New Britain herald., 1922-02-17
D WORK TOT. THE GITN,

' Nfpilsl ullh llhA hlbnu ny the tliN rllr | nloyes la the matter of salaries, If is
 certain that many taxpayers will criti,
 eiHe the council taxpayers who want 1 cd the salaries of city employees cut.
 Whether or not a majority did desire
 these cuts Is question, but il is prob-
 able, as has been stated here pre- | NlouslS a majority ot all taxpayers | hers of which are presumed to seek 1 10 please the greatest number of tax nothing other than an honest belief
 wise or unwise, that 1t was doing the fair thing and tho best thing.
 But the financial situation Of the city remains the same; the needs of tho people of the city remain the same. The president of the board Of finance and taxation stated before the council that the appropriations had been drastically cut in the budget the board presented and which has been adopted as far as appropriations other than those for salaries go. The council knows and the people know that certain things are needed in this city and needed badly. It was inn possible to include money for them in the budget alrl still keep down the tax rate.
 There is but one thing left for the people to do. The people must give service to the city at this eXtraordih- ary time when it was deemed ncces- sary to make a step in the direction of cutting expenses of the city gov ernment.
 Money must be raised for the dental clinic, for health education in the schools. These are of especial importance. It is important, too, that no drives should be conducted that will further harass the people. There seems to be but one way to raise
 
 money without compelling unwilling taxpayers to give it and without mak- ing life miserable by urgent solicita tion which too often amounts to con- pulsion.
 People should be given something for the money they contribute to these, purposes The only possible | thing that may be given is entertain ment.
 Many residents of this city are able to remember some small towns where comparatively large sums of money were raised for public purposes, for church purposes, for educational work, for artistic purposes. Perhaps it is ones own home town which is re- membcrcd. The home town spirit | could accomplish anything along this line. When that old soldiers monu- ment was to be built, entertainments were given which filled the old town hall. When some celebration was planned people turned out to "so cials," amateur thcatricaIs. entertain ments of all kinds. The proceeds of all such affairs were turned into the common purse for the common pur- pose.
 A coming of this "homc town spirit to New Britain for the moment | would accomplish great things. There is no intention to seek to take from churches and other organizations the proceeds of entertainments upon which they rely every year for sup port. a-t...
 But there is the intention to sug gcst that such organizations, all of them, conduct additional. unseltish en- tcrtainments for this one great pur- pose of helping to give to the city the things the city needs and for which at this time, it is impossible to levy m additional tax.
 Were a great wave Of city spirit to sweep over New Britain in the months that are to come, were all the organ zations Of the city to hold entertain ments turning into a common fund he money made, and were there to 3n organized q small, energetic, ef- ] icient city committee to plan real worth while entertainments through lie year, this committee being expect d and having the power to call upon tnyone in the~citv for help to make Inc entertainments a success, New Britain could have the dental clinic. he school health education and all ,ther things it needs, and there would ,omc to those who attended the en- and those who partici ,atcd and to all the city q general home town" spirit that would be | worth while.
 Everybody should serve the city
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