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The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-01-16

the Grange.
The next meeting, Jan. 27, will
be in charge of the Young Peo-
Piles Grange, Refreshments will
consist of Pie and sandwiches.
Carpe Diem Club
Mrs. D. j. Weber was the host
ess to the Carpe Diem Club when
they met last Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. Lewis Lowery, the president,
was in charge of the meeting.
Roll call for the afternoon was
Beauty Aids.
Mrs. Lloyd Matteson read
very interesting paper on the life
and work of Americas first fash
ion editor. Mrs. Millie Howe pre-
pared and read a paper forecast
ing fashions and fabrics. Mrs. Paul
Cpeyer gave an interesting paper
on "Plastics".
The hostess January %, will be
Mrs. w. c. Spain.
Community Council
The chairman of the Commun-
| ity Council, Mrs. H. R. Fisher, call
ed meeting of the council for
Wednesday evening at the high
school building. At this meeting
were a number of representatives
of various organizations in Rich
wood and Essex.
Recently a survey was conduct
ed among the students to deter
mine whether they were interest
ed in re-opening the Rec. The
survey showed little interest on
the part of the students so the
council voted to dispose of any
salable property which they had
in the recreation hall and pro-rate
all monies on hand back to the
organizations which which con-
tributed them.
A report was also heard from
the committee appointed to devel-
ope Boy Scout Troop in Rich
wood. After weeks of working
with the boys and trying to inter
est them in such a group, only
about four boys actually signed
cards for membership in a troop
| It was voted to discontinue the
work.
{ After discussion, it was voted
| to continue the council for another
year with the understanding that
meetings will be called if any mat
ters worthy of their attention de-
velope. A dinner meeting will be
held in March at which time an
nual reports will be made.
Golden Wedding Observed
On Monday, January 13, Mr..
and Mrs. E. w. Morrison obser-
we'd their golden wedding anniv-
ersary. They were married at the
home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs T. B. Jones, at Radnor,
The officiating minister was Rev,
J. w. James, who at one time was
the minister at the Redwood
Baptist Church. -
Mr.. and Mrs. Morrison have
eight children, three of whom are
deceased. A daughter, Mrs. Dana
Spain, lives in Columbs; A son
Mr.. Robert Morrison, lives in
East Bloomfield, New York; two
sons, Mr.. William Morrison and
Mr.. Thomas Morrison, live at
Redwood as does another daught-
er, Mrs. H. j. Langstaff. They
have eight grandchildren.
On Monday afternoon number
of friends and relatives gathered
at the home of their daughter, Mrs.
Langstaff, to help them observe
the day. Among the guests were
Mr.. and Mrs. C. c. Bowen, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Griffith, and Mr.
and Mrs. R. B. Dildine, all of
whom at one time had lived at
The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1947-01-16
E RAYMOND
BY MRS. E. c. JACKSON

BY MRS. E. c. JACKSON
Mr.. and Mrs. Sumner Bushong
and children spent Friday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Dildine.
Mrs. Cora Dempsey and grand
daughter, Dixie, spent Sunday
with her daughter and family and
Mr.. and Mrs. Cottrill and family,
of Marion.
Mrs. E. c. Jackson, who is Wis
iting her sons, Virgil and Vaughn,
of Washington, d. c., reports she
is well and enjoying her stay
immensely.She has visited many
points of interest and may pos
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JANUARY is, ls47

Mr. and Mrs. Morrison received
many lovely gifts and many WISH
es them many happy returns u
the day.
Entertaines Bridge Club
Mrs. C. H. Williamson openeu
her home on North Franklin St.
last Thursday evening to her
bridge club.
Guests besides the members IN
cluded Mrs. w. C. Spain; Mrs. y.
]. Weber; Mrs. Harold WlnCel'
Mrs l. C. Zuspan and Mrs. Don
Taylor.
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MILK HOUSE PLANS

Plans for building milk house
should include its location near
the dairy barn, with a covered
way between them. Milk house
floors should be sloped enough to
provide good drainage, and the
window space should equal at
least 10 per cent of the floor
space. Minimum size for a milk
house is 10 by IL feet, and it
should have a 2-section sink, and
metal racks to dry cans.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1947-12-25

solemnized at St. John church Sun
day afternoon.
The Living Links class of st. John
Sunday school held their meeting
Monday evening in the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Monroe Geiger. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ernest Bauman were assist
ant hosts. A gift exchange closed
the activities of the evening.
A Christmas program was pre-
sented by the music department of
Pandora high school Tuesday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Schumacher,
sons Donivan and Frederick and
daughter Linda were supper guests
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram
Kohl Tuesday. Donivan returned
home for his vacation from St.
Louis, Mo, where he is one of the
cellists of the symphony orchestra
of that city.
The cantata presented Sunday
evening by the Ebenezer mixed
chorus was we'll attended and very
much appreciated. Mrs. Milo Lora
directed the choir and Mrs. William
Althaus was accompanist.
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STOCK SALES
X * K

For rent-Bulls: Shorthorn Here
ford, Angus and Brown Swiss. Ira
Moser. II
For Sale Spotted Poland China
male hogs s month"; old fwt. 22o fbs.,
not registered, Gail L. Amstutz, IL
miles northeast ofBeaFerdam.
For sale-16 thrifty Duroc shoats,
avg. 50 lbs \ Arthur Phillips, 61a
miles south dfrBlufftotn.
For sale-7~shropshire ewes. Ken
meth Dilier, T miles southwest of
town.
For sale--4O pigb avg. so fbs.,
double immuned and wormed; also 2
springer heifers. Norval Welch, 215
miles southeast of Bluffton.
Bull service, So per COW plus 10
cents mile one way c. N. Long &
Son, Ada, Ohio. fAoa phone Red
1870. ~
For sale-Five good milk cows;
also 3 good heifers and ITO New
Hampshire Red pu1lets starting to
lay. E. C. C.'AIthauset, slz miles east
of Beaverdam and III miles south
on Pewee road. Phone 549-Y. DE y
For sale-1O shoats avg. 125 TBS.
irwin Hartman 2 miles west OF Mt.
Cory and Il mile south. >os
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EVANGELICAL & REFORMED
CHURCHES

Y. c. Oppermann, Minister
Emmanuel's:
9:30 a. m. Morning Worship
1920 a. m. Church School
No choir rehearsal this week
No Catechism Instruction this
Saturday
The Consistory of the church will
meet at the Parsonage on Monday
evening Dec. 80 at 500 o'clock.
st. Johns
9:30 a. m. Church School
10:45 a. m. Morning worship and
Holy Communion.
All members and friends are invit-
ed to partake of the Lords Supper
The choir will not meet for re-
hearsal this week.
No Catechism instruction this Sat
urday.
christmas Is For Everyone" will
be presented at the church on Wed.
nesday evening at 1880 P. M. A
Special Offering for the Ft. Wayne
Children's Home will be received.
The Consistory of the church meets
on Tuesday evening Dec. 80, at 500
for the final meeting of the year.
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Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. J. McCafferty
we're Sunday evening supper guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl McCafferty
and daughter,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Grismore and
family were Sunday dinner guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. O. P. Hartman and
son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lysle McCarty and
son, Mrs. Edith Schaffer and son
called at the Erwin Moser home,
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dale Owens and
family, Mrs. Tullis of Lima were
Friday evening supper guests of Mrs.
Sarah Oates in honor of Don Oates
birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. W. wilkins call
ed at the C. E. KIingler home Mon
day.
Mrs. Eva Moser and son Morris
and daughter Rosella called on Mr..
and Mrs. Victor Moser of Ada,
Thursday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Hartman and
family called at the o. P. Hartman
home Saturday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Klingler called
on Mr. .and Mrs. Hiram Klingler and
family, Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Klingler and
son Keith called at the c. E. King
ler home Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Montgomery
and daughters were Sunday guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Ream.
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thing like the Italian ravioli, also
is a usual course. Dessert consists
of special pudding called kutya,
made of wheat, poppy seeds and
honey.
During the Christmas Eve sup
per, some member of every Ukrain-
ian family throws a handful of kutya
or pudding at the ceiling. II it sticks,
the coming year will be prosper
Gus and happy one. After sup
per, a plate of braided bread, called
kolach, is left on the table between
two lighted candles. Legend says
that the spirits of the family's dead
will return at midnight to eat this
bread.
The Ukrainian Christmas festival
lasts three days. In the villages sing
ers known as Kolyadniky go from
house to house singing the Kolyadky
folksongs relating the birth of Christ
and the events of his life. They
usually carry a manger with them.
and in some cases they perform
miracle plays. They are reward
ed by gifts of food or money.
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M,aii,.ians -UoAI
many ONGnston,s

