The Archive · 1940

Election System

S.M.C. to Appoint Body To Study Changes

The Shanghai Municipal Council has decided to appoint a committee to study the desirability of making changes in the conduct of municipal elections; it was learned yesterday.

The following have been invited to serve on the new committee: Messrs. N. F. Allman, C. Fumagalli A. Glathe, G. E Mitchel, J. Sauvayre and G. Yasui.

An official announcement the of Council's decision and the names of @he men invited to serve on the committee were mentioned in a statement emanating from the Council's secretariat yesterday afternoon.

"How can a citizen run a high-class racket if his assistants ain' got no refinery. They don't even know that bumping off a personality ain't cultured!"

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