The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-01-14

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 It was further reiterated by ofa- cials today that no one except the assessor shall be permitted Co read- just or suspend the Grand List. This refuted statements made by Repub. llcan Alderman Burton Walker that the mayor may set aside the Grand List according to terms of the strong mayor" provisions of the CharGr.
 T am the assessing body and no one else" MT. Jenks, chief assessor, has stated. "That is provided by state statute"
 Procedure Explained
 Tn reply to statements of ARr. walker that the grand list should have been made known before tlie budget was adopted (the latter was Dec. l5) Mfr. Jenl1s said today that 1t was incomplete at the time and to have submitted 1t then or dis- closed it, in part, therefore would have created terrific confusion"
 '"The law provides that it must be made known before the Board of Tax Review holds its hearings" !" the assessor said. Tn the past these lists have been made known in November but at that time the Board of Tax Review met in December. Under the new law eY- acted this year, the Boards sched- uled meetings were put ahead un- til February. We disclosed the Grand List by mailing notices Dec. 31."
 MT. Jenks also said today that he will soon have a breakdown compilation of property valuations on mercantile, industrial and pri- vate property which he will submit to Mayor Monagan who has re- quested it.
 Persons appearing at the main offlce of the Assessor $ department today were heavier in numbers than for the last few days of last week. The majority were seeking appeal forms and checking statistics on the master cards of the offlce.
 Various community clubs and or- ganizations will meet this week to formulate concerted plans for op- posing the city's new revaluation estimates on property in Water bury. Delegates from IS of these or- ganizations will meet Thursday at 7:S0 p. m. in the Anderson School gymnasium as representatives of the semi-organized Council of Com munity Clubs. The latter has urged that Mayor John s. Monagan and other city officials be present to ans wer questions concerning the pro- posed new valuations.
 William o. Taylor, president of the East End Community Club and temporary chairman of the Council, said that only the delegates, the city officials and press will be permitted to attend the session. There was some doubt if Mayor Monagan will have returned from Florida by that time, it was believed today.
 Community Clubs convening in- clude: The Central Waterville group meeting at 8 tonight in For ester's hall on Hanover street. The East End organization will meet at 8 tomorrow night in the Anderson school. The Lithuanian Citizens Po- litical Club also will meet at 8 p. m. tomorrow at 103 Green Street. The Washington Hill Community Club will meet at time yet unannounc- ed. The latter met yesterday after noon.
 IS Clubs Represented
 The 18 organizations meeting in the protest session on Thursday are: Fairmount, West Side, Bunker Hill, Improvement Association, Park Road, Oronoke, Bucks Hill, North End, Mary Abbott, Washington Park Platts Mills, East End, Overlook, Sunrise Park, Edgewood Avenue, Waterville, Town Plot, and Glenmore Manor.
 The Washington Community Club yesterday went on record as urging the Mayor to instruct the Board of Aldermen to vote the use of the 1924 Grand List instead of the pro- posed 1945 revaluation until a study can be made of the latter.
 Oscar Liebreich of the Bucks Hill Community Club speaking at Q meeting of the Sunrise Park Club yesterday urged that the Mayor use what he termed were strong discriminatory powers available to the Mayor for interceding with the Board of Tax Review for the tax payers"
 Citizens Unit to Meet
 Alderman Burton R. Walker (R) has stated he would have voted against the city's budget if he had been an Alderman at the time of it's adoption last December. He said that the Grand List proposed by the revaluation should have been made known to the people Dec. in- stead of Dec. 31. ''The budget was passed Dec. 5" he said. (State Stat uteS provides for the mailing of as- sessment notices Dec. 3l.)
 A meeting of the Citizens Com mittee is being opened to the public at Wilby High School tonight. Prin- cipal speakers will be Edward Ryan, Attorney Maurice Gruskay and Jo- seph Cepelak. the latter of the Bucks Hill Club.
 Other speakers will include Mir. Walker, Alderman Thomas Bren- nan (R) and Alderman Joseph Reiner (R).
 Report Not Submitted
 MT. Reiner, in a statement issued alst night. said that the Revalua- ton Committee appointed by the Mayor to undertake preliminary plans for the revaluation had failed to submit a long overdue report. The committee is comprised of Or ton P. Camp, Lester Young, John Brophy, Patrick M. Shea, James Abercrombie and c. Arthur DuBois.
 At a meeting of the Bucks Hill Community Club Saturday. Attor- ney William Lawlor expressed doubt that any attempt of mass action in court by the taxpayers would be futile. The Connecticut law, it is -a.