The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-01-04
Controller

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 The four Teachers Colleges are graduating more young women qualified to teach school than we can find places for. These Teach CTS Colleges must be considered as state institutions rather than as local institutions and we must look at the problem as state, and not as local, problem. Local pride should yield to the welfare of all of the people.
 Our State College has been do- ing excellent work. It is over- crowded. Many have applied for admission who must be denied admission because they are not qualified to meet the require- ments for state college. You should consider the desirability of retaining two of our Teachers Colleges for teachers college work and using the others to meet the demand for further and different youth training.
 Our highly specialized industries require continuous supply of skilled artisans. Many of our boys and girls are going to high school and finding that these schools do not offer what these boys and girls need. We could use our high schools partly for pre-vocational training and then transfer these boys and girls into school de- voted exclusively to vocational training. Under the present law any city or town can build a trade school and require that it be equipped and manned with a teaching staff without regard for any definite preconceived and un- flied plan. We can work for a better coordination between our high schools and trade schools and thus fill need now not ade- quately met and at the same time give a better training. We need men and women of strong charac- ter to furnish the backbone of our industries. The dignity of good work skillfuflly done in the fac- tory is equal to the dignity of good work in the professions, in business, anywhere.
 Recently, some of our big indus tries have asked our State College to furnish, at the expense of these industries and not at the expense of the state, special training for selected men in their employ. This idea is a valuable one and should be developed. It opens the door of opportunity to men working in factories who, having displayed their energy and talent, can thus obtain the added specialized train ing which may alone be necessary to make them valuable admins trative officers in their respective industries.
 Amendment of Election Laws
 Our election laws need a gen. eral overhauling. They have grown up piecemeal as the number of voters has increased. A clarifica- tion of many of them is essential to the conduct of fair elections. They need strengthening with specific regard to eliminating from the lists those people who have either removed from Con- necticut or have died. Every voter has the right to have his vote count and not rendered worthless by technicality or fraud.
 
 Motor Vehicles
 The law providing for the per- iodic inspection of motor vehicles should be repealed. Its effective ness in reducing the number of automobile accidents by reason of defective vehicles or otherwise has not been demonstrated. It does not warrant the additional expense placed upon the motor vehicle owner to maintain 1t. Mo- tor vehicle fees and gasoline tax es have been expended in improv- ing our state highways and large sums have been devoted in the past to strengthening our curves and building cut-offs. These are desirable improvements and have been made in the interest of the