San Francisco Attracts Many Not in years have there been so many

esrly requests for Conference hotel reser- vation cards. It appears that the motto of the San Francisco Convention and Visitors Bureau, “Everybody’s Favorite City,” is confirmed by League members who have also expressed enthusiasm for the theme of the 70th National Confer- ence on Government: “The Urban Fu- ture-Challenge and Opportunity.”

San Francisco is a particularly appro- priate site for a Conference built upon this theme since in the Bay Area and in California generally an aggressive attack is being made on urban problems. Con- ference workshops will deal with ways and means of adjusting to the require- ments of urban growth and social change.

Before and after Conference sessions there will be ample time to enjoy the infinite variety of entertainment and sight-seeing opportunities the area offers. In planning the Conference it has been

The Golden Gate Bridge (above), its red towers rising as high as a 65-story building above the swirling tides at the mouth of San Francisco Bay, is considered one of the man-made wonders. Photo below looks back on the Sen Franciseo skyline at the northern end of the bridge.

decided not to tours or

prearranged events. There are

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Childs Honored On England Visit

The Lord Mayor of Oxford, England, entertained Richard S. Childs at lunch

July 10 with mem- bers of the city council present to honor the chair- man of the Na- tional Municipal League’s Executive Committee. He is world famous as “father” of the council - manager

form of government and for his leader- ship in other reforms.

The Oxford Mail, in an interview, called him “a remarkable American who says with a very unfanatical twinkle in his eye, ‘I have been a crank for 52 years.’ For half a century he has been fighting for better state and municipal government in the United States, and now at S2 he can look back with satis- faction on the long struggle.”

Tracing the development of the coun- cil-manager plan in the British sector of West Germany following World War 11, Mr. Childs visited the British Records Office where he was told the records of 1946 would not be available until 1996. He made a date with the librarian to return then, he reported.

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just too many different things to do and see.

The Conference hotel-the Sheraton Palace-preserves much of the charm of old San Francisco, particularly in its Garden Court. It is located in the center of town on Market Street at the edge of the financial district. Cabs and street-

cars go west to the civic center, birth- place of the United Nations, and to the east is the Ferry Building tower which survived the great fire of 1906 and now, when illuminated at night, is the gem of the waterfront.

From the hotel it is but a short dis- tance to Chinatown and its hundreds of shops. Rides on the cable cars-the city’s trademark-provide both convenient transportation and a unique thrill. From the top of Nob Hill there are unparal- leled views of the bay and Fisherman’s Wharf, uith its rows of bayview res- taurants, scores of fishing craft and the square-rigged windjammer, Balclutha, a floating museum. Not far away are the deepwater piers of the Embarcadero.

Just how many hills San Francisco covers is a question-enough to have given it the Roman pseudonym, City of Seven Hills, and enough to provide a whole succession of spectacular views. Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill offers a dramatic panorama. Golden Gate Park with its Japanese Tea Garden, Cliff House and the Seal Rocks, the Presidio, the Palace of the Legion of Honor are sight-seeing favorites. Across Golden Gate Bridge is Marin County and Muir Woods. Across the Bay Bridge is Oak- land, with Berkeley and the University of California just beyond. Down the penin- sula is Stanford University and south of the bay is San Jose, the nation’s fastest growing major city.

A number of Conference participants are planning to combine the Conference with trips to southern California, the northwest or Hawaii for a Thanksgiving holiday.

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The department of instructional ma- terials of the Portland (Oregon) public schools has been given permission to re- print various articles from the REVIEW for use in its classes on government.

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