New Britain herald., 1926-08-18
Bristol Kews
OPPOSE INCREASE IN BRISTOL POLICE
Mayor and Council Take No
 Action on Petition

ACllO1 on PellllOn
 LEGION HALL DISCUSSED Grievance of Harold F. Emmett
 Post Against American Legion Ex-
 plained-Death of Thomas M.
 Johnson.
 Bristol will have no additional police protection if the action taken by the city council last evening is to be taken as a criterion. 4 letter written by James F. Linnane of High street asking that at least two additional police officers be added during the night. was read and filed without comment except from Mayor John F. Wade. who stated that Mir. Linnane should know that there was more than one officer on duty dur ing the night.
 However, in the letter in ques- ton. the statement was made that from 4 a. m. to a. m. only one of- ficer was on street duty. It is pos sible that the mayor misunderstood the letter while if was being read, but the fact remains that such is ,e off at ha desk in headquarters and one po- liceman is assigned 10 the center of the city. All other sections are un- protected and in the event the of fcer doing street duty is sent out on a call, there is no officer at all in the business district. As stated in the Herald yesterday, the only of i icer on duty between [ a. m. and 5 a. m. is located in the office and in the event Of a call it is necessary for him to get in touch with his su- periors before any action can be taken.
 Although the recent attempted burglaries have caused people 10 close and lock their windows and doors at night, apparently they have not been alarmed 10 the extent Of seeking increased protection. Those attempting 10 enter homes in the various parts of the city are thor ourhlv conN Nersart with the officers beats and also know when the of- fcers % off duty. When entry was made to the home of David Lipman of 101 Stearns street on August 4, if was almost o'clock in the morn ing. which would indicate that those making the break were aware that no officers were on duty in that noighborhood. On that particular morning, attempts were made to burglarize two other residences, Over last weekend. there were six attempted breaks. although nothing was reported missing.
 Polish Club Entered
 The police department vas nott- fled this morning that the rooms Of the Polish club on North Main street were entered this morning and all though a number of trunks in the room were opened, nothing was re- ported missing.
 UncoIlcctcd Fees For Pension Fund Upon the recommendation of Councilman Homer H. Judd of the police commission. it was voted by the city council to turn over all un- collected fees of the city court into the police pension fund.
 Legion Hall Again Discussed
 Thomas r. Cahill, editor of the Poppy, the official mouthpiece of the state department of the Vet erans of Foreign Wars and an hon orary member of Harold r. Emmett post, V. F. w. of this city, ap- peared before thee ity council last evening and presented a forceful plea for equal rights for the local ! post in the use of the clubrooms located in the city hall building. i At the present time the rooms which were furnished by the city in ! 1919 at an expense of Se.0OO for the use of returned veterans. are super yised and controlled by SeicheprGy post. American Legion, and none but members of that organization are | permitted to enjoy the accouoda- tions except on their regular meet | ing night. In 1920 a number of re- , turned soldiers and some outsiders
 who were not members of the Amer ican Legion visited the hall and ere ated such a dstuI bance that it was necessary 10 call in the police. Ii was after this occurrence that no one was permitted to enter the rooms unless he was a member Of the ! American Legion.
 Two years later Harold F. En- melt post was organized and by popular subscription among the members rooms were fitted up in the Arcanum building. After op- eratine in that location for time il was found that the cost of main tsining the rooms was prohibitive and the post requested permission to
 use the rooms in the city hall build
 ing jointly with the American l.f-
 zion. Mir. Cahill stated last eve
 ming that. although numerous com
 n,unications were mailed to those i1
 charge of the latter post, no ac-