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The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-06
Auburn Auto. Again Proved Sensation. In
 Stock Market To-day
It Leaped Up 16 Points Sharp Breaks in Other Issues But Trading Attracted Little Attention ,aaa t-o,5

tImbian: Carbon, New York Central
 and other issues which have been
 under professional selling pressure
 recently. Pullman broke more than
 4 points On fears of the stability of
 its current s4 annual dividend. Weakness in these issues. how ever. failed to stimulate selling oper ations in other sections o7 the list and the market as whole fluctu- ated uncertainty in narrow trad- ing range through most of the ses- sion The wide advance in Auburn, which carried the price up 16 points to further new high for the year, likewise. had little influence on the remainder of the list and stimu- lated little short covering.
 The market in general. however, showed considerably more resistance to selling pressure than at any time m the past. week, The adverse .in- Iluence cfsa. break to- new low ground for United States Steel or dinarily would have caused exten- sive liquidation in all sections of the list. Its influence to-day was neg ligible and the entire list developed a better tone when 1t rebounded from its low of .137 5-s.
 Trading during most of the ses- sion was lethargic and reflected the absence of large operators pend ing the development of a definite trend of prices. Another factor in the dull trading was the advance in call money from the renewal rate of ! l-2 per cent to 3 1-2 per cent during the afternoon. Primer money was attributed to extensive loan calling by banks.
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rock and that gold will pour forth by the adoption of a City Manager form of government, it does not fol- low that all of us should subscribe to such a foolish dream.
 Legislation Won't Help.
 You can no more change the financial condition of this city by the passage of legislative act than you can stop the use of alcohol by an amendment to the constitution of the United States There is no sesses the power of a prestidigita- tor, that mere wave of the wand can change red ink figures into black.
 Charter Not Archaic
 "The charter of the City of Wa terbury which exists to-day is just as workable as it was when it was adopted. sixty or more years ago. It is not archaic, it is not ancient, and it should not be thrown aside for some novelty. If this city needs major surgical operation, quack remedy will not help it.
 Don't Mind Ballyhoo.
 "I do not believe that the minds of the people of this city will be changed by hysterical exclamations Or groundless ballyhoo, shouts of Turn the rascals out" or give the dead horse decent funeral.'' It will not sway the solid thinking peo- pie of this city. To my way oi thinking. there have been no ras. calls connected with the city govern ment and that any such appellation is slanderous, and if printed, libel ous. It is no argument in favor of the city manager to allege that an operating deficit of this city is caused by the dishonesty of persons in public office any more than it is to say in reply to members of the charter commission that one of it's members occupied the office of mayor when the first large bond issue was undertaken for the pur- chase of the land and the construc- tion of the City Hall. then referred to as the million dollar edifice CT to say that another member of said commission was president of the board of aldermen at the time that a resolution was passed authorizing the construction of the isolation hospital, which has proved burden to the city of which the charter commission severely complains. Such arguments of course are of no value.
 Hc SONcIIIItGuL d ity in this country must be democra- tic in form. It must answer to the recommendations of our great president. Abraham Lincoln, when he stated in his Gettysburg address, that we must enjoy government of the people, for the people and by the people. The charter of the City of Waterbury as it exists to-day pro- vides for such a system Of govern ment. The proposed charter abso- lutely destroys it. Our constitution and system of government is such that our people should govern and further. it is equally important that they have a chance to learn how to govern.
 Many Cities Have Deficit.
 "Paranthetically of 250 cities in the United States, having a popula- tion over 30,OOO only 68 paid their way. that is. their operating rev. enues exceeded their operating ex- pense for the fiscal year ending Jan uary 31, 1881. If we have an oper-
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Cassidy Sees No
 Reason For Change; Attacks CityManager