UkTainian churches, both Greek
Orthodox and Uniate, cling to the
ancient Julian calendar, SO their
Christmas Day comes II days lat
er than ours, or on January 6. Christ
mas Eve is celebrated with much
traditional ceremony and festivity.
The Holy Supper or Swiata Wecera
is very elaborate, consisting Of Il
courses, in memory of the II sapos-
ties. Fish. baked, broiled and iel-
lied, takes the place of meat.
Borsch, or beet soup, is generally
served, and stuffed cabbage, filed
with millet or rice. Vareniki, some
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHES

PhESBI CHURCHES
Ernest N. Bigelow, Minister
Rockport:
Morning worship $50
Church school 10:30
Mr.. Lawrence Begg, Supt.
Bluffton:
Church school 9:45
Mr.. Ropp Triplett, Supt.
Morning worship 11:00
"The Nativity" a drama of the
birth of Christ, will be presented by
the Young Adults during the annual
Christmas program on Christmas
Eve, Wednesday, 1880, with organ
music and carols forming the frs
part of the service. All invited.
Sermon for Sunday: Christ, Oul
Hope For A New Year"
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Settlement

George Yenner of Ottawa spent
Sunday in the home of his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Yenner.
Students and teachers and others
employed away from home of this
area are returning from their var
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ious places of work for the Christ
mas vacation.
The Swiss Male Chorus is having
regular rehearsal in preparation for
competition at the annual song fes-
tival which is to be held at. Conner
New Years night.
The wedding of Miss Anna Ruth
Geiger and Wilmer Suter IS to be
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MISSIONARY CHURCH
Robert Il. WeIch. Pastor

Wednesday,
1880 Prayer meeting
Sunday
$3.50 Sunday school
10:30 Morning worship
6:30 Prayer service
700 Youth Fellowship meeting
Children's meeting in basement.
1880 Evening service
Everyone is welcome.
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EVANGELICAL MENNONITE
f. ]. Shady, Pastor ~.

Sunday ..
9:30 Sunday School, c.. d. Diller,
Supt.
1890 Morning worship
Junior church
7:O0 P. NJ. C, W. B. program
7:45 P. M. Evening service
Youth For Christ at the Ebenezer
church, Saturday, Dec. 27 at 8 P. NJ
Details elsewhere in this paper.
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IN Ohe
Churches
FIRST MENNONITE CHURCH
]. n. Smucker, pastor

j. n. Smucker, pastor
Wednesday, ~zs 4<. -..@z
1880 The Children's Christmas pro-
gram. ~,.sz~-r-.= a
Thursday 5z -.aE.a
9:30 A. NJ. Christmas Service. Rev.
P. E. Whitmer will bring a Christ
mas meditation. .-~.@
Sunday
9:30 The Sunday School under the
direction of Carl Smucker
1890 Worship service
$50 intermediate Christian En-
deavor.
7:30 A Program of music and
hymns
Visitors are always welcome to
these services
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CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SOCIETY
Sunday services at 1890 q. m.

