PAGE SIX 1 PIATTSMOUTH SEHI - WEEKLY JOUBNAL MONDAY, DT.C. 10, 192S. 'A IDSlIKl(go . AT NEW Legion Community Auditorium ; Plattsmonth Wednesday MUSIC BY i Royal Knight of Sioux City t ; You know this. red hot colored band that was here in October. They are coming back with all the newest dance music and if you miss being here this time well it will just be "too bad." ADMISSION Cents, $1.00 . Spectators, 35c Unaccompanied Ladies 10c Hear Very Fine Lecture on City Manager Plan (Continued from Page 1) ity he needs to get results. A man ager serving at the pleasure of the Council and who can be fired at any time is not apt to assume too much authority. Those who profit under the loose ways of the old system are the first to resist the adoption of any plan that puts business meth ods into public business. The chief advantage of the City Manager plan is the complete separa tion of policy execution and policy 'determining functions, thus remedy ing the fatal mistake which has crept into the commission plan. The City Council lays down the policies, the City Manager executes them. The Manager cannot levy a tax, award a contract, or grant a franchise. In all matters, he acts in accordance with th policies of the Council. A Manager who ignored this principle would be discharged by the Council. If the Manager is to be held respon sible for operating results, he must have the necessary power. For this reason, councils are commonly for bidden by charter or code to dictate appointments or dismissals or deal LOCAL NEWS Council plan and -which had been ignored completely In the Commission form, makes it possible to run the city's affairs on a business basis. Employees know who s ' boss, and conflicting orders are eliminated. It also encourages the abolition of cor ruption and politics which never thrive in the light of day where re sponsibility is definitely fixed. Citi zens who were passed from one of fical to another when making a com plaint under the old forms of gov ernment, find a single complaint to the Manager, productive of quick action. " c The question is sometimes asked, whether the City Manager plan lowers taxes. It is not possible to say, since increased taxes some times represents increases in price levels or demand for new services. Also it is very common to discover that under the old form of govern ment, undisclosed floating debts and deficits in sinking and pension funds had been permitted. By letting these bad debts run unnoticed, the poli ticians had played up "low taxes" in their campaigns. With the com ing of the new form of government, these had to be paid off and the city's affairs placed on a cash basis. As an example of this condition, I wish to cite you to a similar condition which did exist in Clarinda. In the early days of the City, bonds were sold for the original waterworks, these bonds were twenty year bonds. During the twenty years they ran, the various councils paid the an nual interest, but no principal, nor did they provide a sinking fund to 1 w . witn me administrative service ti- in i i "I. mil r (cept through the Manager. This, to- single head to the administrative Pay them a11 at "f, expiation of the 'service, makes the line of authority twenty years. When these bonds : advantage of this concenratedhrdl me due. there was only one course nA rAQT,nnihiHtv iinmistnknhle. The t take, and that was to refund them Lwivpnt.no- nf this rnnrentmtod nnth-!on another twenty year basis. This Dr. Jaeineman, Dentist, .Hotel Main ority in the hands of a skilled execu- j Wils uun:' u utreui councils iouoweu Bide.. Phone C27. Itive who can expect to hold his pos- , and Pursued the same policies that From Thursday. Dally- Uion only as long as he gives good ! were formerly followed with the re- , y . y ' ,f , v. 'service is that what ought to be suit that at the end of the next twen- M. D. Nelson of near Manley who service, is tnai wnai ougm 10 oe is here serving as a member of the - acne "y And fop tne third time peiii . ti ,.,oo ; ;;n;; other hand under the old form, the a.eDt- Ana asam xor ine mira um rnal todav to have hiT name en-J elective official usually tries to get , "ey Jerf out business rnai today ..to nave ms name en -winn. ThP man- methods had crept, into the city's lea as a reauer 01 me weeuiy eui- i "L "Y""" 7" I methods of rioinir hnsinM tlirnn Jou rolled lion for, the coming year. ager takes a longer view of the work, i memoos or aoing Dusiness, tnrough Under this concentration of author-ilie change to the City Manager .