Milford chronicle., 1944-10-06
Wilmington Mayor
Praises GOU. Bacon,
Flags Ner0 Deal


dertaking, Walter Bacon's fine
leadership and ability removed a
deficit of some $317,0 which he
inherited from a Democratic muni-
cipal administration in 1885. At the
end of the last fiscal year in which
he served as Mayor for six months,
the city of Wilmington closed its
books with surplus of $457 600,
and due to the influence of the
policies which he established and
their continuation in our municipal
administration, the city finally re-
ported on June 80 of this year,
surplus of $745,000.
1T is of more than passing in
terest to note that while Walter
Bacon was giving his city five and
one-half years and his state almost
four years of economic, efficient
and business like government,
Franklin D. Roosevelt piled up
national deficit of upwards of two
hundred billion dollars in IL years.
twenty-nine billion dollars of which
had absolutely nothing to do with
our present war expenditure"
Mayor James then stated that the
President might we'll have taken
a page from the book of Walter w.
Bacon in conducting the business
of the United States"
In 1871, the Mayor pointed out,
Governor Bacon recommended the
first legislation enacted anywhere
In tho TTnffad Cfafac with racnoof m
Unemployment Compensation free
zing' benefit rights for those in the
armed forces-The Governors APP
proved program in 1943 also
the Unemployment
Law materially and
made it one of the most liberal in
the country"
Mayor James lauded the Cover
nor also for creating the Delaware
Veterans Commission which led to
the Veterans Clearing Bureau.
He emphasized also the annual
increase of salary budgets for
every school district during the |
past four years." pointing out that .
Governor Bacon has advocated |
and obtained from each legislature I
the salary increment appropria- .
lions which provide marked in
rreases annually for teachers-In .
addition to these, every state en-
plOye, including all the school tea
cheers, received salary increases for
1914 and 1945 because of rising
living COSTS"
Mayor James also cited Governor
Bacon's program for the control of
lairy COWS" which in Delaware
has been annually responsible for
he loss of about a quarter of a
million dollars of milk-one of the
important foods in which a short
age now exists"
Concluding. the Mayor stated:
81 realize that many people are
thinking of the coming election in
he terms of Dewey or Roosevelt.
As great as this responsibility is
upon the voters, yet there is a dual
upon each to think
Of his own state and county govern
nent. Governor Bacon cannot a
lhieve his broad program without
he support of sympathetic state
and assemblymen. 1t is
to understand that on
November you also have the pri-
'ilege of voting in this state for
such offices as the Lieutenant
Governor, State Auditor, the State I
Treasurer, seven members of the
State Senate and 35 members of the
House of Representative in addi-
ion to many officials in the re-
pective counties.
Another office of major i'm
'ortance is your Representative in
congress. For the past two years
earle Wiley has served his nation
nd state well in this capacity. He
as won the highest respect and
raise from his colleagues in the
louise, as well as the confidence
f his many followers here at
Ome-His vote on all measures
or otherwise was
lotivated toward winning the war
nd as quickly as possible"