Show Socialist Mayor to Abolish Spoils System In hn Politics 0 s y a. a p q q J. J Henry stump Socialist mayor elect of Reading ra Pa at work ork as asa asa a cigar maker Ey SAUNDERS 1 Service Ser Writer READING Pa Nov For n.-For a Quarter of a century since he was 21 1 sears ears of lIe age J. J Henry StumP former cigar maker has voted oud the Socialist ticket This year some other Ins In h habitants ot of this industrial city did likewise with the J result that Stump wu was swept Into the mayors mayor's office at the head of a a. Socialist city the administration SOCialist party's most mast notable victory Ictor since Its capture of Milwaukee To give a a. good efficient ad- ad administration ministration free from graft and free from politics and to straighten out the inequalities between the working man and the capitalist capitalist- that's my program said Stump EXIT Till TH SPOIlS SYSTEM For years ears I have fought against aga the polls system In political life and I dort dOIt Intend to Introduce It now No public wm be hired or fired at the City Hall In January because of his political views lews or his lack of them Those on the public payroll at present may be assured that It is 13 the official policy of the Socialist administration to displace no one except for cause No one will be taken on u as a public simply because his or her political views or service to the Socialist party or trade unions In Inthe inthe the past We can stay ln in power in 11 Reading only 1 if we make n a record of pUblic service superior to the record made by other party groups We Ve uy say the spoils system must and does Interfere with ef- ef efficiency efficiency ln In any branch of govern govern- government ment be lt it city state or nation I HIGH AVERAGE IR WAGE Reading has ab about ut in- in Inhabitants habitants of are in In- employed This Is an nu- nu usually high percentage The actual average wage in Reading Is to be 2250 a a. week I stump regards the city therefore as asan a an Ideal place In which to try out his theories of government theor its Ies intended to give Ive the less for for- fortunat citizens a better break It was because the woman regis regis- registered and voted that we were able to win Stump told me The Socialists who were put Ir In power po in Reading Reading- all ate ace or of Amen Ameri- American can birth Stumps Stump's family has lived In this country for six generations To all his neighbors and com com- comrades comrades Is Hen rades Mayor elect Stump He decidedly Is a a. made self man having begun working working- at the alOe age of 13 In a cigar factory in Reading He helped support five brothers and anc sisters at t that utIle time That struggle for a a. living cons con contact tact with the working class end and the constant sight of their Injustices tices and problems made a Socialist of me while I was In my teens he explained HOW HI HE STARTED For years he heu was u a cigar maker Then ln In 1918 he took over the management of the Labor Advocate and two two years years' years later founded the Peoples People's Printing company of which concern he has been president ever eyer since For 12 years ears he has hes been president ent of the Reading Reading- Federal Trades Trade Un- Un Union ion He Is 13 a tall silent haired gray spare man He takes several everal slow puffs on his com com-co corn cob pipe before he answers a a. question Every morning of hIS life Ufe he rises rise at five o'clock and walks for all ar hour before breakfast combining thinking and keeping fit He and his wife lIve In a a. e ver modest home which has a a. radio a phonograph birds flowers and many many b books I am told though Stump had little academic education he Is the best Informed man in Reading Stump ran for lor mayor maor twice before fore and w was badly defeated on both occasions |