Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1946-07-19


When your Editor. o. J. Pecord called me the phone
asked write article column
out "yes' before knew what In for We all
Is task to keep live and vital organ
full interesting subjects your vacation
going to tell readers the truth and that is that Ollie
couldn't vacation without having
ink pot He picked subject for to write about-what
do think Of the ri Council proposed by your
fellow Republicans"
WE'LL here goes-T can't say like it, You readers re-
member because has short time ago we went to
the polls and asked the voters change present system
shuffle-Duffe voting, and they said NO Since
November don't think the voters have changed
One plan, proposed by of my fellow Republicans
calls for the election 2 Councmen ward the
election of Mayor and Vice Mayor Director
be elected This departure from the original Charter
the City of Toledo adopted by popular November
1918, In that under the plan
to be elected Why Director to be elected is more
than understand 1t would people
Of Toledo desire to back to elecng Mayor Vice Mayor
and Councmen from Fl wards there would
In their minds If they asked to return to
Charter form Of government they chose in 1914.
have been informed that number Democrats have
suggested peoning for the return of the 1914 Charter
amended to the time of the p r. Amendment this
true then there aoot between Republicans and
Gratis to place two of petitions in again
ate confusion in the minds of Toledo citizenry?
great problem to be Municipal
study panel of the City Publicity Efficiency Commission;
not only they presented with the quanday making
two plan, but they must also determine district plan
nine or more districts would be feasible.
The CIO-PAC amendment last November was barometer
indicating that the people of Toledo chance
for councimen by other method
chance method of p R. Mr.. o. Keller President of
the Toledo Small Business Association saying he
PAC amendment to elect nine councmen large majority
vote might be considered evil than eecting
cmsn at large under the chance system r. then it
certain and logical that both evils should
eradicaed from Political System citizens of Toledo
proceed to cure the evil
II is my personal opinion that CIoPAC is vital
adjunct to the civic life of Toledo No the
did down to defeat at the polls The PAC
have awakened Big Business Little
working people of class to civic pride it is
opinion that the simpler the machinery election the better
the direct and obvious the result of act of voting
the greater the of responsibility in both voters and
person elected.
idea of how to explain p r. elections 1t direct and
elected voter knows how much if at ALL he
tributed to anyones election.
The principle of representative the greatest
political discovery in history it alone
ment by autocracy The United States Oldest the largest
and powerful democratic country in world 1t is
accident that the tradition of the majority system general
and of the plurality system in particular merely strong
the tradition of democracy.
CIO-PAC should stand ready to meet the challenge in
future election period when form system will be
offered to the voters What do for Toledo do for the
history of democracy.