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WILMETTE LIFE April. 5, 1929 BWE 1101£ RULE' solidate or abolish many of the local governments in Cook county. But the people of Cook county should be .able to strive for an ideal whether that tdeal be one general government only or one general goverr1ment with as many Haeb.ch Senate Reaolution Held local governments as may be desired u Step·Toward Beneficial without going to Springfield for every Legialation change that may be necessary .or desired. This amendment makes tt posEditor's note: Home· rule for the Chisible for the people in Cook county to cago metropolitan area as a deterrent to formulate what their ideal in governIncre-ased ta: !tatlon Is the sense of a ment should be in Cook county and reMlution presented In the senate by State ·Senator Arthur H . Huebsch of the for themselves to fix the time and manSeventh district (which Includes the ner of reaching that ideal. The right north shore.) The resolution seeks an of any local community to keep their amendment to the state constitution. Interesting comment regarding the resoluown form of local government is pretion Is to be found In the accompanying served and it is up to the people of letter directed to various civic organizaeach comuriity to decide for themselves tions In the county by Clayton F. Smith, county recorder of deeds and registrar of how many local governments they detitles. sire to have over them. "Even if the people- of Cook county March 25, 1929. decide to keep every local government "To Each Civic Organization now existing in Cook county, it has in Cook county, Illinois: been estimated that over fifty million "Every civic organization in Cook dotlars annually could be saved by county is interested in making the City unification ar~d co-ordination of like of Chicago and the County of Cook as activities in the many governmental a whole the greatest metropolitan bodies. This amendment makes such community in the world, while at the unification and co-ordination possible. same time they are interested in seeVote on Charter ing that the people of Cook county are "Since the constitutional amendment not over-burdened with unjust taxais in effect an enabling act, the frametion. It is my firm beli.~f that all we work of the government which would are st~iving for in Chicago and Cook be finally adopted would be a matter county can be accomplished without for the charter authorized by the consacrificing our ideals, and without imstitutional amendment and that charter posing heavy additional tax burdens would be drawn and voted on and upon the tax-payers. brought into being by the people of "There is now in progress in Cook Cook county themselves. The amendcounty a re-valuation of all real propment is in effect not only one which erty for the purpose of taxation. I do guarantees home rule to Cook county not believe there is anyone who is not but also preserves home rule for the in favor of equality in taxation and of 1 smaller community or gove.rnment any method which will bring about which may desire it. such equality. But mere equality "I am personally unequivocally fo·· where the aggregate of taxation rehome rule in Cook county in local afmains as high or higher, and will confairs. - I do not belieye a legislatur~ stantly increase each year, is not suffiwhich is predominately from downstate cient. and where the majority of its members "What the people of Cook county ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ do not live in Cook county or are not WOULD CUT TAXATION T.L,·s ill .... m'a y rightfully demand is either a lower aggregate of taxation for the same amount of ·public service, or, better still, a greater amount of public service for a lower aggregate of taxation. In the end this can only be accomplished by cutting down the over-lapping of the governmental activities in Cook county and the wasteful expenditures due thereto. Huebach Starta Action "Hundreds of speeches have been made in Cook county on the necessity of consolidation, unification and coordination of local governmental activities. Until March 6, 1929, nothing particularly was done. ·on March 6, 1929, there was introduced in the state Senate a proposed constitutional amendment by Senator A. Huebsch and on the following day the same proposed amendment was introduced in the House of Representatives by Representative William G. Thon. The constitutional amendment in question was prepared by ]. Scott Matthews, chief examiner of titles of Cook county, in my offic_ e . I herewith hand you a copy of that proposed amendment for your information. "The purpose of the proposed amendment is to give Cook county complete self government in local matters including the present local governmental activities and also the power to fix the tax rates for all local governments, to regulate public utilities, and to handle atl transportation questions. The amendment is in effect an enabling act, allowing the people of Cook county to frame a charter of their own, and to reserve for themselves in that charter such powers as they may deem wise in all local matters. Would Cut Red Tape "In preparing this amendment Mr. Matthews had in mind the fact that it would probably be impossible ori account of local community pride to con- Varsity Swimmers Carry Off Honors at St. Louis Meet Setting a new worl~'s record and _ another national collegiate mark, the Northwestern university swimmers won the national intercollegiate title at St. Louis last weekend. The 300-yard medley relay team composed of Hinch, Peterson and Schwartz stroked its way ·to a new world record of 3 :09.4. Schwartz set up a new national collegiate time in the 100-yard free style, covering the diitance in 53.2 seconds. Captain Wally Colbath retained his national diving honors which he has held for two previous years, winning the decision from Groh of Illinois. Northwestern swept the meet witli 31 points, and Michigan, the Big Ten cha_gtpion, finished in second place with 21 points. Rutgers, Brigham Young, Princeton and Dartmouth were next in order. In addition to the three firsts, the Purple swimmers took three seconds and one third. Schwartz was nosed out· in the 50-yard free style by Bryant of Dartmouth, iJt the record time of 24 seconds. Hinch broke the national mark in the 150-yard backstroke during the prelimin~ries but held it or only .a few ~inutes until Kojac of Rutgers smashed it again. Kojac beat Hinch to the finish line in the finals, setting a new world record of 1 :38.4. Peterson finished second in the 200yard breast,-following Moles of Princeton, and in the 200-yard relay Northwestern placed third. Coach Robinson calls this year's team the greatest in the history of Northwestern swimming. Last weekend's feat marks the fourth time that the Purple teams coached by Mr. Robinson have won the national honors. Hi·s teams of 1913, '24 and '25 also took the intercollegiate title. Eleanor Stewart, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. Albert Stewart, 422 Woodstock avenue, Kenilworth entertained several of her friends at bridge. last Friday. publicity in your organization and to have you write to your Representative and · Senator in favor of it. Time is of the essence and whatever action i~ taken should be taken at once. "I would also like to learn the views of your organization on this important subject." ···~:eek ~ ~~...MUfteeda Bakers" if~-mitnn w<e PREMIUM SODA-CRACKERS AIG. U.S. PAT. 01'~ acquainted with its problems should be asked to pass on every local problem in Cook county. If mis takes are to be made in local governmen tal bodies they should be able to be corrected as a local matter by the people of Cook county themselves. I stand squarely on that platform and I am proud oi th e fact that the first real attempt which has been made to give a constructive solution to the governmental affairs of Cook county from a business and home rule standpoint has emanated from this office. "I would be pleased to have you give th e amendment the largest possible Have a Private PLAYGROLJN[) For your children! ~ where they can play in safety and develop their growing muscles naturally. For complete des.cription of outdoor gyms, slides, play pools, teeters, swmgs, ladders and other play apparatus write: . 0. W. [)OUGLAS (Direct Factory Representative) 1734 Orrington Avenue Evanston Or Call University 4816 For eoup1, lor ealads, for petite I&Ddwiches. 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