New Britain herald., 1927-11-12
TIE OBSER VER- Makes Random Observations
 On the City ana Its People

Critics of the police commission ar" citing, as an argument in thcil iaN2r an incident which occurred in his city Wednesday evening when a policeman failed to use his gun for Ill" purpose of arresting the flight of several men who were strongly suspected of having been connected with q hold-up in Chesh- ire. The policeman had followed an automobile in which they were riding and which answered q de- sCrIpiion of the car used by the Cheshire bandits. As their machine tlJ"W up 10 the curb and stopped, he stepped out of his car for the purpose ot questioning them. When they noted his approach they has to.od away and disappeared after a chase
 Several months ago the police commission made it plain that it drowned on the practice of police m"n using their guns promiscuously. At that time several patrolmen were uNdcr fire for shooting at suspected boOtI"ggers and. according to the commissions viewpoint, endangering tn" lives of innocent people. The board gave the policemen to under stand that pistols were to be used only r&rely. The result is easily understood. Taking the warning literally, policemen hesitate to draw their weapons even though they may be morally certain that the persons whose arrest is desirable arc guilty Of q crime.
 Concerning the Wednesday night episode, it would have been the part of wisdom for the policemen to have his gun ready for action. i The moment the suspected bandits ! dashed away ho could have pumped their gasoline tank full of holes or punct0red their tires. It was barely | possible that the men in the car l were innocent of any law violation . but q machine which was similar in | appearance WIS later found aban- 1. donod in the outskirts and was iden- , tifed as the vehicle used by the , robers in their hold-up in Chesh- ire. This was an instance of ad- . hcring strictly to the rules which had an effect opposite to the one desired by all citizens It is well ! that patrolmcn should not flourish their guns and fire them when the situation does not warrant such ac- ion but they are equipped with pistols for tho purpose of using hem when they believe they are in he right.
 Those who have difficulty getting town to work on time in the morn ng might rip a page from the book t q Main street tobacco store cm- 'lOyo who was faced with the same roblcm untii-but, let him tell the tory: q purchased the loudest alarm clock I could find nd slept over, the same as usual 'hen l discarded the clock and ought q new one, this one louder nan the first, but tho result was ( he same. A third purchase brought 0 better result. Finally I hit on he idea of setting the three clocks 0 ring the alarms with intervals f minute between. This worked, | ut to make doubly sure, I have now laced the third in a dishpan and ly problem is solved" If William F. Atwood, newly l lccted president of the Chamber of : ommerce, is successful in broad | ming the scope of the organization, l e will have justified the judgment ( the members in selecting him for D is high office. When he was elect s l at the annual banquet this week, l e declared that the chamber should a ct exist solely for the benefit of the l lcrcantile and traffic bureaus, and Q was right. A chamber of con-, | l"rce should exercise it's influence II )r the general good of the con- V unity. Too often this has not zen the case. It has been suspect l that some of the chamber offi- \ als in the past have listened to the \
 
 'nal interests were paramount in -eir own minds and who lacked 'oad spirit of public service.
 The impression is abroad that the lambcr of Commerce has been nducted for the benefit of business en alone with little thought being e ven to community veal and pro- n ess. This impression may be CT q neous, but that it exists few will c' ny. Mr. Atwood has a mans Il lo job ahead of him in selling" 0 chamber to the public. In the z st it has accomplished tasks which ol I'll merited appreciation. But it d n become bigger and better if it le oadens it's views. It's influence in ln e promotion of projects which help p' citizens can become. immcasur- k lie.
 Men and women of all religious dt nyiCtions will regret the transfer cC Wallingford of Rev. Ladslaus m )WakoWSki, who has been curate l. the church of the Sacred Heart W r the past four years. There is e place in particular where he will fe missed-the New Britain Gener- co hospital-Whcre he was known to W
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