The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-11-02

| or Mayor Malcolm D. Nichols. A fifth candidate in the ostensibly nOn-partisai1 election ls Alferd San. tosuoSso, Q lawyer and Democrat.
 Candidate WlthdrawR
 An 11th-hour surprise was the withdrawal of Carleton L. Bret, Soc cial Justice and Townsend Plan candidate, in favor of Nichols.
 Though Nichols A the only Re. publican In the field, he has the enc dorsetnent of neither of Boston's Republican newspapers, the Trans. cript having supported Tobin and the Herald having taken no stand. The Independent Democratic Bos- ton Post also has endorsed Tohin. Barred by the statutes from sue. ceeding himself, Democratic Mayor Frederick w. Mansfield has not and will not endorse any candidate.
 With interest famed by pre-elecA ton scandal inquiries, Q greater number of voters than the 240,l9 who balloted in 1e3S were expected to visit the polls. Same observers believed 20O,000 of the S44,02S regis. tered voters would participate in the election.
 S,OOO,OOO Are to Vote
 Philadelphia, Nov. 3 - (U.PJ = An estimated S,0O0,000 persons voted today in hundreds of local elece tions in Pennsylvania with labor, especially in the highly ul1ioni1ed Pittsburgh area, claiming Q big stake in the outcome.
 Committee for Industrial Organ. iSation aff1liates throughout the state rallied to the Democratic banA 1er carried by Governor George H. Earle, who, though no state oftice was involved, campaigned strongly for his adherents seeking county, city, borough or township posts.
 The 0. I. Q. also endorsed a proc posed amendment which would per. init the legislature to enact Q grad. dated income tax. Republicans said 1t would be "just another tax for the Democratic politicians to play around with" Democrats and their labor supporters said 1t would re- lieve the tax burden on real estate by providing funds for schools.
 Lewis Group For Democrats
 Lieutenant Governor Thomas Remedy, secretary-treasurer of John L. Lewis United Mine Workers, completed a stumping tour for the Democrats.
 Labor's non-partisap League also backed Democratic states. Because the o. I. O.-American Federation of Labor split never has been recogniz- ed by the Pennsylvania Federation of Labor there was no centralized A. F. of L. opposition to candidates endorsed by the c. I. O., scores of whom in many communities were recruited from the ranks of labor.
 In most instances A. F. of L. and c. l. o. locals supported the same candidates.
 New Jersey Voting
 Jersey City, N. J., Nov. - (U. PJ--New Jerseys 1,500,000 voters select as their governor today either U. s. Senator A. Harry Moore Democratic machine candidate who twice before has headed the state government, or Republican State Senator Lester H. Clee, Q Protestant minister turned political reformer. Political observers predicted a vic- tory for Moore, who won the guber- material election in 1925 and 1881. The state constitution prohibits the executive from succeeding himself, but permitS him to seek reelection after one term has elapsed. Clee's first venture into politics was in i034 when he was elected to the as- sembly. He became speaker of the house in his first term and the fol- lowing year was elected senator.
 Primary Was Surprise
 The Republican candidates prirn- ary victory over State Senator Cliff ford R. Powell, who was backed by Governor Harold 0. Hoffman, was surprise.
 Clee, who found time during the campaign to continue conducting his Sunday Mems Bible. Class and Sabbath services from the Second Presbyterian church in Newark, got into trouble with his church in 1925 and again in 1926. He was accused by some of his congregation of dc- lection from doctrinal orthodoxy but successfully defended himself.