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About The Coquille Valley sentinel. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1921-2003 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1942)
V I ». 1. eh Labor Union Endorses Moore governmental matters, and his consis with the commimity prior to accepting tency in campaign talks." Ellsworth » office for be has nothing to do with was criticized for seeming unfamil^-' the policy of the community. In Ry Martha E. Mulkey, ar“> With , the Eliot social security fact, if ho comes from out of town he Ralph T. Moore, of Bandon, civic County Superintendent of Schools in a radio hriiarifaat a( has none of the local entanglements leader, industrialist and republican Marshfield Oct. 18 when his Roseburg On November 3, elections will be that arise inevitably from residence candidate for representative from the paper had carried an attack on the bill held in many places in Coos county. In a city. He is identified with ho Some of these will be held in school Coos county legislative district, won two days earlier, and for saying at faction or political party and has no unqualified support from all major Albany that American cannot win buildings and in the smaller districts obligations which might lead him toI may necessitate the day being a labor organizations of Coos county In with President Roosevelt in power, grant favors or special privileges. His lit ! (Continued from Page One) • school holiday. The law provides that a joint announcement this week. yet promising to support the admin A. Quite the contrary. Democracy freedom to make decisions indepen where a school building is being used • We feel that the Coquille valley la istration to victory. Other endorse consists in controlling public officers, dent of local influence more than for school purposes that there shall entitled to and deserving of a seat ments are carried In an ad in today! not necessarily in electing them, and makes up for hi» lack of intimate ac be a school holiday. in the legislature, especially since Peper. that way is most democratic which quaintance with the community. • This election more than anyone curry county has lost its representa Q. What does the mayor do in a gives the people the surest control. previous should reveal a large per tive,' declared Fritz Hagen, A. F. L. The most effective wsy for the people manager city? centage of voters going to the polls. c hairman, and Charles Sutherland, A. The mayor in most manager to control their public officers is to When we read of the many peoples C I O. chairman, in the joint en choose a representative group of cit cities is the presiding oficer of the in other nations who have been de dorsement statement following formal izens (the council) with power to council chosen by the council after prived of their privilege of carrying action by the Coos Bay and Coquille Another endorsement which Ralph hire the chief executive of the city. Its election. He is the titular head of on their own gpvernmental affairs, central labor councils (A.FX.) and T. Moore received as candidate for The council, if it is representative, the city and performs a very impor the Coos Bay industrial council. They Coos county representative in the can be relied on to keep a check on tant function as such. Furthermore, when many homes in our .own coun said it is certain that the joint Coos legislature, was made by Coquille what he is doing and fire him any he usually has ample emergency , try have already been broken, lives of our boys have been sacrificed in. and Curry representative «eat will, go Townsend Club No. 1 at its meeting time he is unsatisfactory. powers. The mayor’s job under the foreign countries and billions of dol to North Bend, which haa the two here Tuesday evening. All these en plan involves making Q. Why does the city manager plan manager present candidates for that office, dorsements, from valley and bay side, work better than other forms of local speeches, interpreting the work of the lars hove been spent, all in order for us to continue our own liberty, we that Senator Wililarq E. Walsh lives make the probablity of Mr. Moore’s government? government to the citizens, and as „1. should feel more than ever our ap- in Marshfield, and that Mr. Moore; election next Tuesday most bright. suming a leadership of policy which A. Because it remedies the defect through wide acquaintance and re A published statement this week in that experience with these other is vitally important but which is dis spect in the Coquille valley and Curry which the editorial writer said, “We forms has shown up. It is simple and tinctly not the manager’s function. county, could ably represent the peo doubt if either Mr. Moore himself or is understood by the voter. It fa Q. How much are city managers ple of that area. his party is ardent in advocacy of cilitates 1 getting capable executives usually paid? “We are gratified that we can so displacing the incumbent," is ab in the public business. It makes non A. In 1031, 30 per cent of the man wholeheartedly endorse the candidacy solutely incorrect. Mr. Moore is mak- partisan elections practical and there agers received less than 13,000; 46 1 of a man who is an employer,” the Ing a sincere campaign this week and by facilitates non-partisan adminis per cent received from >3,000 to.05,000 I statement said. It centralizes responsibility. and 24 per cent received >5,000 or his party supporters are all back of tration. ’ The joint labor committee also an him. Q. Why does the manager plan give more per year. In 1032 the highest nounced support of Ed C. Kelly, dem us better executives than any other salary received by a city manager ocrat for congress, against Harris Ells form of city government? was >35,000 paid Cincinnati's mana worth, “because of Kelly’s superior A. Because all the other forms of ger. The lowest was >600. experience, his deep intelligence in city government attempt to elect exe Q. Why not elect the manager in cutives whereas the manager plan stead of appointing him? provides for the appointment of exe A. Whenever an administrative ex County Treasurer Chas. Stauff on cutives on the basis of an intimate ecutive is elected, his office is thrown Tuesday this week received from the examination of their qualifications into politics. Men who are not at treasurer of the United States a check unconfounded with questions of their all qualified will seek the position for >20,458.00, the second hag of the local political strength. In the older merely because it haa a good salary county's share of O. A XI. land tim forms of city government jobs are attached. In order to be elected even ber sales, being the amount due up distributed on a patronage basis. a qualified man will have to make to June 30 this year. This check be Q. Why are jobs not distributed as promisee—if he doesn’t, his campaign longs entirely to the county and is patronage under the manager plan? managers will do ao for him. At deposited in the general road fund. A. Primarily because it is to the first blush this would seem also to Interest of the manager to make ap be true of the election of oounoilmen Bob Martin Pledged To pointments on the basis of merit. The under the manager plan. It dors not Sigma Chi At U. of O. manager looks upon his job as a pro apply, however, because either there An item appeared in the press of the fession and hopes for promotion to is no salary attached to the office of He must therefore councilman or the salary W not state recently that Bob Martin, son larger cities. make one seek the _____ offiee ____________________ of Mr .