The tai by Attorney John H. Cassidy $:
 "It is a serious matter to radically ch the constitution or charter of a municipality. The very gravest reasons must exist and I submit that they do not exist in the City of Waterbury at the present .time. The success of municipal government depends upon its per- ordinances. If the City of Water bury is in a dilemma to-day, it is not the fault of the charter but of 5the officials who acted under 1t. I Capable Officials.
 "The success or failure of a municipal government depends upon the ability of the officials and as we look back over the roster of the officials of this city, we can find no sdeficients, no criminals; we find sthst on the important boards the brains of our industries, the men who have made our factories suc- cessful. are present-the Eltons, the Gosses, the Burralls and all the rest and I, for one. cannot believe that athcir efforts or those of their prog seny would lead this city into bank srurtcy.
 Financial Condition Temporary.
 If the present financial condition of this city is not favorable, I am mot alarmed, it is merely temporary, evory man or collection of men have their bad years, it is not always sum- shine. Just because the world seems against us to-day, it is no rea- son why we should conclude that things will always be so. The men of Waterbury who have piloted our government through seas just as stormy as those now on the horizon are still living and are capable of stemming an adverse tide.
 No Call For Help.
 "My memory goes back to the year, 1902, when Waterbury suf- fered the throes of a labor strike that shook the very foundations of the government. smallpox scourge, a disastrous fire that destroyed the business section of the town and remember distinctly when the hon. 3ored gentleman. who then served as mayor. in reply to offers of help from other cities. said that Water bury was not passing the hat" Be- cause a coterie of gentlemen now believe that they can strike the
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of it-and each bureau is to be pre- sided over by an expert, subject, of course, to the city manager. These bureaus are as follows: .
 Bureau of accounts and control, bureau of the treasury, bureau of as- sessment, bureau of contracts and supplies, bureau of the budget and personnel, bureau of Lolice. bureau of fire, bureau of health. bureau of welfare, bureau Of engineering, bu- reau of streets, bureau of water, bu- reau of building inspection, bureau of land and buildings, bureau of sanita- tion, bureau of parks. bureau of equipment.
 Can you not see that. a bureau cracy is planned and will be in ef- feet if the proposed charter is ac- cepted.
 "One of the members of the char ter commission in a recent public address stated that under the pres- ent charter, ''Pat" Casey of Brook lyn, good ball player and an Ital- ian barber in the South End. who has lot of friends, can be elected to the board of aldermen. Yes. he can be and why shouldn't he be? when a member of the commission says that the election of Pat" Casey or an Italian barbe-. may be prevented by the proposed city man. ager form of government. that he i5 giving expression to the thought that is in his mind and in the minds of the men proposing this form of government, that they hope to make 1t so that the influence that the Caseys and the Italians will have in governmental affair."; by the adoption of the proposed charter will be re- duced to a minimum. In my opin- ion, this observation by the mem- Der of the charter commission was most unfortunate.
 But immediately. he endeavors to heal the wound by stating that it is quite possible by reason O. the fact that 100 petitioners may nominate a member of the council and that there is possibility that five Cas- eys and five Italian barbers will be nominated and subsequently, elected and that they will then operate the affairs of the government.
 Manager of United States
 eff this form of government is proper for municipality, why Is it not also adopted by the states and even by the United States, so that instead of having a governor of the state of Connecticut, we will have a state manager and instead ce kav- ing Q president of tn United States. we will have manager of the United States.
 Plan Falls In New London
 In New London. the only city of
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icy, but after all the people expect and are entitled to more conven- fences and comforts than they were fifty years ago.
 Able To Govern Ourselves
 "And I am not able to get away from the viewpoint that we are able to govern ourselves and are doing it very we'll just at the present time and that the present mayor is giv- ing the people about what they want and that we do not need some outsider to come and tell ns how we should take care of ourselves. No conservator is needed for this city or any receiver, and while am much in favor of some changes in the charter giving the mayor more responsibility and power, the pro- visions of the city manager form of government as set forth in the re- commentators of the Charter Com mission do not appeal to me to any great extent.
 Mayors Recommendations Fine
 T do feel that the changes re- commended by the mayor would be in the interest of good government. I think it is the experience of al- most everybody that if you give a man power and responsibility he is apt to do better work than he is if you make him merely a figure head. Under the present charter the may or has not very much power. He appoints some portions of his boards but not all of them and in reality he is very little better than a presid- ing officer at the various meetings. The new charter, as proposed by the mayor, does give him more con- trol over the city government and visions made. The principal changes which are made, as read them, are as follows:
 l. Continuing boards are done away with. The mayor appoints all his executives and administrative boards subject to approval by the aldermen and thus has some respon sibility for and direction over their actions.
 2. The entire board of education is elected every two years and the mayor. has veto power over their actions, which may be over-ruled by a two-thirds vote of the board.
 5. The powers of the mayor are increased and he has powers to in- vestigate and audit in every depart ment. He has 8 seat in the board of aldermen and the right to be heard there, but not vote. He may appoint annually certified accountant to ex- anime all records relating to the fls- cal affairs of the city.
 4. Mandatory taxes are done away with except for the park de- partment where the present tax is retained. All other taxes are laid in the usual way and the school and other mandatory taxes are abolish ed.
 D. The police ripper provisions are repealed and the board is no longer required to make promotions on the sole basis of seniority.
 6. Appropriations can only be made to the extent of ninety-five per centum of the tax laid.
 T.. In figuring any deficit in col lections over estimates for which deficit provision must be made by special taxation or otherwise, the year is taken as from May first to May first. The reason for this is
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-06
7hon1s Supports Hayes Chartey City Manager
 Stiles Rule OF People

