The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-10-03

The fight was between state con-
troll and decentralized control in
order to forestall that old alli-
ance between politics and liquor.
My ardent desire for revision is
made clear by the following
message which I sent in to the
general assembly the day before
its adjournment and which must
be still remembered by the
trainers of the republican plat
form:
To the Honorable General
Assembly:
am disappointed that your
body has not yet taken action
, in regard to certain amend
ments generally recognized as
necessary to make the co-called
Liquor Control Law more near
ly perfect and workable.
1t was generally understood
and conceded that the bill as
enacted did not represent the
considered opinion of your body
in all of its details, but had
been passed as a Legislative ex-
pedient in an issue which de-
veloped between a system of
state control and proposed
bill that did not include such
state control.
confidently expected that
your body would take early
steps to perfect the bill which
had passed. It would be most,
regrettable to have large in
terests like hotel owners and
restaurants suffer from the OPP
GRAFTON of a law which admit
teddy is unfair in its provisions.
SO far as they are concerned.
I, therefore, take the liberty
to submit to your honorable
body proposed bill which
would permit hotels and restau-
rants to serve wine and beer to
be consumed on their premises
with or without meals. This
corrects an obvious oversight in
the law as enacted, and / urge
upon your body the immediate
passage of the amendment
which ! am herewith submit
ting.
1t would seem entirely unnec-
essary to submit the proposed
amendment to committee for
a hearing, as the subject is one
that has been thoroughly dis
cu],ed and Is familiar to all.
Tax Revision
will add that all statements
in the republican platform in
regard to myself are either un-
true or quite misleading, which
amounts to the same thing.
Again / asked for a commits
sion to revise the tax structure
of the state. The old system of
obtaining a sufficient income for
running the state from taxation
on corporations had proved, as
had anticipated in 1880, it's in
adequacy by a deficit amounting
to $4,0O0,O0O which has since
grown to $8,O00,0OO and Is on the
way to 100000 or more.
Aware of the approaching crisis a
group of clear-headed republicans
in the general assembly cooperat-
ing with the democratic mem
bers persuaded that body to au-
thorize the appointment of the
commission which l had urged
two years before. This commits.
sion, consisting of representative
citizens in the state, will make
its report in the course of a few
days. In order to relieve their
of the burden of a def
icit, the republicans are trying
to pass the buck to the govern
or. The citizens of Connecticut
are too intelligent to let them
get away with that.
Il State Government
Clearly, the general assembly
should have authorized the gov
ernor to appoint a companion
COMMISSION for the revision of
the administrative structure of
the state government. A bill of
this intent was passed in the sem
ate, only to fail in the house.
The republican answer to my
request was bill to reduce by
certain percentages the salaries
of all officers and employees of
the state. The joker in the bill
was a plan for reclassification.
Redistribution meant the en-
ployment of an outside agency
for the details of the work,
which extended over six months
and cost the state $4,000 or
more. 1t meant also raising the
salaries of certain favored COM
missioners and employees so that
in some instances their salaries,
q ~ a tho t-n6tsati4na n ~ l.
ly increased instead of being de-
creased. Reconsideration. you
see, may be upward as well as
downward. Happy the man who
gets into the upward swing. All
attempts to eliminate useless
agencies of the government,
add, met with failure.
Relief Administration
There Is a notion abroad that
the governor has little to do ex-
cept when the general assembly
In In session. As a matter OF
fact, he then has more to do
han ever. Questions Of all kinds
como up for his quick decision.
the last year. for exani-
Pile, have had to consider seri-
ously as many as ten petitions
for a special session OF the gen.
erni assembly for various pur-
poses. IT would have been alb
soluteiy necessary 20 convene the
legislature 10 deal with uncm-
pioyment II the federal govern
ment had not made liberal
grants 10 the state. which within
the last eighteen months have
% g2s.eoe,1oo. This