. Pacific municipalities and counties . e closing I desire to call at-tention to a feature of differentiationin the policy of municipal administra-tion from that of the army. A largeelement in the success of a militaryoi)eration is that of surprise, whichcan only be accomplished by keepingtlie enemy in the dark. This is a diffi-cult matter in an army of a democracy,for if the enemy is to be kept in theilark the public must not be failure of congressional support,particularly of the army in time of])eace. has been largely due to lack ofunderstanding and appreciation of theneeds of
. Pacific municipalities and counties . e closing I desire to call at-tention to a feature of differentiationin the policy of municipal administra-tion from that of the army. A largeelement in the success of a militaryoi)eration is that of surprise, whichcan only be accomplished by keepingtlie enemy in the dark. This is a diffi-cult matter in an army of a democracy,for if the enemy is to be kept in theilark the public must not be failure of congressional support,particularly of the army in time of])eace. has been largely due to lack ofunderstanding and appreciation of theneeds of the military. With the mu-nicipality the opposite is true. Tliepublicity end of the administrationmust be efficiently maintained. Thepublic must be kept informed and con-vinced tiiat certain methods are neces-sary to success. Not only the publicwliicli supports municipal administra-tion should be kept informed, but onemunicipality should be kept informedas to the experiences, the successes .344 PACIFIC MUNICIPALITIES K\iltTjti-izG<i. and fiulures of others. No iTiiinicipaloflfiecr shoiiUl hide the ligiit of liis ex-perience under a busliel. As a means of publicity and ex- change of municipal experiences it isliardly necessary to commend to youtile Oklahoma Municii)al Leajrue andits oi-gan. the Hiirea\i of the value of the ))ul)licati()n anddissemination of your activities can-not be exaggerateil. Thomas Jeffef-son said he woidd rather have newspapers without government than gov-ernment without newspapers. Yeshall know the truth and the truthshall make you free. The opponentsof efficient government are alwaysbusy. Convince the people of theneed of the exercise of certain powersalong certain lines and these powerswill he gi-anted; they will as readilygrant authority for tiie preservationof the state, as for its defense in a na-tional crisis. BILLBOARD REGULATION By V. J. BODOVITZ, Ardmore, In Oklahoma Municipalities w ITlllX the last five years therehas been
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