Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1923, Page 12

* 12 FLLIOTT MADE HEAD OF CITY MANAGERS l\iontreal Is Chosen as Meet-| Zing Place for Association in 1924. tt of Wichita, Kan., president of the tion at the conclud. of a three-day conven- ity Club. Montreal, Can- n as the place for the annual meeting, after a contest| with * Pasadena, Calif., and Grand Rapids, Mic] > Feorge W. Thompson of West Maunt, Quebec, w osen first v president and R. W. Hunter, second Yice president, and Bd. Wrenn of Ratdsville, N. C., third vice president Principles under which a man- ager must operate were outlined to- day at the concluding session of the copvention. A city manager eschew politics. His salary must be oammensurate with his responsibili- tes, and he must be prepared to un- dertako multifarious dutles P Jervey, city manager mouth, V; told the convention. en. Jervey deplored the recent state- Ments of a governor of a large state that he would not employ a state officer at more than $5,000 a y adding that a low salarled city ‘manager means ecither a lack of efficien: dabbling in politics or assumption of the post by men of means. Gen. Jervey said he hoped to see the plan of managership epreaed throughout the states and na- tignal government. The city manager plan is on trial, add mana must give the highest ideals of service, according to N. A. Kemmish of Aliiance, Neb. J. P Broome, city manager of Salem, Va., Teferring to trafiic problems in small cities, said the best citizens of the should be arrested first when they violate traffic ordinances, in or- der to set an example to the others. A resolution of thanks to the City €lub, the board of Commissioners and hedds of departments of the District Zovernment and to the Kiwanis Club amd the city manager of Alexandria, VZ., way adopted. Importance of strengthening mu- nidtpal organizations and activities s ong of the outstanding characteristics of~recent political development fin .agin America, Dr. L. . Rowe, di- Tettor general of the Pan-American Unfon, declared in an address at a Jotat Tuncheon of the National Mu- ni8lpal League and the Governmental Regearch Council. Recent improve- ments in municipal organization in he United States have aroused wide- spread interest throughout _Latin Awerica, Dr. Rowe added, and have #1¥en rise to a no less marked desire Tof a well organized Interchange of exPerience. Xowever, Dr. Rowe said, from the polnt of view of what might be ®ogial and artistic activities of organ- ized government, Latin American cities have much to teach us. for they haxe never permitted the haphazard butlding development that has char- acterized American citles. In the matter of laying out of park con- steuction of public buildings and Dbegqutifying of water fronts, the lagger cities of Latin America are far inzadvance of most of the communi- tics of this country, Dr. Rowe de- clared Continuity in office of the heads of mihicipal establishments is desirable in-6o far as efficiency of police depart- nents is concerned, Lieut. Mina C. Vap Winkle, head of the Washington yoHcewoman's bureau. told the city day wa Managers' Assoc must entirely al banquet the City Clxy Winkle sa reau here Brownlow, city manage: sympathetic ularly againft against wome added, she wa on the lo: Lieut. tended a recen declared 80 per were twenty: der. plying preventiv The local polic made about 3,000 tablishment, more she sa rearrested. R. 8. Childs, vi the mo adopt history of the plan fifteen years ago. The municipal budge! country was urged as a “sell” ‘the budget sysien; to the peo- Buck of the New York regearch, today ple. by A. E. bureau of municipal at the second meeting of the govern- ra. incorporation 4 data with descriptive ijformation in policewomen, in & profession, Mrs. Van Winkle s&®d. On the whole, she urprised at the high character of the policemen obtained salagies paid them. Van \\'!kle said she had at- meeting of rrests since its es- an five years ago, id, of whichsrecords show but 30 per cent of the offenders have been ce pres the city wal aunton, which elected a city;manager nearly USE OF COUNTfiY-WIbE BUDGET DATA URGED BY NEW YORK EXPERT statistical ts thioughout t board. prison wardens in Boston, in which it was ent of the criminals onefvears of age or un- She asked v hether police forces were doing their full duty in not ap- crime measures, w‘:\en's bureau has dent of the National Municipal League, outlined manager ement, declaringd the first cit. method to but to the aliy trai )7our Next Step HE instant you at your desti- nation, call from the UNIONTRANSFERCO. livery serviee wl cial de- h ena- bies salesmen to have their sample trunks and cases trameported of the city from one