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As important as anything in the election, is the fact that if care. is flot, observed',in! the voting in al theý north shore villages,. Kenilworth may be Ieft without represenrtation, on the High School'board. Heretofore , by' friendly agreement among the vil- lages, each locality bas enjoyed logic- al representation. Now by reason of two- candidates beinig off ered'f rom Wilmnette, Kenilworth may sufer. If this cati happen this year forKenil- worth, it cati bappen another y1a for Winnetka or Glencoe. AIl voters in ýNew Trier have the duty to. vote for two candidates. Do -flot overlook voting for the Kenilworth éandidate.ý In respect to my personal point of view on high school .afairs, I coný- sider the following te be outstanding problems: 1. rmp orta lt aliove everything is keeping the high school open and operating ini this period of tax tur- moul. The pupils now in school have the same rights as those of previous generations.t 2. The percentages of taxes collect-r ed ini recent years are as follows: 94% for 1928; 84% for 1929; 70% fort 1930; about 30% for 1931; notbingt for 1932. The heavy defaults thus Évanston. That letter intended to convey .the impression that negotia- tions *ère. entered into with Evans- ton iubseqluent to the vote on the Bond issue on Decemtber 5th, 1931. The-samne ltter was printed in the December 30th, 1932, issue of "Wil- mette Announcements" a s proo f of bona fide negotiations with Evaniston subsequentte the Bond election. That letter by President. Dubbs is, in fact, 'an alibi letter. Mr.. Dübbs bas used that letter tO convey,.the impression that ýhe did negetiate with Evanston- on *january 21st., 1932, wh en as a matterof fact, he did notmake any move to negotiate at that -meet- ing'. The writer protested the "alibi" letter in an article entitled "Water Works Ag~&ain" appearing in Jaaa.ary, 5th, 1933, issue of WzLmzerutLiPE froni which I quote as f ollows: "The letter of January 21 is 50 worded as to convey the impression that at the meeting referred to water rates were 'discussed or negotiations entered into which resulted in Wil- mette concluding to go ahead with the building of an independent plant, this letter confirming the outcome of such negotiations. atLUte U a aiiJ, but uffIÇss MrI. Dubbs can provide the citizens of Minmette w ith deinite and detailed fats of bona fide negotiations as at- tempted bona fide negotiations sub- sequent to December 5th,, 19319' the President, of the Board ,and ifs Trustees. seeni clearly not te, have kept their pledge of further and bonia fi de negotiations with ,Evanston ,be- fore, launching, the Water- Works project. M. W. Lauer,> 1114 Forest avenue, Mimette. WHY PROHIBIT SALE, 0F BEER April 2, 1933. Editor, W-iimmEt Lin.: It is ,reported that the Village board proposes to fôrbid the sale of 3.2 beer in the grocery stores of Wil- The reason given is thai this is pro- hibited by the old law which forbade saloons to seli iquor within a 4-mile lumit of the Northwestern university. Is that not a littie far fétched? In the first place, a grocery store is not a saloon, (2) beer is not liquor in any sense whatever, (3) that law was tepealed (4) there is no state nor federal law, neither a village ordin-t ance which forbids grocery stores ini nieeded, the Village Manager should be f ree to act. The second- point which was flot recognized at the time our Village Manager ordiniance -was -first adôpted and: basflot been..recognized in the proposed new ordinance, is that, with, f ew exceptions, theVillage Board b as, the. fulfatbority to prescribe the duties of the officers.' If they want to pre- scribe large administrative powers for the* Village Manager, they may do so. If hie needs ernployees t o help hini carry out his duties, the Village Board may prescribe 'the, manner in which .li shall select employées. Somùe of the offices created are un- necessary, wben we hfave a Village Manager. For example, it seems,, absurd to have the office of Buildin g Commissioner, when at the present taie there as practically. no building. Those duties could just as well be as- signed to the Village Manager with power to secure hielp when needed. The saine is true with respect to some of, the other offices created, such W~ plumbing inspecter and electrical in- spector. 1Thiere are some officers such as the Village Treasurer and Village Collec- tor who niust perforni the duties re- qutired by the state law. However, it was deemned necessary -in 1932 to---------- whom the sale of beer in Wilmette is sary in Wilmette to create. niany de- Evanston committee no doubt knew. spread a tax levy of $735,000 as the resuit of the referendum and that an offense. The convenience of the partînents under separate officers. Eni- against a budget for actual ecpenses Wilmette would 'proceed with the v'ast mnajority of the people who use, ployees ini one departnient may beC of $450,000 due te the need for ade- bu ilding of the water works; that beer counits for nothing with the Vil- rushed when those in another are idle. quate power to operate the school Wilmette expected to be able te sup lage board. An administrative department with the on. borrowed money ?bta.ined through pîy its water requirements froni its To deprive the grocers of the Village Manager as the head and with the sale of tax anticipation warrants. own plant by the faîl of 1933 or by profits from the sale of legal beer him given the .power to organize such: This entails a yearly additional cost the following spring and wanted te will drive these profits elsewhere. It sub-departments as are necessary seens> of. about $25,00 for interest ont tax know if Evanston required a contract will not drive any beer eut of Wil- far more reasonable. It makces the warrants alone, Is there any feasible to supply the needs of Wilnîette in mette. Village Manager directly responsible method of circumventing this ac- the iterim. To this. Mr. Parsons re-- The Village board should do ev ry- for the efficiency of our Village cm- lV le UtJI *. H.ess see ber aiversity -stand by tihe Wil- [he vllage .Lvanager snouîaD e in-510so, *ho is a Was too negotiate creaseci, se that he may be the general l of Kentucky.