The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-03-09
Is Connecticut Going Fascist?
Representative Thomas Fl. Dickinson of Town of Wilton Charges Republican Party of Con- necticut With Setting Up Arrogant
 Political Machine.
(NEA Photo, Passed by Army censor)
concerned with adjusting and Set- ting public accounts and demands"

concerned with adjusting and Set- ting public accounts and demands"
 Fumbllng War Interests
 We the People Of Connecticut charge the dominant party of the Legislature of lO43 with fumbllng tho vital war interests of the state. For two years the people of Con nectieut worked loyally with Q State Defense Council, organized OH Q partisan basis, conducted by public spirited men and women. The State Defense Council was correctly constituted because 1t was based on the theory that this S a peoples war, that Q free people rise to the defense of tllir own liberties. Now this too Is on the way out, gone into the political scrap heap. In It's place we have c iIiakeShift vehicle, conceived in politics and dedicated to the strengthening of the gover" nor's "war powers" over the in" duStries, the statutes, the institu" tionS of tho state. Hencoforth itl' stead Of free initiative of patriotic men VIC shall have local Defense Councils operating under the lash of executive dominance. What Gre the limits of these "war powers?"
 Misleading Guidance
 We the people of Connecticut sharge tho dominant party Of the Connecticut Legislature Of i043 with accepting for its guidance c budget message which iS misleading, indir. ect, and toeming with the promises Of economies which cannot Do real" iSed. The more this message Is nn- alyzed, the more It's figures nre weighed in the light Of existing commitments, and those daily being piled up, the more it is apparent that instead of an economy Gdn1ins istration wO are moving into m era of lavish outlay ard extravaganza.
 We the People of Connecticut
 charge the dominant party Of Che Connecticut Legislature of l043
 with making the courts Of the state
 the pawns of an insensate p0Ls
 tical grab for power.
 In the Declaration Of Independs enco Thomas Jefferson said of George III; "Ho has made judges dependent on his will alone. for the tenure of their offices. and the amount and payment of their sal. aries" The same thing can Do said of the dominant majority Of the Connecticut Legislature Of i043 ops erating under the whip of aa inViS" !ble boss. For many years it has been the custom Of the two parties of the Legislature to interpret their powers in such Q manner that the courts Of the state would show c certain balance between the two inas jor parties. This was aB It should be- Both justice and the makers Of Jus. tlce should Dc beyond the price Of politics, the rewards Of the victor, the penalties of the vanqliBhed, the reprlsais visited upon the just by the unjust
 No Democrats Wanted
 But not in Connecticut in i04S, Today Connecticut is witnessing Q saturnalia in her courts. Tho word aaS gone forth that no Democrat shaii administer justice. More than that. There arc touchableS and untouchabies among tho Replbli' sang, Those with straight backs, firm ,chins, those who leave politics outside the courtroom door, are thrown Into the outer darkness.
 Nor is this all. Not content to lay hands upon the judge himself the now totalitarianiSin Of Connecticut destroys the bench beneath . sitting jidge, By c new compact between tho executive and the Legislature it conspires against the Judiciary to bend it to It's will. And f not to bend then to break. Let those citls zens Of Connecticut who desire the facts ask their representatives, how a sitting judge Of one Of the highest. courts of the state WAS done out Of | his political fife by aii assault upon | the edihce Of justice itself. Undermining Procedure
 We the People of Connecticut, charge the dominant party Of the ! Connecticut Legislature Of iO43 with | undermining orderly legislative pro. cedure. From time out Of mind the flaws of order" have been designed to protect order and not to Subvert | t, to assure equal rights to majority | and minority alike. But not iil the Connecticut Legislature Of io43. In this Legislature 6 caucus Of two members of the dominant party Is sufficient to bind the House as . whole. 4 compact hstwUen the speaker and the minority leader iS broken upon orders from outside the house. Matters ce plth and moment ]