The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-04
Attorney-General

lengthy Investigations and trials of the past year have placed a tremendous burden upon the judges of our higher courts. The ordinary vicissitudeS of health often withdraw one or more of our judges from performing active duty during the. busiest part of the court year. The number of judges in the Superior Court should be increased.
 During the month of December in consultation with the Governor 8 commission was appointed for the specific purpose of submit- ting @ report for proposed legisla- ton reforming our minor court system. This Commission is com- posed of outstanding judges and lawyers representing each branch of judicial service in the state as well as the bar itself. There is an insistent demand from the people for a reorganization of our minor court system to speed up justice and to avoid abuses concerning which the people have long com plained. The Commission has been working diligently and expects to submit a bill soon.
 Following the adjournment of the last General Assembly the Governor made appointments to judgeships in several of the minor courts which, under the law, will expire on the fourth Wednesday following the opening of this General Assembly. It is recom- mended that you adopt legislation extending those interim appoint ments until July l, 1889. This will avoid any delay in carrying out other legislative programs of vast importance to the state. We must not devote valuable time at the opening of the General Assembly to consider appointments to ju- dicial posts which, upon the adop- tion of minor court reform may be greatly altered or abolished.
 Juvenile courts should be pro- vided for the entire state. These courts should spend their entire time adjusting .he difficult prob- lens of youth with the aid of properly qualified officers. The judges ought to have necessary authority over the parents of ju- veniles and be enabled to compel proper care and supervision or substitution of guardianship.
 Our probation system has woe fully failed. It has never been ex- tended to cover the entire state and many of the probation officers appointed have been unqualified. An adequate probation service must be provided. The personnel should be trained and exper- fenced. Such officials cannot be the subject of political patronage. They are part of the judicial sys- tenn of the state. All judicial of- ficers, from the highest to the lowest, should at all times be far removed from the will or caprice of politicians.
 Politics In Relief
 The manner in which Federal relief is administered is subject to the final control of the Federal Government. All relief should be administered by an impartial, non-partisan board. Such a board was set up in 1883 but since aban- doned. With the attention now being focused upon politics in re- lief nationally, we should be en- abled to take politics out of relief in Connecticut.
 Education
 Time was when few children received any schooling and when the number who obtained any higher edudcation than that of fered by the common school of the day was very small indeed. We have made great progress in public education and, fortunately so, because an educated, intelli- gent citizenry is essential to the success of our Republic. Succeed ing generations have brought new problems and added expense in education, as in everything. We
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