The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-11-01

condemnation of those who have charge of our city's affairs today. l ucation for its requirements for the fiscal year 1921-1922, asked for $4,- 504,304. It was allotted $1,663,1SS.- 76, and out of this amount s30,000 requisition of the Board of Education for the last fiscal year. included a re- quest for a new high school, three new grade school, three additions to made was for three portable build ings, and, I believe, some tentative arrangements suggested for the pur- chase of sites.
 The point which I wish to bring home is that, while the Board of Ap- portfonment (who are appointees of the mayor) was fully acquainted with the demand for new school accommo- dations, that demand was substan- tiaEly and fatly ignored and denied. For that the responsibility rests en- tirely upon the mayor, and not upon the Board of Education, where the mayor has been endeavoring to place 1t.
 A school child told me today that in her school room the inkwells have been removed, because the city can no longer furnish ink, and it is up to the little ones to revert to the old- fashioned lead pencil. I presume this is an example of economy, as the mayor would have 1t.
 Regardless of what excuses the present administration may make, these facts are well established, that Bridgeport today is being operated at a loss; that money is being squander- ed for the support of a corrupt po- Ntical machine, to a degree that staggers the imagination; and that l incident to this careier of waste and | malfeasance in office, the most vital | things with which we are concerned have been thrown into the discard. I have thus far paid little attention 1 tn hot r,oIy tS in fhiS pafgn have said, because I have been waiting for them to say something l important. It seems, however, that 1 I shah be compelled to wait in vain | have descended to the base plane of | a resort to unmiugated dema gogism When was nominated by the Demo cratic party for mayor, this honol came to me without a pledge or . lpromise, and since my nomination nc pledge or promise has been made ol intimated by me to be made to any person or set of persons whatsoever Nor shall I, between now and cleo tion, under any circumstances, make any pledge or promises, except to tht people of Bridgeport as a whole. l I cannot help but fell, Judging b1 past performances, that my opponen
 is not in this position I wish tha;
 he would be able to say to Ihe people acled by obligations, pledges, or prom
 ises to anyone in his party or anyon'
 who has been associated with him, a
 I am able to say, for that would meaI
 that in case of the election of eithe
 of us the city would, at least, posses
 @ mayor who would be free to worl for its interest and its interest alone instead of using the office and thu functions of government to carry ou
 political promises at the expense O. the people.
 Today I understand that admins tration officials have insttgated thu standardization of the ely by a state
 ment which is unsigned, and whicT purports to be a version of So-ca1let
 Tabor trouble at the Columbia Nu and Bolt Company. It is such an in Istpid, nonSensical statement that shall take no time to reply to it ex cept to say to you that there is no one word of truth in it and if I didno have more compassion than resent ment I would ask tf1a: the framers O. it suffer the penalty for perjury.
 | shall pay no attentnon, however to any efforts to obscure t;he real is sues. I stand on a clean platform
 nominated by a clean convention. am dedicated to clean purposes. If
 am elected. I shall approach tn
 problems of public office with a cleal
 determination. I shall appoins cleal officials, and insist that their depart
 ments be run on a clean business ba
 sis. without fear, without favor, t'
 anyone, and wiEh the duty to accoun
 to the people of Bridgeport and t. the people of Bridgeport alone.