The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-06-10
By WILLIAM J. MORIARTY lDemcratO Legislative Reporterl

(Demcrat0 Legislative Reporter)
 State Capitol, Hartford, June 10- Especial to the DemocraD-Gover- nor Wilbur L. Cross delivered his farewell message to the 1887 legisla- tors last evening. It was not g farewell for the governor but a mes- sage of '.'goodbye" to the senators and representatives. As for himself the governor pointed out, he intends to sit for a while under the gildeo dome. He expressed regret upon the failure of the legislature to adopt g juvenile court system and also its failure to extend the present policies concerning state relief, child welfare and mental diseases. His address follows:
 MT. President, MT. Speaker, and
 Members of the General Assem-
 bly:
 Again have the pleasure of ad- dressing your honorable body in person. In January bid you well come as the coming guest, and laid before you certain large measures for your consideration. Yourd work now completed, stand before you to speed the go- ing guest, and to wish you well on your return to your usual pur- suits which have been interrupted, several days every week, by your attendance on affairs of state. To- gether we have enacted legislation which we believe in all sincerity to be fore the public welfare. There has been the usual party strife, with both sides playing 10 the galleries for political advan- tage or for the benefit of the folks at home. For the most part, how ever, it has been give-and-take as a rule. Strenuous as the work has been, I have been reasonably happy with you.
 Whether it will be necessary for me to convene you again as body no one can yet tell. We all agree, I think, that special sessions of the General Assembly should be avoid- ed if possible. Still, it is not un- likely that some emergency may arise that will require summons; for these are difficult and uncer- tain days. Fortunately you have created governors cabinet for advice in all matters of policy and action, and likewise a legislative council which should be able to as- sist in the preparation of measures to meet any ordinary exigency. Let us hope that there may be no clar- ion call for a special session of your honorable body,
 You have well earned at least 8 respite from your, labors. You have taken care to learn of the needs of the various departments of state. Many of you have wis., tied our educational and humane institutions and so have obtained direct knowledge of their inade- quate facilities in view of the de- mands now made upon them. You have looked after the local well fare of municipalities in so far as they come under the jurisdiction of the state department. In no in- stance, dare say, have you failed to relieve the dire distress of the communities in which you live. You have authorized an intsitu- tional building program larger than the one undertaken six years ago. Your legislation has been of wide scope and importance. Par- ticularly, you have undertaken and carried forward towards com- pletion reorganizati ton of the central administration of the state by the passage of long series of acts, whihc, considered as a whole, are more vital and more compre- hensive in character than any group of acts passed by any Gen. eral Assembly of this state since the adoption of our Constitution in 1918.
 "The board of finance and con- trol has been displaced by a de- partment of finance and control. The functions which the board has long performed have been assign ed in part to the governor and the commissioner of the new de- partment and in part to various existing and new state agencies. There has been created under the commissioner of the department of finance and control the office of, director of the budget who is re- quired by law to keep the budget under strict and constant control and to prepare with the commis- sioner and the governor an execu- tive budget to be presented to the General Assembly early in each regular session. Similarly, provi- sion has been made for a super visor of purchases whose duty it will be to coordinate all major purchases by the departments and the institutions.
 "A department of public works with a commissioner at the head will have full control over all repairs to state buildings and the construction of new buildings along with the direct care of the Capitol, the State Office building.