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THE HOME NEWSPAPER f Keaibey, Port Reading, and Hopolawn. v,)l, XV, No. 52 WOODBRIDGE, N. J., FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1934 PRICE THREE CENTS FROM OUR TAXPAYERS REFUSE jPOLICE RAID BIG THESE ARE DAYS BRINGING G.O.P. WOMEN SAVED TOWN FROM. TO FORGET BATTLE STILL IN FORDS; TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS TO WAGE WAR WORSE CONDITION FRONT FOR BUDGET SUCE FINE OWNER $250 TO PUBLIC SCHOOL NURSES ON PARTYPOWERS DARBY DECLARES :ommittee's Arbitrary Plan To WINDOW Most Extensive Plant In Many But They Go On With Their Busy Days, Worrying Whether Irked At Having Been Ignored State Auditor Says Power Of Effect No Further Cut* To Years Uncovered In Barn In Children Have Their Rubbers On Or Whether There Is In Matter Of Appointments; His Office Averted More Meet With Opposition. Sufficient Coal In Their Homes To Keep Warm. The Town Committeenien are Fordgj John Under Taken Claim Promises Unkcpt Serious Fiscal Plight •__ to their constituent., and " "ing bene- "ROAD COSTS TOO HIGH" ALL EQUIPMENT TAKEN FURNISH ENCOURAGEMENT TO DESPERATE HOMES SPURN RECONCILIATION ANSWERS BARTHOLOMEW ip in the Association Contends Paring Chief Walsh Serves Notice To Probably no other public employe is called upon to show Firtt Ward Women Aver They Unless Local Government It :h7yTrc ne« »t the job of majl Of koad Figurt: To $25,000 • . local affair., everybody All Illegal Operators To more patience, resourcefulness and initiative than the public Were Not Allowed! To Make Honest, Budget Deception not Would Suffice At Present. Quit Operations Pronto "*"it 7I<.«P i«i»t •»«• school nurse. Appointments From Ranks Is Simple, He Asserts k :;-?ci.e them and ju.t let them Despite the arbitary decision of One of the most extensive bootleg They seem never to tire of the endless problems of an Woodbridge Republican women Walter R. Darhy, State Commis- "0! ahead, unhampered, for a the Township Committee to make no plants ever uncovered in this terri- 1 endless sjream of people that come to them. They watch; have declared ' war against their sioner of Municipal Accounts, to- ""whv they need i a week or a further reductions in: the 1934 bud-tory was raided by local police yes -representatives in the Township nth .ix month, or * >ear, to Bet, the Woodbridge Taxpayers' As- terday. , zealously not pnly the health but the social welfare of hun- Committee. day stated in a letter to D. W. Bar-, IT io handle thing, properly sociation will continue its battle for John Under of King George's road tholomew that had becii" for drastic cuts. dreds of children who have no-one else to whom they may Utter disregard in the matter of irconceivable. Surely one can was taken into custody. He was giv- appointments is the cause of the the power of his ofiicc "the financial A majority of the Committee were en an immediate hearing and was turn for a solution of a myriad of difficulties. They scarcely d h dissension, and several members of condition of the Township of Wood- ° r'w or .ometimo in the (u- said to be in favor of retaining in fined ?2B0. The penalty was paid in .ever complain, even in these monthai of successively blank! pay the women's organisation, have let ? its present amount the item of bridge would be worse;today .than It r/eLet . cut out the bunk and cash by Anthony Zullo, , of Port days. it be known that the situation has ct down to bu.ineM. $40,000 for road costs during the Reading.- now passed beyond tho point where ''<" • ' ' ' . get year. Although the Association was The plant,, located in a barn in No public acclaim do they seek in a reconciliation is ' possible. They Mr. Darby made the statement) In s to be hoped that the legisla- promised an analysis of this sum for Fords, was said to be owned by L return for the tireless trudging have further intimated that they will replying to criticism of his office by I't i'''NiT'nnfs w ttie pending act com-last Thursday, it was not expected to George Miller. The barn was the Demands Of Economy retaliate for thd lack of recognition l 1 through drifts of snow amid bluster- D. W. Bartholomew. He said his of- ' ;f;;n;" effionSirfMunfcipalBud- be' received until tonight, Com- scene some time ago of a similar h t lti 1 ing winds. They will gladly talk of at the ne-xt election. in 75% of what they were in mitteeman Howard Madison pre raid, but the equipment was not so Although it was stated that Com- fice did not 'have the power over mu- : viously estimated roughly extensive as that confiscated yester- their work, Made By Cov, Moore nicipal budgets which the local man ',;;.H, This is only reasonable, in that of. the children with mittcemen in other wards have