New Britain herald., 1928-04-28


 low changes in administration al
 now the order of the day.
 Friends of commissioners wi
 nave been dropped are convince l that the government is ruine,
 Friends of newly appointed boar
 members are equally convinced ths
 improvements have been made. B,
 tween the two extremes of opinio
 there IS mean which probably
 nearer the truth. No man is 30 es
 sentlal to government that he cannc
 be replaced. Regardless of change.
 government goes on. It may not i'm
 prove but it keeps forging ahead
 building on experience and pas
 blunders if it's directors are sifte
 with wisdom.
 l Mayor Paonessa has done inc ex
 pected. It was widely known befor ! the campaign that if he were elect
 ed he would make numerous chang
 es Tn commissions. There was a cry
 Ing demand for substitutions ol
 some of the boards which had no
 1unctioned satisfactorily, and thes substitutions have been made, During an administration a lot o 1 deadWood accumulates. Appointee are found to be without aualjfica tions for their office. They becom, chair warmers or "yes" men. The, lack aggressiveness, the will to i'm. prove conditions. Therefore, when /: | ne" mayor comes into office the, are singled out for official decap. itatlon and the axe falls swiftly trequently they are dismissed be. cause they are not in sympathy witl the new executives policies, If re. appointed, or allowed to comp|ete unexplred terms. they would be 1horns in the side of the admins tratlon. monkey wrenches in the machinery. For this reason they are not reappointed or are asked to make Way for others who wish to discharge their duties in harmony With the ideas of the mayor.
 House cleaning after Mayor Pao- nessa took the oath was anticipated Any person who had followed the political trend could write his own list Of "exs" and come close to be- ing correct. Dccapitations were foreordained,
 Transatlantic flights appear to nave some devastating effect upon a mans power of decision. Used to getting ready for long over-water mop and then postponing the voyage at the last instant because of unfay. orable weather seem to have left their marks indelibly in the fliers' characters and rendered them as changeable as the very elements at whose mercy they place themselves.
 The crew of the Bremen, for in- changed its trio of minds every few minutes, according to newspaper reports. Fitzmaurice left he two Germans on Greenly island lnd gave out stories that he was go- ng to New York, that he was going home to Ireland, and that he was going to return with repair parts. The Germans announced that they would start as soon as they had gasoline, that they would have to lwait the spare parts, and that tie 'lane was ruined. They were going 0 fly ill the Bremen and in another 'lane to Montreal to New York, and 0 other places. When they finally ook off they were headed for Hart ord and then turned off to another curse.
 By this system. the process of get | ing a family to go to call on friends ike this:
 Father goes out to start the car nd the battery is dead. Tired of |, waiting, Vivian goes down street l hopping and sends home three tele- 'hone calls, one that she is coming 'ome, one that she will meet the | amily at the home of the friends, | nd one that she has date and will | ot be seen until morning. Father alls the garage man, who says ne ! lAl pC 4Ak up "ltll AL AlC" bdLltIS nd tells father to go to blazes and K it himself Father and the gar ge man go into conference and de- idle that the car has been restored | 0 use. that it is a hopeless wreck, nd that it would be best to buy q CIV car.
 Bobby asks how soon they can ct started and if they can't call it if? Mother replies that they aren't |, oing anyway, but will set out in a aw minutes. Whereupon Grandma ecomes too sick to accompany the arty and insists upon immediate eparture. Having repaired the bat ary by blowing up the tires, the announces that the emp gasoline tank will just about car ' the family to it's destination and ack.
 It being finally decided that the IF is capable of taking the family , the friends home, the family ires a taxi and goes to the show. United States Senator George P. clean knows how to be emphatic Id at the same time graceful posi- ve without being brusque. He can " "NO' as if it were melody. 'l In his letter to the republican ate central committee-which was 1 ,tually q letter to the citizens of explained his rca- ms for withdrawing from political { e. He did not say that he does ] >t choose to run again for the sem C. Nor did he declare that a re- l animation would embarrass him. 0 weasel words for the Solomon of i msbury. In pleasing fashion in- pablo of being misunderstood, I nator Mclean asserted that he | ould not accept a renomina,ion. Senator Mclean is frankness it. i If. a virtue all too rare among { en in public life. He does not { cad for passage to Elysian fields