New Britain herald., 1922-10-18
Republican State Committee Replies to Speech of Fitz- Gerald.

Hartford. Oct. 1S.-There has been | considerable dscussiop in the state relative to the personal tax on wom- on. MT, FNzGerald, democratic can didate for governor states that he would eliminate this tax if elected. A number of prominent women in the state. members and executives of the democratic party, immediately repu- diated this suggestion and those newspapers in the state that have 1 commented on the matter seem 10 agree on the whole that the tax is just.
 In the first place it is apparent that MT. FitzGerald is endeavoring to cre- ate a fog of words and as come shrewd lawyers do, is endeavo . to create impressions rather than state facts. When Mir. FitzGerald refers to the personal tax on women as state measure he is bluffing The amount of money received from collection of personal tax goes to the individual towns of the state and not a penny goes into the state treasury. Does Mir. FitZGerald know this?
 The check-up of the figures show ing the collection of the personal tax in the city of New Haven, where MT. FitzGerald is in charge, would be amusing, if the condition were not so serious. We have shown previ- ously where not only the bonded debt of New Haven has been more than doubled under MT. FitzGerald's rule and the deficit has been increased to four times its original amount. but perusal of the personal tax returns of the city of New Haven shows an astounding picture. According to the soner for 1919 the number of per sons liable for payment of a personal tax in the city of Hartford was 3o,- 121. Of the S60,242 due under this tax, it was all collected excepting s5S0. In New Haven under Mayor FitzGerald's rule 46,426 people should have paid the personal tax amounting to s92,S52, but out of this amount $4S,1So remains uncollected. In oth- CT words the city Of Hartford col lected all but a fraction of one per cent. of it's personal tax, while the city of New Haven allowed 50 per cent. of this tax to go uncollected, Was this done in order to play poli- tics? Collection of the personal tax is provided for by law. Does Mir. FitzGerald believe in making the en- forcement of the law conform to his own ideas?
 yy-n find dtion. According to the enrolment
 of that year there should have been collected s92,044 under the personal tax. but Mayor FitzGerald's admins tration only shows 1,244 collected. leaving an uncollected balance of s60,S00. In other words exactly SC
 per cent of this money has never been collected If the law had been upheld, undoubtedly New Haven's big deficit might be somewhat reduced.
 Mir. FitzGerald cannot say in justice to the people of New Haven that he is not aware of this condition, and that being the case, what eXplana- ton has he to offer? If it were pos sible for him to be elected governor, would he administer the revenue pro-
 ducing laws of the state in the same way he has done in New Haven?
 The republican state central com
 mittee does not believe in a campaign of personalities, but inasmuch as Can didate FitzGeraid insists upoL making indefinite statements which ~.nnot be
 backed by facts, and inasmuch as he has made an effort to patronize the
 women of the state by throwing out
 the sop of elimination of the personal tax, we believe it is no more than
 fair to show first, that the tax he re-
 fers to has absolutely no bearing upon
 the finances of Connecticut, and sec