Around Nome
By HARRY LUDBROOK
City Manager System—II
Bearing in mind that the re
quisites of city government are
control by voters and efficient
management, then it becomes ap
parent that the only form of gov
ernment which meets these re
quirements is the manager plan.
The questions arising in your
minds are perhaps many. Let’s
see whether we can answer them.
Primarily it is a very simple
form of cost control and control
of human behavior. The voters
elect members of a council. The
choices of the people then appoint
a trained administration. He, in
turn, can do his job as a profes
sional man free from any obliga
tions to a group of politicians. He
appoints, and may remove all
heads of departments, and, sub
ject to civil service provisions, is
responsible for the selection of
other employees in the adminis
trative service. But here is what
makes a democratic venture of
it all and not, as so many people
suppose, a one-man show: The
council may remove the manager
at any time! But again, the coun
cil may not interfere with his
making appointments or remov
als: neither may the council give
orders directly to any employees
in the administrative service ex
cept through the manager.
The simplicity and effective
ness of the organization is at once
apparent. It shows the responsi
bility is centralized, so that either
credit or blame may be placed
upon the proper shoulders.
It also shows a government or
ganization that everybody can
understand and is, most impor
tant of all, one that works more
economically than any other.
Why? Because it takes all guess
work out of executive ability.
Having been schooled in govern
mental execution, the hired man
either works properly or he is
fired before he can do any dis
astrous damage.
The management, once appoin
ted, eliminates the spoils system
because, if he is to protect his
own record, he must insist that
merit be the sole consideration in
appointments. That is his protec
tion for an advance in his chosen
profession.
Have you ever seen Charlie
Jones direct the Grand March?
Have you heard him call all 15
numbers of the Virginia Reel,
"swing you partners," up the cen
ter, grand right and left, etc.
YOUR FEET WILL TINGLE
regardless of your age.
To print our paper money the
United States Government each
year uses 1100 tons of ink.
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Hundreds of Allied Warplanes
Swarm Over North Korea Today
SEOUL, (JP) — Hundreds of
Allied warplanes swarmed over
North Korea today, plastering
Communist targets along the front
and far behind the lines'
B-26 Invaders opened the day’s
aerial offensive with pre - dawn
•attacks on Communist trucks
hauling supplies to the front.
Pilots' reported 125 vehicles de
stroyed.
Marine, 'Republic of Korea,
Australian and Air Force war
planes joined in attacks all over
North Korea, including strikes at
the Red front lines.
Five Air Force Officers
Perish in Barracks Fire
RAPID CITY, S.D., (£>)—Five
Air Force officers were killed
yesterday in a fire that raced
through a two-story frame bar
racks at the Rapid City Air Force
base.
Six other officers were burned
and one of them broke an ankle
in a leap from a second story
window.
The victims were among a
group of officers assigned to tem
porary duty with the 72nd Stra
tegic Reconnaissance Wing.
Rapid City is a major base for!
B-36 intercontinental bombers.
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