Judge w. E. Thoms who has fill- ed many public offices. including that of mayor and who has done his work well in every public charge entrusted to him, is not in favor of infringing upon the rights of the people to govern themselves. He believes it would be a mistake to create a con- dition where there would not be at least two contending parties in city, state and national elections. In sup port of his contention he cited the countries of , Europe where the masses have little or nothing to say about systems of government. The people may have the franchise, but after all the ruling power is in the hands of a few, he said, and one does not have to be Q close ob- server to see that with all our faults we are much better off here than any of our neighbors in the nations of the old world. He is opposed to following the lead of governments where all wealth and influence are in the hands of few people and the masses count for nothing.
 Attorney William D. Thoms spoke as follows:
 
 relation to the charter proposed by the Charter Commission and in that which we have now as it will be im- proved and amended by the changes which the mayor proposes is a great deal in thePway one looks at the method in which we should be gov erned. It has been the policy of this state, and it worked fairly well for more than one hundred years. to provide in a general way that the various communities should be self governing and should elect their own officers who would presumably carry out the wishes and the poli- cies desired by majority of the people. p
 |. '"The theory of the Charter Com missions recommendations is that we should not be self-governing but should hire some man, probably from out of town, who will be claim ed to be an expert on civic govern ment, to conduct our affairs for us. The great difficulty underlying this latter theory is that, after all, we know better what we want our- selves by way of a policy for the city to follow than someone who knows very little about the needs and desires of the people of Water bury. No city is or ever will be per- fectly governed. but we have not done so very badly
 Sacrifice Parks For Economy
 It is true that we can save little money by being parsimonious but we will do it largely at the ex- pense of the comfort of the people of the city. We can have less parks, have all our schools concentrated in the center, have less care given to our public streets, cut down our wa ter supply, reduce the number of policemen and firemen and all these things will save some money. but what will we gain by it?
 "Our fire insurance rates would rise. we would be less protected from disorder and crime, our chill dren would not be so we'll educated, and in 8 great many other ways the city and the comforts to which our people are entitled to would suffer. It is really question of what we can afford and what is the best pol
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any size in Connecticut where the plan is in existence and where it was adopted because it was the on- ly way that the democratic party un- der the leadership of the late Bryan Mahan could be busted, the plan is a flat failure. The interest of pub lie and municipal affairs has been absolutely destroyed. The town stands still Some years ago, three separate investigations were going on of the police department. With in the past year and a. half, the man in charge of the fire alarm system, reported that because of de- ferred repairs the system had to be renewed entirely at a large cost. While the tax rate may have been reduced. the assessment value of land has been increased. with the result that more taxes are being paid. The tax collector receives a salary of $12.000 year. a little more than $33.00 day. New Lon- don Is the only city that I know of where property has been placed up- on the auction block by the city to be sold for taxes.
 City Needs Local Executive
 "This is not the city of my birth, but my love for 1t and It's affairs are such that I tremble when think that it's government will be placed in the hands of some gentle- man from Oshkosh or Boise City, Idaho, who has been graduated from a school out West where they
 educate aspirants to become city managers, and. that he will come here to this city with no knowledge of the men or of traditions, at a sal- ary of at least $25.0O0 and that 1t will be to him simply a job devoid of any pride that he may have in the history of this wonderful munici- pality. would prefer to have Q man at the head of this govern ment who has lived many years among us, who by education and training, is qualified to preside over its destiny. and above all. who has the pride and interests of his city at heart and will not occupy the chief executive position because Il pays so many dollars a year. but because he desires to have the honor of being mayor of his city and to regulate it's affairs. would prefer to throw my lot with Kilduff. an Elton. . Sandland. Sculiy. a Gull foile. Hayes than to take my chances with Alec Smart. who has been graduated in the class of 1913 frSm the School of City Managers in Oklahoma and who probably was born politician and will use all of the political tricks In existence. sincerely hope that the old order will maintain.
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charter, I personally would not feel so very badly about it because I can get along if the rest of you can.
 End of Republic?
 However, theres should not be lost sight of the great and funda- mental question which underlies all these propositions of this nature for government by experts which pre- sumably would be brought in from some other part of the country, and this fundamental question is one which underlies the whole form of government in. this country, as to whether the people are competent or willing to govern themselves When our people begin to take the view that they cannot govern them selves. then the end of this republic Is close at hand.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-06

Miss Bowes, in a lengthy address. declared that the city manager plan iI Stratford has worked out poorly. The city manager received salary of $4,5OO for population of 10000. This is greater by far than the pay of the mayor of Waterbury in pro- portion to the population of the city. The city manager of Waterbury would figure on $12,000, it is esti- mated. in view of the work involved if the Stratford managers salary might be used as a criterion.
 "The city manager form of gov ernment in Stratford has proven very impractical" declared Miss Bowes, and it is very much inferior to the form of government now in effect in Waterbury.
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BOTTOM OF BOAT
 COLLAPSED

