The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-23

VGkfA T eAVG ! 4S&ANA>VAOA41 NN@eNS ~S~~ year and this year.
 MT. Conlon attacked claims of the Republican candidate, ex-Mayor Patrick M. Perriello, that during his period in office he had made pos sible a saving of $702, 900 for the tax payers. He said that MT. Perriello had claimed this total included b32O00O in the form of return of Inc 10 per cent pay cut to city em- Dloyes, $400,000 from a tax rate re- iuction of two and half mills, and 1899 surplus of $72,000.
 Actually" MT. Conlon said, the budget prepared by MT. Per .iello's administration shows this tem-'deficit'from 1889 operations, B130,000.' There is an item of 100000 transferred from the sur plus resource sinking fund that wipes out this actual operating deficit and is the basis for the claim of a $72,0oO surplus made by MT. Perriello.
 "The other $720,0oO alleged sav- ing consists of tax cut and a pay raise placed in the budget prepared for the first year of the Ecully administration. Mir. Per- riello did not pay the wage irl- crease nor did he provide the funds to pay 1t. His tax cut means only that the budget makers gave the Scully administration less money ! to work with to the extent of a 2 and Q half mill tax reduction. That is like saying that you cut mans pay by $5 week and thereby make 1t possible for him to live on less money. If you add that you raised this same mans rent; you get a fair comparison with the manner in which MT. Per- riello Is attempting to claim credit . for the financial success of the 5cully administration"
 The, best method of making irn- provements possible, he said, is to have departments spend less than they take in. Mayor Scully has in- sisted on this rule, he stated, and departments have been obliged to stay within their appropriations. This was in large part responsible for the city surplus of $4l9,0o0 in l940 operations, he said. This year, he said, the administration, though operating with another reduction ln the tax rate, has maintained all city services and has made funds available for the Anderson school gymnasium, many street improve nents and & larger appropriation sor the Bronson library.
 "In the lo41 budget, instead of deficit you will find the figures of oSl6,000 of surplus from l940, which represents an actual saving of income in excess of expendi- lures for that year. This sum, as have already said, enabled us to reduce taxes and to increase certain appropriations. In other words, what MT. Perriello claimed to have accomplished at the end of 1889 but did not accomplish, Mayor Scully'S administration ac- tually did in l940.
 "It Is the record of Mayor Scul- ly's administration that is at issue n the coming elections.
 T suggest that the voters mo- tice that that record has not been subjected to direct and important criticism. MT. Perriello in his speech does make extravagant and unfounded claims in an attempt to take credit for everything that has been accomplished through l940 and even into the present year. He does not, however, attempt to deny the contribution made by the pres ent administration. In fact, in his speech he says that it would be foolish and less than truthful to do so.
 Later. Mir. Warren Upson, former chairman 0 fthe Republican town committee, made a speech on the radio. It was @ good political speech apart from giving a very different reason for his failure to support Mir. perriello in 1889, from the reasons he gave at that time. MT. Upson devoted all his time to an effort to distract the attention of the voters from MT. Scully and his record. MT. Upson says that to emphasize Mayor Scully is to be calculated to result in his re-elec- ton. He then says: Tt is the party which is of importance and not the personnel
 "A lot could be said on this, but want to keep close to the only issue in this campaign. That is- sue Is the record of the Scully ad- ministration. You may ask your- selves why MT. Upson finds It necessary to ask you to vote your party preferences rather than to judge the candidates and their rec ny>ds Q