The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-04-29
Disputed Minutes Finally
 Approued, Crane Retired
Mayors Explanation Is Turning Point of Meet
 ing; Walker Votes No

It's all done With mountains, the kind of mountains you make out of the proVerbial mole-hills. At least, that's the way the record made it appear yester- day at the meeting of the fire board when Mayor Frank Hayes presented the original list of retire ments and some of the commission CTS "chose to forget that they had seen before the name of Lieut. John J. tCrane) Crean, as number five on the list of eight.
 And so the minutes were ap. proved, with Comsr. Burton H. Walker insisting that he hadn't seen the name before, even at the private" meeting which preceded the fracas of April 6, eliminating with resignation of the stormy pet rel, ex-Chairman Thomas F. Mc- Carthy, more latterly witness be- fore the grand jury, and Frederick w. CheSSen, whose reasons for re- signing were not fully developed.
 NOn- -COmmittal
 Nor did Comsr. Willis M. Tate, Republican, care to commit him. self for the record that the name was, or was not. on the original list. He preferred, he said, not to vote on the matter. ComSr. Frank T. Healey, however, who had said that his understanding was that the name of Lieut.. Crean should have been on the list" but that he couldn't recall that it was read when the open meeting was held, voted approval of the minutes.
 Mayor Hayes, tired of the volume of publicity which attended the proposition of refusal to approve the last meetings minutes because of the question of inclusion of Lieut.. Creams name on the list of re- tirements, presented the original list of changes which the board had studied before acting.
 T don't think that is the one saw" Comsr. Tate remarked, add ing, but I do remember that it was an even number, the retire. mentS, I mean, either six or eight"
 Don't you remember that Minor and I argued over the spelling of the name, whether it was 'Crean CT 'Crane'?" asked Mayor Hayes.
 MT. Tate recollected the discus sion
 Someone asked how we were go- ing to get the money to pay the salaries of seven lieutenants and answered that there were four va cancies already" the mayor con- tinted. That by promoting Lieut.. Cavanaugh to captain made five vacancies; that the retirements of Lieuts. Finn, Crean, Quinn and Johnson, on pensions at( half pay would provide money for two lieu tenants to be appointed and for the retirement allowances. This, said, would provide for appointment Of seven leutenants without additional appropriations. We wouldn't have had enough money otherwise. pointed out that for every two re- tired we could appoint one"
 Comsr. Walker questioned the legality" of approving the minutes, saying:
 If a year from now l was called into court, I couldn't swear that Creams name was read"
 Name On List
 T wouldn't know Lieut.. Crean if I saw him." the mayor remarked, but I do know that this list is the one on which we voted and that his name was on it then, as it is now"
 Now it does look more like it to me" remarked Comsr. Tate.
 This was made in my office and the type is the type of my office typewriter" said Mayor Hayes.
 My feeling was that MT. Minor (Comsr. Henry W. Minor, vice chair man of the commission by vote af- ter the Mccarthy resignation jumped at it so fast that he might not have read Lieut. Creams name,"' Comsr. Walker declared. My only question now is whether or not it is legal"
 There was comment that Comsr.