The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-12-16

such a nomination.
 School Principal John BrOphy's
 definition of a municipality, de-
 livered at the public hearing held
 for the teachers in the City Hall
 by the Waterbury Pension Retire.
 ment Commission this week, was
 declared by many to be the best
 and most succinct they had ever
 heard. Al though MT. BrOphy had
 been elected merely to uphold the
 position of the substitute teacher
 and to assure her of protection in
 computing years of service for 3
 pension he on several occasions
 delivered himself of explanatory
 remarks that we're highly praised
 by members of the commission
 after the hearing was over.
 Mayor John S. Monagan will get together with Connecticut'S presi- dential electors Monday noon to proceed with the business of casting this states vote for Franklin D.. Roosevelt and Harry Truman. His associates at the time will be Jerome Kolan of Hartford; Frank Madden, Wethersfield; Charles F. Greene Bridgeport; AlphonuS J. Donahue, Stamford; Mrs. Dorothy Satti, New London; Homer s. Cummings, Greenwich; and Gabriel Kasprizy cki. New Haven. The electors meet in Secretary of State Reddick's Ofilce and go through a formality of recording their votes for the Roosevelt Truman ticket, which ir turn is certified to by the secre. tary and then forwarded to Wash ton, where it will be formally count ed by the house and senate ill joint session on January 6. For their labors presidential electors rate a formal invitation to the presidential inauguration which this year will be very informal.
 Mayor MOrtensen of Hartford
 wants to do away with multi
 manned city boards and told the
 eIsctOrs of Hartford that in con-
 vincing fashion in the course of
 his annual message delivered this
 week. His suggestion was that a
 One-man commission supervise the
 various civic departments, instead
 of five, six or ssven-man boards.
 He referred in particular to bodies
 like police and fire boards. Also EDf interest in his remarks was
 his request for creation of a cOun-
 elI-manager form of governments.
 He also 'Slnts a civil service or
 merit system installed. With
 such drasta, changes proposed it's
 toe bad that Mayor MOrtensen
 won't consider remaining at the
 head of the city government,
 hut maybe the mere reason that he
 plans to retire after his present
 term expires has caused him to
 give out with such radical changes.
 Bob Byrnes, former political writer for the Hartford Courant and now it's Washington correspondent, noted in examining the financial reports of the various congressional candidates that Peter Higgins of Torrington re- ceived $25 from the Waterbury Dem. ocratic town committee, subsequent to his remarks that local Demo- cratic leaders took walk" on election day MT. Higgins also re- ported $500 from the Boston branch of the CLOS PAC, as well as $250 from the National Citizens PAC ot New Haven. Other PAC contribu- tions in Connecticut were $500 to both Mrs Chase Going Woodhouse and Herman Kopplemann. Rep. s.Joe" Talbot's expenses in the str district were $2,807.13 when his re- port was submitted. His contribu. tions totaled $3,350 The total PAC contributions to Connecticut Demo. cratic candidates was S2,253, ac cording to the Byrnes tabulation.
 Whatever may be the result of
 the pension study conducted by
 the legislative-named commission
 here in Waterbury, one thing is
 certain-OfIicials will endeavOr to
 put 1t on a sound basis as soon as
 possible. However, it looks as if
 this wouldn't be for another year.
 The 1945 budgets are just off "BilP
 Buffers printing presses and
 there's nothing in them about pen-
 sion reserves, save those men,
 tiOned in connection with pen- ,sions now being paid. It's hard for the average person to under
 stand why there should be pen- sion reserves, when the city has
 been able to pay for many years
 past the pension payments de-
 mamded of it. However, the time Is past approaching when pension
 payments will mount to such a
 high figure that they will con-
 stesute as integral a part of the
 budget as bonded indebtedness
 maturities and interest now do.
 Burton Walkers remarks about police and fire department morale don't jibe with other remarks that have been made by commissioners of the boards in charge of these de- partments. Tn particular, Com. @Archie" Phillips not so long ago told the finance board that the fire department was rapidly becom- ing one of the best in the east. :. Brock Hall Dairy. soon to move from it's East End location to East Aurora street, has it's boss, c. Raymond Brock, lined up for busy legislative season In 1945. Senator Brock will be the minority leader, and pop 1llar one, when the senate convenes in January. Waterbury's post var fund ought to get a $100.00e boost after the first of the year. Although the city is using $400,0O0 surplus to finance the 1945 budget indications are the actual surplus win run q $t0O.OO0 more than this nalire. thus allowing transfer to li1e post-War fund and perhaps fur n..~ fEa nfArr fa4 fnOnn