The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-04

kyk1orap paAeAl error. The other % woriE for local factories who pay the city for their salaS4es." (Tne water bury Republican, on It's editorial page this morning, comedies that its police figures were inccgrect).
 The mayor again attacked his Re- publican rival, Patrick M. Perriello, for the injection of the racial issue into the campaign.
 Election of the full Democratic ticket was urged by Mayor scully. Ike praised the qualifications of his running mates.
 The text of the mayors closing aG0resss
 Tomorrow is election day. To- morrow Waterbury decides what sort of administration 1t wants for the InomentOus two years directly ahead.
 have done my best to place the Issues fairly before you. From the first I have contended that the re- Slilt ce the election can mean only that you approve or disapprove of the policies followed by the present administration.
 Untf very recently our oppon. ents have appeared to want to discuss everything except our rec- ord. A few days ago I dragged into the open the campaign that was being conducted against me. I TaiseA no new issue. I simply quoted to the voters of Waterbury the statements made by MT. Per. Tiello and his associates which clearly portrayed the basis on which they hope to gain power.
 The anSwer was q demand that ' submit proof and an aOcusNtaon that I was spreading runners. Such Q charge was ludlcgoas. My re marks were ell quoted from the public press with the names and dates of the papers given togeths or with the quotations.
 Later MT. perriello changed his position and said that Q statement published as c direct signed state. Enent of his was "unauthoriaed. ;"
 see no reason for arguing about that. My purpose was to bring the discussion back to where it be. longs. To the question of the well fare oS our city.
 RAcerd Challenged
 To 6 considerable extent We Suc- ceeded. Attacks on our record were made and have been answered as room as made. New items have re- placed the ones disposed of. The latest were in the Sunday Repub- lican. An editorial challenges our record of economy. It gives two examples.
 The first is that we have 2e6 policemen per 1000 inhabitants or more than New Haven, Hartford or Bridgeport. That would be 260 policemen. Actually we have 200- not 206-less per capita than New Haven or Hartford. And we police @n area Ia larger than Bridge port. You may well ask how the newspaper gets the other 66 of. ficers. We'll, it is simple enough. Forty officers are just . typo- graphical error. The other % work for local factories who pay the city for their salaries.
 That would seem to leave Us with 200 policemen and no political Issue.
 The other item was garbage cole lection. It is stated that we pay 36 cents 6 ton more than the medium for cities throughout the country. This would be SsSmore. It Is on. tireiy obvious that the condition and methods of diSposing of ger. ba9e as well as the expense show . wide variation. Some cities pay less and some pay more than Waterbury.
 I think you will agree. in any case. that these two items are pretty lean pickingS, when OUT critics tried to find something def. mite to talk about.
 As the Waterbury American said two years aSo-not this year