-. j :.. form of erovernment. We are now Vrrm FrMix'a T-nMv liy HIIV Ut VO. I I lilt II I Ul IIIC Vlljf I , , " . " J i. , . to elvp service to the citizens they Paying off these bonds long after the WV E. Norris, marshal of Eagle to give sei vice to me citizens, , mey citizens have forgotten whpr thA K,R'hp fo riv -to testify in the know that the manager is to blame citizens nave iorotten wnere the as nere to aay to tesiny iu me original water nlant wan cnnstriiruri Acost case in the district court. j for not correcting the condition and Mrs George M. Hild and duagh- discharging an ter. Miss Minnie, were in Omaha . . . mna .. . visiting with friends. -. r 1 It. . 1 .1 0 I However unuer iub uiu iui m, ( J . , . wherein the various departments are ! ot a great many other . cities In the William Trumhie or tagie was headed by councilmen from all walks among the visitors in the city today of jjfe if any inefficiency appears, where he was called to look after it js very difficult to recall a council some matters Of business. . 'mn nn.l h insffiflpnpr cnntiniies Attorney L. A. Doyle of Lincoln until the next election, when the citi- j w!ille those cities grow as fast as wa here last evening and today at- zens have ah opportunity to elect ; nave many In which, the plan is at original water plant was constructed. By the time' these are paid off the cost of the plant will be about four times the- original amount. What was true of Clarinda, was also true early financing of municipal utilities. The City Manager plan alone will not at once push down tax rates and bonded indebtedness. ' At least not tending to some matters in the dis- some one else. Under the old form trict court in which he was inter- a councilman's term of oinoe in most ested. ! states is two years and all terminat- Attorney D. W. Livingston of Xe-'ing at the same time, which does not braaka City was here today to ap- give a continuance of policy., A new pear in the district court as attorney ly elected council usually takes a for the plaintiff in the case of Fran- year to get acquainted with the gen ets vs. Sacks. serai run of things and be in a posi- Ition to determine luture policies ana fat this point in their term-of office work; nor while ; others have to catch up with their debts. An . ex treme example is Miami, , Florida, where population has ; more than quadrupled in a decade.' "Bonded In debtedness has increased, due solely to rapid expansion of the City and demand for public improvements, and not on account of the. City Man ager Plan." -, - t The City Manager Plan should never be judged, by its tax reducing of control, unity of authority, and harmony of direction, If it is to suc ceed. The Manager Plan should re sult In these three things.. The man 'oTrunkeTbouT. city marshal re-theh.fW of Greenwood, was here Friday for . i, ta ni Dower, but rather bv what it la nhl .... ... j , . . II S II U.1 1 V LUAC B Ldll U llicj - " a short time attending to some mat- y f ffl d th win 1 1 o obtain with your tax dollar, ters at the court house. -. ' 1 f ve it for the next council and so Theoretically, the City Manager sys- J, H. Neitzel of Fairbury, Ne- it Boe8 from one term to another. tem is Perfect. A city is in its e braska, is here to visit with his moth-( under the Manager Plan, mostisence nothing more or less than a er. Mrs. Neitzel and his sister, Mrs. jMea nf thio size would have five i sreat business enterprise. Any, busi- C. C. Cotner and family. Ipr.iinMimpn plected for four year i ness enterprise needs concentration W. J. Wunderlich of Nehawka and terms and only part of their terms Orval Griffin of Lincoln," were here would expire at a . time. This you today for a few hours attending to can see leaves some old members al some matters of htisinpss. i Iw-iira rm tho ormnrll. Ynn iret a con- William starklohn anri npnt,Pw tinuation of policy. This ' means ; plan ; should reduce -overhead. tumv i fo lare-scale nlannine: it means eco- "fsnouia insure team work -on the i .in j i. j... . i mno o hncTAt aiiii3ti I part of City employees, and it should iukj win fciiu me uiiy, in taat city .uu,j "j"" .-ow I , n, i j u t, , . looking over the points, of interest not only for the present needs, . but jminate duplication and other forms In the metropolis. - for the ruture; it means saieiy ior T " ,:;v al , . t ,r .,".