The Robbins eagle., April 11, 1953, VILLAGE HOME EDITION, Image 1

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Voted In Our Straw Poll Yet?
Volume I. ROBBINS, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1953 Number 11
There has never been a time in the history of
Robbins when unity was so badly needed as it is
today. Never before were the village officials so divid
ed and uncertain. Much of this uncertainty has been
caused by the split out candidates from the various
political parties who have made'
it their business to confuse the
people and themselves with
campaign talk and accusations.
Some are claiming credit for
things that they did not do
and others denying things that
they did. And, looking at the
whole thing it makes a picture
of plain stupidity.
Campaign promises are good
if made in good faith, and you
can tell if they are made in
good faith by looking at the
past performances of those who
are making them.
For example one candidate
promises to build a $150,000.00
village hall writh gifts and
pledges; that same man has
failed to properly manage the
present village hall. What will
he do with a new one?
Another candidate! says NO
SEWER'S AND WATER un
less he is elected and he indi
cates that the R.F.C. will do
business only with him. Nothing
could be further from the truth.
The R.F.C. is doing business
with the Village of Robbins
and the agent acting for the
Village of Robbins is whoever
is the incumbent president. The
contract is NOT with any in
dividual but with the Village
of Robbins as a government
and the president, acting in his
capacity as agent for the gov
ernment of the Village of Rob
bins, signs all documents and
papers. As an individual, as far
as the R.F. C. is concerned, he
does not even exist. He has no
powers except those accorded
him as president and those
powers cease the moment he
is out of office—and they are
FLETCHER TILLMAN
Peoples Party Candidate for
POLICE MAGISTRATE (JUDGE)
' . !
immediately transferred to his
successor.
The R.F.C. knows that the
Village of Robbins is a gov-!
ernment; a superior body and ■
has immortality. Human beings,!
presidents, governors, kings and
etc. may come and go, but the
government goes on and on,
therefore when a contract ex
tends over a period of years—
99 years, for instance—would it j
not be rather foolish to make j
contract with a president for!
that period of time? A presi
dent, however ardently he may
wish to, does NOT GO ON
FOREVER! So when the in
cumbent president goes out, the
ttiantle of authority and all that
it entails falls upon his success- j
or. The president is not going
to pay this loan. It will be
paid the Village of Robbins—
the government; and that is
you and me and the people who
come after us to populate the
village of Robbins and to per
petuate its government.
That is just two of the con
fusing propaganda issues, there
are many more. The point is
how far will some people go
to get into office. However, we
hope the voters are not as
dumb as some of the candi
dates. This has been the worst
administration in the history of
Robbins and it will not be
better if the people who are
now in are re-elected, because
they do not know how to work
together and they don’t know
how to work with village affairs
nor do they know how to treat
the people. There is no trust,
no program, no unity or busi
ness management in these peo
ple. Where is our annual re
port showing how the taxpay
ers money was spent? We have
had none in lour years. Why
do people have water receipts
on scraps of paper instead of
the regular receipts? Why are
the offcia-ls accusing each other
of stealing and dishonesty?
There must be some truth
somewhere—all are not lies. It
is truly time for a complete
change and the only complete
change you can make is to
Vote the Entire PEOPLES PARTY
Ticket—Vote It STRAIGHT!
'the ROBBINS BUS. LEAGUE
CHANGES ITS NAME
Robbins Business League has
changed its name to The Rob
bins Chamber of Commerce.
The move was made because
it was thought that this organ
ization could be of more service
to the community under the
new name.
The directors of the organi
zation are: Morgan T. White,
Theodore Hendricks, Edward
Starks, Chris Washington, John
Walkeer, Ernest Lemon, Mr.
Rodgers, Sadie White and M.
L. Smith.
The Robbins Chamber of
Commerce hopes to do a much
bigger job in the future than
it has in the past. Plans are
now in the making for just
such a program.
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THE ELKS CLUB
IS REALLY TOPS
Let the Elks Club be your
entertainment habit. Its nice,
easy to reach—right on the
highway—139th and Lydia,
m Thomas' Hall; and the
' guys" and "gals" there are
friendly, easy to meet and
if you'll drop in for a while
you'll be glad you did.
The Straw Vote
The returns from our Straw Vote Campaign came in
scatteringly—most of them thru the mail—but too late for
careful tabulation. However, the campaign has another
week to go and we are hopeful of making our report in
our April 18th issue
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