The Connecticut labor news., September 30, 1921, Page Eight, Image 8

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Will the people FORGET that Mayor FitzGer
ald as our Mayor met tasks and accomplished
results which on the day and times of the same
the people looked on with wonderment and pride
and marveled at his energy and ability to
achieve the benefits he did for all concerned?
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Can the poor of the City FORGET the estab
lishment of the 20 ice stations in this City in the
summer of 1919 when ice was disposed of by the
City at therate of 40 cents a hundred, when the
dealer was selling- it for 80 cents and when he, as
Mayor, saved the people 100 per cent, on the cost
and helped save the lives of children by furnish
ing the ice?
If the people of New Haven can forget these things, then New Haven is not what we think it is.
The people WILL NOT FORGET, bat will return DAVID E. FITZGERALD
as Mayor to continue the good works.
MAYOR DAVID E. FITZGERALD
A Product of New Haven.
Will the people of New Haven FORGET Mayor FitzGerald's successful efforts in obtaining coal for them during: January and February, 1918, when coal could not be
purchased at any price from the coal dealers? What did Mayor FitzGerald do? There were places in New Haven unoccupied where coal had been stored for the win
ter's use and not used. Have the people forgotten what the Mayor did and how he obtained coal and distributed it throughout the City? Has memory gone and will
people forget the good one does?
Will the people FORGET that Mayor FitzGerald was equal to every ordeal and ready for every event crowding quickly as they did in the great panorama of action
which marked his four years in office?
Will the people, yea the business men of the City FORGET what Mayor FitzGerald did after the armistice was signed during the period of depression then at hand?
Will they forget and will the working man forget that it was he who called the manufacturers of the city together to devise and adopt ways and means to meet the
situation? Will the people FORGET that it was Mayor FitzGerald who called together the Mayor of the various cities in the State in council with the Chief of the Gov
ernment Ordinance Department in the early part of 1919 to secure for the factories of the city and state a continuation of government work so that employment would
be furnished to the working man everywhere?
Will the people FORGET that he sent a representative of the City to Washington on the same purpose? Will the mothers and fathers of the boys themselves forget
his loyalty and friendship? Will any one who has ever visited the Mayor's office seeking aid or assistance ever FORGET him? Will the landlords and hundreds of citi
zens who write him concerning one thing or another of city matters forget his courtesy and fair dealing?
Will the citizens everywhere who have heard him on public or private matters FORGET his earnest, energetic and painstaking attitude to serve and to please? Will
any one who has come in contact with him FORGET his every action and conduct to be the servant of the people always?
Will the people FORGET his action in bringing thousands and thousands of dollars of government goods to this city to the great saving of money on the part of those
who purchased?
Will we FORGET the thousands of pounds of sugar that he secured for the people at a reduced cost of from 8 to 10 cents a pound?
Will we FORGET his efforts to secure more play grounds and parks and his action in securing for the park board the means to this end?
Will the friends of the late Mayor Frank J. Rice FORGET one of the first official acts of Mayor FitzGerald in haying the old Baker field named the Frank J. Rice
Memorial Park in honor of the deceased Mayor?
Will the people, as they carefully examine the personnel of the various committees and commissions appointed by Mayor FitzGerald FORGET that he was prompted
in all that he did, by that which was for the best interests of the City?
Will the people FORGET that only by and through a desire to serve faithfully and well the City of his birth could Mayor FitzGerald have accomplished what he did
and have been faithful? Will this be forgotten by the people?
Will the people FORGET that men and women from all parts of the country and other countries and nations who have visited our City and met the Mayor as it was
his duty in representing the City to meet them, expressed themselves in terms of approval and commendation of his services and have left the city impressed by its mayor
and the granduer of the jurisdiction.
Will the parents of the young men who desire a college education but cannot afford it, FORGET that Mayor FitzGerald secured from Yale University scores of free
scholarships for New Haven's sons? The Mayor opened Yale's doors to the youth of the city and Yale appreciates his efforts.
"THE MAN WHO DID THINGS IN WAR AND PEACE"
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