The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-10-09

MIuUE COUEC OK OOfNlcCC1CuCs nG will also ask the supreme court, if he gets legal services gratis, to decide whether 3 member of the legislature can hold an adminis- trative post in the state govern ment. This would bring iu State Senator John c. Blackall of Hartford, 3 native of Waterbury, who is now insurance c0mmis- sioner of Connecticut.
 State Senator Francis w. Hogan of Torrington will also be in- volved if the Smith plea is ap- proved by the supreme court. He is deputy motor vehicle commits sioner of the state of Connecti- cut. Senator Lawlor is athletic commissioner for the state.
 If a lawyer with g sense of pub lie duty steps forward to help me I will bring legal action to de- termine whether Connecticut practice is in keeping with its Constitution" asserts Representa- tive Smith. It will be recalled that fin the 1885 session of the legislature he entered 8 bill pro- tsting against legislators holding administrative posts and judge ships and prOsecutorships in the minor courts. The bill was Host" in committee. Another who would be hit would be the republican leader of the senate, Senator J. Kenneth Bradley of Westport who is judge of the town court in his locality. In fact the Smith idea, if approved, would hit about two- thirds of the state legislature, re- pubIicans and democrats alike.
 Republican State Chairman J. Henry Roraback has made it plain that he is fond" of Gov. Wilbur L. Cross but that he still thinks that States Attorney Ar thur M. Brown of Jewett City, g.o.p. gubernatorial nominee, would make the best governor of the two. Roraback has been try ing to explain to the satisfaction of the g.o.p. national committee and the average republican voter of Connecticut his unqualified praise of Governor Cross as chief executive of Connecticut at the party's state convention ill Hart fod last month,
 Governor Cross knows he will be defeated but he's going to be a good sport about it," says State Chairman Roraback. The state chairman is back at his seat in g.o.p. headquarters at the Allyn house in Hartford after 8 lay-off because of i'll health.
 And here's an inside tip this column has received, take it for what you think it's worth. State Chairman Roraback will resign after the coming state and na- tional election. While many are grooming former State Labor Commissioner Harry Mackenzie for the place at the helm, the heavier forces of the party in Connecticut plan to have Judge Alexander Creedon of Hartford named state chairman. Creedon is recognized leader of the party and, 1t is rumored, has the stamp of approval from State Chairman Roraback although Mackenzie and Roraback have been very close friends in the past.
 Congressman-at-Larg William M. Cltron of Middletown, demo- crat was elected two years ago by . 14,0OO plurality. He received a very heavy vote in Waterbury. Power barOns, it is reported, are making a special drive to prevent CitPon from being reelected be- cause of his strong support of the holding company death sem tence" legislation proposed in the last Congress by the Roosevelt administration.
 Democrats of the second con- gressional district know how to make up and forget political jeal- ousy. In the recent democratic convention of the second district there were three candidates for the nomination, Deputy Labor Commissioner William J. Fitzger- aid, Deputy State Controller John Dove and Attorney Thomas J. Birmingham. The latter lives in Andover. Fitzgerald won out at the convention. Now he has turned around and named Attor- ney Birmingham his political manager. It's another worry for the republicans in the district.
 Connecticut will, during the course of the next three weeks, see aeroplanes flying overhead urging voters te support the democratic party. Under the di- rection of Congressman Samuel Rayburn of Texas, chairman of the speakers bureau of the demo- cratic national committee, an aerial caravan of eleven planes has started out to tour the coun- try, trailing banners 12 feet long urging support of the Roosevelt administration. The planes will fly over every state i'm the Union between now and election day, November 3rd.
 Many are wondering If Mayor Alfred E. Phillips, IT,, of stam-