The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1925-03-09
MANAGER
PLAN AS BIG
STEP AHEAD
Business Leaders See New
Progress Under Change
AUTHORITY is CENTERED
They Tell You Here Why
You Should Vote II In

lou Sn0uld V0te III IN
lTHESE leaders in Seattle's
l. professional, industrial
and civic life are going to
vote for the city manager
plan Tuesday because they
see in it the most progress
sive step forward that this
city has taken in years.
Read what they sayl Then
think it over carefully be-
fore you go to the polls to-
morrow:
o. IL. TH0RGRIMsON, lawyer
and civic leader: II ann for the city
manager plan Internationally. II
makes one body responsible. II does
away with the conflict between the
present two.headed body. Under II
We can get higher class of business
men 10 accept responsibility"
LAURENCE s. BOOTH, banker
and financier: II ann for tho city
manager plan. because it offers
greater responsibility for improve
ment over the present system. In
II the chances for getting better eN-
eoutive and better administrative
fnnetioning are increased enor-
mously."
MISS ADELAIDE POLLOCK.
civic chairman Of The Federation OF
women's Clubs: II believe III fhc
city manager plan because IL viii
place definite responsibility upon OF.
fieials. ] shall vote for its adoption
next Tuesday"
VINCENT MILLER, OF Garter.
Macdonald & Miller. I'm for it.
because ! want TO see bigger and
better Seattle. with The accent on the
better I believe the city manager
plan Is the only force strong enough
TO clean up the outrageous moral sit.
uation in our city"
w. l.. RHODES, merchant: .'The
principle OF the city manager plan is
right, and that is why I support IL.
II il good business. II takes the city
government out of politics and takes
the city one step further toward .
real business administration"
DIR. JAMES II. EAGLESON, ply.
stefan: favor ihc manager plan.
II ccntralizes responsibility, ana
gives a city business administra-
ton
MRS. c. T.. BOGARDUS, founder
and FIRST president, Parcni-1eachcr
association, now Of the Parent.
Teacher council: THE city manager
plant is right, because II places re-
sponsibiliiy IN city management
where IL can be controlled. IL cannot
be controlled under the present sys-
tenn in Seattle
a. IL. Wiseman, lawyer, past pres
idcnt One. Hundred Per Cent club:
II favor the city manager plan be-
cause il provides centralized author
lily and efficiency based on business
principles
DIR. j. r.. CR0WTIIIsR, Univcr.
sily Methodist church. author of
The Wayfarcr": II favor tho city
manager plan because ii has succeed.
ed elsewhere"
DIR. J. T.. CREIGHTON, former
health commissioner, now Seattle
manager for American Red Cross: ~
favor the city manager plan because
II places city management ON a bust.
ness basis"
DIR. MARK A. MATTHEW'S. min.
ister: THE managerial form of gov
eminent is not an experiment. II is
scientific, economical and successful.
The best government will be cstab.
itshed when control is reduced TO the
smallest possible unit TO guarantee
efficiency and economy"
"A. :. KERRY, business leader:
Surely no business man can believe
that from an economic standpoint the
present plan Is not workable? The
city manager plan is the only imme-
date way out and we should get be
hind II and give II trial.
ID. IL. SKINNER, shipbuilder and
capitalist: Someone with the back
ground of special experience i'm han.
ding large corporations should be
more successful than anyone chosen
thru the medium of popular
appeal. Fifteen years ago we
changed from the parti,an ward sys.
tenn. Another step forward is un.
due. We take no more
hazard of its success than many
other cities that have adopted tho
plan"
RABBI SAMUEL KOCH, Jewish
leader: "There is always room for
in city government and
The city manager plan sounds reason,
able and practicable The experience
Of more than 800 cities shows that
The plan is beyond the experimental
stage and am heartily in favor
VI H."
TOM =. REVELLE, u S. district
attorney: ITS u good plan, I'm
or II and l am going TO vote for
l."
II. Il. TODD, attorney, Donworth.
Todd y Higgins; ~ am In favor
II trying il. Everything depends
IN the Kind OF u manascr obtained.