Akron, Ohio. April .6.-(UP)-The collapse of the bottom of an old rowboat was held responsible. to-day for the deaths of three boys. drowned last night in East reservoir near here. The victims were Ken neth Roupe, g; Edward Roupe, II; and William Bowser, Jr, 13.
 The boys, playing near the reser- voir. found the old rowboat on tn. shore and set out in- it. The boat',. rotten floor boards gave way be. meath their weight when they were about 100 feet from shore.
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BOOTLEG LIQUOR
 CAUSED DEATH

Hartford, Conn. April 6-(UP)- Bootleg liquor was blamed to-day fer the death of John Finnerty, 19, who died in convulsions at munici- ral hospital last night after drink iIg liquor purchased in an East Side speakeasy.
 Medical Examiner Henry N. Cos tello attributed death to acute alco- holism, stating "the liquor sold to- day is more deadly than that sold in cring to locate the speakeasy.
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Former Mayor Analyses Proposed Charter Changes By Mayor Hayes Claims They Meet New Conditions Criminal Lawyer Bitter in Attack on Proposed Change in City Government Giving One Man Aut0- cratic Power
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public streets. reduce the fire and police departments, and so on.
 Harm It Would Do.

VOuCG UepaEtTntuISv Hnu 50 on.
 Harm 1t Would Do.
 But in so doing we would cause an increase in our fire rates. less police protection would. be availab able for Waterbury's ever increasing grand list, crime would be uncon- trolled. children would suffer from the loss of proper school facilities.
 We in Waterbury are able to govern ourselves. The recommenda- tions of Mayor Hayes concerning the city charter are excellent. I can see no reason for changing to a comms- sion form of government at this time with the mayor of Waterbury advo- eating changes which will tend to modernize the charter and put the city on basis equal with the times"
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BY ELMER c. WALZER United Press Financial Exlftorl

New York. April 6-(U. P.) - With the exception of another sen. sational advance in Auburn auto and further sharp breaks in a var iety of individual issues, trading on the stock exchange attracted little attention in the initial session of the week to-day.
 Steel common was forced to a new low ground for the year at one time but later rebounded. while ra- ther severe selling was met by Col
The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-06
Many Cities Have Deficit.

"Paranthetically of 250 cities in the United States, having a popula- tion over 30,O00 only 6S paid their way. that is, their operating rev. enues exceeded their operating ex- pense for the fiscal year ending Jan- uary 31, 1881. If we have an oper-
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16

In the District Court OF the
United States For the Southern
District OF Texas, Brownsville
Division.
In the Matter Of A. @. Haas
Household Equipment Co." Bank
rupt. No. 1893. In Bankruptcy.
TO the Creditors OF Sale Bankrupt:
You are hereby notified that on
the l4th day OF September, 1881,
the said A. c.. Haas and Household
Equipment Company of Edinburg,
Hidalgo county, Texas, were ad-
Indicated bankrupts, and the first
meeting of their creditors will be
held at the office OF Ira Webster.
Referee In Bankruptcy. In the
Stegman Building. Brownsville,
Texas, on the Goth day Of Septem-
Der, 1881, at eleven uD a. III. at
which time and place the creditors
OF the said "A. @. Haas and House.
hold Equipment Company. bank
rupts. may appear, prove their
claims, elect a trustee, examine
the bankrupts, and transact such
other business as may properly
come before such meeting.
Dated September IA, 1881.
IRA WEBSTER
Referee In Bankruptcy.
W 9-l6-it-4i60
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-09-16
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

By deed Of trust dated August
23rd. 1927, record in the deed of
trus. records of Cameron County.
Texas. In volume So, pages 476-479,
3. +. Backer and Elizabeth l..
Backer. his wife. Of MeSilla Park,
New Mexico. fixed a lien on ( )
hundred nine and sixty-three hun
dredths C109.eSD acres of land.
more or less. In Cameron County,
Texas, described as follows:
The West half OVID Of Block
One Hundred Fifty-Seven u57) and
all of Block One Hundred Ninety
Four 194) fractional Block Of
San Benito Land and Water Com
pany's Subdivision. as per map OF
record In Book One lD. at page o
OF map records in office OF Clerk
for Cameron County. Texas; said
tract containing 109.63 acres. more
er, Trustee for Nelson Loan Com
pany. TO secure the payment of one
certain promissory noe for the sum
OF Six Hundred $4,000 0) Dollars,
dated August 23rd, 1927. described
in said deed OF trust, to which refer
ence j. here made Tor fuller par
ticulars: and wher as, said note has
been declared In default by reason
of the non-paynent Of installments
due March ist. 1881. and Septem-
Der LIST. 1881. on said indebtedness.
and also default in the payment Of
interest due rarch lst. 1881 and