New Britain herald., 1924-04-04
ALLING HITS BACK
 AT MAYOR PAONESSA
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 to handle me. i lot of them have tried to do It in the past. but have given it up long ago as | hopeless task"
 Applause greeted these statements and when he continued he said that he was sincere in stating that. if elect ed, the administration under him would be as honest, efficient and eco- nemical as it was in his power to make it. That is" he explained. T will give you the best administration l can, at the smallest possible cost.
 T was asked three years ago if I stood for law and order" he con unued. 'I can't remember the time that l did not stand for law and or der.
 There are some stories going around that l don't want to be mayor Well, l can tell you, if l didn't, wouldn't be here.
 Challenges paonessa
 Judge Alling then took up issues that haYes been brought forward in the campaign He said that he had Taken an item from a newspaper printed in | foreign language, that stated that the present mayor had saved the city 900 by discoRinu- ing several public offices and cutting down the salary list. If he is hon. est and looks up figures he will never make that statement again." said AL ling.
 Tt is true that he abolished sey- eral jobs and cut down the salary list. but then he went ahead and. created new jobs, You can't cut down the salary list by cutting out some jobs and then adding others. l challenge the present administration to show that salaries have been reduced s17,- 600.
 ''There arc two blanks in the pres ent mayors platform. One of them is that he is not machine man. ] am not as much of a one as he is.
 The second plank is that he has reduced taxes. I think that the best way to determine that is to find out what I have paid in taxes myself" filling gave figures of the amounts in taxes that le,has paid on his home for the past four years. giving the average as s2GS.4S. Tn 1924 I will pay s25a.50, not much Of n variation" he said 'bnt whatever, there is, is in favor of the city of New Britain"
 He said that in 1922 when tho es- timates for the year came out, they called for an appropriation that would require T tax rate of 2t mills. The city meeting board decided that t was going to be economical and cut one mill off, making n tax rate of 20 mills. In February, 1928. il became apparent that the city was going to run short of money so tax Of 1.6 mills was levied in which siG7,Oo0 vas realized.
 When the fiscal year was ended, there was sTs,o0o left in the city treasury, 50 tifat at the beginning of the past fiscal year. they had this money 10 work on" he said. "oDly si0.0oe was figured on when the np- propriatlons and tax rate were made, leaving balance Of sG5,000 in the treasury when tho year began. The money appropriated for the year was spent according t6 schedule, but many things happened that gave the city more revenue than was anticipated with the result that at the close of the year. there was a balance of ap- proximately sioo.00o."
 Tho candidate pointed out that the appropriations for 1924 arc only ss5 less than for 1923 and added the com- ment I've arc not through the year yet"
 Mentioning the schools, he said that in 1923 the schools received 46.i1 per cent Of the total appropriations, while this year they received only 44.32 per cent, or a little over 2 per cent less than last year.
 Questioned By Woman
 Mrs A. c. kimball, a republican member of the school board, who was sitting near thef front of the haH, , interrupted him at this point saying that the schools had received larg- CT appropriation this year than they had last, and asking him if she un- derstood him to say that the schools received too much. Judge Aliing told her that he did not make the state- ment that the schools received too much and then went on 10 explain 10 her what the figures he had given were.
 "I am not seeking the office Of mayor for myself, but for inc benefit Of each and every ono Of you," he said. You have heard of the things the present administration has accom- piished, but you haven't heard about the things that they ought 10 do and haven't even started.
 'seyerai years ago tfe question Of sewerage in the northwest section came up and II was declared that q pumping station was needed in that section. The services of an engineer vas secured. He worked out q sys- tenn operated by gravity, thereby sav- ing the city an annual outlay of from ssn am fo g2H non a year that u0ulu