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<br /> I ,I NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED.BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE TH~T
<br /> Ii ERNESTINE SCHAFFNER IS HEREBY RELIEVED Or HER DUTIES AS ASSISTANT TREASURER AND DANIEL I
<br /> II O. POTTER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED AND DESIGNATED AS ASSISTANT TREASURER rOR THE CITY Or I
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<br /> Ii EUGENE rOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD Or TIME AND UNTIL A SUCCESSOR IS APPOINTED, AND HE IS
<br /> " HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO EXECUTE CHECKS ALONG WITH THE CITY MANAGER Or THE CITY Or EUG;NE, ,
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<br /> I AND TO PERFORM SUCH OTHER DUTIES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO BE CARRIED OUT BY SAID ASSISTANT I
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<br /> I! RESOLUTION ADOPTED THIS 29TH DAY Or OCTOBER, 1954."
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<br /> II IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY DR. CRUMBAKER, THAT T~E RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. I
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<br /> 4 RESOLUTION - PRESENTED BY DR. CRUMBAKER REGARDING MAYOR JOHNSON'S CANDIDACY rOR THE I
<br /> STATE LEGISLATURE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ BY DR. CRUMBAKER AS rOLLOWS: I
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<br /> " IIWHEREAS, THE FOLLOWING rACTS APP~AR TO BE REASONABLY ESTABLISHED: I
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<br /> I: I . MR. V. EDWIN JOHNSON AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF EUGENE HAS CHOSEN TO BE ACTIVE AND
<br /> I DYNAMIC IN HIS OFrICE, ALTHOUGH THE PRESENT CITY CHARTER PRESCRIBES ONLY PERrUNCTORY
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<br /> :1 DUTIES. HE HAS VOLUNTARILY DEVOTED MUCH TIME AND PERSONAL EFFORT TO THE CITY SERVICE
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<br /> :! A. JOINING WITH THE CITY COUNCIL AND ITS COMMI TTEES IN ALL IMPORTANT INVESTIGATIONS
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<br /> Ii B. WORKING WITH AND FAITHFULLY SUPPORTING THE CITY MANAGER, THEREBY INCREASING HIS
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<br /> ~ : 2. tN HI S MANY CONTRI BUT! ONS AND SERVI CES, HE HAS SHOWN RARE ENERGY, I NTELLI GENCE,
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<br /> :1 HONESTY, BUSINESS SAGACITY AND WISDOM;
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<br /> II 3. HE HAS SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE LEAGUE OF OREGON CITIES. As SUCH, HE HAS VISITED
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<br /> I ALL SECTIONS OF THE STATE. HE HAS MADE CONTACTS WITH ALL CITIES IN THE STATE, LARGE AND
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<br /> Ii SMALL. HE KNOWS THE PROBLEMS, THE SHORTCOMINGS, THE MERITS, AND THE VIRTUES OF CITY
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<br /> II GOVERNMENT IN OREGON;
<br /> .' 4. HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, AND OF THE LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE
<br /> OF THE LEAGUE OF OREGON CITIES. As SUCH, HE HAS SECURED FIRST-HAND KNOWLEDGE OF
<br /> LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURES, AND OF THE PROBLEMS Or PROMOTING REMEDIAL LEGISLATION TO FURTHER
<br /> SOUND CITY GOVERNMENT IN OREGON;
<br /> 5. THERE HAS BEEN WIDE DISSEMINATION Or AN ASSERTION, BACKED BY NOTHING MORE SUBSTANTIAL
<br /> THAN THE PERSONAL OPINION OR THE PERSONAL WHIM OF ONE MAN, THAT V. EDWIN JOHNSON SHOULD
<br /> NOT BE PERMITTED TO SERVE SIMULTANEOUSLY THE CITY Or EUGENE AS MAYOR AND LANE COUNTY AS I
<br /> LEGISLATOR, NOTWITHSTANDING HIS PRE-EMINENT QUALIFICATIONS TO SERVE BOTH, AND IN DEFIANCE
<br /> OF THE rACTS NOTED ABOVE, VIZ:
<br /> A. NOT ONE DUTY IMPOSED ON THE MAYOR BY CHARTER, ORDINANCE, OR STATUTE WOULD
<br /> I BE SACRIFICED OR INTERFERED WITH IN THE SLIGHTEST DEGREE BY HIS SERVICES I N THE
<br /> LEGISLATURE.
<br /> B. ANY TEMPORARY DISRUPTION OF THE HEAVY ROUTINE GRATUITOUSLY ASSUMED BY V.
<br /> EDWIN JOHNSON OUTSIDE OF AND BEYOND HIS LINE OF DUTY WILL BE MORE THAN COMPENSATED FOR
<br /> BY THE MORE IMPORTANT SERVICES EUGENE AND ALL OTHER CITIES WILL RECEIVE FROM HIS SERVICES
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<br /> 6. IF THERE SHOULD DEVELOP ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE LEGAL
<br /> RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE OFFICE OF MAYOR AND THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICE OF STATE LEGISLATOR,
<br /> i MR. JOHNSON WILL PROMPTLY REMOVE THE CONFLICT BY RESIGNATION.
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<br /> I THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT IT IS THE CONSIDERED OPINION AND BELIEF OF THE
<br /> ! MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EVGENE:
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<br /> Ii I . THAT THE RETIREMENT OF V. EDWIN JOHNSON FROM THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OF EUGENE, IN
<br /> 11 ORDER THAT HE MIGHT BECOME A MEMBER OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE WOULD BE A SERIOUS AND
<br /> ii UNNECESSARY LOSS TO THE CITY OF EUGENE. ANY PROPOSAL CALLING rOR SUCH RESIGNATION IS
<br /> I IN DEFIANCE OF PUBLIC INTEREST.
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<br /> H 2. ANY ARBITRARY OBSTRUCTION TO THE ELECTION OF V. EDWIN JOHNSON TO BE A MEMBER OF THE
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<br /> il STATE LEGISLATURE, SOLELY ON THE GROUND THAT HE HOLDS THE OFFICE OF MAYOR IS TO DENY TO
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<br /> 11 THE STATE OF OREGON THE SERVICES OF ONE OF THE BEST INFORMED CITIZENS OF THE STATE ON
<br /> I[ THE MOST IMPORTANT AND MOST PRESSING PROBLEM CONFRONTING THE STATE.
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