The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-07
Accuses Republicans Of Raising
 Race Issue To Obtain Votes

big way ana not 70 aAhV" themselves to be swayed by per- sonaIities and mudslinging In a radio address yesterday after poOn over WATR by Judge Ed- ward MascOIO. Judge MascolO charged the American and Re- publican, sponsors of the g. o. ?. ticket, with batting the foreign people merely for the purpose of gaining votes and expressed regret that Town Chairman F. w. Palomba and Attorney Pas auaIe DeCicc6 have become so warped and gullibIe as to believe that they have been given spe- cjaI honor and distinction be- cause ! know, and those of you who are acquainted with the in- ner workings of the republican party, that they are merely rub Der stamps and will always be rubber stamps so long as they are in the clutches of people who use them for own con- venience."
 stephen J. Winston, 2. o. p. candidate for city clerk, was taken to task by Judge Mascolo. The former, the speaker pointed out, has repeatedly claimed he has been world traveller and is a heavy reader. If so, Judge Mascolo said, Candidate Whis- ton must know the history of the republican party, the panics it has caused and the unfair religious issues it has raised.
 Record Speaks
 Mayor Frank Hayes record speaks for itself. Throughout the worst years of the depres- sion city employees were paid regularly while other cities is- sued script. Judge Mascolo de- cried the pueriIe attacks on Mayor Hayes and his adminis- tration. He also called attention to the action of the republican police commissioners recently in Objecting to the naming of supernumeraries of foreign birth or extraction. The g. o. p. commissioners, Phillips and An- ders0n, claimed there are too many foreigners on the police force now, he charged.
 By praising the Italians now, Judge Mascol0 said, the Ameri- can and Republican is trying to bait the people of that race for their own good at tOmOrrOw's polls. He called attention to the fact that the American and Re- jublican practically endrosed, in their editorial columns not long ago, the claim of Professor East that people of Latin blood were spawns and. dregs of the vat Judge MascOlO's address follows:
 The speakers who have preced- ed me on the air as well on the stump, in the present campaign, have very ably discussed the main issues in this campaign, but there are some observations which I, as one who has always been devoted and loyal to the democratic party, desire to make.
 MT. Winston, republican candi- date for city clerk, in his talk over the radio a few nights ago, said, among other things, Most thankful am that the readings. reflections, studies and experience of years have strengthened and confirmed my faith" It is to be assumed that a man of such learning, who has travelled ex- tensively, and who necessarily has gained considerable experi- ence, must be conversant with the history of the republican party to which he belongs. He must also, as a man of profound knowledge, have studied the many reliable publications on business cycles, American economic history, and the causes and effects of panics.
 Panic of '93
 If he has made careful study of the topics I have mentioned. then I am forced to say that either he did not fully understand what he read, or he failed to di- gest properly what he had read, when he chose the republican party as his own. Those publica- tions and authorities reveal that the panic under Cleveland's ad- ministration was not caused by anything that he or his cabinet did, but was caused by the extrav- agance of Harrisons administra- ton, by the Sherman Act of 1890, and many other causes, over which neither political party had any control. The American public experienced such horror and misery throughout that panic that they became gullible enough to believe the continuous false propaganda of the republican party which resulted in keeping the democrats out of office for approximately 20 years, and, dur ing those 20 years, although we experienced hard times under re- publican administrations which were not quite so bad and devas- tating as the other panic, the republican party came forth with barrage of alibis which the public willingly accepted. The sufferings endured by the people during that panic of 1893 so em- bedded themselves in the minds of the people, that a great num- Der of the staunchest democrats did not hesitate to say: T vote democratic ticket for the city administration, but nationally l vote republican" And this cry of claimed prosperity continued right along and through the campaign of 1928, when some of the local papers, and papers all over the country, carried large streamers on their front pages to the effect that "If you want continued pros- perity and 8 full dinner pail. vote the republican ticket. I took a very active part in that campaign of 1928, and wherever ], went, l was confronted with the cry and warning of the opponents, Don't