The Waterbury Democrat., 1933-01-04
Inauguration Address
 Of Governor Cross
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custs in order to escape the more stringent labor laws of neighbor. ing states, are q matter of deep concern. Governor Cross said. He commended the activities of the commissioner of labor in trying to curb them, but said existing statutes are inadequate.
 Tt has become quite clear that existing statutes are quite iade- quate for the protection of re. sponsible manufacturers and om- ployers as well as for the protec- ton of health, morals and general welfare of employed women and children" he seid. Among tho measures which tho commissioner of labor will advocate are q 4s- hour law per week for women and minors in all industrial and mer. cantile occupations and q minimum wage law for minors, These and other remedial proposals will. am sure, meet with n sympathetic reception in n vigorous endoavor to drive sweatshops out Of the state"
 The governor recommended a constitutional amondmcnt making two-thirds vote in each house necessary to overcome q veto of n governor.
 Control of Our Courts
 The recommendation Of tho Ju. dicinl council that the courts be organized Into t coherent system has his approval. Two years ago, ho' said, Inc suggested it would be wcll to grant tho governor power to nominate to tho general aBsom- ply Judges Of minor courts.
 "Thc 'ret0rt courteous" to my recommendations wnH embodied in two bllls--0no taking from the gov- ornor his right under tho charter of New Ilnv"n Co nominate Judges of tlnt city, and the other his similar right under tho statutes to nominate tho Judges of the court of common pleas. The judges of supreme nnd superior courts were not molcstcd, but so fnr 0s logisiH- two action could 20, ull our courts were thrown Into Tho arena of poli- ties"
 Public Utilities
 Regarding public utilities the governor snid;
 "Tho Public Utilities Commission should bc authorized 10 initinto rhto Investigations on itB own mos ton, Tho need for this authority iH immediate. Consumers aro now often prevented from bringing pot. lions for rate rGVlsIOns because they are unable 10 underwrite tho cost of litigation. Even were such petitions brought the roBourGCA of the petitioners Gro usually too moa. ger Co provide legal and onglno0i- Ing counsel equal Co that which tho companies may call t0 their nsHistHnco.
 "t nm convinced that Inc Bolu- ton of .jn Intricate problems Of public utility regulation cannot bo
 thc hurried procedure of rosulnr legislative committees. 1 therefore recommend that the gen. cral assembly authorize the gOVcr. nor to appoint special Gommis- sion io nnkc hB exhaustive study of regulation md 10 report to the general assembly in 1885 pro- afAnI for complete revision of our present statutes, along with what ever additional on1ctments invcHti. gdtl0n my establish HH neeoBaary.'
 1'HS On Heal Estate
 Touching on tax revision tho g0Vs ernOP Bnid;
 "rho tax on renl estate for the farmer. the householder md the mnnufacturor. All of Us agree. think, that the bnge of taxation should Dc brOadenod, and so made more equitable. But we ,may dis. agroo on what that broader bnse should be. Personally, 1 am averse lO an income tux, which at best, is suitable only tO fl period of pros. pGrity, 4 satisfactory sales tux may be worked out 50 nB tO avoid m