The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-04-06
resolutions in accordance herewith.
 City Manager Whole Thing.

resolutions in accordance herewith
 City Manager Whole Thing.
 There you have it you see. The city manager is the whole thing and he is responsible not to the people but to the council who appoint hin and to whom he is indebted for a jot which pays a salary of at least $25,. 900 a year, perhaps more, because ir New London, a city of 28;000, the city manager receives salary ot $7,50O and incidentally the tax col. lector of New London receives a sal ary of $12,000 a year. Whom do you suppose the city manager will obey the people who are crying with criti- cism or the city council who employs him? Of course, the answer is the city council.
 Can He Be Removed?
 But say the proposers. he can be removed at pleasure. Let's see if he can.
 Section
 Provides that the city manager shall be appointed for an indefinite term, but shall be removable at the Lleasure of the council; but then there is the provisio that he can- not be removed unless he is pre- sented with a written statement of the reasons alleged for his removal and he has the right to be heard publicly at a meeting of the council prior to the final vo.e on the ques- ton. What does this mean? Why, simply that he cannot be removed except for cause shown after pub lie hearing. This is far different fray,o ho{nu rovo nuod of rnloocr1ro And, furthermore. if you and I and the majority of the citizens of Wa terbury are dissatisfied with the city conduct, we cannot cast our ballot with the direct effect of removing him and placing someone else in his stead. Just listen to this:
 Section
 Council Not to Interfere in Ad- Neither the council Tor any of its members or commit tees shall in any manner, direct or indirect, attempt to influence or CO., erce,< or in any manner interfere with, the city manager or any of his subordinates, in connection with the appointment or removal of any officer or employe, or in any other matter of administration. Except in the course of investigations duly au- thorized hereunder, and in the exer- else by the mayor of the powers specifically granted him, the council and it's members shall deal with the administrative service solely through the city manager, and neither the council nor any member thereof shall give orders to any subordinate of the city manager, either publicly or privately.
 Soction
 Administrative Service. All ad- functions of the city shall be divided, under the city man. ager among administrative depart ments. which shall include the de- partments of finance, records, law, and works, and such other depart ments as may be provided by the code.
 Section 4
 Department Heads: Each of the departments shall be headed by an officer who shall be to the city manager for the efficient administration of the de- partment.
 Section 8
 Powers of Manager Relative to Departments:
 The city manager shall have pow CT, within the limits of appropria- tions, and subject to any general policies, plan of organization and procedure, and or plan of compensa- tion, established by this charter or by the administrative coGe, to fix and determine the internal organization of departments, the numbers and kinds of offices and positions, the rates of compensation and the meth- ods of procedure to be followed. He shall have the power, subject to the provisions of this charter and the ad- code to appoint and re- move, and to direct and control, all officers and employees. in the admin istratiye service of the city.
 How does that sound? Like a democratic form of government, gov- ernment of the people, for the peo- pie and by the people? Positively not. It is reported that some lady at the Mattatuck Historical society asked if school teachers would be appointed by the board of I understand that the member of the charter com mission then speaking could not answer the question. We'll, here is the answer. The city manager ap- points and removes the school teach- CTS and fixes their compensation and incidentally let me say, that the ordinary city manager, like all high salaried individuals, believes that the ,nly person entitled to high salary s himself and that the cost of opera ion is to be kept down by low wages of employees. And on the subject of .o Article 9 on Page 959, of the pro- nnSpd cha f.f rIpAoY. tho hood posed Administrative Code"
 Section 2. There shal. be a board of education which shall have the of advisory supervision and approval of administrative rules pro- vided for advisory boards of depart nents, and shall act as fact-finding body and render decisions on matters referred to it in connection with the operations of the department.
 Board Members Figureheads
 ''In other words. the board of edu- ,ation becomes collection of figure heads. Again, in this important de- oartment of the education of the of this city. control of its lffairs is placed in the hands of one nan.
 Lacks Simplicity
 Tt is claimed for this proposed ,ity manager form Of government, hat we will have simplicity. When 'ou read the proposed charter and 1 nope that all of yo 1. will do so (cop- es may be obtained at the Chamber 'f Commerce). wager you will be n a mental condition of collapse. The provisions Ire abou. as coherent IS the Wickersham report. I am confident that the two legal mem- ,ers of the commission did not sub. cribe to all of it's provisions. because n many instances the provisions are ridiculous and absurd.
 "In comparison. our present char CT is a kindergarten study for sim ,litcity.
 For instance, the proposed char CT creates seventeen bureaue-thinIs