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"We, the PortsmouSh J~aior Chamber of Commerce, wish to express our de,pest appreciation Dr ~our patriotic duty, you~ valuable time, and yo~ co-operative spirit~ ~ch enabled us to successfully put over our ~Independence ~eekw program from June 30th to | ~uty 4th. . . . it ms ¢itlzens like you that we are very proud to have "~orking fo~ a Greater Portsmouth~ Very t~uly yours, J~io~ Chamber of Commerce ~avid C. Spence, Secretary." The following letter was re~d and ordered Filed: "The lookup of the City of Portsmouth was inspected by this Depart- ment on JUne 18th, 1~7. A repo~t on this inspection i s subr~itted herewith. There is no valid re~son for not maintaining better conditions of cleanliness and sanitation. We t~ust that these conditions will be Found to b e improved at the next inspection~ The courtesies and coooperation extended at the time of the in - spection are acknowledged. Tours very truly, R'~. Youell, Commissioner of Corrections"~ The following letter was read and ordered filed: "The jail of the City of Portsmouth was inspected by this Depart- ment on June ISth, l~V. ~report on this inspection is~ submitted herewith. There is attached for informative purposes an analysis of the operating costs, exclusive of salaries, of the Portsmouth City Jail for the year ended December ~1, 1946. The Courtesies and cooperation extended at t~e time of inspection are acknowledged. Tours very truly, R. M. Touell, Commissioner of Co~ections." Motion of ~r. ~eiseman asking that better quarters be previded the men at Police headquarters, was re~erred to the City ~anager. The following letter was read and referred to the City Eanager: _ "~odel racmng c~rs have been run in Portsmouth since January l, 1~7, at which ti~e there were smx cars competing. As ye? know, we are still racing these cars every Wednesday night, before large cro~ds~ wekther permitting, on the ~rack built by~.A.H. Haynes, next to his service station and garage at 2218 High St. S~nce January, however, w e have' increased in number from mix to eighteen, formed a club, become affiliated with the American MiniatUre Race Car Association, a National Non-profit Organization, a nd run in a rtl-city race with the Baltimore and ~ashington, D.C. Clubs, winning five of eight prizes. There is still one thing ~ongwith our org~ization. The pres- ant track is too small amd is nos suitably located for us to hold an official sanctioned race with seventy-five or mere cars competing. We arb therefore asking the City o f Portsmouth to ap- propriate not more than fifteen hundred dollars ($1500~00) for the construction o f a new t~ack to be located in City Pa~k. Sincerely, Portsmouth Model Race Car Club Richard E. Beck, Sec. - Treas." The following letter was read: ~This is to extend to yo-~ City a cordial invitation t o be rep- resented at the ~Drd annual cornPerence of the Y~uternational City ~ianagers' Association to b e held in Coronado, California, October 8-9. This conference of chief municipal administrators should be of direct value to your city. The Eanager of yoUr mu~icipalit? i s carrying a heavy load ~a~.d he must be ready to make sound recommendations to yo~ on many i~portant matters - what polzcy to follow regarding public construction work in view of the probability of lewer p~ices, what to do about the continofng trend toward hig~her wages and shorter hoUrs, how to provide more ser- vice demanded by citizens, etc. - all at a time ~nen the tax dollar is shrinking and additional revenues are more 8~fficult to obtain. Past exper ience has proved that our annual conferences provide an unusually good opportunity for a manager to get ideas bn how his city can improve services and reduce unit costs. ~ile the conference program is made up almost entirely from suggestions sent in by managers who will attend, t~ere will in addition be ample time for you~ manager to suggest and have discussed at the conference any special problem of urgent and im - mediate concern to you~ city. I know you wi.ll appreciate the benefits that will accrue to your city from ~a~ing ~ou~manager at this meeting and we would appreciate hearing what action is taken authormz~ng h~s at~ndance. Respe6~fully yours, Clarence E. Ridley, Dfrecter." The ~anager was authorized to attend said meeting.