The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-18
||eges Groh's Name Was on Three Different Pay-
 rolls at Same Time
lsueciaI c The Democrat)

lHneciaI Co The Democrat tgaunatuck, February 10-- Warden John J. Sheridan today launched another brcadside at Christian [Aroil, former TERRA executive sec- Ealafy here, jn which he charged nzr. Oroh was at one time on three local payrolIs.
 Warden Sheridan also asks Mir. uroh if it is not true that S45O was paid from the charities depart 'nent appropriation, part of which he implies may have been used by Afr. 0roh to buy new car.
 Statement
 Ills statement follows: "The claims of Mr. Groh are still 1aughabIe as far as I am con- cerned and I believe, also as far as the public of Naugatuck is concerned.
 sMy impression is that the con- tEOversy was first based on MT. 0roh's assertion that the present administration should have Q stir- plus of e2OOO0. As far as I can see, Mfr. Groh has moved out to different fields to evade the ques- ton he first raised as an issue.
 Mfr. Groh charges the reason for my action in seeking his rec 1nOval was that I am seeking the position he held. Which state- 1E1ent is absurd. I claimed at the time and I still claim, there was no need for the position of execu- tive secretary and that was my reason for asking Mfr. Groh's removal.
 Tt was impossible for me to be interested in 6 position that l always claimed should not exist but I did mention that the $40 weekly which the position paid should be spent for the purpose foE which it was appropriated, not for the purpose of taking care of Mfr. Groh because he had political connections.
 Gets S10 Weekly
 T next want to correct MT. Qroh in his statement on the amount of money I am receiving for my present position as the servant of the people of Nauga- tuck. I first want to state I re- ceived that position by a vote of the people of Naugatuck; second- 1y, I want to state the sum I rec ceive for my efforts in behalf of our local people is not $20 per week as MT. Groh claims, but to be more exact, is Q small fraction of S10 weekly.
 MT. Groh also stated he did not expect me to have great deal oe knowledge in handling admin istxation of relief. I want MT. 0roh to know that my experience in public office before my election as warden and before MT. Groh was even a citizen of these United States, showed me it didn't re- qzire Q great deal of knowledge to know whether a person is doing the right or wrong thing where handling of town funds is con- eerned.
 "Mr. Groh admits he was on two payroIls at the time of my election to office and did not mention this important fact in his first statement. He also agrees 11e was receiving so weekly for his services on the EZRA, when workers on the EZRA were get- ting the fabulous sum of $9 or so weekly.
 On 3 PayrolIs?
 sT now want to ask MT. Groh if it isn't true that during the dark days of 1882 when he says so many people were out of work and the case load was so heavy on the town, if it isn't true his name appeared on three payrolls instead of two, which makes me further wonder whether or not he was sincere in caring for the peo- pie in need, or if that isn't fur ther indication MT. Groh was in the town hall to abuse the priv 1lege of handling the taxpayers money.
 'Mr. Groh, in getting personal. a poor way out, mentions that he would tell the people what hap pened to my private employment. I want to state for MT. Groh's benefit held positions in private industry long before the issue of Chris Groh had ever appeared on the scene in Naugatuck and at any place I ever did work I was always welcome back.
 T further wish to state that in my present employment the only payroll on which my name ap- pears is the payroll sanctioned for my position by vote of the peo- pie of Naugatuck. That I can't of Mir. Groh. I ask him to deny this fact.
 'Mr. Groh seems to be all work ed up about the great efforts he claims to have made in behalf of the unemployment but does not