-, husiness entemrises. too frequently in. late years the plan has been j. m. icrcuiufu oi w eemnK v a- . . . .. ' , ". ' ter was here today to attend to alarmea oy ine prospect in a snii in some matters in connection' with his th.e .CI.ty H?1L 1 means the sort of exteosive real estate business in his aaminisirai ion every goou c.nze.. ue- hates, because -it leaves him no op portunity. The Plan makes more possible the securing of the services of men of wide business experience and high standard, to serve as councilmen, for the plain reason that councilmen, not being made heads of departments as commissioners now are, would not be burdened by administrative detail, and would need to give out a limited home city and vicinity. PLEDGED IN DRAMATIC CLUB The Dramatic club at the univer sity of Nebraska, the leading dramar tic organization at the great state college, has pledged their members for-the year, there being forty-one of the students elected to the society. The selections were made after tryr out as to the dramatic ability of j amount of time to. their .duties. A the young people .held under the supervision of Miss Alice Howell, in structor. In the number that were named for the cltrb Were two -Cass county girls,'Miss Helene Perry of near this city and Miss Reula Jackman of Elm wood. These young ladies will have the opportunity of taking part in the offerings of the season at the state university. Miss Perry is one of the talented young women of this community and has often delighted the Plattsmouth public with her unusual pleasing dramatic talents and her selection as a. -member of the university club Is a fitting recognition of her ability. Miss Perry is the daughtei"tf Mrs. Glen' Perry of near this city and is a graduate of the Plattsmouth high school and has taken two years study - at Rockford college prior to entering the university of Nebraska. man of .affairs could then' accept. the office of councilman without due sacrifice of his private business or professional interests. ' Under the Mayor-Council plan in cities the size of this, the Mayor usually is a man who necessarily must spend most of his time looking after his regular profession or busi ness and does not come- in daily con tact with his police, and he can not be blamed for that. Under the Man ager plan the City Manager hires and fires the police and is responsible for their efficiency the same as any other employee. Another thought in connection with the police department, is that the average citizen will complain to the Manager of any thing he sees which he thinks is not as it should be, where he will not approach the mayor on the matter. Under the old form of govern ment, the various councilmen are CHRISTMAS CARDS NOW READYllJsual,y put in charge 'of the various i " departments of the city, and each TT, -Roto. "Rv ' C4- I function more or less independent of -" wmnimci jr. each other. One day one department will be long on help and lay some off, possibly that same day some other department is a little short on help, and have to hire some one, so it is usually a continual putting on and laying off of help andnone ever becomes efficient in their work. Under the Manager Plan, only enough help is hired to do all the combined city's work. They a-e usr ually hired by the year and are trans ferred from one department to an other as the urgency of the depart ment requires. This tends not only toward more perament and efficient help on the pay roll, but also toward getting work done at less total ex pense. A single heafied control over the administrative service of the city, j Store have the largest line of Christ mas cards this season that we have ever stocked, and most of them are now ready for the early purchaser, especially those that want the name printed or engraved thereon. We will appreciate your calling at the store and 'look over the line as soon as possible, allowing us ample time for the engraving or printing. Please call sometime during the coming week if possible. We would like for you to see this wonderful line be fore it is broken. They are a beauti ful line of cards and priced right. , ' .. . ... Always . something of, interest in the Journal Want Ad department. making Its way strictly on its in trinsic merits. In the beginning. mere was an aspect of partisanshm infavor of the commission form of government. ,It was the fashion to agitate for it. But that phase has passed. The country as a whole seems to regard , the. merit of the plan be yond dispute, it Is now a question of whether or. not a particular citv is progressive enough to step for ward and avail itself of the Plan. The plan does not eliminate the human element In city government Where civic interest is poor, stub born and misguided, and the officials are poor, such conditions show, in the government. The heart of the City Manager Plan is the Manager and the Council. How well they work together and how intelligently tney win cooperate, will determine the sucress of the venture. No organization, however perfect, will function to give good govern ment, unless it is manned by men who can breathe into It the will and vision of good government. A Coun cil composed of men without a broad vision of the opportunities and needs f city government, lacking the cour age to take the initiative, devoid of the will to discharge their duties intelligently and unable