--and Mrs. F. W. Martin of thia qualify as a trained municipal exeeu- enough to city, who is attending the university tive, keep out of factional politics and for financial reasons. Furthermore, at Eugene, had been pledged to an run the city as efficiently as possible. under the city manager charter the other fraternity than the one he did To do this he has to have men and councilmelt have nothing to gd with Consequently they pledge. The item was sent by a pub women an the job who are well qual administration. licity service at Eugene. Rob has ified. His opportunity for advance are not in a position to make any ment (larger salary or promotion to promisee that can be fulfilled after pledged Sigma Chi. a large city) depends entirely upon election. This discourages the petty Vote for Stella A. Cutlip, republi his record for efficient administration politicians and encourages the candi dacy of representative citizens. can candidate for Joint Representa- in the city where he is working. Q. If our city adopts the » Q. Suppose the members of the tire, Coos and Curry i counties. plan, what will happen to the council are politicians; cannot they AMZY 40t3s pd. adv.t > appoint a manager who will do their employees of the city? , ——--------------- A. The universal practice is to re ' ”* For life of. the tire repairing of .bidding? A. Certainly—it is up to the votes« tain every employee who is willing cuts, bruises, breaks and blowouts, see your O. K. Rubber Welders Tire to see that representative citizens are to earn his pay. Most employees are Shop, Coquille, Ore. Phone 155. s chosen to the council. If the votera 1 delighted at the change since they no —................................... ....... ........ ,, do not like the way the city is ru»r ' longer have to pay a part of their they can throw out the cousrcil at the salaries to a politioal party or work next election,'since the council is di on election days to keep the admlni»- rectly responsible to the voters for the tration in ofice. So long as the em pritty dull affar , government of the city. However, ployees do their work satisfactorily ISN'T irt the experience of moot manager cities and keep out of politics, their jobs OLD SUNNY is that high-grade councilmen are are safe under the manager plan. Q. How have city manager admin chosen. » Q What has been the experience istrations treated labor? of the cities now operating under this . A. Invariably labor has been well satisfied Dayton, under City Man form of government? A. Almost uniformly the reports ager Waite, led the way in 1014 in show citizens are well satisfied. Con setting the eight hour day for mu sistent records of reduced cost and nicipal labor. “I do not see how any z improved service have been made by working man can oppose the plan af ter investigating it," wrote W. G. these cities. Lee, former national president, Broth Q. Since it is frequently Impossible erhood of Railway Trainmen. “The to find a trained city manager resid city manager plan is the most dem ing in a city which adopts the plan, ocratic and efficient form of muni and since this means that a man must cipal government that we have in be obtained from out of town, is not America. I think there is no ques an outsider likely to be out of touch tion but that this form of government with local sentiment? satisfies tW’deRWrtdk * labor far A. The city council, composed at it better than any form,” said F. B. Nstlonal Dirtill-r. is of local men and women elected Hill, vice-president. West Virginia Produci» Corp. N. Y. • 00.4 Proof by the people, determines all mat Federation of Labor, recently. ters of policy and the manager carries Q. Will the plan cut taxes in our out Its orders. The problems of all town? —------------ 1_------- ;_______ Oregon's Fastest Selling Straight Whiskey ----- cities are very similar from an admin notici A. The amount of money collected standpoint. Hence, the from the citizens is determined by Novembtt 1st the price of whiskey will advance a minimam of Me per quart, istrative manager need not be in close touch the people’s representatives — the (at 10» proof) council, so that responsibility for the tax rate is definitely not on the man ager but on the council. The mana ger’s job is to spend the money as carefully as be knows how. The man ager plan has invariably cut govern ment costs. Q. Will not the manager build a political machine out of the em ployees? A. The answer is—none of them has done so. It would make the man- ! ager’s retention a major issue at each I «lection, and cut off aU chance of his promotion to a bigger job in another city. Answers ToYour City Manner Plan Questions Let's Vote Townsend Club Endorses Moore « *• ' preciation for thia liberty and ex press it by easting our ballot. Among the measures which will come up al this eltction is the one en- tiiled the Basic School Bill, which if passed would tend to relieve the local property burden. The oppon ents of this bill feel it is not perfect, for example; many say that there schould be a ceiling stated in the bill, howevferthe defects seem to be large ly minor and could be corrected at a later date. In Coos county there la a grave inquality as to school tax and if this bill la enacted into law it would to a great extent tend to equalize the tax. Coos is a county with a low par capita valuation and we would be benefited materially by the passing of this bill. The national state aver age for school support if 20.8 per cent while Oregon’s state support amounts to 1.? per cent , 5 ■ IS I mill .1ys.11s.111g Blank Warranty this office County Receives $29,458 Check M&WAuto Service isa ELECT KARL B. STEINER Joint Calling earth, 50 for 31-00- Vote [X] 25 The only candidate for thia office with a definite program. * Active, Intelligent Representative for Coos and Curry Counties w I C. 1. O. Committee, “Steiner for Representative. Paid Adv. Hiat* M
