The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-09-13
Candidate for
 State Senator
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 home owners from excessive taxa ton and the changing of the bank ing laws in order to safe guard savings deposits.
 The candidate also called for 6 reckoning with high speed machine production by reducing the stand ard working day, a drive to oust office holders who will not and do not represent the people after cleo tion and the enactment of proper laws to protect pedestrians using main state highways.
 James F. Colwell presided as the chairman of the convention and the secretary was George B. Horan. At torney Hackett and Edward Real were the committee on credentials. Eleven delegates and Alternate William Conlon qualified to sit in at the session. Attorney Hackett was unanimously nominated.
 Following his nomination Attor- ney Hackett launched into his ini- tial attack on the republican ma chine declaring that a change is ne- cessary and advisable at this time. Two years ago Attorney Hackett opposed Senator Lewis s. Reed and was defeated by less than 200 votes. After calling for observance of the existing laws, Attorney Hackett announced his platform consisting of eight points, which Is as follows:
 l. Keep the money in the tax payers pockets instead of finding more ways to take it out.
 2. We must safeguard and pro- tect the 'homeowner' from unrea- 1>I L1y o foir and nnllit. able reappointment of the tax bur- den and fair interest rates.
 3. We must have banking laws that will safeguard savings depos- its.
 4. We must provide some form of unemployment insurance, old age pension, and relief of unemploy-A| ment.
 5. We must recognize the need for beneficial legislation to provide more adequate facilities for our ed-infirm-blind and mental cases.
 6. We must reckon with high speed machine production, by re- ducing the standard working day.
 2 We must drive out of politics the office holder who will not and does not represent the people after election.
 8. We must have legislation to protect the pedestrians on our highways. To provide walks along state roads.
 Congress Convention
 The local congressional conven- tion followed the 18th senatorial district session. At the congression- al convention 36 delegates from this city to to district session in Torrington next Saturday were cleo ted. The convention was called to order by Town Chairman John H. Crary. Executive Secretary Thomas P. Kelly was nominated as chair man by Murray Carter. Michael | Bergin named Rocco Diorio for sec retary by MT Diorio withdrew. Charles Earth nominated Dennis J. Clancy.
 Mayor Frank Hayes, Controller Daniel J. Leary and Town Chairman | Crary were named delegates at large. The remaining 33 delegates were named. A motion to send the delegates as a unit made by MT , Carter, was opposed by Frank Keaveney who said in his opinion it was the first time Waterbury 8 l ueleRdleS were tO SO lO d SOh6A Co sional convention "hobbled". He opposed the unit rule motion but was defeated. The delegation goes uninstructed but with Judge Martin Gormley of Naugatuck the only one in the race the vote will go to bor- ough candidate. The delegates to the district convention were as fol- lows:
 First Card. Michael -Bergin. John Lawlor, Frank Keaveney, James Fitzmaurice, Charles Sciullo, Ber- nard Mulchrone; 2d ward. Edward Mcdonald. William Dunleavy. Der nard Kelley. Nathan Freedman, D. J. Clancy, Charles B. Jackson; Sd ward, Rocco Diorio. Vincent Scully, John Bendler, Patrick Healey, Thomas Kelly. John Derwin; 4th ward, Joseph Guilfoile. Daniel Cav anaugh, William Casey, Thomas Hurley, John Delaney. Michael Car roll. William M. Kelly: 9th ward Maurice Tangney, William stanton Charles Earth. Albert Waller Laura Pascucci. Mary CavanauEh James Mccormick. James Duggan