to assume the leadership of their community, can nullify the efforts of the best City Manager in the country, or drive him to assume their responsi- Dinties. it Is unfortunately true that the majorities in many city councils In City-Managed cities, are composed of such men. There, is a continuing danger that the preoc cupation of business men with their own affairs and the unwillingness of civic leaders to accept the often unpleasant duties of a campaign will hold the level of council ability at far too low a level. The Council- Manager plan will not show clear cut superiority as long as It is forced to labor under this handicap; and vica versa; the Mayor-Council plan will not demonstrate, its potential promise until the voters select a dif ferent type -of representative in its councils. All this means no more perhaps than to say, that the performance of the Manager Is fundamentally' con ditional by the kind of a Council with which he has to work; but it should . be understood that the first years of the Council-Manager plan are likely to be the best, unless con- a principle which had been realized 1 stant effort is made to hold up the in only partial form in the Mayor-j level of ability in the Council. It is hardly too much to say that the, council Is the real problem in tne Manager City. " The City Manager plan is not self operating any more than other forms of government; It is like a new model car more' powerful, more re sponsive, and more easily controlled than the old one. City Managership does not offer the citizenry a machine that will steer and run itself, but one that is more ready and surer to operate. The Manager Plan is not the pan acea for all ills, it does not do away with politics, nor can it make dol lars grow on trees. It is merely a wise and careful administration of municipal affairs. Nobody has a right to expect that the employment of a City Manager will in itself solve all your municipal problems; the system is not as mar velous as that ' by a long shot. Re gardless of how capable and square jawed a manager may be, he is go ing to have his troubles. In addition to knowing his technical onions, so to speak, he must be both determined and diplomatic. And even possess ing all these qualifications, he will not get ahead very fast, unless he has at his elbow a Council, who. having selected him in their best judgment, will back that judgment through thick and thin. Those who have studied the Man ager plan, and, its failures from the beginning, insist that in most cases a Manager should be selected from outside the city.. In so doing local friction over the selection of a par ticular person is eliminated and the selection of a particular person is eliminated and the city also has an opportunity to select a man who has had years of experience. In the smaller cities where it is not eco nomical to place a skilled man at the head of every department the Manager should be one with engin eering ability. Most cities adopting the manager plan go into it In good faith and are not betrayed into insisting that no body shall be manager except some person within the city. Managers are usually imported from outside, men with a back ground of exper ience and training, and there is some advantage in this practice, since the ; managers have no local axes to grind, j friends to reward or enemies to pun- ish, and cannot have a local machine to. favor or be f&vored by, A man- ; ager enters the Icity in which he Is to work a total stranger. He is chosen because of hiB experience and ability for managing, and directing municipal affairs. Large corporations prepare their man for the business; of nnally becoming a manager or director," and yet we American peo ple elect an ex-cook, barber , or me- ; chanlc,. with all respect to these pro fessions,' to the important task of ; regulating our governmental ai- fairs. Government officials should be trained .more thoroughly than .for any other profession, for they hold the wealth and happiness of the peo ple in their, hands. It" may ; have been true that al most any man , could have filled any : office canably in 1S00. when keeping pigs off the public thoroughfare was ; one of the pressing problems of the community, whgn there were no sewers, no public-lighting, no public water, supply, no crime or traffic pro blems and no street pavement except a few cobblestones. But the good old days are normore. Times have changed,, today .the chief executive j of the modern city'is confronted with a varied array of problems that would , stagger the head xf a large industrial concern. . ; " . . .Some may 'question the amount of salary expense which .is a part of the City Manager." 