Subject: Christian Science.
Testimonial meeting at 1880 We'd
nesday evening.
The reading room at the church
is open every Wednesday from TOO
to T:30 p. m. The public is invited
to all services and to visit the read
ing room.
This society is a branch of The
Mother Church, the First Church OF
Christ Scientist, Boston, Mass.
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EBENEzER MENNONITE

1.-Two miles west of Bluffton)
Rev. Howard 7. Landes, Pastor
Wednesday, -@ %@
1880 Christmas program by the
Sunday School. --s@4
Saturday.
8 P. NJ. Youth for Christ meeting
Sunday g .
$3.50 Sunday school, Joseph Thomp.
son, supt.
10:30 Morning worship
7:30 c. E. programs
$40 Evening service a.=@
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FIRST METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. Paul II. Cramer, Pastor
Sunday school 9:30 A.. M.
Morning worship 1890 A. NJ.
NJ. Y. F., $50 P. NJ.
Bluffton Youth Fellowship $50 to
10 P. NJ.
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| heard the bells on Christmas Day
Their old, familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
Of peace on earth, goodwill to menl
And thought how, as the day nao
come.
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Beaverdam

Mr.. and Mrs. l. J. Amstutz at
tended the Golden wedding annivers-
airy of Mr.. and Mrs. Curtiss Frank
houser at Pandora on Sunday after
noon.
The Church of Christ had their
Christmas program Sunday evening
with a candle light service.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. B. Pugh, Mrs.
w. A. Arnold and Mrs. G. T. Arnold
attended the Messiah" at the
Peristyle in Toledo. Mrs. Marian
Pugh Brakeman was contralto solo
list.
Mr.. and Mrs. I. w. Byerly, Mr..
and Mrs. Haskell Coffin of Lima
were Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Delmer Beery.
Miss Ruth Durkee will spend the
holidays with Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
Pratt and family in Toledo.
The teachers of the Junior Depart
ment of the Methodist church enter
tanned the children with a Christmas
party on Saturday afternoon at the
church basement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Stryker of
Lima, Mr.. and Mrs. I. J. Amstutz
and son Wendell were recent visitors
of Mr.. and Mrs Wesley Baughman
at Churubusco, Ind.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Andrews were
last Sunday guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ed Fett, Misses Helen and Bird
Conrad.
Robert Zimmerman, freshman at
Miami university, is spending the
holidays with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ray Zimmerman.
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Rev. Victor E. Monk, Pastor
Sunday school 9:30 a. m. VIM. Ed
wards, Supt.
Worship service 7:3O p. m.
4
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mouth
The cannon thur-
dered in the
South,
And with the
sound
T h c rol 5
drowned
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With peace on earth, goodwill tnI
men!"
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Of peace on earth, goodwill to men!
It was as if an earthquake rent
The hearth-stones of a continent,
And made forlorn
The households born
Of peace on earth, goodwill to men!
And in despair bowed my head;
"Thereais no peace on EARTH" I said,
For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
Of peace on earth, goodwill to
men!" @
Then peaIed the bells more loud and
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Till, ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolved from night tot
day, .r-rs.
A voice, a chime,
A chant sublime
Of peace on earth, goodwill to menI
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LUTHERAN CHURCH

Rev. Victor z. Monk, Pastor
Sunday school 9:30 a. m. VIM. Ed
wards, Supt.
Worship service 7:3O D. m.
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The beIfries of all
Christendon
Had rolled along
The unbroken n
song
Of peace on earth,
good will to
menl
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Then from each black, accursed
Evening star., 1947-01-17
Injunction UphoIds Use
Of Property by Contractor

