New Britain herald., 1918-05-22
Dsposed Commissioner Objected to Mayors "AutoCratic Orders"
REFUSED TO RESIGN POST
Believed Interests of City Were Being 
 Served and Declined to Quit ito Be in Harmony With Administration Now Feels Happy.

 Steele, recently removed as police commissioner, was given out today by MT. Steele.
 ''I am not giving out these letters because I want to see them in print said MT. Steele, ''but I have finally yielded to the suggestions and plead ings of my friends, who have insisted that in justice to myself the public should have an opportunity to read these letters.
 The correspondence follows:
 April 30, 1918. "Mr. Howard M.. Steele, Stanley St., New Britain, Conn.,, Dear Sir:
 After carefully Investigating ru- mors and stories current about the city for the past few weeks. l find that you are wholly out of sympathy with the administration.
 Your further continuance as a commissioner can only prove embar- rassing to the administration so I would, therefore, ask you to submit to me, without delay, your reSigna- tion as a member of the board of po- lice commission
 Every truly yours,
 "GEO. A. QUIGLEY."
 May 2, 1918. Mayor George A. Quigley, "New Britain, Connecticut. Dear Sir:
 'I was very much surprised to re- caive your communication asking for my resignation as police commissioner. It is not fair that you give credit to rumors without asking me if these rumors are true. l have been and am now in full sympathy with every effort of the present administration to advance the best interests of the city and have always tried to perform my duties as police commissioner to the Iest of my ability in furtherance of these interests.
 Your very truly,
 "HOWARD M. STEELE"
 May 6, 1918. "Mr. Howard M. Steele, Stanley Street, New Britain, Conn, .'Dear Sir:
 1T am in receipt of your letter of .Aey 2nd, and feel that I cannot re- Consider my decision
 Your further continuance as a police commissioner will only prove embarrassing to the administration. l would therefore request that you tender me your resignation without delay.
 Every truly yours,
 "GEO. A. QUIGLEY,
 Mayor of the
 City of New Britain" "
 May il, 1918. "Mayor George A. Quigley, "New Britain, Conn.,, "Dcar Sir:
 Your letters of April 30. 1918, and May s, 1918, received. While l sec by the newspapers you claim not to have received any acknowledg- ment of your original request for my resignation, I wrote you on May 2 1918.
 After carefully reviewing my acts as commissioner, I can but feel have given the administration Loyalty of my best judgment and the har- nonious action of the board as now constituted has surely resulted in in. creased efficiency of the department as whole. I cannot in justice tc myself consistently comply with your request.
 Very truly yours,
 "HOWARD M. STEELE" ~" May IT, 1918.
 
 "Stanley St., New Britain, Conn. "Dear Sir: E. T hereby notify you that pursuan to the authority vested in me, a' mayor of the City of New Britain, un der Section fl, amendments to ths charter of the City of New Britain Special Acts of 1917, I have this day removed you from office as Police Commissioner of the City of New Britain.
 T also hereby notify you that from and after this day any act of yours a. Police Commissioner is invalid ant will not be regarded as an act of al official of the City of New Britain. 'tThe reason for order of your re moval is lack of harmony and under sbanding between you as Polic' Commissioner and myself as Mayo