The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-19

1 prevent the cuntroller to give the public statements ..." r Falls Right in Line
 The requested opinion was in line with the protest" of William B. Pape, business manager of the Re- publican-American, who, describing himself as citizen and taxpay- er," went to the controllers office yesterday, according to front-page publicity by the assigned staff of re- porters to Controller Rowland's af- fairs, and demanded" that the public records" continue to issue through the Republican American. About Face Tactics
 Controller Rowland did an about face" today in the matter of grant, ing interviews" at his public office" which is marked private" and re- mains so, in the matter of scrutiny of public records" by The Demo- crat reporter. He gave his first 'in- terview," the quotations noted above, to The Democrat, the first since he was inaugurated in the office marked private" on Monday morn ing, January 3.
 The interview" granted yesterday over the telephone, several words, was mistake, it developed today. MT. Rowland merely was on the tel ephone, awaiting line, when The Democrat reporter called him.
 Accountants Not Here
 Contrary to reports appearing in Controller Rowland's personal dis penser of public records" the rep resentatives of Griffennagen & As Sociates, the concern delegated to make the audit of the controllers office, have not arrived. The staff" of four girls and a woman presently sorting vouchers" in the office, are not from any revealed organization. But report has it that they are paid by the same group of Republicans and Independent Democrats who procured for Controller Rowland the accountant, MT. Armstrong, whom the controller announced he would pay out of his own pocket" Sentiment Is Changing While cartoons of figment as fanciful as any which bedecked the non partisan pages of the Republi- can-American during political cam paigns of the past, continued to de- velop the theme of MT. Pape, pub lie records" and good government" sentiment of neutral observers of the attack changed.
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 The Democrat was in receipt of comment from numbers of we'll known Republicans, all of these lauding the impartial stories which have appeared in The Democrat" re- garding the political mess made in the controllers oflce." Many per- sons have questioned >the conduct of @ duly-elected servant of the public" in the matter of the pub licity staff from the Republican, American"
 With MT. Pape threatening to continue this attack under the false head of Good Government and Public Records it is only question whether the public, aware now of IIle ulIelI Ol HIS OrSduIZdIlOn, Will not find cause to seek counter-ac- tion through the instrument of peti- tion and the courts" one Republi- can stated. Such an attack is reflection not only on the good taste of the citizens of Waterbury, but an insult to the intelligence of the tax payers really interested in proper conduct of civic affairs"
 Report in Circulation
 The report gained circulation that many readers of the Republican, American who read papers from other cities of the state "are learn ing that they are not getting a true picture of the conditions under which this attack is being made" Reference was, it is understood, to the lack of stress given the access sion to an impartial audit" by city officials, including the former con- troller, Daniel J. Leary, who, at the outset of the Republican, American attack, said that he would "laud and welcome an impartial audit"