New Britain herald., 1924-04-15
QUIGLfY HAS PRAISE
 FOR MAYOR PA0NESSA
Tells Lions Club City Should Be Proud of Its
 Executive

Speaking at the meeting or the Lions club held in the Burritt hotel this noon on the subject Of Our City" ex-Mayor George A. Quigley, referring to the recent election of Mayor Angelo NJ. Paonessa, charac terized Mayor Paonessa as one who was elected to his high office because the people saw in him a sturdy, hon est and independent man. Continu-
 ing Mir. Quiglcy said: While l did not vote for Mr. Paonessa and while he is a political opponent of mine believe he is true representative of a city of the cosmopolitan type of New Britain. Coming to this country as an immigrant the present mayor has progressed until at the present lime the people of the city of New Britain saw fit to elect him to the high office Of mayor and in having such q man as mayor they may be assured that they have a man in off, fee Of whom they need never be ashamed"
 The speaker told the members oI the club of the many instances in WHICH UF iiuA tbillf III N'ii'siiA NiAii men who could tell stories of their Last life which read as story book. He told of man who is in business on Main street and who is known as an easy going progressive business man who for days was marooned on the desert where 1t was necessary for him to fight for his very existence.
 Taking Lafayette street for an ex- ample Mr. Quigley said that on this street there are men in business who make up practically every race in the universe with the possible eNccp- ton of Japanese and Hindu. It is the most cosmopolitan street In the east, according to the speaker.
 Continuing Mir. Quigley said that many people besides not knowing their city fail 10 know the funda- mcntals of city or what it is that constitutes a city. The speaker said it is not the factories or the great industries that mako up a city but it is the spirit of the people, and that if the spirit of the people is Of the right kind there is no height 10 which a city may rise.
 Speaking of knowing the men in a city the ex-mayor. referred to Dr. Joe seph Potts, a member of the club, and said that this was the first time he had a chance to pay tribute to Dr. Potts and told the members Of the charitable work that is being done by pr. Potts among the chil- dren in the poorer districts and the children in the orphanages.
 He told of attending q conference in New York during the war al which there were hundreds of rep resentatives and where members of the war department were discussing the manufacturing problems of the country. He said that a member Of the war department characterized Charles r. Smith. chairman of the board of directors of Landers, Frary & Clark as the Ideal American Manufactures" and pointed out Mr. Smith as a manufacturer who had made great personal sacrifices be- cause of his great love for his coun- try. Mir. Quigley referred 10 Mir. Sinltn as lne man WHO was GtSpoH- sible for the growth of parks in this city.
 Referring to graft sand corruption now under rInvestigation in Washing ton, the speaker said that it was i'm possible to draw the line between the republican and democratic parties and the place to draw the line was be- tween honest and dishonest men. NIT. Quigley said that the impression be- ing given out from Washington would indicate that the majority Of the men there were dishonest but that if the facts were investigated 1t was his belief that a small percentage would be found to be dishonest and large would be found 10 be men who were honest and who placed love If country above selfish motives.
 Communications were read by Sec retary James F.. O'Brieu inviting the local club to send delegates to the district convention in Providence on May. and to the eighth annual na- ional convention in Omaha. Stb.. June 23-26. President Goldthvsite appointed a committee to select dele yates to both Of these conventions.