1943-03-11

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PACE EIGHT THE LEADER 4 1943
Political Advertising PoUtlcal Advertising Political Advertising Advertlsln: Political Advertising
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO YOUR LIGHT
PLANT UNDER
You, Mr. and Mrs. Voter, elect a Hoard of Trustees to administer your Village
Departments upon their promise to manage them in a business like manner.
Do they always do it? The answer is NO!
Gulled from o/Wcmf Village reports here is the records of your Light Plant for
the past four years, under Economy Party administration,
NASSAU COUNTY
VOTE TUESDAY 7 o.m. to 9 p.m
Stroight
_ HOME RULE .PARTY
2nd. (Bj Row on Mochine
"H. YEAR - NO. 40 FREEPORT, N. Y., THURSDAY, MARCH 1% 1943 FIVE CENTS A COPY
YEARLY NET LOSSES AI TKR DEDUCTING 1
$21J 18.58 $49,298.23 $2J37.46 $U,362.91
For the year ending Feb. 28, 1942, Rockville Centre's Municipal Plant, after pay-ing
for street lighting, turned $85,000.00 inLo the Village Treasury for a reduction in
Bonded Indebtedness. And, for the Ar«t eleven months of this year they have made a
profit of $65,000.00.
r6per'^e3~'arT
lany Groups Join
rive To Raise
led Cross Quota
Poss $1,500 Mark In
$14,000 Campaign;
To Meet Monday
7 .'",11
years. Notably
$982:77" SI ,879."57 $2,965.76
«?o a drop t made
free
CANDIDATES'
PLEDGE
Each Home Rule Candi-date
will serve his elected
time on the Board of Trust-ees.
They will not oak you
to elect them, only to resign
and accept positions on the
Village payroll.
Explonotion
Kconomy Party has de-veloped
the bud habit of
asking you to elect official,
only to have them rc«i*ui
and the Hoard designate.
. th *iir aiiogesHO 13. T w »_. .oj
thtme roslgnInK-accepted _lu-
7M%mY&P»»IUona on-the, Vil-la
Ku payroll .—^, _.
Probably the Economy Party workers will attempt to blihi these losses by explain-ing
Freeport has been put to much additional expense furnishing guards for war
emergencies. Well, Rpckville Centre's plant isn't left unguarded, they have guards, too,
and profits. No, you will have to dig deeper into the books than that for the real reason,
REGISTER THIS SATURDAY
SO YOU CAN VOTE AGAINST THESE PRACTICES ON MARCH 16
cow
if* rofeg.
— if cow 6e done grim;
FOR MAYOR
Clinton M Flint
FOR TRUSTEES
Joaeph H* Gallo Cyril C
Horace F. Carpenter
FOR POLICF JUSTICE
Hilbert R. Johhaon
Ryan
&iMorc than twenty-Ovc
Keeper t oryoni nations were rep-sented
at a meeting in support
* the American Red Cross War
(nd Drive Tuesday night in
Board Room of the Munici-
Building at which announce-t
was made that rontribu-
Worden E. Winne.
KbKlrman for the village, de-d
it wop Id be necessary to
•ibute "more substantially
we ever contributed be-
" He expressed conOdenue
Freeport would do right by
local political
have agreed for years
candidate for Mayor should
iran w!^o has his t
Freeport. with .sulTlcient t.lme to
devote, to the ever increasing
needs uf thp Mayors oMice.
We will KninT' you that under
the present Invisible Got eminent
idea ol, t^e Erononiy Party, gov-ernment
by men NOT ELECTED
by the voters, but men who as-si;
mt\ |)ower anrl duties of elected
ofT:/ials. it is not necessarv the
C.O1 NT
Back in May of 1937 when the
inclusion ot Freeport in (he Coun-ty-
wide srwer system was the
chief topic of conversation, Trus-tee
Fred S. Howell. Jr. voted
against a resolution being sent
to Albany asking that the legis-lature
pass a law excluding Free-port
from the county system. On
every vote pertaining to this ques-tion
Trust rr Ho we 11 voted in Ju-vor
of the county plan ns against
Votes on Mochines
Absolutely Secret
No one ran possibly know how
any ^fThun voles when using a
Machine. It is Impossible to
check on your vote for or against
any candidate. You vote as you
see fit. IN SECRECY. Don't let
anybody tell vuu
tg its quota of $14.000.
E. Hotalin«. chairman
organizations, urged the rep-es
of the various groups
to have their organizations call
meetings as quickly as possible
to ascertain how substantially
were going to respond to
ppett!?—and M\§n report "to
him or the next campaign meet-ing.
The surprise of the
came when Mrs. R
mith, Jr.. presented a check for
1.000 from Smith-Gray toward
recport's quota, on behalf of
ler husband. Other ccmtribu-ions
were $25 from the Athenn
lub; $5 from the Holy
r Red Cross work rjr.m
rom S t r I 1 a M 11 r i s C*
L; and bU'; irc.n: RvtSi
WoodhuM Chapter H A R .
Announcement was nntdf
(another meeting br
ion.. Monday niulv.
al-:o annjuncrti
I. Scott-. t'lmh:r:,n
house- to- houx.' L'anv:ish l
called away by ilhics.s
(mother. Henry Vu.iFl
take* "his .place.
At the solicitation uf ;
hour nf the day. Probably the
Village Clerk, vho did not serve
Ove minutes time of the two*
year term he was elected tu last
year will be the go-between.
Maybe you are supposed to tell
him your troubles and ho will
-tell'4he Mayotv - -
The Home Rule Party believes
thnt the. Mayor should be on the
jub IN FREEPORT dally. That
is one reason why It picked
Judge Flint as its candidate for
Mayor. His active participation
in Village aftairs, covering a long
period of years eminently qutUi-
.Bes..liini for. a .positlpji tie -once
Oiled, that of Inst "president, nrid
Orst Mayor of Che village.
' Running this Village Isn't a
part time job. ant! the law says
the Mn.or is the Kxecutive OfTi-cer
nl (he village, not the clerk.
*1 or anyone else, which in-a
hiyh pan.! political bos*;.
WHY PKARSALL LOST O1T
After eighteen yeni's of faithful
M'rvice to thU> village the only
reason given to Howard E. Pear-sail
when he was demoted In fa-vor
of Wtlllnm E. Marvin as vil-lage
clerk was this remark of Lhc
Mayor:
"The man we are going to
appoint nts in better with our
scheme of things,"
Note the word "Scheme." Noth-ing
against Mr. Pearsairs ability
or his record, he just didn't* a
In. with the Economy Part's
Leaders Confident
01 VictorY Tuesday
Economy Forty Gets
First Ballot Line;
«, 600.Voters Enroll
Majority Get
Remuneration
From Taxpayers
This Surely Adds up
To Machine Politics;
Vote Home Rule
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With the Village election 'tak-ing
place Tuesday, leaders of
both the Home Rule and Econ-omy
parties have expressed con-fidence
in the outcome of the
first contest Freeport has had in
throe years.
Chairman Robert E.
of the Economy Party
the drawing Saturday
tions on the voting
when he drew Rrst position,
Dr. George A. Newton, of
Home.ftule Party, the
Consequently'-' the Tid%nej&'"of
»? THK KDYTOH
Kvery ofTicei- and committee
chairman of the Economv Party,
according to Us campaign sheet,
is cither a village, town or
county employee, wit.h two excep-tions,
and in (he case of the
exceptions they receive business
a :t; coating you money,
TAX MATH AM) IX
For. a period of yivn
your village l;ix
SI 00 pt»r. hundred
li i hi* Iv nnuiny
)l nt
Dcard
t.ix ::
Hie cai'
prior tu
rate had
or less.
Pin tv in
t" Vi'kt^r
l!Hi ynur
(i 3? rents
to
\vh,
your n^'in*;
!:Up|)L'llC.d
a; was thr
is; n tl*c i*
nud)*nrium, tn prolr^T tlir
iy Party . bud^ul., which
ha\" set um" 'tax rate nt
[fron? the Columbian Urju/r
Con)Vr"tiE*ided by..2VTrs. Ann*^ LA1.T.
sen workers of tho following
plants have signed .up 100 per-cent
for thu drive: Columbian
Bronze, Freeport Point. Shipyard.
H. Jambon Inc.. Freeport. Ma-chine
Works and the Freeport.
Ornamental Iron \Vork.s. Otli"i'^
Will be visited during the week.
George A. Server 1.1 cnautu.i:i
'for commerce and industr;..
plasma unit will be brought :o
.Freeport on Wednesday. March
24, when 150 dunors are n
to meet the village quota.
Shit will be at the C
>[Taivenue school from 2 to 7 p m.
one willing to do.iate blood
telephone Mrs. E. Sheffield
{Smith, Freeport 3B11-W.
W. S. Holske. chairman
wiirgicaf dn-Mlngs, h&a re-
U|:.ROft«d! th&t 31,119 dressinpr were
k' 'Lz.j-' ^Q^g during February, in-
:o-th(
lor the Euuiiomy
(d to defend their hurTye'C"ljut in
Th
Even the New York pnpcrs took
up the n;ilit pud pro*vs*ed the
sudden jump of 45 cents per iiua-
'ired in ihe rai.e. pointing uut
*i%r sufh txiblKviy wuuld hurt
Fieepoit and keep prospe: uve
home owners frmn Ittcatini; here.
At this meeting the popple were |
promised tiiai every efTurt would
be made to briny the rate down.
Wha' wus the rcsuH? Your tax
rate was finally 'established uL
$1.37 per S100. just 37 cents high-er
than it had been for years.
It may or may not be signifi-cant
that the Economy Party
faced np opposition at the poles
either in 1941 Or 1942.
What was your rate this past
year? $1.30 per $100. "]uat 30
rents higher than it-was in 1940.
