New Britain herald., 1930-08-15
Candidate for Republican Nomination for Gover- nor Says State Is Being Taken Little by Little, Much by Much and Grab by Grab"

If Connecticut has a pay-as-you- go government, who is being paid and where are we going" Profes- sor Albert Levitt of Bedding, anti Roraback candidate for the repub- lican nomination for governor, de- manded to know in the course of his address at a rally in Grange hall, Newington, last night.
 Prof. Levitt was severe in his crit icism of the regular republican or ganization, particularly Secretary Harry Mackenzie of the department of labor who, according to the pro- lessor, lis deliberately using public funds to back up his own rotten po- ntcal machine under the equally rotten Roraback machine
 Attacks ROrabaCk
 His opening words to the assem- blaze were: Cease being blind fol- lowers of leaders who have more interest in themselves than they have in you!"
 Every city and town has a few republicans tied in by jobs to the Roraback machine" he continued. "Before election it is their job to circulate around and tell you how well things are going under Mir. Ror eback. Everything he says and does must be right; nothing he does can be wrong.
 There's a curious uneasiness when anyone raises his voice against Roraback. His henchmen go about speaking. speaking about anything, about the enemies of MT. Roraback. In my four months of campaigning, l have had discourtesy shown me only twice. In Milford five weeks ago. a man came into meeting of the civic club I had addressed and launched into a vituperative at tack on me. Professor Levitt was a crank. a liar and an impostor!
 "The second time was in Mir Roraback's home town. When ] reached that town I went to the nephew of Mir Roraback and told him l was aware of his feeling to- ward his distinguished uncle, but asked him if there was not someone in the town who might be sympa- thetic. to whom I might talk. His answer was: Nobody in their right mind would be sympathetic with you
 That's no anWser to seriously propounded questions. and serious accusations. If a man brings out points raising serious questions, they can't be passed off with sneers and vituperation. They cannot mere ly say, That doesn't count
 Government in Connecticut
 'If anyone had asked me four years ago if we did not have good government in Connecticut, l might have replied yes Three years ago, I would probably have answered I suppose SO
 But I've been studying the gov ernment of Connecticut. and now Ii you ask me that question my answer will depend upon what you mean.
 If you mean whether Connecti- cut is getting 100 per cent public service from it's officials and em- ployes, I will say it is lacking c5 per cent.
 If you mean whether Connecti- cut is getting a dollars return for a dollar spent. I say No
 If you mean whether Connecti- cut has a free and independent cleo torate, I say the electorate might just as well be in Patagonia.
 If you want to know whether the representatives elected by the people are refecting their desires, say No.
 Challenges Not Answered
 "I have made some very serious charges in the last three months. Isn't 1t time that some one got up and showed me that I don't know what I'm talking about, if such is the fact? Isn't it time that the re- publican voters said to Mir. Rora- back: Admit that Professor Levitt Is right, or go on the platform with him. But I've challenged Mir. Trum- bull, MT. Rogers and MT Roraback and l cant get a flicker out of them. It must be one of two things: