The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-01


 of fact, both MT, Hayes and Mir. Leary are 50 busy looking about for extraneous issues that neither of them has the time to look any one In the eye.
 "So I will modify that request, will just ask them to look at the record once more, to look ct . that record upon which Mayor Hayes said he would stand. Let them turn their eyes toward their bandstand which IS bolstered up on one side with the excess vote- getting city yard workers, on the other with contracts let without bids, and on the third side with bonded indebtedness that is grow Ing so fast that 1t will tip the whole official family Into the dis- card next Tuesday.
 Frees and Stones
 "When Mayor Hayes started this campaign he rushed on the field with . Tarzan-like cry, ready to meet all corners on his rec ord. He said in effect, Come one, come all this rock shall ny from It's firm base as soon as r. I do not know what base Mayor Hayes was on, but let Us give him credit with . single and place him on first base. The next man at the bot was Controller Leary.
 "Dan came through with 0 scratch hit and Mayor Hayes was caught between first and second. He hes been of base ever since. We hear no more ringing chal- lengeS. Rather we hear soft pleas for support ct the polls, dulcet wooings of Republican voters. You know that is 6 new role for the city hall boys, tho boys who boasted that they could crush with on iron hand oil opposition in and out of their party. They are on the defensive. They know they cannot Stand otl their record and they are attempting by oil sorts Of SubterfugeS to keep the public eyes of that record. They are saying, look at CulhaneS record, look ct the fro insurance rates, look ct the automobile in. Surance rates, look anywhere but at their record; anywhere but at my charge that Waterbury has the highest tax rate in the state; anywhere but ct my charge that Waterbury'S bonded debt iS grow Ing rather than diminishing; any where but at that embarrassing challenge to tell the public what MT. Hayes and Mr. Leary did with the eB4,000,000 they collected from you since they have been in ofice. They know the public b waiting for those answers. Why don't they answer them? Why don't they stick to the only campaign issue aS outlined by Mayor Hayesp
 Is Dirt Due?
 My opponents are becoming more evaSivc and will enter other personal attacks aS each day passes. They have answered none of my charges as to their finan- ciai administration of city affairs in a direct, straight forward manner. What answers they have pretended to give have been dc" signed to confuse and inislead. MT Leary Is particularly touchy on what I said regarding the expen- ditures ct the city yards. When he said 1t costs three-quarters Of . million to operate this public works department for one year asked him why-if that was so-- he spent ei,300,000 in that de- partrnent last year. Tn his reply he does not deny what said, He talks of expenditures to match federal grants, but ho did not use street department money for this purpose. Hc used bond money to cover these expenditures-money ho borrowed-but money you will have to pay back.
 What Price Facts?
 Mir. Learys debt reduction claim is false. It Is Q sample of fancy city hall bookkeeping, be- cause the general fund owed the bond fund and the special funds Si,400,000 which sum later by another bookkeeping entry was restored to the bond and special funds, MT. Leary thinks he has reduced the city's indebtedness that much. He forgets that If he owes himgelf 50 dollars and owes his landlord 100 dollars, that his net debt is 100 dollars, not l0O dollars.
 If the city owes itself money that does not add to its total debt.
 T repeat, the total of the city,s bonded debt and temporary loans on January l, 1880 when MT. Hayes and MT. Ieary assumed their present ofiices, was S1e,040,- 900 and on June 30, 1887, the same items totalled S20, ,072,600 Tn this period the temporary loans de- clined one million dollars. but the bonded debt itself increased ei,- 222,600.
 Now Whole Cloth
 ''Mr. Leary is merely seeking to pull the wool over your eyes. He has not answered my charge ex- cept by evasion. He cannot an- swer 1t. He dare not answer 1t. For he knows that I am telling the truth.
 ITO 90 back e little, Mfr. Hayes cries that the 1880 tax rate of 4i.02 mills is no fault of his. Pos sibly Mir. Hayes had nothing to do with the setting of that tremen- | dously high rate. He willingly reaped the benefit of 1t, hoW- ever. But does he say that Mir. Leary has nothing 10 do with 10. He docs not. MT. kaary was