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George Washington Plunkitt, the Tam- many Hall pundit and soothsayer, is dead ; but, claims a recent sachem in charge of the wigwam, the need for party men continues in urban America. Increased educational opportunities, an expanding welfare state, prosperity and ethnic ad- justment have undoubtedly changed the role and style of party bosses. But the need to operate the party’s organizational machinery remains : the difficult and often dull tasks of filing petitions, ringing doorbells, finding candidates and cutting through the bureaucratic maze.

While some reformers in New York‘s Democracy will disclaim Ed Costikyan as one of their own, his practical and realistic appraisal of his role and respon- sibilities as county party leader cannot be challenged. He denies the allegation that corruption and secrecy dominate intraparty politics, claiming-and cor- rectly sc-that corruption moves close to power. Today’s party organization has little for sale compared to the power which is increasingly concentrated in government bureaucracies. Crucial deci- sions tend to be made by administrators.

Costikyan charges, for example, that Robert Moses, invested with tremendous power pyramided by several different government assignments, ruled without being accountable to anyone, and asserts that the public authorities under his di- rection have all the “earmarks of an en- trenched machine.”

He is critical of other issues as well, all of which require public discussion and analysis : the best selection process for judges, the claims of bar associations as “non-political” instruments of power, the tremendous power of New York City mayors, the incompetence of civil ser- vants, and overloaded staffs in municipal agencies. A fascinating bit of “behind the scenes” is told in the rise to fame of Her Honor, Constance Baker Motley-and particularly how the tactics employed by the county leader won the day. Another

gem is the reproduction of John Lamula’s brochure in his battle for the city council.

The City BETWEEN DYSTOPIA AND UTOPIA. By

Constantinos A. Doxiadis. Trinity Col- lege Press, Hartford, Connecticut, 1966. xi, 173 pp. $6.00.

Dystopia-what is anti-utopia or evil. Dynapolis-dynamic city. Cacotopickbad place. Ecumenopolis-city of the future which

Entopia-a place that can exist. Ekistics-a level of human settlement.

So, what’s new? Good for Doxiadis, he knows Greek. For years, this reviewer has been trying to understand this man- particularly what makes him so popular. This book of lectures presented at Trin- ity College reveals nothing new, but they were given by a very handsome individ- ual. And, in dealing with urban problems, we do want the subject to be, at the very least, interesting.

will cover the earth.

Additional Books and Pamphlets

(See dso Researcher’s Digest and other departments)

Air Pollution INDEX TO AIR POLLUTION RESEARCH. A

Guide to Non-Profit and Industry Sup- ported Air Pollution Research. By Nancy I. Miller. Center for Air Environment Studies, 301 Engineering Building C, Pennsylvania State University, Univer- sity Park 16802, July 1967. 111 pp.

Annexation

Municipal Association, 406 Fulton Fed- eral Building, Atlanta 30303, 1966. 70 pp. Tables. $5.00.

Assessors PROCE~INCS OF TEE EIGHTH INSTI-

TUTE FOR TAX ASSESSORS. Institute of

A MANUAL ON ANNEXATION. Georgia

554 NATIONAL CIVIC REVIEW [October

Public Affairs, University of Texas, Aus- tin 78712, 1967. 70 pp.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ELEVENTH AN- NUAL VIRGINIA ASSESSORS' INSTITUTE, 1966. Virginia Association of Assessing Oficers, and Institute of Government, 207 Minor Ha!!, University of Virginia, Charlottesville 22903, 1967. 69 pp. Maps, tables. $2.00.

Budgets

BUDGET SUGGESTIONS FOR 1968. Bureau of Governmental Research and Services, University of Washington, Seattle 98105, July 1967. 45 pp. Tables. $2.00.

City-County Consolidation

CITY-BOROUGH UNIFICATION PROPOS- ALS: A Preliminary Look at the Ques- tion. Legislative Affairs Agency, Alaska Legislative Council, Pouch Y, State Capitol, Juneau, January 1967. 33 pp.

Coneervation

NATURAL BEAUTY DOWN TO EARTH. By Franklin M. Bridge. 1967 Pamphlet Series, New York State Office for Local Government, 155 Washington Avenue, Albany 12210, 1967. 7 pp.

Conetitutions

CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS AND THE VOTER, 1952-1966. Institute of Gov- ernment and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, 1201 West Nevada Street, Urbana, July 1967. 4 pp. Maps, tables.

CONSTITUTIONAL REVISION AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. By Robert H. Stoudemire. GovernwentaE Review, Bureau of Govern- mental Research and Service, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, Aug- ust 1967. 4 pp.

councils of Gowrnments

COPING WITH METROPOLITAN PROBLEMS : The North Central Texas Council of Govrrrrments. By Philip W. Barnes. Pitb- lic Affairs Comment, Institute of Public

Affairs, University of Texas, Austin 78712, May 1967. 4 pp.

County Government COUNTY GOVERNMENT IN AMERICA. By

Herbert Sydney Duncombe. National As- sociation of Counties Research Founda- tion, 1001 Connecticut Avenue, N. W., Washington, D. C. 20036, 1966. 288 pp. $5.00 (cloth), $3.00 (paperback).

