Milford chronicle., 1949-06-03

Rep. Nutter d. Marvel, ID
Georgetown blasted the numerous
pay raises that have been granted
by the Legislative and said he
would not support any additional
tax measures in a speech which
was heavily applauded Wednesday
night as the House of Representa-.
tives resumed its work after sup
per.
One result of Mr.. Marvel's criti-
cism was that bill introduced
and called up for passage by Rep.
George M. Blendt (D-Smyrna) was
lost when only IL votes were cast
for it. The bill was later restored
so that it could be voted on again.
In the original count, there were
16 ayes for the measure and IA
against it and five absent. Four of
the Democrats who had supported
the bill changed their votes so that
it could be restored.
The text of Mr.. Marvels state
ment follows:
ION Nov. 2, 194s, the voters of
the Ninth Representative District
elected me as a member of the
House of Representatives of this
General Assembly When / took my
oath of office in this room last jan
uary / resolved to myself that
would always adhere to an open
mind on all legislative matters
that came before this body for cca
sideration. 1t has been my ambi-
tion and desire to first represent
the people of the Ninth Represen-
! tative District and then the people
of the State of Delaware as a
whole.
During my tenure of office al
this session, have voted for those
things l have thought were right
l have introduced bills, some ni
which have passed and have beer
signed by the Governor, which tt
my mind were good bills and bene
fetal to the people of this state.
have "other bill on the calendar o.
this House, which / introduced
with all sincerity and believed tina
they, too, would be benefit to th'
State of Delaware and the peopl,
thereof.
II owe no one, except the peopl
of my district, for being here today
l am not obligated to anyone excep
my constituents. There is not on
person in this body that can say
owe them anything; with the sam
; token, they do not owe me any
thing.
Some time ago a committee wa
appointed, the duty of which wa
= to examine the bills in this GeneI
l al Assembly and to pick out thOs
r bills which were be to passed. Al
2 though l have the greatest respe(
Y for the members of that committet
:. do not think and believe in ths
f form of government whereby pee
e pie elect their representatives an
| senators to this body and then Ia
S ter it turns out that six men ca
r State what bills are to pass an
= what bills are to go by the waysid
p Gentlemen, I say to you th5
4 that is not democracy. Last nigf
/, several bills apprOpriating larg
sums of money were passed by thi
body. | voted against them and
I am proud that did So was ne
long learning after becoming
member of this body. that ther
should be some additional taxes
: order to meet the expenses of mali
I tanning our state government. Bl
K what | have been opposed to al
+ am still opposed to is the fact tn
X this body has raised every salal
i of the officers and employees of u
IS State of Delaware. ! have MAJ
l. due inquiries to learn if anyboC
has been left out and l have yet
learn of anyone. And in raisil
-, these salaries just what are Il
u present conditions of this state al
u nation? l only have to walk uptov
: in Georgetown to the Unemplo
- ment Compensation Office to S
u the lineup of people unemploye
= collecting unemployment compe
i sation. This morning in the pap'
N the stock market declined; ov
u the past six months, business
IL this state and nation has been d
G clining. Unemployment has ris
J. but still, even in the face of SCI
er GUS depression, unless 'mirat
lie happens, we in this state have
le creased all salaries of our sta
employees.
= Higher Salaries Not Needed
my friends. l ask you, have a
of these persons whose salaries