The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-05
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, lss'
Know Your Psychology

Governor Wilbur l.. (ross has flung
 down the gauntlet. If his republican op-
 ponent, former Governor John H. Trum-
 bull. cares to pick it up we might hear some
 interesting facts in these, the closing days
 of the l932 campaign. But we don't ex- poet to find the republicans of Connecticut !. explaining why early in 1891 they were
 postponing unemployment relief on the grounds that a psychological situation ex- listed which would only be made worse by any legislative action. Is it to this that Mayor George A. Quigley republican. of New Britain. refers when he claims that .eighteen months ago he sought from Cover nor Cross the very things that the governor now outlines in his five-point program for Unemployment relief in Connecticut
 ,i Let's see. Eighteen months ago would bring us back to May. l93l. The Lesis- ;isture was still in session. Governor Gross had had little or no success in securing Legislative aid in enacting any of the pro- .pcsals he made when he had assumed of- flee at the beginning of the year. Democrats in the Legislature were baked at every sturn when they sought to secure passage of
 any measures that might bring any credit upon them, such as old age pension. district ;tourts, tax reform, etc. Where was Mayor .Quigley at that timer Why go to the gov !, ernof with his demands for action when he knew as well as the next man that the re- ipubliean Legislature would scarcely aequesee lin any gubernatorial depands. There was no need of special sessions then. Why did
 Mayor Quigley have to procrastinate if he didn't hope to make the special session po- Iitical issue himself in the event that he might be the gubernatorial nominee for
 governor?
 ! sft The governor now has in his records an
 amazing array of facts and figures secured by
 a statewide survey under non partisan aus spiees which show that conditions in various < communities demand action this winter
 Whether this will be voluntary or secured : from the state remains to be seen But no one can dispute this fact which Governor Gross puts in writing thusly:- My repub- iicsn friends told me two years ago that the Unemployment situation was psychological. II tried at that time to impress upon the
 General Assembly the necessity for adequate llesislation to meet the emergency. but the leaders of the republican party insisted that
 even to intimate that unemployment would
 exist this winter was bad psychology. If .tIese facts are psychological then l am
 afraid my republican friends are abusing the truth.
 ,# Connecticut republicans in this parteu-
 lar instance were but eehoing the sentiments iof higher-up republican officials and spokes-
 men down in Washington. Remember Those remarkable statements of President Hoover, former Secretary of the Treasury Andrew Mellon. and others. They assured .the nation, even after the stock market Crash in October. 1929. that the worst was linen over. There was no need for any .alarm about the future. Republican pros- ,perity was founded on big business and big business wouldn't let it down at that point. How fantastic appear those predictions to- day. And how foolish they make their pro- .nouneers to be. The president of the United States and the greatest secretary of the treasury since Alexander Hamilton" couldn't ..read the handwriting on the wall even after they tried strong eyeglasses
 ,l Governor Gross has played fair with this State in his regime. We sincerely trust that The will be returned to office Tuesday with the necessary support in the Legislature to make his next two years in office more pro- ,'pressive than the past two have been. Wa .terbury need only do its share by eleetlng democratic representatives and senators to .the Legislature. democratic congressman
 and senator to Washington. and demo-
 cratic president.