New Britain herald., 1930-02-18


 by and Falls Village. The Shepa.:g river came within the waters gram co to. the Connecticut Light an Power company.
 Waterbury had to go 10 the Co; = necti"nl Light and Power company ana E'l permission from thnt cori- p"nN 10 use th" water which righ1 fully belonged to Waterbury. Ard the Connecticut Light and row.r company said that Waterbury co1-l lot have any water for the years 1"23 To 1927 inclusive. After that Waterbury might have some Of th! water that belonged to her rroviI "u she did not interfere with tn, N%t@rS supply that the Conuoctic,It Light and po"or comp@uy needed and wanted. Onr-pIrtr control had become a-unchlur control Tll. clr-m@cilnc control had no interest in the public welfare Of the City oi Waterbury. And if has no inter ">j in the 'puoIlc welfare ol ut.. entire state of Connecticut.
 Eorabacki,m and Noyicii-r
 'furthcrmorC. The most #trilliu. contemporary illustration of what ouc-machinc outrol means I~ founI n Soviet Russia of today. The sim, l"rjtN between the Soviet rc.jur. ami the Itoran nack rrGinlc is triE ing. In Russia political control .ir the nation has Eccn brought into tho hands of the executive colnmittoc of the ConnuniHt party by economic pressure and political ostrucis1n.
 "Ilorc in Connecticut the poIiticsI control of the state is in th, hands oi Mr. Eorahach and his two or tirr"" chief h"nchmcn. That power reached their hands by rcononnc pressure and political o>1ra, ism. L.; me give this illHstratiou In one O. our larger cities the moral conIi- tons were shocking. Vice WaS or-..a- Ncd and f,ourishod in inc open. It Was bra2cn. The city officials Lnr>y Of the conditions Indeed it scene l a@ though they were Financially H. tcr"atcd in maintaining these con,li- tons. At last thc decent people ,i tn" city rcroIt"d, They started q cieAn-up movement. At thr head cf t'I@ movement Va" one Of the biz Scst and most influential of ,rc business men Of the city. His ml.i- u' &S W;ls nationwide. The clcau-up movement WIS sucCtcdiuG. Th, n economic pc sure vas brought 10 bear upon ths business man who vas lcadu" tho movement. His bu.:- n'#s W1s threatened. The taNius power W"s invoked, From 'soma- "hrr" higher up prcssure WHS ap- piled. The business man was Il goo.l and loya' republican. But he had 10 go hat in hand to the mayor or 'rl- town and apolo-iZr for having thr public spirit to lead A movement to clean out inc partnership between politics and vice winch existed Tn lis town.
 Eorabac> Dictatiuu
 ".\gdiu, in Russia II You do not accept dictation from the head of tine Communist Party who is in con- trol Of the political machinery Of the nation you arc ostracizcd. The penalty is actual hanishmrut as in the case of Trotsky, or political cN- as happens to lnauy O. those who are opposed to tn" luGh handed methods ot the poWo:s in control Here in Connecticut n" have the same thing. X member JC the General Assembly who does not accept dictation from Mir Roraba ak might just as well not be in thy General Assembly. His constituents are not represented at Hartford. Iic can get nothing done for them. The Town Of Ashford sends a repre- sentative to Hartford. IIr will not machine. lie js damned into Il cor ucr Of th" House and cannot < | rc co@nrtjou for anything, The Spcd5- CT of the house does not know the from Ashford cven Xists.
 "Thc representative" from StrAj- ford hna ideas about cducatio1. They do not conform to the ideas )t the Eorahack machine. Sdo r%hls The entire political power pf the machine is brought to bear upon her. She still fights, And a member of the machine tells her 70 make her peace with the or-anizl- ion and she can get what s'4 wishes. \ representative from M.I- llctown introduces H resolution 70 nave the light and power situation investigated His resolution $ 3mothcrcd and killed. A senator from Bedding introduces q rcsolu- ion to impose II penalty upon t'je of the state who fail Q obey the grade crossing elimination tcts. At ace he is called into con .CrcnCc. 'ih" governor. the chair nan Of inc public utilities Commis- sion, and q representative of ta" 'alIroads, bring all their guns 10 pear upon him. In tho hacEGroup l 5 Alr. Roraback. The senator iron Bedding is persuaded that his rcsO- ution IS unWiSc. He reports ad- crScly on his own bill. He has 10 ;hoosc between political annlhilt- ion and political Subscr,irncy. r'n prefers not 10 be annihilatcd. Pou- ical pressure wins once mor".
 Dictator. hip of ItlIitnri~t
 This Is the result Of thc oU"- rartr control political philoSophN II Russia they call it SONiciiSm. fl Connecticut l call it EorabHCNisj,;. Ii Eusain they call il the dictator- hip ot the prolctarlaL In Connect .ut l call 1t :hc dictatorship of the lilitari5t | am opposed to every orm Of dictatorship. l believe ill he constitution of COnncctjcu;. The constitution says that all poll ical power is inherent in the pC)- ,lr. and that all free governments irc founded on their authority auI
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