The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-04-11

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 Senator George T. Culhane today filed an amendment to his Water bury pension bill. The amendment provides that city employees, except policemen, firemen and teachers, may retire on half-pay after 30 years of service.
 Teachers already have their own retirement system while a special section of the pension bill provides for policemen, f1remen and theri widows.
 Action In House Hartford, Conn, April 11-(UP)- The House today accepted an un- favorable judiciary committee report on Bill authorizing the Governor to appoint Legislature commission to investigate alien and un-Amer- ican activities in Connecticut. ~he commission would have been composed of two Senators and three Representatives with powers to in quire into. the makeup and func- tions of all societies and organiza- tions, including the German Amer ican bund.
 The judiciary committee reported such an investigation was "unnec- eSSary" at this time.
 A favorable report on a bill ex- empting the telephone operator at the state library from the merit system was recommitted to the judi ciary committee.
 Rejected bills included: investi- gation and regulation of private employment agencies; payment of prevailing rates of wages on all state contracts; abolition of sweat shops; repeal of a statute prohibi- ting employment of minors under 16 in industry; establishment of a state apprenticeshop council; pre- ference for veterans under the merit system.
 Dual Office Is Legal
 Hartford, Conn, April 11-(UP)- Cual-office holding by members Of the Legislature is not prohibited by the state constitution, Attorney General Francis A. Pallotti ruled to- day.
 The question was raised by Rep. Edwin O. Smith,, R., Mansfield, wno resigned fro mthe state board of education when the administrators dual-job holding first was intro duced in the general assembly.
 Pallotti wrote: T am of the opin- ion that our state constitution does not prohibit either expressly or by implication, a person from serving as member of the general assemb- ly, while holding a position or office as a commissioner or subordinate in any state department, and that de- partments and positions not exist ing at the time of the framing of our state constitution, but establish ed since by statute, do not fall under the provisions of article se- cond, which establishes the three distinct branches of state govern ment."
 Report Rejected Hartford, Conn, April 11-(UP)- The Senate today refused to &C., cept an unfavorable report of the committee on education which would prohibit the state board of education from employing its own counsel. rather than use the ser- vices of the Attorney General. The report was rejected and the bill placed on the calendar for dis cussion.
 Under suspension of rules the Senate passed bill authorizing the City of Waterbury to create police and firemen's pension fund. Rejected was 8 measure providing temporary care in county homes of orphaned or neglected children under IS years of age until perman- ent homes could be found for them. Senate Rejects Report Hartford, Conn.,, April 11-(UP)- The Senate, by 8 vote of 21 to 12, today rejected an unfavorable com- mittee report on Dill repeating the authority of the bank commissioner to set rates of interest for savings banks.
 The commissioner was given the power to establish rates in 1885, during period of emergency. The House last week accepted the com mittee report.
 Two Socialists and two Republi- cans voted with Democrats in the Senate to reject the report and place the bill on the calendar for