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SOUTH NORWALK EVENING SENTINEL
PaSt Week Has
BY CLARENCE G. WILLARD
The week just passed was the
busiest since the opening of the legis-
lative session at Hartford. even with
the Thursday holiday, which was ob-
served by both.Legislatu§-e and State
departments in the same way as any
other working-day.
There were more bills heard before
committees this week than in any
previous week. and undoubtedly more
than will be heard in future weeks.
The big general'educationai hearing
was the predominating meeting of the
heaviest week this' Legislature will 80.
through.
Eduational Matters.
There is no question but that. this
session of the Legislature will be re-
membered as the one in which educa-
toinal legislation occupied a most
important part. The hearing held in
the Hall of the House on Tuesday
afternoon witnessed the largest crowd
that has yet been seen in that cham-
ber. Dr. Meredith and members of
the State Board of- Education appear-
cd in favor of various measures Spon-
sored by the State Board now pend-
ing before the Legislature and the
hearing was in the form of open dis-
cussion. without consideration being
given to any specific bills. The audi-
ence was composed mostly of educa-
tors from. various parts of the state.
all apparently‘fervid in their desire
to indicate their approval of Dr.
Meredith. and many uddoubtedly
hoping that somthlng would come
up to allow them to condemn the
"effort to fire Dr. Meredith" as one
of them expressed herself.
The sentiment. of the audience.
when analyzed. present an interesting
story, ~ a story which must begin
[our years ago. Back in 1919, the
Morrison Code occupied the most
prominent position of any piece of
proposed legislation during the ses-
sion. A general hearing. similar to
the one of Tuesday, was held. at
which educators packed the Hall of
the House, all bitterly opposed to the
“scheme of centralization." as they
termed the project. Personalties
were indulged in. and feeling ran
high. Naturally the code went down
to ignominiousIdefcat in House and
Senate later in the session. as the
legislators were strongly against
centralization themselves.
In the session of 1921. educational
measures that went to defeat were
voted down because of the tendency
toward centralization of power in the
state. and because the legislators be-
lieved that so far as was possible.
the individual towns of the, state
should step in and take the reins.
There is no q‘u'bstion but that defeat
of a. large part of the State Board's
program two years ago was due to its
apparent wilingness to assume addi-
tional authority in educational mat-
tcrs all over. the state.
' This year. the educational bills. if
analyzed. have the same general
trend as two years ago, and the same
general trend as the much abused
and repudiated Mort-hon Code. In
fact it has been said that the com-
pllistion of bills before this assembly.
copies of which were passed out at
the hearing on Tuesday. are the same
as the explanatory compilations which
the State Board presented at. hear-
‘lngs two years ago. In a. nutshell.
the centralization program of the
State Board is being presented to
each succeeding Legislature. dressed
slightly dilic'rent perhaps; but the
skeleton remaining the same. And
‘whllc in 1919 practically every teach-
er in the state was absolutely op-
posed to centralization, in four years
they have completely reversed posi-
tion and now are strongly for it, to
all appearances.
The word “centralization" is be-
coming exceedingly painful to Dr.
Meredith and supporters of the State
Board's program. They appreciate
the past record of measures with
which the word has been connected.
but practically everybody in the
Legislature in referring to the educa-
tional bills. mentions the word sever-
al times. It cannot be quietly done
away ‘with as an an expression.
The statement has been made in
this column that the educational pro—
gram of the State Board is in for
"rough sailing,” when the bills come
into the House and Senate. The
hearing of Tuesday. in spite of its en-
thusiasm. does not change this pro-
phecy in any way. There were a
legislators in Tuesday's
i
Where the mast; of
of his home.
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Been Busy %
for Logislature at Hartford
audience. and the day following wit-
nessed many'conridor discussion. of
it. As a. whole the legislators be.
iieve the present powers or the State
Board, if extended. would provide a,
dangerous experiment at this time,
both from administrative standpoint
and from a financial standpoint. A:
for the hearing. they considered the
audience entirely in sympathy with
one side of the question. with addi-
tional weight laid upon the supposi-
tion that the State Board was»“under
tire." They do not consider the State
Board or Dr. Meredith as being the
object of criticism. They do not
blame'the State Board alone or Dr.
Meredith. for the tendency toward
centralization. They believe it-is one
of those things that have »gra.duaily
worked into the syntem of'education.
and that the state as a vwhole. the
towns. cities, the Legislatures—these
are just as responsible. for the trend
as the State Board. A personal driVe
at Meredith would bring no result in
this Legisitaure because those op-
posed to the present educational bills
are opposed as a matter of principle
involved, without any personalities
entering into the thing.
The Republicans have been accused
of being behind the bill now before
the assembly which would cause the
secretary of the State Board to be
appointed by the governor instead of
by the Board. and which . would
lower his salary from 39.000 to $6.-
000 a year. The introduction of this
bill was termed a poiticai move to
oust Meredith. However, the fact is
that little or no support can be lo-
cated for the bill at this time. and a.
big majority of the Republicans‘ in
the Legislature would probably vote
against it if it were up for consider-
ation. Horvever. the {act is that
even the introducer o! the bill was
never in favor of it, and Seaetary
Meredith was never considered more
than an incident in the progress of
the movement toward centralization.
The educational program will not
be successful in this Legislature be-
cause principles ooncerned in the
program are questioned. but legisla-
tive leaders are not. of the opinion
that the educational system of the
state should be a matter of personal-
ities or politics. ‘
Sunday Baseball.