COUNTY GOVERNMENT REPORT. Maine Intergovernmental Relations Commission, Augusta, 1966. 29 pp. Tables.

Municipal Government CITY OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA-ORGANI-

ZATION OF THE CITY GOVERNMENT. J. L. Jacobs and Company, 53 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago 60604, May 1967. 36 pp. Charts, tables.

HANDBOOK FOR MISSOURI MUNICIPAL OFFICIALS. By Richard R. Dohm. Gov- ernmental Affairs Program, Department of Political Science, University of Mis- souri, Columbia, March 1967. 50 pp.

Natural Resources TENNESSEE-ITS RESOURCES AND ECON-

omy. Volume Two, Tennessee's Natural Resources, Tennessee Department of Fi- nance and Administration, Nashville, 1966. 70 pp. Maps, charts and tables.

Pereonnel THE BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS OF EM-

PLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION. By Felix M. Lopez, Jr., and J. Stanley Frazer. Public Personnel Association, 1313 East 60th Street, Chicago 60637, 1967. 20 pp. $2.00.

GOVERNMENTS AS PARTNERS IN STRENGTHENING PERSONNEL. By David B. Walker and Carl F. Stover. Public Personnel Association, 1313 East 60th Street, Chicago 60637, 1967. 32 pp. $2.00.

Salaries

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$2.00.

FACULTY SALARY SCHEDULES I N PUB-

A. E . Buck, Expert, Dies

A. E. Buck, of noted authority on

Budget in Crash

Darien, Connecticut, public budgeting and

for many years one of the National Municipal League’s consultants on pub- lic finance, was killed September 13 in an automobile accident in London. Ontario. Mrs. Buck also lost her life.

Mr. Buck, who retired in 1052 from the staff of the Institute of Public Ad- ministration, was chief author of the League’s pioneering development of the principles of budgeting for munici- palities which are incorporated in the Model Budget Law. He frequently was quoted as asserting that, whereas no municipality had had Hhat would be recognized todaq as a proper budget prior to the League’s work. widespread acceptance of its proposals gradual11 led to adoption by every state of at least the minimum standards set in the Model.

Mr. Buck represented the Lea, w e on the National Committee on Municipal Accounting and other groups. He Itas a leading consultant to state governments. and among his best known publications is T h e Reorganization of State Gocerri- ments in the United States.

Cecil Morgan, of New Orleans, a former president and present Council- member of the League, has been ap- pointed chairman of a Louisiana com- mission to investigate violations of criminal laws arising in the course of labor-management disputes. In addition to making a general report to the gov- ernor, the chairman can file charges against individuals with state and federal authorities.

Books in Review (Continued from page 554)

L I C C U M X I ~ - X I T Y - J I : X I ~ R C‘OLLIXXS. 1965- 6 6 .-i Pilot S f r r t l j of 2- I’wr Iirstifrrfioiis. Research L)ivisioii. Katiorral Education :Issociati~iti, 1201 Sixteenth Street, S. W., JVasliingtoii. D. C. 20036, 1967, 46 pi). $1.00.

HIE^;. N‘aces .\s1) FKISGE BESEFITL Citics lO,OOO-~.~ ,OOO Poprrlotiorr. Georgia hfuiiicipal .issociation, 306 Fultoii Fetl- era1 Building, .\tlatita 30303, 1066. .55 111’. Charts, taldes. $3.00.

Schools

S T l DY O F ( ~ E l I l < G l r \ ~ ~ l ~ S I C l l ’ . \ l - SaI:

Scrroor. Coal lIIT1’EES IS KII0I)E r>1..xs11.

Bureau of Government Research, Vni- versity oi Kliotlc I h i t l , I<ingstoii, June 1967. 3 pp. Tahles.

Urban Dev~lopnteirt ririil Rertewul

CClS s I:< TI( I’T CltB.\S I)evEr.oIJ.\r LST.

Connecticut Iiiterrcgiooal Plaiiiiiiig €’rw gram, State Of+tiice Ruilding, Hartiord 06115, 1966. iv, 73 pp. Illus.

Urbnrtizaiioic

A HI-U:I~Y I I F VIU.\S .\~IEI<IC..\, R y Charles K. Glnab and A, Theotlorc h -on 11. The hiacniillan Conipdny, 866 Third .\veriuc, New Tork 10022, 1l;ircli 1967. 328 1111, $6.95 (cloth). $2.95 (paper- back ) .

Rater

T~LEIIO-LU~AS COUSTT \VATEL< SL.IVL\- SYsTEar REI’OLIT. Grcater Toledo XIuiiici- pal I.eague, 403 Coltoii Ruiltling, Toledo. Ohio 43621, 1967. 18 p11. Tahle.

WATER R i ~ x r i ~ x s . \DJIINISTRATIOS IS DELAWARE. By Roger Smith Hoeh. Divi- sioii of Crlnii -Affairs, University of Delaware, Newark. 1966. iv, 175 pp. Maps, charts.

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