Show CITY MANAGER PLAN ON TRIAL IN CLEVELAND Citizens to torote Vote rote on Re Re- Return turn to Old Coun Coun- Council Council cil Form FormBy By WILLIAM F. F RAG S RAGAN AN Copyright 1927 Consolidated Press Association CLEVELAND 0 O Oct 29 Cleve Cleve Cleveland land the largest city yet jet ct to try out the manager mana er form or of government nt is In the throes of a a. campaign which will mil determine whether the seven seven- seven year car experiment Is to be continued At the municipal election to be held heldon on November 8 the voters will pass on a proposal to return to the old fed fed- federal federal eral cral system with a 3 mayor elected by bythe bythe bythe the citizens at large and councilmen cO elected from the various wards Under the present system the city manager is by the council whose mem mem- members members members bers are chosen by the Ule voters under the proportional representation tem tern DAVIS DAUS IS LEADER The onslaught against the man man- manager manager manager ager form of government is being di di- directed di directed directed by Harry L L. Davis former gov- gov emor or Ohio and one time mayor of Cleveland under the federal system system tem tern In vogue prior to the adoption of 01 the manager plan Opponents of the managerial form of government hold that in this the largest city to experiment with the plan the executive of the city unac unac- unaccountable unaccountable unaccountable countable to the people because he docs does not need their united support to tobe tobe tobe be sustained In Ire office has become an autocrat and a tool of financial In In- In They hold that what was originally intended to be a a. a business administration has become a big business administration and that the common citizenry Is denied proper voice In civic affairs The revolution revolution- revolutionary ary leaders contend that the economy conomy promises have not materialized UNIONS U Organized labor is taking a prom prom- prominent promInent promInent part in the municipal ruction Continued on rae Page Three CITY MANAGER MANADER PLAN ON TRIAL Continued from Page One on the contention that the city man man- manager manager ager strongly allied with mth capital works e to their best in interests In- In Labor leaders hold that a mayor must consider the desires ol of labor Jabor or feel the consequences In the ballot box but that they hold no such control over a manager elected by bythe bythe bythe the council rather than the voters voler at large Jarge Supporters for the managerial form ot of government have formulated a de defense de- de defense Cerise based upon promises for the future and declarations that the plan has has' not been given gl an adequate chance They rhey also d declare clare that the federal system advocated by their op opponents op- op has been tried thoroughly and found less successful than the present system |