The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-27

&NAAs CA4AGAAQ 1GVQNGb@A ~ AAAA&AA eipal system of rubbish and ash re- rnoval. He criticized the admins tration for failing to force the trol. ley company to repair streets or which there are abandoned rails for failure to continue the street sign project he instituted wher mayor in 1889, and for failure tc ,Inodernize the tax collectors office rSatd MT. Perriello, in part:
 1T propose to discuss Q few ot the many promises my worthy op- ponent failed to keep during his present administration, which he himself in his last radio talk claim ed to have kept.
 First of all, he promised that fl he were elected mayor there would be no more assessing and rnolesting of city employees for campaign funds Neither the laborer in the city yardA nor the clerk in the city hall, nor iii fact, anyone working for the City of Waterbury would have to feal the, call of political henchmen fol campaign contributions. There would be no more coercion of city employees, and that the conduct oi the various departments would be separated from politics. Sad to re- late, however, Mayor Scully has fail- cd to keep this promise.
 "Have you an intimate friend in the employ of this city? If you have ask him to answer you honestly what percentage of his wages was asked of him for the party fund. If l am elected mayor, such practices will be stopped and I will not tol- crate any coercion whatsoever, 0t any bread earner.
 Housing Problem
 "The housing problem furnishes an additional example of an empty promise. This, you may rest assured he will deny--however the fact still semains that federal funds for per- inanent housing improvement with permanent slum clearance have been available, but he has sadly fail- ed to take advantage of such an op- |portunity. His only defense ct a re- cent meeting, at which we were both present, was that the matter Is stlll under consideration by a cpmmittee which, he claims, he had trouble in filling, because of the difficulty of finding proper people to serve on 1t. Only a few days ago, John Driscoll called attention to the fact in the newspapers, that said Committee has not functioned.
 "I9 the mayor had taken the trouble and the initiative, which is required of the head of any or- |ganlzation, whether 1t be city or business, rather than to depend up- on the wishful thinking of Q conn- mittee that Is not active, we would mot have the situation that we have |today--namely that the houses have mot been built and thus deprived our low wage earners from living lin clean decent and up-to-date IhomeS of which they and their chil- Adfen are worthy - in short, ne should have replaced dark, dingy and overcrowded rooms, which conditlons in themselves are un- sanitary and a menace to the health in general of the city with comfortable homes having plenty of fresh air and sunshine - regard hess of race, color or creed.
 My Democratic opponent prom ised, If elected, that he would eliminate political consideration In the making of his appointments land would make all promotions on merit and efficiency alone - an other broken promise.
 IY Politics Dominate
 'sThe promotions made recently lin the fire and police departments clearly show that my opponent has not kept his promise in this re- |gard
 Tn my message to the board of aldermen, when I was mayor, l said: Some of our streets are in sad need of immediate repairs. This is especially true of streets containing trolley tracks. Since the |tfolley company abandoned the use of trolleys, 1t has allowed the space around the rails to get out of re- pair to such an extent that these Streets are dangerous for motor vehicles as well as for pedestrians. Some repairing has been done by the company at my request, es- .peeially on North Main and West Main streets. If the repairs on other streets cannot be brought about by mutual agreements, then the lefty must insist upon full perform ance of the company'S duty in this Respect
 At this time, I would like to discuss a matter of much needed improvement. I advocate 8 system flor the collection of ashes and rub- bish. Such services to the citizens and taxpayers are enjoyed in very many progressive communities What has my opponent done in re- sponse to the various civic organ .izations, who have appeared and fought for such a progressive measure? He has appointed a com- mittee, and to my knowledge, like 1other committees, this committee l has done very little. whatsoever Ito act on this project
 No Promises
 T propose, if elected, to ascer- 'tatin the needs of the city along these lines, and definitely have |the matter decided, one way or |the other. But I would have &C., 'tion on the question. as there |should be-.
 T have no ties. I have made no promises to any individual or po- |llticaI group. If am elected to |the office of mayor, my sole re- |sponsibility will be to the citizens land taxpayers of the city of Wa |terbuEy.
 T firmly believe in the biparti- |san form Of government in which |the minority is strongly represent led. ! wish to repeat that my policy will be to pay as you go." F's.A'....su' -
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