The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-07-11

or the farmer is now getting on the average forty-five per cent more for his milk than before. To keep a proper bal ance between the three par ties concerned is a difficult problem. It is Q continuing process. An attack on the milk law or the milk board is a hazardous political move, for the law in it's present form is primarily a republican meas ure and two of the three mem- bers of the board are register ed republicans. It can hardly be conceded that one democrat, in ability and persuasive pow CTS, is the equivalent of two republicans.
 Attacks Absurd
 The same absurdity undner- lies the, attacks on the Hquor control board The main ques- tion at issue in the General Assembly when the law was proposed was the method of control. In line with the recommendation of a special commission composed of rep resentative citizens, the gover- nor and a majority of the members of the general assem- bly, were in favor of control by a state board which should be directly responsible to the people of the common wealth. The republican lead CTS, as distinct from the re- publican party, were strenu- ous for decentralization of authority in the administra- tion of the law by placing the issuance of permits for the manufacture or sale of distilled liquors in the hands of county commissioners or town clerks. / The motive behind decentral- ized authority was perfectly obvious.
 c. o. F. Opposed Revisions
 The issue between the gov ernor and the republican lead CTS was merely that between CSItIdilZeu anu Q6CenCrallZeQ administration of the law. Both parties agreed that the law as enacted needed clari- fication and revision. At the last moment however, the re- publican leaders refused to consent to any revisions except such as were forced upon them by an angry public near the close of the session. This is the situation as it now stands. As in the case of the milk control board, the liquor con- trol board is composed of three members of whom two are registered republicans. Remuneration of the admins tration~ of the law, involves once more the admission that it takes more than two repub- licans to equal a democrat.
 No Turning Back
 The temper of the people at the present time will permit no evasion of the issues. Back to normalcy" will no longer do the business. The com- mittee which you are to ap- point on our platform will have laid upon it a serious and solemn duty. It can call at tention to what our party has accomplished during the last three years for the welfare of the people of Connecticut against detrmined partisan op- position. But as in 1880 and in 1882, we must take an un- equivocal stand on all the questions that are uppermost in the minds of our citizens. Four years ago, we advocated for example, the repeal of the 18th amendment. We should not now be afraid to advocate such amendments in the de- tails of our State Liquor law as experience shows to be de- sirable. Likewise we then stood for adequate humane institutions and for body of social legislation. There must be no turning backward on those and other administrative and fiscal policies which We have incorporated in our plat forms. There now awaits us much larger social program. eW can safely leave to the leaders of the republican party a policy of evasion and nega- ton if that is to be their strategy in conducting a cam- paign, whether state or na- tional.