Milford chronicle., 1938-04-22
AS SEEN THROUGH REPUBLICAN
EYES

JObs-Jobs-Jo Jobs-that is the CT
u that permeates the Democratic pal
D. ty in Kent and Sussex counties. E1
= eryOne is after a job. The old lin
i Democrats who have been in tn
harness for years claim that tn
3 present leaders are ignOring ther
II while the younger crop claim tina
the jobs are being handed out l.
= them that has had-and had-anl
. had"
1t doesn't seem TO suit eithe
, crowd. One prominent Democra
y who has worked with the party fol
q years says that he was promised {
= job in the highway department
When he reported for work they
handed him pick and shovel at 300
an hour and he quit right there. The
curious thing about the whole mat
! ter is that those seeking jobs had
: an idea-just where II came from nc
one knows-that the men in the
highway department got plenty OF
money and didn't have to do very
much work. They are astOnished to
find that Chief Engineer Mack was
running the whole department on a
very economical plan and saving
money TO be spent on the roads at
every opportunity. Those who
thought that Republican manage
ment had Overpaid the men employ
ed in that particular department
were certainly badly fooled. How
ever, they are still yelling for jobs.
! Even the higher-ups are sore be-
cause they did not get jobs. One
/ Democratic committeeman from the
/ Dover district became so disgusted
| because he was not even considered
in the recent handing out of a job
by the Governor that he has resign
ed and declares that some one who
might be considered for a job can
run Democratic affairs i'm his dis
trict. Another committeeman in an
adjoining district says he would GER
tainly like to get out of il all. Every
morning. he declares. from twenty
to fifty men are at his office or on
his doorstep asking for Democratic
jobs.
The Motor Vehicle Department is
beginning TO lay off some of the un- /
necessary help at Dover with the .
lack of funds staring them in the
face. At present there is no denial .
that the department is "in the red
and that funds must be forthcoming
somewhere to keep it on its feet.
Some more of that promised Demo-
cratic economy. What was ii they
said. Let us run the State and We
will show you how to cut expenses?"
They are running it-and so far.
Notwithstanding the periodic out
bursts from the State Auditors Of
flee about the money on hand. State
expenses are mounting up.
Have you seen the large number
Of State cars ciuttering the high
ways? Everywhere you drive you are
either in back of, or in front of, a
State car with the license IS" pin
ned on it. 1t is being whispered
around that a number of the clerks /
are being taken to their homes and
brought back to Dover by some kind /
Democratic friend who is using
State taxi service" II is not only Z
in Dover either. In Sussex county [
people are asking about the State S
car that taXis a young lady clerk G
from her home to her work at Stock d
ley and back home again just be- |
cause one of her relatives is one of L
the newly-appointed Democratic Z
board of trustees. At Dover many b
officers who previously either walk
ed or used their own cars in get u
ling home. are claimed to have been s
given State cars. One Democrat, ii
who supplanted a Republican in one a
Of the departments, demanded a C
State car from his superior officer. "
when that officer himself had never h
had such car and the man whose o.
position had been taken was never r:
,iyen car. When you see the State
'ars running around the main roads d
'Ou can rest assured that gas, oil. d
Tres. and repairs are also being a
furnished free. Just another Demo- 81
ratio economy d,
Republicans in Kent county. de- ef
pite former factiOnal feelings. are
ertainly getting together in the cl
light and proper spirit Nearly ev- M
ry one talked with shows a genu- to
ne desire for harmony and that di
cry intention shown so plainly by dl
II is the greatest indication of har- lie
lOny that is bound to result in
nited party there. Various ones In
ave different candidates for county al
hartman. yet none have yet said 10
nat they would not be willing to If
gree upon some one suitable to all ca
Iany have suggested that an exec
tive or steering committee might be III
AIMED with representation of all hi
actions and that the work of the gc
lmpaign could be operated in nj
etter manner. perhaps, that with cl
ny particular chairman Anyway ca
lere is spirit of harmony abroad sh
! Kent that has not been seen for
lme time. Democrats are only vii
ishing they could arrive at some fal
)rt of harmony but, although they to
ave a chairman, they are badly be
rn by various desires for leader Or
Zip and as one well known Demo- st
at said recently: with conditions I'M
Kent county as they are now il an
Ouldn't be safe to bet which party fel
Ould win If the election was held
ght now" ca
of
Another of the latest Democratic cel