There Were exactly twenty people
in the room when the Judiciary Com-
mittee started to hear the proponents
of the Sunday baseball bill on Wed-
nesday. And about half of this num-
ber were waiting for the committee
to reach other bills in which they
were interested. Three people spoke
in favor of the measure. two senators.
Bakeweii and Clyne. and Representas
tive Schatz of Hartford: two spoke
in opposition. one representing min-
isters of Sharon and the other a'rep-
resentstive of the Federation of
Churches. Outside of the latter.
there wasn't s. minister in evidence
and not a baseball man was present.
The utter lack of Opposition such as
might be expected s. coupib or years
ago. indicates no special trouble for
this bill in its successful travel
through House and Senate. The Sun-
day hill of two years ago met an
executive veto. after passing both
It used to be the custom each
Legislative year for the towns of
Hamden and Orange to bring plenty
of local argument before committees,
but this year the fame of these two
towns is supplanted by the town of
Brantord. Three bills concerning
the town are frowned upon by a
number of its citizens who appeared
in Hartford Wednesday. but the two
representatives from the town are in
favor of the bills and undoubtedly in-
tend to remain so. The former main-
tain that a well‘ attended town
meeting voiced objections to the bills,
'and the latter maintain that the bills
htne not been presented to the peo-
pc at. home properly. One of the
rpresentailvees has been quoted as
saying. "A man who rpns for gates in
Branford must have the hide of an
rhinocerous." So at least in this
session. Orange and Hamden haye
been supplanted.
The “Hubbard Bill”
The vote on the so- called
bard Bill’ 'ln the House \Vednesday.
has created considerable talk at the
capitol. House Leader Buckley has
presented the unanimous report of
the Judiciary Committee, and it was
sustained by a 117-67 vote. some
Republicans. mostly from Middiesex
County where Hubbard lives. and
was given all of the Democratic
members of the House being in-
cluded in the minority. Leader
Buckley's action in moving reconsid-
eration and moving that the recon»
sideration action be tabled. was a
new parliamentary move to most mem-
bers. The motion to table was p t
and carried before the motion to r:-
consider was carried, leaving the bill
on the House table until such time as
Major Buckley desires to withdraw
his motion to reconsider. Rumor has
it that the leader desires to look into
references made to the curetthat
‘ members ‘of the Judiciary Committee
are concerned in the efforts of those
apposed to the bill. therefore his
move in delaying further action.
Civil armies
The Civil Service Bill was rejected
houses. but a repltitlon of this is“
not expected this year.
Branford
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can be mad
how,
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.
in the Senate Tuesday by a. strict
party vote of 25 to 8. After the re-
sult was announced and the Senate
proceeded to the. next business at
hand.
made to it. There was little or no
interest or discussion over the inci-
dentiin the Capitol last 'week in the
House. Mr. Talcott of Vernon former ' ’
member of the Cixil Service Commis-
sion and voted with the majority to
defeat the bill, and this week in the
Senate the introducer offthe Civil
Service Bill of two years ago—Sena-
tor Bakewell—voted with the major- ‘
ity against the measure.
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LEAGUE DELEGATE HERE
EN ROUTE T0 ARRANGE
r CARACAS (‘oner
Senor Larrosa Confers “ith Judge
Payne on Important Session. '
En route to South America to make
preliminary arrangements for the
first Pan-American conference of the
League of Red Cross Societies. A. R.
Larrosa. delegate of the League from
Paris. conferred with Chairman John
Barton Payne and other officials of
the American Red Cross upon his ar—
rival in Washington this week. Judge
Payne expressed to Senor Larrosa the
keen interest of the American Red
Cross in th coming conference. which
is, tentatively scheduled to be held in
Caracus. Venezuela. October 12 to 18.
The Caracus conference will be the
third of a. series of regional meetings
of the‘xLeague. The first was held in
Bangkok. Siam. recenfiy. The sec~
and conference, at which countries of
eastern Europe will be represented,
will meet in Warsaw, Poland. early in
April. .
The League of Red Cross Societies.
in addition to inviting all the Ameri-.
can countries to the Caracus confer-
ence. will ask that representatives be
sent from England. Holland. Spain.
France and the League of Nations.
M. Albert. Thomas. president of the .
International Bureau of Labor. has
assured Senor Lax-rose. of the warm
co-operation Of that organization.
Sena: Larrosa. will attend the con-
ference of diplomats of Pan-America.
to be held in Santiago. Chile. in'April.
at which the United States will be re-
presented by Secretary of State Hugh-
es. At this conference Senor Larro-
sa hopes to bring about the adoption
of a resolution endorsing and support-
ing the Caracus meeting.
With the societies of Latin America
naturally looking To the leadership of
the American Red Cross. it will be the
principal purpose of the Caracus con-
ference to bring about common action
between the two American continents
in case of epidemics and catastrophes.
Senor Larrosa expressed the belief
that by means of the Caracas confer-
ence. the influence of the American
Red. Cross will be greatly widened
through the development of a. joint
program with the League of Red Cross
Societies.
Following a. visit to Caracas to or-
ganize the. nucleus of the coming con-
ference. Senor Lurrosa will proceed to
Santiago'for the meeting of govern-
mental heads of the Pan-American
governments and then make a tour. of
South America in the. interest of the
Caracas conference.
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