The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-02-03

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 Senator Coles Leads Opposition
 State Senator Albert L. Coles, Bridgeport Democrat, led the oppo- sition debate, saying:
 All those who. have spoken for the bill are affiliated with the city administration. think 1t is appar- ent that the City of Bridgeport does not want one-man government"
 Warren asserted the attack on the board was "the most damnable piece of opposition l have ever heard"
 More than 800 telegrams were sent to the comittee by persons throughout the state opposing the bill. The governor said he also had received hundreds of letters con- taining thousands of signatures, all of them in opposition to the bill.
 T don't think there is one name in favor" Governor Baldwin said at his press conference.
 Watched With Interest
 Political observers watched de- velopments with the greatest inter. est, because they felt outcome of the fight might demonstrate defin- itely the strength of the Socialist. Republican axis In the senate. Rum- ors were current that passage Of this bill was part of the Ideal" con. sumated between the two parties when Socialists threw their two senate votes to Republicans to achiev organization.
 Republicans now, 1t appeared, were hedging on the measure and may refuse to back up the Social ists. Tn that eventuality, 1t may rec suit in the breakdown Of the sen- ate axis.
 Some reports were that senate Republicans may make play" for two or three democratic votes to hold control of the senate without having to depend on the two So- cialist votes.
 Since organization of the senate, two Democrats, Senator George T. Culhane, Waterbury, and Samuel II. Malkan, New Haven, have con- sistently opposed their party lead- ership on major measures and fre- quently voted with Republicans.
 Influential Republicans, mean- time, insisted in corridor "off-the record" comments the Bridgeport school bill was not included in any agreement between Socialists and Republicans, and some leaders de- nied emphatically there was an agreement at all.
 Milk Group In Battle
 Hartford, Conn, Feb. 3 - U.Po -The general assembly's committee on agriculture, after listening to some violent name-calling by both sides, today took under considera- ton a series of bills seeking to in- vestigate the state milk control ad- ministration and the Connecticut Milk Producers Association. Another bill would abolish the milk control board entirely.
 Garrett Burkitt, Ansonia, a dairy employe, shouted "Brutus, Cataline and Benedict Arnold" at milk con- trol heads in the state, and des- cribed them as "the most irrespon- sible dummies that could be found"
 T charge the administrator of act" Burkitt said, "the Connecti- cut Milk Producers Association, and National Diaries with 8 malicious and wilful intent and conspiracy to defraud the farmers, cheat the con- sumers and destroy independent dealers"
 Kenneth Guyer, manager of the Connecticut Milk Producers Asso- ciation replied:
 we have no objection to being investigated at any time by respon- sible citizens, btu we have serious objections to being investigated by crackpots, half-wits and people who don't know what they are doing"
 Education Bill
 Hartford. Conn, Feb. 3 - U.Po "A resolution adopted by a meeting sponsored by the Connecticut Asso- ciation of boards of education to- day suggested an appropriation of $25 900 by the state for a study of educational facilities in Connecti- cut.
 Another resolution suggested post- ponement of proposed cuts in the states educational budget until the study was-m made.
 Leon c. Staples. Stamford school superintendent. led the fight against proposals by Governor Raymond E. Baldwin to close the Willimantic