'PVi. X know of no ' City' that is usingihe plan that does j not claim that the savings have more ; than made the . salary difference. It's the bid storyfof spending money to save money. . iy ; ' If I am not mistaken, Nebraska has only one city under the City Manager Form, that of Alliance. Let me quote from the Alliance Times Herald. "What an outcry there was when the city Manager plan was pro posed for Alliance, and how bitter was 'the oppositibn that met its In ception. Operation of civic affairs under the plan has resulted In sav ings and accomplishment beyond the dreams of those who fought it give it a trial in Alliance. Results have counted, and so smoothly has the City forged ahead that scarcely a murmum . is heard these days from those who once tiarranged at every street corner. ItB strongest oppon ents are now its' chief supporters." Many volumes could be written on the City Manager Plan, how It operates and . the, benefits to be ex pected, but time would not permit them to be recited at a luncheon. The discussion I have given you is the experience of many managers and comments from the press. The City Manager Form of govern ment which is now effective in 390 American cities, in which nearly 7,000,000 people now live, which has in. almost every Jurisdiction where it has been applied, reduced costs. or perimtted a greatly increased pro gram without increased cost; which has established high standards among cities for the care of the poor, the development of schools, libraries. parks and playgrounds, and other educational and - social - advantages ; which has brought municipal govern ment; which has established long time, far-sighted programs in its re spective cities; and which has ad vanced many other municipal gov ernment functions and services for the greatest benefit to the people of the cities served is a system that merits serious consideration as to its application and the benefits to be de rived from such application to the City of Plattsmouth. The City Manager Plan is a good thing to keep thinking and talking about, for it furnishes a practical alternative to your present system, and if .it works well elsewhere, es pecially in cities the size of Platts mouth, It ought to work well here. I thank you. Family Savings Mounting Along with Comforts How Wealth Is Expended in United States Disclosed by Cen sus Bureau Washington The balance sheet of American prosperity has been pre pared by W. M. Steuart, director of the Bureau of the Census. It answers the long-posed question, what is America, doing with its growing wealth? The answer is that it is buying more bathtubs and washing machines, sending more boys and girls to college, putting more money aside for rainy days, building more homes and acquiring, on the side, a stupendous amount of radios, auto mobiles,' electric refrigerators and such like appurtenances of good times. The family of 1927, when the last record was made of "Indicators of Material Progress," had more money in the bank, a greater share in 'the production of mechanical and min eral output, more appliances to make housework easy than it had in 1921. Air Facilities Expanding If the family of today does not ac tually own its own airplane, at least it has a greater opportunity to ride in one than in previous years, for output has steadily mounted. The fig ures are contained in a statement, "Advance in Standards of Living," prepared by Mr. Steuart. It fits in with the analysis of E. Dana Durand, chief, division of sta tistical research. Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, that "The present high prosperity of the United States is in no sense due to the World War." Mr. Durand attempts to tell what is the cause of the pros perity; Mr. Steuart, what is the re sult. Among "indicators of material progress," Mr. Steuart cites automo biles. Taking passenger automobiles, for instance, the production in the four years 1914, 1919, 1921, and 1927 was, respectively, 543.000; 1,657,000; 1,453,000; 2,939,000. There were only about 4 4,000 wash ing machines in use in 1914; in the other three years there were, respec tively, 999,000, l.S8S,000, and 5, 681,000. Wide Spread of Education The number of students in high ""wo lu.ir iiuiu ill 151 to 4,053,000 in 1927. College attend ance jumped from 598,000 in 1927 to 1,037,000 in 1927, an increase of ap proximately 400,000. Residential building in 3C states increased ap proximately $1,500,000,000 in six years. Deposits in savings bank in creased Troni $16,500,000,000 in 1921 to $26,000,000,000 in 1927. As the cause of this prosperity, Mr. Durand says: "At its foundation lies the rich re sources of the country, not taxed by an excessive population, and the en ergy, intelligence, industry and thrift of the people. 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