Justice T. Alan Goldsborough In
District Court yesterday issued q
preliminary Injunction In favor OF
James Parreco 6c Son, excavators,
whose equipment stands on disputed
property at Twelfth street and
Brentwood road NE.
The order restrains Jones D. JAS
per, who contends he leases the
property. from the Mullin estate,
from interfering with the orderly
use of the land by the contractor.
The injunction also prevents Mr..
Jasper, who lives at 931 North Edge
wood street, Arlington, Va, or his
agents from barricading the prop
erty.
Justice Goldsborough was told Mr..
Jasper and his agents barricaded
the yard entrances with trucks and
iron bars to prevent the Parrecos
from using it. Attorneys Lewis
Shapiro and Herman Miller, rep
resenting the Parrecos, also told the
jurist that, in the landlord and ten
ant branch of Municipal Court re-
Gently, a suit by Mr.. Jasper to oust
the Parrecos was dismissed.
Mr.. Jasper's lawyer, Roger M.
Stuart, contends the Parrecos are
merely tenants and can be put off
the property almost at will.
Evening star., 1947-01-17
Maine Senators 10 Hold
Party for COP. Colleagues

A Republican victory celebration
will be staged by the Maine delega-
ton in the Senate at "get &C
quainted" party Tuesday night at
the Hotel Statler
Arranged by Senators Brewster
and White of Maine, the party will
have as guests the 81 Republican
Senator'S and their wives, and Gov.
and Mrs. Horace A. Hildreth.
There will be special favors for
the guests, an announcement said.
Lobster and shrimp will be served at
the informal dinner, prepared un-
der the direction of Harold S. Sew
erance
Evening star., 1947-01-17
Births Reported

Conrad and Mary Aschenbach, boy.
Chester and Kathleen Baker. sirl.
Arthur and Martha Beck. girl.
Neil and Margaret cherer. girl;
Mandel and Fra Frances 9ahHsIl ChiIs9Inl. s;TI oGy.
Floyd Floyd and sni Christine cornWe,l; boy.
Exns EetoE and and 6snfi asIaans Srfya sf girl
McCrllough and Edith Darlinston. girl.
Earl and Susie, Dudley. girl.
Harvard and Eleanor Dudley, boy.
Dan and Sara Dukes, boy.
GRANVILLE %nd Lillian EveTson' twins boz
RishaTd and ,ss Margsret Free; boy oyyir,
James and Mae Gheen, boy.
fafryooad safry sad aPH Phyliis Ia sddox. boy.
Frans Falns' aad ahd Ns charioste @ Hamilton. boy.
eSsefe eSsres sns and usse RasS Haafins asis sirl
Alvin and Margaret Henderson, boy.
Walter snS sms AEnss Agns HeTPFsy HepFIns Boy Ssy
Stuart Stuart a and setty Johnston; twin boys.
R9hspa sen1sn snd and IfaG1a Eana 5ognsr ee
canders Gaider amt and JJacGuefflne Kruse, gill.
Frank and IONA Leach. boy.
Thomas and Frances Mudd boy.
15sf 1s5ea .ns and MTsm KTiss1n sGE1ns f5
Hardy and Marion Pearce. girl. .
Charles and Doris Peterson; girl.
oliver and Henrietta Pickard. boy.
CLAUDE and Gloria Pray. boy
Albert and Helen Rathner' p ilae ats, boy
Earl and Vivian Rodenhizer. boy.
Thomas and Eva Roth, boy,
HSas Roper snd and Annii Madeine sehtz z
Donald and Evelyn Shoemaker, boy.
Billy and J9anita Skies, 4s s,ds boy bov
Joseph and. Jean Thompson, eiTl
Deiwin. and Irene Whit, Girl.
ksaash kksaehh ana ana saTah dfsaa s s
Lloyd and GLADYS Beasley, boy.
Lacy and Thelma Brown. girl.
Earistson and Martha Brown, girl.
GaaoiIds HaaoIe ana anr chrissine ra paekett. boy.
isabelle and Helen .Frigillana, girl.
Harvey and Mamie Gaskil. boy.
Frank and Mary Gasklns, noy.
George and Katherine Harris. glTTl.
Earl and Ruth Henderson. girl
fnsst ssa saa and vpEna Anna aeas9n aisgns sT Girl
Thomas and julia ,Hilliard, boy.
Dubois and Helen Hobson; siri.
HeSSert tSsH1'n and aiG Lillian ii1e Jones. sirl.
William and June Lewis. girl.
John and Hestlene Martin. boy: =,
Eugene and Juanita Martin; girl
E9osst Es6est and and Mar1 peeples Boy s
Charles and Adelaide Robinson. girl.
Willie and Mable Smith. boy.
William and Frances Thomas, boy.
James and Bessie Weaver. boy:
Evening star., 1947-12-07

