The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-09-15
Assails C.G.G. Group
 As Storm l roopersf for
 Local Manufacturers
State Senator in Fiery Attack Also Charges Advocates Inject Religious Issue to Camou1age Behind Scene
 Activities -Carpets-Baggers Scored

The Citizens Good Government Association comprises the storm troopers of the Waterbury Manu- facturers Association" declared Senator George T. Culhane last night in a second radio attack on the city manager plan which will be submitted to the voters at a refer endum October 3. T think we have had enough of them." declared Sen- ator Culhane in regard to local manufacturers, citing the fact that John H. Goss, president of the Sco- will Manufacturing Company and Major w. Judge, assistant treasurer of the American Brass Company, were on the board of finance "all these years".
 Senator Culhane charged the Good Government Association with injecting the religious issue into the city manager campaign, and said "they should hang their heads low" for such tactics. He assailed the "carpetbaggers" and the "super- salesmen" from the South and Mid- de West" who he said are working on behalf of the proposed new, charter.
 Super-Landlords
 The packers of the plan, he said, are principally "those who tolerate, but are not tolerant with, their neighbors-those who look down thOir noses at their fellow citizens" The plan was evolved, he asserted, by "super-landlords." He referred to the fact that Good Government Association buttons were manufact- ured in Chicago, not in this city.
 Some excerpts from Senator Gull hane's address follow:
 We have in our midst today a group of super-salesmen from the South and Middlewest who are talk ing out of their carpetbags an order of good government which they say is their patented process. Let us complete that picture. To whom did they go when they came to Water bury? Did they go before all of the electorate and say, Here, this is a good brand of medicine for what ails you?" Oh, no. They gathered to- gether nice little clique of people who always held themselves in high esteem. You know the kind, those who tolerate, but are not tolerant with, their neighbors - those who look down their noses at their fel- low citizens and really regret that they have to live in a community with such folks.
 Now, 1t was a small order to con- vince these "better-t than thou" folks that the rule of the people in the American way was old-fashioned- that actually the community should be ruled by those divinely endowed with special brains and high self esteem.
 Carpet -Baggers
 And so the carpet baggers were given an entrance to the city. They were ready for the fray. They were armed with sharp words for all mere natives of Waterbury Any one who believed that the good old fashioned rule of the majority was right, would be roasted as despic- able politician. I was branded just that as soon as the boys from the west had shaken the dust off their feet.
 Now hear me on ths point-I am not the issue in this coming elec- ton on October 3rd. The vote is to determine whether the people of Waterbury want to retain their present type of government or re- place it with the special brand that flourished in Kansas City when there was footing of the public treasury, under a city manager. Don't let them befuddle you with personal attacks on me.
 Who were in the background while big things were happening in Waterbury. I'll tell you-the manu- lecturers of the city of Waterbury,