
ing organized in these plants to cir
culate the petitions. Saturday aft
ernoon and Sunday.h
Factories which will place teams
in the field include the Diamond
Chain Company, Esterline-Angus
Company, Central States Envelope
Company, Holcomb-Hoke Manu-
featuring Company and the C. p.
Lesh Paper Company.
1.-The publication of the complete
statute will put new energy in the
campaign FOR petitions" said Coffin.
"All any citizen need do is read
Section 2 Of the law and his mind
will be disabused entirely of any idea
that, by signing a petition for to ask
council to call an election, he is RASH
ly or thoughtlessly attempting to
foist the city manager plan OF nom
partisan government on an unsus-
pecting public.
Asks Election
The only thing the petition asks
is that the following question be
submitted to the voters of the city:
Shall the city OF indianapolis adopt
the city manager plan OF govern
ment as provided i'm the laws?
THAT is all the committee is at
tempting to do. When the council
has ordered an opportunity to vote
on the question, 1t will be presumed
that a sixty-day period will be given
for investigation and discussion. If
at the end Of that time the voters
of Indianapolis have concluded they
1A nAt dncfrn q nhon0o ~ ~Axrorn-
ment they will vote mo" And every
person signing a petition will have
a full and free right to vote as they
see fit.
1.-THE publication Of the law clears
the air on that question, and I am
confident and expect a lot more
signatures today"
THE executive board CT the citi-
zens committee Of 1000 Is not wor-
ried about the Indian law providing
for a city manager plan OF city
government"
Such was a statement Of J. ". Es-
terline, president Of the Esterline-
Angus Company, n of the board
members, today in response to at
tacks made or the statute by oppo-
nents Of the proposed change.
ALREADY $50 cities have been
wrested from political ring con-
troll by this plan of non-partisan
government. Some OF them are
bigger than Indianapolis.
I'VE knew before we went into
this fight what the opposition would
be. The plan is working fine in
these ESQ cities, located in 81 other
States, under different laws.
Indiana Law Good
1.-THE laws differ. The Indiana
law is as good as others.
What is more, the city manager
plan is working equally well in
ninety cities in States where city
manager charter laws have not been
passed, having adopted the city man.
ager plan by city ordnance
THE striking thing is that in not
a single city in any Of those thirty
one States have the politicians been
able to regain control. It Is simply
because people who get taxes re-
duced, efficient fire and police pro-
lection and see their laws enforced
cannot be fooled.
THE real test Of any government
is the practical results. The COM
mittee has published kilograms
showing the beneficial results in
other cities. Compare those results
with those Of the present city gov
eminent system in Indianapolis"
John F. White. Of the speakers
bureau Of the citizens committe,
Thursda ynight explained the city
manager plan to the business wo-
mems section Of the Wonien's De
partment Club.
One member of the executive com.
mittee has himself turned in more
than ] 900 signatures to the petitions,
1t vas said at the headquarters.
A mass meeting Of employees Of
the Diamond Chain Company were
addressed at noon by speakers on
the subject. M. l.. Wainwright,
president of the company, is treas
urer of the executive board Of the
committee.
The movement was considered by
Chamber Of Commerce civic affairs
committee at an adjourned meeting