The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1943-04-03

mnA1na. bluehlras. and other
4al1lngers ee spring have been
ehlEptng IN back-yards at q great
rate ee recent days. IT'S surprising
eonse e. the gossip they pick MP
mna pas along. particularly about
the mayeFalay this fan and the
a1laAlllenH % persons Ga connection
with r. Coed Democratic Party
rnembeFs evlaentb have forgotten
that Mayer J0hn s. Monagan
made himself very definitely the
emmdldAte fer denomination aS
nDng $50 ~ January. They didn't
have % read between the lines Of
Ms statements relative 90 his con-
tlnnance in the office he held by
virtue % Vincent Scully's death
e. knew that he was continuing
with che understanding that he
weula be the standard.hearer In
she fAll.
You'd never know there was q war
Being fought all over the world to
preserve the ideals Of democracy.
Eeery time limitations are placed on
public office It's q kick In the teeth
kor cur American way Of doing
mlngs. After all the way to break
continuous terms In office Is
Through exercise Of voting privileges
not BY legislation. Now that the
fourth term cry for Roosevelt Is In
che cir legislators are talking about
two-term limitations.
The late City Controller Thomas
"a. Cenlon once expressed doubt
aheut federal grants 70 this city.
Evidently he knew what he was
talking about, for now u appears
ms q the government would not give
she city S5oe,o0o rs expected, an
ticipated. and planned for, but
only half the ultimate cost % the
Fitch Reservoir. AS the revised
estimates for this project, rs fur
mislaed the Finance Beard this
weeA BY City Engineer Charles A.
KRoaa. indicate . final cost Of
so5s,oo0 q looks IS u SAS7. SEQ would
be the federal donation. when you
coxne right down % q, Of course,
that's not toe far away from $780,
ooo-anly S62,500. City officials.
ehough. feel that this $625o0
might keep down the total water
bonas 70 be issued.
Apparently city officials aren't
Forgetting all that went before in
connection with the water supply
projects. both the pipeline and res
eEVoir. Several have recalled the cir
substances Of the awarding Of the
bid 70 the Defelice Company, which,
Aa the New Haven Road Construc-
tfuction firm, had done q lot OF
paving Jobs for this city. However,
the gsrm had never done q reservoir
lob and this fact was brought out at
The time the bids were under con-
Aizerntion. BY binding itself to the
lowest bidder the city apparently
tied Itself TO q contractor whose
reputation was excellent, whose fl
Fanciai backing was good. whose
wcrkmausl1ip was unquestioned. but
whose experience In the particular
field Of reservoir building was nil.
Whether or not the city now must
b forced to pay for making this de-
Higi0n Is . question involving some
<ather fine points.
Bridgeport Is following Water
buryiB example In providing that
fSremaen or policemen called into
f1se armed services or who may
volunteer for such service are as
sired Of unemployment at the
rank they left upon return. The
enly difference lies On the fact
tzat On Bridgeport such employees
ara On civil service and authorities
are asking the Legislature TO In
seEt . mandatory unemployment
clause In The clty's civil service
bln with regard 10 the Police and
EiFD DEPARTMENTS. Incidentally
Waterbury officials have given
msore than one thought TO estab.
lssh 3 similar system here for the
pollcemen and firemen and who
knows but what recent changes
nna others under discussion may
De the fere.runner Of just such
Dlans
Mayor John 8. Monagan's recent
blast ct federal officials over the
Bureaucratic tangle Of child care
was only one Of many such from
community heads, not to mention
governors, among them Gov. Thom-
- n Dewey Of New York, where the
ftafe now is eEdeayoring to build
10 - own methods Of handling this
nIIzimDortant phase Of social re-
hablIlzati0n during the hectic war
Hawg. At q recent legislative hear.
ing in Hartford on the bill propos-
ing 3 child care program for this
state With q 100000 appropriation
che legislator said that the figure
was ridicuicusly small and might
better be el.sO0O00 as the annual
cost 81 such Q program for one year.
Bu3 the Legislature dumped the
Wisole thing into Gov. Raymond z.
DaIaWtn,s lap BY telling him that
under hts war Council Act he had
The authority 70 provide funds for
Elzeh work.
Messing activities On Waterbury
hnNe offfeinis mere o. LEES in the
annemlDas stage. The various
aMemeies new engaged in activities
here 81 STAINING future ones are
descending In droyes. They have
lzDsaneulatives galore, including
fAelN 1gentss plenners, regional
aHDgeaonamalges, site developers,
kER1s1icsana. etc. And very few 0e
&|em hapD akipped tho city since