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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1925
Page
8
A citizen appeals to Indianapolis readers to replace old politics with City Manager planning. Telegrams claim business efficiency will curb graft reduce taxes lower fire insurance rates and improve police and fire services for a progressive city system.
Knoxville reports show the city replacing politics with business efficiency. A new civic center park health department and modern accounting system improve daily department status. Tax rate reduced from two ninety three to two ten, with allocations for interest schools and public library. Police civil service introduced amid rising support. A $2.5 million water plant approved by voters after prior defeat. The Knoxville Chamber of Commerce praises the governance.
Six years of actual demonstration shows city government run by a manager eliminates politics and improves police efficiency. Operating costs have not fallen yet provide value for every dollar. Under old government this was not true. Plan is recommended with no reservations by secretary C. Lydick of the Chamber of Commerce.
Phoenix business leaders say the city manager plan reduced taxes and graft, boosted police and fire efficiency, and runs Phoenix on a business basis, with praise from the Chamber of Commerce and General Manager H B Watkins.
Wheeling, April 3 1925. The city manager plan has been successful for eight years improving efficiency economy and honesty. It is more responsive to public opinion than the old Federal system and the city will never return to the former plan according to the Wheeling Chamber of Commerce manager H P Corcoran.
Dayton business manager reports the city operates today on less money than eleven years after adopting a plan of government. He says the plan delivers nearly full dollar value on every tax dollar and, despite limited revenue, service has kept pace with times. Progress and prosperity over ten years credited to the plan with near unanimous public support, excluding a few politicians and radicals. W. B. Moore, managing director, Chamber of Commerce.
Portland chamber of commerce executive secretary reports support for a council manager plan with five councillors and a city manager. He promises lower taxes better police and fire services and a sensible budget while politicians show disgust and business leaders express approval.
Kenosha business men and honest politicians favor the city manager plan. Per capita operating cost reduced twenty one per cent and departments run more efficiently for less than the budget. Department heads must perform or resign. C A Pope president Kenosha Retailers Assn.
Stockton California officials claim the 1923 plan centralizes authority, cuts taxes five cents per hundred after six months, reduces business licenses by thirty five percent, and expands fire department strength. The city carried a surplus in 1923-1924 and sees government efficiency lowering costs, with private business following the example. A. B. Dudley, Stockton Chamber of Commerce manager, notes political neutrality and rapid municipal improvements.
The Niagara Falls city manager plan with a council of five at large has operated since 1916. It centralized responsibility, cut overhead, and boosted efficiency while lowering operating costs. Despite efforts to restore ward representation, voters defeated the change. satisfaction remains high with improved police service and budgeting.
In Wichita Kansas on April 4 1925 three attempts to secure recall petition signatures failed. Opponents of the manager commission plan cannot reach twenty five percent of voters. The city uses a strict cash basis budgeting, keeps expenditures within budget, and retires debt as due. Bonds for bridges are sold at a premium at four and a quarter percent interest. City employees answer to the city manager who can dismiss for cause without civil service interference. W E Holmes executive secretary.
Muskegon in 1925 reports the city manager plan adopted in 1920 improved efficiency, with logical public improvements, underground work ahead of surface, and plans by top engineers. It notes higher taxes but tangible results, with partisan politics eliminated and anticipated twenty year growth, as stated by J OC Beukema, secretary of the Muskegon Chamber of Commerce.
In Dubuque on April 4 1925 officials report rapid debt reduction and lower taxes. Taxpayers trust the plan as tax money is spent judiciously with no waste or graft. Delinquent taxes are collected and fire insurance rates drop from class six to three. Police prosper under the plan as police court fines rise from one to seventeen thousand dollars. Dubuque Chamber of Commerce.
Norwood Massachusetts April 2 1925 city managers improve efficiency by centralizing responsibility reduce taxes and cut city budget to practical levels minimizing politics as advocated by the Norwood Board of Trade.
Beaumont statements credit the city manager plan with more value for money, less petty politics, and closer government to the people. BE C BRACKEN, MANAGER, BEAUMONT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE endorses continued approach.
Grand Rapids adopts a commission manager form noted as highly efficient. It attracts better men to public life, eliminates politics, and is working extremely well in Grand Rapids according to Lee H. Bierce of the Grand Rapids Assn. of Commerce.
City administration in New London unveils an efficiency program aimed at reducing taxes, establishing clear responsibility, and eliminating partisan politics. Officials claim equitable taxation and broad public support for the reform effort.
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