The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-19
than any nerves in his heart, or in his head for that matter.

than any nerves in his heart, or in his head for that matter.
 Then ransacked my memory, to discover whether I had read the names of any of those protesting gentlemen, as having been to the public hearing of the board of al- dermen, on the subject of the 1889 city budget. What pity, thought l, that these gentlemen had not raised their voices in protest at some of the items in the budget brought forth by the board of fi- nance. This chap who wants to save $10,000 for example, what a shame that he did not stand up over at city hall, and ask the meaning of that interesting item in the proposed budget for the Bu- reau of Streets ad the Bureau of Sewers, that item Al for regular salaries and wages: $229,0O0 for 1889. Why had he not asked the aldermen to break down that item, to see how much was going as wages to the workers who swing the picks, and how much was soft pickings for the political fat cats? Why hadn't he taken a shot at those $17,000 in salaries for the mayors office, those salaries of $1S,0o0 in the legal department?
 Perhaps if he had been SO bold as to attack these items, the pow CTS that be might see to it his property got pretty well inspect ed, with regard to building ordi- nanceS and health regulations. Many of these slums and semi slums are owned by large real estate and banking interests, who would lose plenty of money if their property were closed up for violation of building and health regulations.
 Realtors, Bankers
 And on top of that, the realtors and banking interests would hard ly want to attack an Administra- tion which they found so lenient with regard to valuations on their properties = at least, it is the very general impression that property valuations in this city could stand a thorough overhaul ing, with special attention to the holdings of the banks and real estate companies, as well as those of the large industrial corpora tions. It is significant to note that the Board of Aldermen took no atcion and made no comment whatsoever on the suggestion of this Union, presented at the pub lie hearing, that the tax rate could be cut by revalueing the Grand List. It put this proposi- tion in terms of dollars and cents, we can say that the present Grand List represents a valuation total of $167 100000 on which a tax rate of 35 mills would bring a return of $5 5,845 ,000. Now, if cer- tain properties were found to be way undervalued, and the Grand List were pushed to $200, 100000, he same budget could be support ed at a tax rate of 29 mills. On top of that, if all these useless po- litical jobs weer eliminated. at least another mill could be saved.
 The Board of Aldermen has said that it wanted specific pro- posals, but none were forthcom- ing. Here are proposals as Speci- fic as dollars and cents-will the Aldermen do anything about them?
 A brief analysis of the business connections of our present Re- publican majority on the Board of Aldermen may allow us to pro- phecy their actions MT. Patrick Perriello is employed by the Hoff- man Specially Company, which I believe is a subsidiary or division of Scovill's; likewise Messrs. Ar thur Dubois and Burton Walker are employed by the Scovill Com pany. Employed by the American Brass Company are Messrs, Fen- ton Niver, George Kingston and William Kolbeck. The other two Republicans, Bane and Reiner, are the only two who are not employed by one of the big brass companies, and also the only two who have shown symptoms of any independence.
 Employers Interest
 Now 1t is true that many of our own members are employed by the American Brass Company and Scovill's: but our members have the backing of a labor organiza- ton, and can afford to speak in dependently of their employers