The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-08
also 75 per cent of the repubiica in Waterbury"
 others Arc OutspOkcn

also 75 per cent of the republicans in Waterbury"
 Others Arc Outspokcn
 Mrs Julia Smith, yice-chairman of the 6. 0. p. town committee, told the committee that Mir Karpleman was not voicing the unanimous opin- ion of the committed.
 Corporation Council O'Connor op- posed the proposed city manager charter and Mayor Hayes informed the board that he was not in favor of 1t.
 MT scully stated that Mayor Hayes Is giving Waterbury good business 
 The republican papers in Water bury have been giving him callouses on the back from patting him there because of his fine work. If the city engineer and park commission were involved in the proposed changes wonder if the republican papers would be in favor of the new charter.
 If put to a vote this charter will be defeated s to l. The packers of the new plan are only trying to bring in professional politician. The mayor gets s76oo year. He'll get
 MT Papc Heard From.
 MT Pape declared that the best remedy for the present conditions in Waterbury Is the adoption of the new charter. The Hayes administra- ton Is good one, he admitted. He bankrupt the city.
 Mine years ago the city got one land one-half million dollars in fund.- ing bonds to pay off It's debts. Two years ago 1t got $2,000,000 more. This year $1,0OO,000 Is sought. For |the past IF years under the present charter of the city has spent on an average of $500,000 annually more than the receipts. This was done under four years of q republican ad- ministration and eight years of q democratic administration. "Something drastic is necessary to bring us out of our trouble. There is | a division of opinion in Waterbury and that is why we urge a referen- dunn. Mayor Hayes had made a good record and would make a good city manager. 'As for talking about city em- ployes being forbidden to talk poii- tics, the letter carriers and post UlHBtGI8 4EO AVA 0t44Slt " ee~%NS Rs~A v sss politics. The terrible things pr Donovan and ex-Mayor Thoms see in the new charter are all 'moonshine.' The city manager is not going to throw out the policemen and teach CTS. and import others from Massa- chusetts, Vermont and New Hamp- shire.
 Iterbury. If the party machines, re- lpublicans and democrats alike, don't realize the mutterings that are go- ling on in Waterbury, they will have q socialist mayor there before they realize It."
 Resolution Presented.
 MT Stevenson also approved the lefty manager form of government land Mir Sherwood presented the res lolution adopted at the mass meet ing held by the packers of the pro. Iposed new charter last WednesdaJ night in Mattatuck hall.
 Ex-Mayor Thoms praised the new
 S.res E. " ooss Mas0s sad tS Inc would approve of adopting Mayor Hayes plan and then having Q refer
 endum on the city manager earl,
 next year. Attorney Charles Her 1, be held too soon and favored 1882. No Committee Vote. -l Mir Pape then asked the commit . ltee to have those in favor of the cit manager charter raise their handi !. Mayor Hayes objected.
 ssMr Chairman" he said, "by pre- lvious agreement with you agree Q lnot to back this hearing. If we ha : wanted to provide free rides fo z everybody. am afraid the cit Iwould have been left unguarded." q Chairman Fuller Barnes agree o lwith Mayor Hayes.
 ssDemonstrationg or hands don c Impress the committee" he declarc I'll Other Assembly Matters ]. No opposition was offered to q la IbiIi providing that Patroimen Dani tt IJ. Carson and John ]. Mates sha 10 Ibe given credit for continuous ser m lice although they were out of q D. Idepartment for a coupie Of year e- Attorney O'Connor explained th
 the men ieft the department to ky IWar work. nt rho tili 1<rsat&i~< is ste <o'k