in particular, urged Mr.. Molotov to
submit by Monday one comprehen-
sive paper embracing all Soviet
economic principles for Germany
Mr.. Molotov declined and suggested
they go back to a listing of disagree
ments prepared at the close of the
Moscow conference as the basis of
discussion.
The American secretary then
made final declaration as follows:
TT seems to me that the council
paper 148 proposed by Mr.. Molotov
as principal working paper is ac-
tually list of our failures over six
weeks to achieve results at Moscow.
Why should we again select some
impasse we encountered at Mos
COW? We wish to make a fresh
start and make some progress. The
Soviet Union declined to accept for
amendment, modification or change.
including deletion or addition,
working paper accepted for this
purpose by three delegations. 1t
(the Soviet delegation has merely
but partially with matters under
submitted documents which deal
discussion and has not yet sub
mitted comprehensive proposal on
economic principles. If the Soviet
delegation intends to do so-al-
though l gather from Mr.. Molotov's
remark he would not submit such
paper-it would be very helpful to
have it by Monday I would
like to know what do we do next?
Is there some proposal that can
now be made that might be &C
ceptable, or should We adjourn?"
There we're no proposals and the
council adjourned till Monday.
Evening star., 1947-12-07
Home Rule
Continued From First Page

Government, now is a duty which
the Constitution places exclusivel!
on Congress.
This decision, staff members point
out, will be not to bar any organi.
zation in the District from staging
an informal referendum on the fra
charter plan. An informal refer.
endum. they add, might prove help
full though 1t would have no lega
effect.
Proposals for a proportional rep
resentation system in the election
of the council and the Board OF
Public Education again have been
rejected. The PR" plan had been
suggested by some groups as a
means of assuring representation OF
minority groups in the council and
the elected school board. The SUBJ
committee, however, decided the
proportional representation system
is too complex"
Likewise, the subcommittee is
standing by its original decision
against appointment of four mem
bers of Congress to sit on the coun-
Gil. 1t previously had rejected sug-
gestions that two Representatives
Evening star., 1947-12-07

the council. The subcommittee
however, still adhered to its belief
a councilman, or school board men,
ber, too, should be willing to serve
as a matter of public service and
honor, rather than as a means of
livelihood. Judgment was reserved
as to whether the $1,000 level should
be fiat rate or maximum under
per diem pay for council meetings
or work.
Pay Proposals Changed.
Eliminate from the proposed law
the size of the pay of the city mana
ger, his assistant managers and
the city department chiefs. The
subcommittee concluded this should
be left to the decisions of the elected
council. The original plan proposed
that the manager be paid up to
$4,000 year, his assistant manag-
ers up to $4,000. and heads of ma aior
departments the present general
level, for Federal classifications,
$4,000.
Provide for the selection by the
council of its city manager on an
indefinite term basis instead of re-
quiring him to be reappointned
every two years. The subcommittee
thought that a question of reap
pointment biennially would make
the job less attractive to the best
talent. To leave the term indefinite
but "at the pleasure" of the council
majority, it decided, might attract
better administrators,
Would Block Pressure.
Safeguard the city manager and
his staff from any possible "im-
proper" pressure from any indivi-
dual members of the council, par
ticularly as to his selection of de-
partment chiefs. This has not yet
been written but subcommittee
spokesmen recalled that many State
charters for city government pro-
vide for the custer of a councilman
who interferes with the manager
in his powers of appointmsnts.
Replace the National Capital