The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-01

mlnlStEoEion Wltn nypotHeVhcAa baseball game in which he placed Mayor Frank Hayes near "second base", Senator George T, Culhane pointed with pride to his record d 0 contributor to the Mutual Aid last night in on acrimonious address over station WATR and VERY. Senator Culhane wept hguratively for the voters who swept the ad- lninistration to offlce four success sive terms by reelection and prom- ised that he would retire from pub. lice life if the. pledges he has made in his campaign orations failed to xnaterialize. This, in the event he was elected.
 The Fusion candidate laid special emphasis on two letters from bank officials Of the Waterbury National bank and the Merchants Trust coIn- pany which, he said, showed that he had contributed "G dime" to the Mutual Aid. The letters remarked his employment by the two banks, in one instance, bearing out his earlier claim that he had sponsored lenislatlon ct Hartford to cut rec ceivership costs so that depositors in the Merchants Trust company might get substantial dividends without excessive expense".
 The senator demanded on apology from City Controller Daniel J. Leary for the latter's reference to his, (Culhane's) failure to make Q donation to the fund, which records did not indicate,
 Costs of city administration were attacked in same vein but new phraseology by the speaker who saw the situation of the administration to have developed to the point of ''dulcet wooing of Republican vot- ers," The address wavered from one line of attack to another, tak- ing no issue of definite basis and pointing no remedies except in the general sense that the speaker promised the police, fireinen and school teachers that they would not 90 "unclothed," in e manner of speaking.
 Senator Culhane developed radio trouble last night with the pages of his speech and, several times, had to "go back" to correct the spoken word from the printed. This failed to shorten the attack, how ever, and gave no new impetus to the charges reiterated throughout the campaign, answered by the ad- niniStration with official proof sub- Scribed to by certified accountants.
 The Senator
 The text of his speech follows:
 II have made charges of waste, nismanagement and inefficiecy on the part of the present city administration. You have heard thelr answers. Within c few days yea voters will be deciding the outcome of this election. There are few more facts, Q few more significant figures which should have c bearing on how you will vote. am going to givo them tonight.
 "But first feel called upon to speak on another subject. when I referred some time ago the great help the Mutual Aid fund had been to the city, MT. LOary replied, not with facts and figures that had to do with city finances, but with . personal at- tack on me. Let mo quote from MT. Leary's speech of Monday, September 20. At that time MT. Leary said: "The records of the Mutual Aid fail to show that MT. Culhane or MT. CulhaneB firm eVnr contributed q dime to the Mutual Aid in support of their wUrk for tho unemployed"
 Merchants Trust
 "That Is what MT. Leary said. But 1t b not the truth. Let me read you two letters written by responsible officers of the banks where I was employed ct the time the Mutual Aid was in operation. Here b one of them.
 "Waterbury National Bank
 September 22, ie37 ""To Whom It-May Concern:
 ""This is to certaify that ! per- sonaily had charge of the coilec- tions for the Mutual Aid Unem- ployment fund, for the employees of this bank. and that George T. Culhano was weekly contrib- utor to that fund during the time he was in our employ"
 "'eigned A. l.. EDMOND,
 Cashier" That is ono answer to MT. Leary. But maybe that b not enough to convince MT. Leary. So here B another one.
 "'The Merchants Trust Go.
 September a, 1887 gro Whom It May Concern:
 ""This Is to certify that I, per. sonaily had charge Of tho coiiec- ton for the Mutual Aid unem- ployment fund for the employees of tho Merchants Trust O., and George T. Culhane was c week. ly contributor to that fund, as was every other employe."
 "LOUIS D. SCfiICK
 Secretary"
 At Least A Dime"
 SNow ct the time MT. Leary first made reference to my alleged failure to give c dime to the Mutual Aid I regarded that as c personal attack unworthy of nos tice. But since that time MT. Leary has repeated his charge that I did not give c dime and 50 I felt called upon to answer this vicious personal charge. hops my statement tonight will close that undesirable feature of the campaign. I regard 1t as closed except for one thing, MT. LeaEy, as 6 gentleman should apologize for not only stating, but repeating that error or falsehood. Mir. Leary had quite . lot to say about me calling him Q wig ard. He looked iil the dictionary and discovered number of meanings for that word. also