Pvh Williom A. Serby
Missing In Atlontic
Pvt. William A Serby. son of
Mrs. Flhie'Finketstein. of L4
Hmh plavu. lias been missing in
action in the North Atlantic. _
si:ice Feb 2. according to u War |
Uep.uiinent telegram received by '
:.i.\ nioLlier nn Ffb. 13. A second ;
n'Lr«;i.in dchverd laM Tliursday'
vuiivc.vcd tlie information no ad- )
\\ord had been received ,
. iiim. i
^v Str.jy. who wa.s horn in*
Washh.L'on. ID C., mi July 11. |
1H1V. and was mdurted into'%eTv-|
ieu nn Mnv 13. laht. He is bc-|
Iit)Vf\i to have) !.wen on one of
The" "two 11 a nspo.rt?. ..that w ere
hunk_.l)y. G.rnTi.a\n.submarines.
youth"c3Jnie TtT Freeport with
family about t/wenty years
He was graduated from the
Freeport High School and Pace
Institute, New York. He was a
foreman for the Grumman Air-craft
Engineering Cnrp.. when
he entered the army.
Active in affairs at Temple
Israel, he was president of the
Emunah Society, an organization
for younj 'people, at his Induc-tion.
Rabbi B. Leon Hurwitz re-called
that he attended the in-duction
ceremonies and gave a
Bible to Pvt. Serby aa he left.
Patterson,
scored in
for posi-machlnes,
the
There a r e fifteen Economy
Party district captains, and thir-leea
of the. fifteen are on the
payroll of the village, town or
county. wlt.h two exceptions and
they receive business or fees.
LasL year these "'olTtccrs and
captains received a combined
sum in uxcess of $54,000 for
their services to the taxpayers*
Recently Republican. voters re-ceived
a. letter endorsing t*he
Economy Party candidates, Thejre_
la listed on the lett side ol that
, 43*
M;
of the Economy group
will appear on Hie upper row
over t,ht)?=e »! (he Home Ru](
caiKiidnles.
However, Dr. Nrmrm averted
hut (his \vas ;i holluw victory
compared \vi'h the fad (lint
more than HOO persons \vlrn had
fulled to register last November,
turned out in Saturday's rain In
enroll so :t.s t" quulify to vnle
in (lie Village election.
Tlie fifteen polling ivlares wil!
be open from 7 :i m. to 9 p.m.
Former M a y o r Clinton M.
Kant, heads the Home Rule
Party slate in n^ain seeking that
office, with Joseph H. Gallo,
Hor.i/e F. Carpenter mid Cyril
C Ryan fur (he three trustee-ships
imd Hl)beit R. Johnson up
for re-election as village
The cnndidatus "| the P
Pai'ty-are Fred S. -Howcll, Jr..*
for Mayof^ As» A. Trc n chard .-
Edmund—A.. Rdbson and George
tru.steps-...,,r\vitri
are
of or
(he cxcep-cnni-fr)
r
°'' Worden
the judi^i.i.1
Dunker Voted $100
Monthly Expenses
rounfy, and one
'.Ions receivtfs fee.s.
bhied fee.s niKJ s;
!)().()!)().
That is $n-kuu() for Fconomy
trty olUcers m (jjH.iins; $90,-
MK) l(*r Hepuhlican Coinmiltee-mcn.
a.comuineJ total ul $M4.()(MJ.
There ih tlir Reonnmy Party
machine in Krceport. and Its uosL
to the taxpayer.
They are the men \vliu pirk#xl
:ti; nl (ite Fcnnuniy Pjity e-an-didiitr.
v ihis vrar. And. here is
hnw it Is dune liere is the
mat'liine at woik
Firxt. tile KxecYttivr Committee
her and picks the can-*
Then
(Item to the
mitttfe whiLli.
jlates tu the Rrnnorniy Party ax./
a whole at^ a meeLlin;
; ' dues paymg - members
'l.b vot'ti.
Rulu
the
And all oj under Economy.
MERCY LEAqPE MEETING
The monthly, meeting of the
Fredport LqagQi* of Mercy Hos-gtta'l
will be* held tomoirqw af-ternoon
(tTlday) at the home of
Mrs. Irving J. • Reagan, 247
Grand avenue.
Lenders of the Horn*
Party today recalled t,h
Village Board at. a SPECIAL
MEETING held in EXECUTIVE
SESSION on May 15. voted t«
allow Herman C. Dunker, assis*
tant, director of Civil Protection
for Freeport, expenses In the
amount of $100 a month.
*
This fact remained a secret
until it was brought to light In
a. story published in THZ)
LEADER on November 26, last.
This they cited aa an example
of'the way in which village af-fairs
are being conducted. Mostly
behind closed doors.
(he Candidas tlicy arc
to tlie Republican
tccmon, who ALWAYS unanl-irouRly
place thMr stamp of ap-proval.
Fourteen of t!ie Econ-^
omy Party utnccrh or captains
are also Republican Committee-men.
With a Big Boss behind
all of this you will see how easy
It, is to always agree, up and
down the line, with not a dis-senting
voice, and everything
Economy does within its own
ranks is always done unani-mously.
If all of this does not add up
to MACHINE POLITICS then
we don't .know the meaning of
that word. Hague js a monster
for "doing just these", t&ihga In
New Jersey, Tajnmany wna de-=
throned *in New. York City fpr
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