part to another at te cost. When your territery is cov vered! our driver ean e your ggage on Sour tkket direct $0 - destination. Philadeiphia Baiiraore, hington. Reading, Camden. Search for Gifts That Are Precious For more than half a century Schmidt collec- Call Main 3716 A World Wide “Aulantic City b last night. Mrs. Van|mental researcti conterence, the policewomen's bu- established when Louis esent president of the was chalrman of the board of n‘; issioners and had the upport of th She did not ¢lscuss succeeding boards 10f Commissi I‘reAfllre Still Felt. There are still a few policemen left on the local police force who have a prejudice agalast women, not partic- at the City Club in conjunction with the National Municipal League and the City Managers' Associaiion. Mr. Buci meeting, cited the necessity and put forward means of bringing the bud- get system in all its component parts | more clearly before the citizens of 80 that through their‘ and understanding it might | d efficient to & much ! its great | each energy become useful an Breater extent Possibilities in municipal government for the people and a clear check on | of funds, analysis of the | branches of the govern- | ge_of production, pur- | must be main- | distribution functions of ment, knowled chasing, work, etc., tained in some way, he said. Follow ing this, Mr. Buck pointed out, there can be an adequate measurement of | the results of the city officlals, com- parison with the budgets of other comparable cities;’ and a tendency towards the elimination Waste, unnecessary expenditure a better balance of distribution funds vital needs and eliminating the least | important. Following this talk, general ideas on how some of the had been worked out to some extent along these Robert T. the Philadelphia, meeting e main speaker of the clty and fulfill and state Thorough information of looking toward buflding there v discussion and problem; lines in certain Patterson, accountant ureau of munic spoke of on accounting procedure used in improving budget methods in Pennsylvania. At a joint lunch held with the N. tional Municipal League at the Cit Club, Henry Steffens, jr., and W. I Mayo of Detroit tion of spoke on the ques the developments of ity transportation. I | | | o © AB - tors have sought the | “The Tnsignia of unique, the rare’and the ast i beautiful. ey ave fiflfld T e gathered from the treasure troves of every land beautiful things in silver, old and modern glass, garnitures and fine porcelains. Somewhere in this collection you will find the rarely duplicated gift you are looking for. 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WHEAT TARIFF RISE Commission Does Not Expect | Results Before Sixty Days, tarift inquiry will include a study of | the import. duties on all wheat prod- ucts as well as the commodity it wa statement statement sald the investigation could | Rrown be expected to bring no results sooner than a longer time being required. | resulting | of | and | up | s a| exchange of | | tion win citfes. | pal research of | lina, crushed or cracked wheat ang! | similar wheat products, not especially | Bulgaria Pardons Communist | g named In the tariff act; bran, shorts Bevolutionntite. and milling wheat. ment w as far as tions not, fea | the industrial effects of the dutl the articles named as the ba the inquiry. ~The relation between raw materials, subject to the tariff dutles involved and the finished or | partly finished products derived therefrom, will be gone into as well . as the differences In conditions of production in the United States and| A in the principal competing countries, | bile: including wages, cost of materfals, oom ann on u. INURY WIDENED and other items fn cost of production. Differences in the wholesale selling prices of the domestic and foreign articles in the principa]l markets of the United States also will be inquired into and “any other advantages or dis- advantages in competition in respect of sald articles.” “It Is obvious," the statement says. “that even if the Investigation in this | case were to consume no time at all, at least sixty days must elapse before. any change of rate could become ef- fective. In fact, however, consider- able time must be consumed in actual ftselr. | investigation. By the terms of the ! tur | statute, the required Investigatian of | g the differences of ¢ s of production must be made not only of the articles or produced in the United | States, but also of similar articles | grown' or produced in the principal | competing country.” ! —_— AMNESTY PROCLAIMED. for Statement Says. The Tariff Commission’s wheat to disclosed by the today in a formal commission. 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