The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-03-19

of Mayor-Herman l.. Mills-and
would like more than anything else,
while 1 was at the polls, to be able
to cast my vote also for the five Re-
publican candidates for the Council.
Unfortunately, however, because
of an Anticipated law, 1 will only be
able to cast my vote for the Re
publican candidate in my own Ward.
l am firm believer in nominating
candidates for the office of Council
men from each of the five Wards,
thus insuring each Ward having its
own representative on the Council.
But l also firmly believe that once
the candidates are nominated in their
own Wards, all the voters of the
City should then have voice in
electing them.
If you agree with me, be sure to
vote in favor of the proposed amend
ment of Section Is of the City
Charter.
! seldom get excited over the state
ments made in the heat of an cleo
ton campaign, but one made by Mar
tin Bostetter, at a Democratic rally
last Thursday night, was so unfair
to say nothing of being completely
untrue-that I cannot let it go un-
challenged.
Discussing the finances of the pres
ent administration, Mr.. Bostetter
stated that the Mills administration
last year spent $4,000 to hire % en-
ployees. The only words of truth in
the statement are: y that the budget
for the personnel office for 1852 was
$4,000 and q that the City hired q
employees during the year.
What Mr.. Bostetter did, was to
take the total amount of the budget,
divide it by % (the number of en-
ployees hired) and then had the
colossal nerve to tell his audience
that this division-$177-rep
tIlG GOSL Vi tllS O1Ly VI 4l1SS1 ohO w "A
hiring each of these % people.
Mr.. Bostetter, when he made the
statement, should certainly have
known that one of the smallest parts
of the work of a personnel office is
holding examinations for rating can
didates for employment.
Mr.. Bostetter does, or should,
know that, in addition to holding
examinations for employment, the
Office of the personnel director is re-
sponsible for: the classification of all
employees as to duties and respon-
sibilities, in order to rate them under
the classified civil service, to which
all city employees now belong; the
taking care of all compensation
claims of employees of the city
through the State Industrial Acct
dent Commission; the handling of all
the paper work connected with the
retirement of employees under the
State of Maryland retirement sys-
tenn; and the checking and certifica-
ton of all payrolls of the city.
Finally, Mr.. Bostetter does, or
should, know that the annual ex-
pense of the office of personnel di-
rector in any industry with around
the same number of employees as
the City of Hagerstown has, would
be at least three times the amount
spent by the City of Hagerstown.
And talking about wild statements
l wonder why Lee Elgin, another
Spokesman at that Democratic rally
last Thursday night, didn't get the
facts straight before raising such q
hullabaloo over the proposed Com
posting plant, for which the City has
signed a contract.
1t was published in my paper last
Thursday morning, and also in the
daily papers, that the Mayor and
Council would meet last Thursday
afternoon at 400 o'clock with Mr.
Frazer to further discuss the pro-
posed plant This meeting was open
to the public and if Mr.. Elgin had
taken the time to attend that meet
ing, he would have learned very
quickly that the statements he made
at the meeting that same night were
not correct.
Mr.. Elgin, who is strong for ar
economic government, is also re-
ported to have stated that he is ii
favor of an incinerator for the dis
posing of garbage.
/ would like to remind Mr.. Elgir
that a proper incinerator for a city
the size of Hagerstown would cos
close to half million dollars anc
from which, no revenue whatever
could be obtained, while the Com
post plant will cost less than 100000
and produce a revenue of severa
thousand dollars year.
And finally, Mr. Elgin would have
learned. had he attended that meet