The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-02
COP Nominee KnowsNotkling OfCityAffairs
Seeks Support of Public Without Experience or
 Definite Program


 MT. Culhane? In the year 1929 there was appropriated for the Police Department the sum of $446,506.95. In the year 1886 there was appropriated the sum of $435, 5,976.48. This is a decrease of $11,630.47. Now any child in the seventh grade knows that 10 per- cent of $446,000 Is $44,600. Yet MT. Culhane says that the decrease of $l1,600 represents a l3 per cent reduction. Is this the way MT. Culhane figures simple percent age? Is this the arithmetic he would use in City Hall If he were elected? If 1t is then all I have to say is GOD HELP THE CITYl
 And Figure
 Let us take MT. Culhane's ilnag- mary increases and see what mer- it, if any, they have. The cost of the City Clerks office, he states, has increased 32 per cent. In the year 1929 there was appropriated for the City Clerks office the sum of $13,600. In the year 1936 there was appropriated for that office the sum of $20,180. What MT. Culhane does NOT know is that the budget of the City Clerks office and the budget of the Board of Aldermen have been consolidated since the year 1880. It is apparent from the many misstatements, falsehoods and distortions given out by MT. Gull hane in this campaign that he is either entirely ignorant of City affairs or that he is animated by malice. I choose in kindness to believe that the former is true. After all the question of exper- fence is vital in the management of any concern, and especially in the management of City affairs.
 Mayors Service
 Prior to his election as Mayor of the City of Waterbury, Mayor Hayes served on the Welfare De- partment where he became famil- far with the varied human prob- lems that come under the super vision of that department. He al- so served faithfully as Commis- sioner of Education where his advice was constructive and help- ful.
 Prior to my nomination for Comptroller, l served 8 years on the Board of Finance and on the Board of Aldermen, where 1 learned the details of City man. agement.
 Neither of the candidates on the opposition ticket for the ma jor positions has ever served a day on any City Board.
 Experience
 It requires experience to man. age tWo-hundred million dollar business. It Is not good business or common sense to substitute ex- perimenters in government for tried and proven executives.
 In his radio speech MT. Culhane Wept over the disclosure I made of his Mutual Aid record. He said had not told the truth about him when I made 1t known that the records of the Mutual Aid fail to show that MT. Gull hane or MT. Culhane's firm ever contributed a dime to the Mutual Aid In support of their work for the unemployed. He wants me to apologize. will not apoligize for speaking what IS the truth. l repeat that statement.
 Mutual Aid
 MT. Culhane attempts to ex- plain what he did by quoting and printing letters from officials of two banks where he worked. And what do the letters show? They show that Mr. Culhane made the same contribution while he was working in the banks that every other person connected with those banks did. I am glad to have that information.
 But in 1882 MT. Culhane went into brokerage business for him. self. He was his own boss then and he had the handling of his own money. The Mutual Aid was founded in 1880 and lasted until 1936. The records of the Mutual Aid fail to disclose that MT. Gull hane or MT. Culhane's firm ever contributed dime to the Mutual Aid Fund in support of their work for the unemployed from 1882 to l936.
 Then For Himself
 In other words, MT. Culhanes contribution ended when he ceased to be an employe and when he became head of his own concern and at time when tho unemployed needed his contribu. tion most. Try to explain this MT. Culhane now that you are posing as @ friend of the working man and the downtrodden.
 At the end of his speech last night MT. Culhane made several solemn promises. What do MT. Culhane's promises amount top Nothingl He has broken every promise he made to me. He has broken every promise he made to his greatest benefactor, Mayor Hayes. He has broken every prom ise he made to his fellow Demo. crats in the State Senate. He has broken every promise he made to his old friends and he IS breaking the promises he made to his new friends, the Republican Party to which he pledged himself that the Independent Democratic Tic- ket would be identical with the Republican Ticket.
 In the light of this unbroken record of broken promises what faith can the voters of Water bury place in any promises he makes now in the closing hours of this campaign?
 
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