The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1939-09-25

making us pay nearly $1,000 to do it,
while your own bills went through
without printing and free Of cost.
Senator Culhane, you keep telling
the school teachers that under the
city manager plan they would be
subject to the whims of the person.
mel director-that they can be re-
classified and replaced. You are eth
er deliberately misleading them, or
else you have never read sections 48
and 40 of the proposed Administra-
tive Code. You also keeping telling
the city employees that the Merit
System in the city manager charter
is no good. You hint to them that If
the new charter is adopted they will
be 'uot' even though the charter says
otherwise.
THAT brings up another question.
Will you, Senator, promise all city
employees on the payroll that they
will be left in their jobs If you be-
come mayor of the city under the
present charter? Will you leave on
the Job all appointees of the Hayes
Leary regime which you fought so
bitterly?
"Or will be honest enough to admit
that if you become mayor, which is
your fondest hope, that your own
political henchmen will be placed In
the city hall. You never would dare
to tell your henchmen that they
aren't going to get jobs at the city's
expense. That would lose you most OF
your followers. Many Of them are
working with you and for you in the
hope of getting jobs, just like in every
other political machine. That's what
we want to get away from by Merit
| System.
"You are spending time and money
trying to keep the city from chang
ing to the form of government which
cut millions OF the public debt OF
Cincinnati and under which other
cities have slashed their tax rates
We take it that you want the present
charter, with your own pet amend
ments added, of course.
when you first went into poll
tics in 1884, you were put into the
state Senate by Frank Hayes. He
didn't like Senator Hackett, sc
Hackett was railroaded out in the
typical bossed convention and you
the personal choice of Hayes. were
put in. You shout about dictator.
ship but you were put into Office
by what was closer to "A dictator
ship than anything that has evsl
been experienced under any cit.
manager charter. That's the form
of government you want to pre-
serve-a charter under which con-
|. victed city officials cannot be re-
moved-under which our tax rate i
the highest in the State-our public
debt staggering-our streets full o
!, holes-a charter on which thou
sands of words of legal opinion
many contradictory, have beer
written in the last two years TO
puzzled officials-a charter unde
which the people had no choice o
: candidates, except those presented
to them by political machines. Tha
is the charter which the opponent
Of the city manager plan want t.
preserve.
Opponents have never offered
> single constructive criticism OF tn
; proposed charter. They banter word
about cowboys from the middl
, west and about campaign button
purchased in Chicago. Senator Cul
.. hane doesn't know enough abou
his own city or state to realize tina
those campaign buttons are nc
: manufactured anywhere in Con
! necticut. BY the way, Senator, di
! you buy buttons for your last cam
, paign and, If So-where?
+ "You scream about the silk stock
ing crowd backing the new charte
y but you happen to be living in tn
I boulevard section, and they are goo
: enough for you to sell your stock
( and bands to, and, anyway, IS
!. manufacture any less honest an
: sincere than a broker or forms
banker? The fact is, Of course. ths
D the talk about silk stocking, sinistt
d manufacturers, and the like, is ruk
: bish, and you know it. You al
: appealing for the votes Of the work
e ing man and you are insulting h
e intelligence in making such an az
I? peal.
: This association Is going to hay
d another open letter tomorrow, ash
II ing a few more questions Of eli
manager opponents, and Incidental
l. discuss the wholly false statemel
% that manufacturers are seeking
$. control the city through the pr
y posed charter"
rs n
is Yours sincerely,
ii CITIZENS GOOD GOVERN.
= MENT ASSOCIATION.