taken comparison with current private cur- $18,000 would be spent for salaries day. The raid was conducted by De-whom they come in contact and into their party) councils and consid- sought for him tol exercise. and the remainder for materials, tective Sergeant Keating, Traffic their families, the social problems Calls On All Department* To Bartholomew stated that interest tnilments. _ — ,- supplies, repairs and various inciden- Sergeant Benjamin Parsons <-. and eration the women who assisted in that arise, their method of dissipat- Exercise Stringent Economy their election, the First Ward women items in the. 1934 Township budget Everyone intere.ted in reduc- tals. Traffic Officer Joseph Grady. ing them. But they insist on anony- feel they have been slighted. jumped $63,763.05 "although there ing ta»«—(*hi«=h >?»•*» •*"'* " The Association stands squarely In addition to arresting Under, the In Government Works In additiodditi n to thhe allegell d failure has beeh no new financing during ecurcd, if the people turn out) behind its contention that $25,00<~ police seized a steam boiler, of 500 "What most of tha families need of the powers to name organization the past year, only refinancing". He ,".h«.U attend the further would adequately take care of th. gallon capacity; two coolers, a con.- in these dire days," said one of them, INSISTS NO EXCEPTIONS choices to vacancies in tho public calculated that the amount of tJiis hearing on the B-di-t «« Township road system, particularly denser, 3 fifteen-hundred gallon "is just "a word of encouragement, system, the selection of Harry Maw- interest increase represented a prin- Monday evenmg, March Bth, at in view of the precarious financia' mash vats; 4 one-thousand gallon a ray of hope. Probably that is one bey by the present administration to cipal of ?1,275,261 and assorted that 8 o'clock. Quite a cut w«i .e- condition of the municipality anc mash vats; two alcohol storage tanks of the most important phases of our Continued economies in State continue in the road department also "apparently your own figures are governmental expenditures were re- cured at the la.t meeting and will continue its battle for this re of SOO-gallon capacity; three pumps; work, to save the morale of scores was scored. Tho contention is that out of balance with respect to the , ,,ill more of a "Jin* will be duction at the public hearing on tlv 2 motors and a quantity of yeast. of families who feel they have quested today by Governor Moore in Mawbey should not have been a hold- debt service items of Woodbridge Despite the extensive equipment, a letter to all department heads and over from the Democratic adminis- Township by approximately $1,275,- forthcoming, provided the^ tax- money ordinance on. Monday, , 1 reached the end of their resources payer. .in.iit_iip<>" it. "No-ono has proven to us yet,: police were' unable to locate any ap-and are ready to give up. commissions. Response to a previous.) tration, but that- a new appointment 2.G1.0Q." ,. .. said William F. Coughlin, Presiden preciable amount.of finished^ alcohol "The f act remdins, howevor that we appeal for curtailment of govern- should have been made from organi- Mr. Bartholomew, a member of hief Walsh, of the Police Depart- although several gallons of mash mental costs was most heartening, zation ranks. the executive committee of the lo- l of the Association, "that our claim canrco-t lo'se, sight of the effect the giv- the Governor pointed out. „., t aays the Township is without is unreasonable or impossible. We were seized. ing of relief is having upon great The reason offered by local party, cal Taxpayers' Association called up- .,'„ ordinance requiring the remova still feel that our recommendation Chief of Police James Walsh, act- numbers of people. We feel as do all "As the need for ecenomy is no leaders for Mawbcy's continuance on. Mr. Darby to explain how his of- .now from the sidewalks. Until for this reduction, as for others, is ing under orders of Township Com-sane people, that no stone should be less—nay even greater than when I was that "he was the only man infice figures could bo so far out of .|,rVs some such measure,,we can sensible nnd in the best interests of mitteeman Harry M. Gerns, chair- left unturned in taking care of addressed you before—I am again town who knows where all the sew-•balance and also why he approved t;U for no relief in this direction. the taxpayers and in view of this man of the police committee, took those, unfortunate people, without appealing to you and all other heads ers are." the budget made up by last year's \V...«lbri(lBe ought Burely to have feeling, we intend to fight." the occasion of this raid to serve no- funds or prospects.