The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-04

and other financial assistance, had not been revealed to him when he prepared his budget message and set up the detailed figures, but that he had every intention of doing all that he could for Waterbury.
 FavOrs Waterbury
 He said: q am in favor of a state trade school in Waterbury. My budget message and the detailed budget tables were prepared before the Waterbury situation was out lined to me by Senator Egan and Senator Blansfield. Sen. Egan today pointed out the absence of any refer ence to the Waterbury trade school in my message and explained the reason to him. There is sufficient money in the educational appropria- ton and if the WaterDury trade school bill is passed will see that state funds are made available.
 "The importance of Waterbury as a manufacturing center, partici- pating in these days of defense preparation, makes 8 trade school there extremely desirable"
 It is believed that the state ap- propriation towards the Waterbury school would be about $200,000 or $500 000 to be used towards purch- ases of machinery and other equip ment. However, it is known that there is shortage of the type of machinery needed for such an in- stitution which may set back the Waterbury program towards the end of the coming biennium.
 Budget Omits Waterbury
 AS may be judged from the above the Hurley budget message makes no mention of Waterbury in con- nection with the trade school pro- gram expansion. The message says: ''The recommended appropriation for the various educational agencies of the state for the coming bien- nium exceeds by $1,900,000 the &C., tual expenditures of those agencies during the present biennium. This represents an increase of B 1-2 per cent ...
 "The greater portion of this in- creased amount is the sum of ap- proximately $1 ,500000 to be expended for such an expansion of the state trade school program as I believe can be achieved during thei coming biennium.
 T am convinced such an expan- sion will serve a long standing peace time need, regardless of pres ent emergency requirements. Any further expansion of the program beyond these expenditures will, in my poinion, be complicated by in- ability to receive basic machinery because of priority granted to gov ernment orders by manufacturers of such machinery and equipment.
 within the limit of actual &C., complishment I have recommended 1 appropriations for new trade schools for New Haven and Norwich and at the same time have recommended sums for expansion of older schools. J Senator Egan At Work While the fact remains that the governor probably would have needed later requests of Waterbury legis- lators for consideration of the trade school needs in the Brass City the fact remains that Senator Egan's prompt efforts prior to the actual delivery of the budget message real ly assured this attention before il might have been repudiated by word of the governors mouth.
 Senator Egan introduced bill last week in the Senate calling for a Waterbury trade school which he said had city administration sup port. Prior to that Senator Blans- field introduced bill calling on the state to appropriate $200,00o, the city ,$loo0o0 towards school, the remainder of the money to come from the David Porter will which is 8 trust fund of $150,000 created in 1886 for school purposes.