From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, April 8, 1925: Selection of the executive committee of the citizens’ committee of 1,000, under the leadership of chair Charles F. Coffin, former Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce president, has been completed and will lead the campaign for an election of an Indianapolis city manager form of government. Plans for a series of meetings with civic and luncheon clubs throughout the city are being made to secure the 20,000 signatures to a petition asking the city council to set a date for a special election on the city manager plan. Coffin declared, “The movement is not aimed at any mayoral candidate nor at any city administration. It grows out of a conviction that has been gathering for a long time. The conduct of the business of the city is and always should be a nonpartisan job.”