Scrap County Government In America, Urges Holcombe

"County government should be abolished lock, stock, and barrel, root and branch," declared Arthur N. Holcombe '09, professor of Government, in a vehement statement made yesterday. He explained that the duties now administered by the counties "should be distributed among the various State departments."

Dr. Holcombe went on to say that the present form of county administration actually is a remnant of the "horseback age," since the old English county was the territory which a rider could cover in a single day.

The system of local government--not the officials working under it--was the object of Dr. Holcombe's censure. "Many of our county officials are admirable men," he stated. "Their usefulness to the public is diminished by the defects of the system under which they work."