| Show Formula for Household Budget I Is Applied to City Governments I CHICAGO Because Because the house housewife housewife wife who purchases a kitchen spoon faces aces the same problem as the mu mu- municipal municipal official who shops for a a steam team shovel the shovel the problem of a budget domestic or governmental governmental- a quarter of a million women in American cities and towns have begun to apply their expert ence nce in household budgeting to measure the efficiency of their mu municipal municipal government Since January women in 50 of these communities have bave initiated surveys of their local governments which promise to bring about higher standards of economy and efficiency In n municipal operations according to o Mrs Melville Melvill Mucklestone president president dent of the National Consumers Tax commission commIssI n. n whose campaign for tax reduction through education is now active in hi 45 states Working operatively co-operatively through a unique exchange of ideas plan each of these N. N C. C T. T T C. C groups has las asked its mayor to appoint a partisan non committee of citizens and public officials to survey the city comparing its methods and ex ex- with those of othor mu mu- municipalities municipalities of like size I While Whilo none of the surveys has been completed the partisan non-partisan groups are discovering financial methods which says Mrs Mucklestone I stone no no thrifty I housewife would v r put ut up u with within in her herFor i t own household I- I f i iFor For example The mayor In a a midwest city was discovered to t t 7 have sold a 50 radio for to a paving contractor just before con con- contracts contracts contracts tracts were let Because city Mrs Irs Melville l officials neglect neglected Iu 1 ed ed to pay their personal residential electric bills to the municipally owned plant another er community is in a serious finan finan- financial financial cial condition All members of the school board of a small southern village as well as the tax collector were found by another survey to be ineligible for tor forthe forthe the positions they hold The survey reports according to Mrs Mucklestone will show where the taxpayers taxpayer's dollar goes The analysis will point the way to new economies for tor the surveys will be exchanged between cities so that one may benefit by the experience of ot others Our members have no thought of demanding curtailment of essential services nor will reductions in taxes always follow tollow reduction in waste Mrs says Municipal services will wUl however be improved and broadened so that the taxpayer will receive more for f r his money |
