The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-10-05
HAYES AND LEARY ARE AROUSED BY ATTACKS ON THEM

if they tell the truth, and I'll sue them if they print anything but the truth.
 "He can say anything he wants about my administration because he hasn't a chance of being elected and won't have to keep his prom ises. All his criticisms have been destructive, not constructive. What would he do to effect these great economies he advocates? Would he cut the school teachers, the po- lice and the firemen? That is about the only place left to econo- mize that I have not touched and I can assure you that I will not cut down there. Let him say who he will fire out of office and what salaries he will cut.
 What right has City Clerk O'Donnell to criticize me? I am working for less money than ever before in my life. Can he say the same? I don't mind being criti- cized by people who know more than I do, but I will not stand for destructive criticism by people who are not my business equal" Mayor Hayes referred to the as | Scl l1oh VI SAly SlCl "A V 1IoilhCAi dI | one of the weekend republican rallies to the effect that although | Mayor Hayes started out to be economical he changed his policy when the democratic machine be- gan slipping because of his stand in regards to undue financial ex- | penditures.
 Controller Leary reiterated the previous claims of the administra- tion that the city debt has been cut $2.451, 1000 in the last two years and added, further, that the demo- cratic claim is backed up by the g. o. D. advertisements. One ad- vertisement shows that during the first 12 months of the Hayes ad- ministration the debt was cut $1,- 670,000. Therefore, he pointed out, if this was done in 12 months, as admitted by the republicans, the administrators claim of a cut of $2,451,. 1000 in 19 months is more than substantiated.
 We have reduced taxes from AZ mills, as of last year, to 35 mills this year." said MT Leary. My opponent, MT Greene, denies this. Perhaps if he were home owner and paid taxes he would know and perhaps if MT Tracy paid much taxes last year he would know that the taxes this year have been reduced. Every day MT Greene seems to have something to say about me and Mayor Hayes People have asked us why we do not hit back at them but we are not going to. We were born here and have lived here all our lives and are willing to stand up in front of the city hall and take right on the chin all the knocks anyone wants to hand us. We might ask what MT Greene is doing in Water bury and why he came here from Torrington and about the Belfast Linen Mills he was connected with there. We might ask MT Tracy questions about his past connec- tions with city business but what is the use?
 "The main thing is that we have lived within our appropriations the first time in over ten years any city has done so, and have saved enough to reduce the city debt for the first time in IA years.
 Speakers at Saturday nights ral- ly at the French club aside from Mayor Hayes and Controller Daniel Leary. included City Treasurer Ed ward L. Futile, Tax Collector Will liam A. Ennis. John T. Fitzmau- rice, Jr., candidate for city clerk Alderman Ernest P. Belval, Select man Domenic sciuilo, City Sheriff William J. Roach, Dr E. G. Adams Attorney William K. Lawlor. and Executive Secretary Thomas P Kelly.
 Other speakers at last nights Italian rally were Attorney Edward Mascolo, Alderman Sciullo, MT Fitzmaurice, Tax Collector Ennis, Sheriff Roach, Professor Generoso Ruggiero, School Commissioner Harry Dochelli and Alderman Bel val.
 Saturday afternoon the republi- cans held a rally at the home o1 Miss Madeline Dreher on East Main street. Yesterday afternoon they held a monster rally at the Water bury Hebrew institute under the auspices of the Jewish Republican club.
 Speakers included MT Tracy, MT Green, ex-Mayor William B Hotchkiss, Alderman Louis Liebs- kind. who was dropped off the g. O. D. ticket for the coming cleo. ton. Judge John F. McGrath, At torney Milton Meyers. Attorney F W. Palomba, candidate for tax col lector. Mrs F. w. Webster, Mrs Frank Bowes, Mrs Dorothy Van dercook, ex-Alderman Harry B Dow, Judge T. V. Meyer, Judge Samuel Rosenthal of Hartford and Constables Benjamin Glickman and Louis Cohen.
 Another rally was held yester- day at the Lithuanian club in