The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-05
Legislature Winds
 Up 1941 Session
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tigated the staet's merit system was one of the mos: popular legislators of the session. He will serve or the public utilities commission with another new appointee, Prof. Clyde Olin Fisher of Wesleyan university
 All other court nominations by Gov. Hurley were approved by the House, although extraordinary meas. ureS had to be taken to get some of them through. The superior court nomination of the governors executive secretary, James E. Mur. phy, Bridgeport, was passed by one vote with 124 necessary to prevail Murphy received 125 House votes This ballot came after Speaker Hugh M. Alcorn, Jr., ordered sev- eral recounts as charges were made that legislators were stuffing the ballot boxes.
 Filibuster Threats
 The nominations of Common Pleas Judge Samuel Mellitz, Bridge port, to the superior court; John T Cullinan, Bridgeport, to the com mon pleas court; and John Fitz- gerald, New Haven, to the pleas court, were eNapproved by the House in close votes. The nomination oi Judge Vine R. Parmelee, Windsor to the common pleas bench, made only Q few hours before adjourn ment, also was approved.
 The dramatic House voting came after both chambers rushed through slate of minor court judges un. der suspension of the rules. There Weg0 threats of Q fllihuster in the Ss.ate against passage of the small court judgeship resolutions, but after an attempt by Sen. Leon Ris- eassi, D., Hartford, to start a lengthy speech was sllenced by Lieut.. Gov odell Shepard, the filibuster threat collapsed.
 Main inspiration for the effort te halt the judgeship agreement came from the four New Haven Demo. cratic Senators, who disapproved o; their local court slate.
 Twice, someone loosed Stenct bombs in the House chamber. An. other time. Rep. Herbert Harriss R., Fairfield raised q delighted cheer from the males when he in- troduced @ resolution asking that men he permitted to have four wives because of the "loSS of man power because of the draft"
 But when Secretary of State Mrs Chase Going Woodhouse said the magic words, God save the state Of Connecticut" the ted legislators cheered once more, and trooped for home.
 Deficit Threatened
 The legislature, 1t was disclosed today, voted appropriations nearly $3 900, 900 in excess of the budget of $ll5 ,9o3, ,035 approved on May 26 threatening a deficit for the i94l-4S biennium.
 Budgeted expenditures now ap. proXimate $ll8.000,00 and esti. mated income for the period also has been computed at the same figure
 After approving the budget, q baby budget of $7ll ,000 was passed which indicated the state might end the biennium with a surplus of more than $l,000,000. Special appropria- tions were added during the past two weeks, however, without ques- ton or opposition.
 At the budget department today 1t was said that Expenditures fol the next two years will run very close to the expected income, and we may even run behind. The greatest care will be exercised ir making allotments in an effort te pare down all expenses"
 A breakdown of the accepted budget showed that $62,000 was al- located to the general fund; $39,. 100000 to the highway fund, ano $l4,000000 to special funds.
 A compilation today showed that total general fund appropriations amounted to $65, ,500, 900, and might have been more If the legislature hadn't sidetracked several bills re. quiring a financial outlay. One of these bills concerned 6 new $300,000 armory at New Lon- don, which had been asked by the u,ar anorfYna,1f