The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-01
CuLhdne Repeats Criticisms
 Of Administration, s Record

was the board of finance, and he < set that tax rate after he had been elected to the ofiice of con- troller in Mir. Hayes administra. ! tion. He knew what he was do- ing. Mir. Hayes knew what he was doing. He was penalizing the tax payer for the benefit of the Hayes administration.
 ''Mr. Leary weeps over the teachers, the firemen, the police- men. He has reason to weep, for he has cut appropriations greatly in those departments which are really public service departments. They are the departments in which the city employe does an honest days work.
 Eyes The Figures
 T will give you some figures taken from MT. Leary's own re- ports to the state and from 6 similar report of his predecessor.
 "The Hayes administration ex- penses in the school department for io36. .l03e, the last two full years, are Q per cent under the last two years of the preceding, supposedly wasteful administra- ton. The police department ex- penses have been cut l3 per cent in the same period. The bureau of engineering has been cut i3 per cent. City support of the Bronson library has been cut 2l per cent, park department 26 per cent and the very vital health department 27 per cent. The city does not spend as much money for public health as 1t does for the support of the controllers ofiice alone. The fire department is now charged tremendous amounts for water. Disregarding this book keeping entry, we find the fire de- partment has been cut 20 per cent from lo2s-io2o to l936-loS6. These are all public service departments, you will note.
 Tears For Poor
 "I have mentioned these figures to show that waste has not oc- cured in the departments for which MT. Leary Is 50 sorry. He did not mention the poor city lawyer, the poor city tax collec- tor or tho poor city auditor. He had good reason. The expenses of the tax collectors office jumped 4e per cent from tho last two years of the previous administra. ton. The increase in the personal tax collectors office waS 66 per cent. Cost of maintenance of city hall has increased 90 per cent. City Clerks ofiice 32 per cent. Registrars office, % per cent. And the controllers office 100 per cent. MT. Leary's own office cost you 5000 more last year. than the entire health department. These are oil political ofticeS, you will note.
 And we have another distin- guiShed ofiice in the city hall. These gentlemen really have an excuse for spending more money. am speaking for the corpora ton counsel and his staff. In 1e36-1e36 they spent 90 per cent more than in lo2e-lo2e but really have much more work to do, Q lot more, for they are looking out for the interests of Waterbury'S Tammany hall,
 Millions For Defense
 ITO go back and review the record as the gentlemen in the city hall are beseeching you 50 earnestly to do, MT. Hayes and MT. Leary have spent In seven and one-haif years five million dollars more of your money than their supposedly waSteful prede. ceSsors spent in eight full years. They have taken from you in tax money almost four million dollars more In seven and one-half years than their predecessors took from you In eight full years, and they shout that they did this on c re- duced GRAND LIST and on e re- duced tax rate. I say to them