OHIO: Edy to Toledo

This week Toledo joins Dublin, Ireland and 426 U. S. towns and cities in taking the management of its municipal affairs out of the hands of a political amateur and turning it over to a non-partisan professional. On New Year's Day the reign of Mayor Solon T. Klotz came officially to an end. To manage Toledo its city council had selected John North Edy, who in point of experience was a professional indeed.

Manager Edy got a bachelor's degree and a baseball letter at the University of Missouri in 1905, has spent most of his life in public service. First city manager's job he landed was with Berkeley, Calif, in 1923 at $7,500 a year. Seven years later he went to Flint, Mich, at $15,000. In 1931 Dallas hired him away for $16,500, which he proceeded to earn by saving the city $1,426,000 in operating expenses in the next three years. Last year he went on the Federal payroll as Assistant Di- rector of the Budget. Toledo gets him for $12,000.