The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-30


 Not only will the dynamic ''LittIe Flower" repeat, but he will win by a majority of upwards of 100000 and will carry into office with him as district attorney the racket-busting Tom Dewey. Further, the chances are good that the La Guardia landslide will give him control of the new City Council and elect Republicans Newbold Morris and Joseph Mc- Goldrick as council president and city controller.
 The new City Council, incident ally, will rid New York of its old Tammany-ruled Board of Alder man. Its members will be elect ed by proportional representation in borough-wide vote, thus snapping the Tammany district leaders control of his neighbor- hood following, and assuring the Republican and Labor minorities of at least some representation. Dead Tiger
 With La Guardia returned for. another four years, Dewey in the district attorneys chair, and the City Cuoncil no longer subservient to the Tigers tail-lashing, Tam many will be all washed up as a political power. It is doubtful whether it can ever stage per- manent comeback.
 There are two extremely im- portant things about this election.
 FIRST is the downfall of the political machine which for gen. erations has bossed, with high- handed unscrupulousness, the largest city in the world.
 SECOND is the fact that its downfall is being brought by by the son of a Jewish mother and an Italian bandmaster, supported by Labor and by blue-stocking Republicans.
 Furthermore, it is being brought about by a man who four short years ago had been defeated for Congress and was on his uppers. In 1883, La- Guardia had been showed under by the Roosevelt landslide, had spent all his money campaign ing, and was so broke he rode the subways all over New York.
 One evening, while a latne- duck congressman, he took the subway down to the Madison Square Garden with Ernest Cuneo, New York attorney, to see a prize fight. William P. Carey, promoter of the Garden, hap pened to show La Guardia around the place, and among other things mentioned that the Garden had been put in a lone tax classifi- cation whereby it paid $450, ,00O. No ther company in the entire country was in the same classifi- cation, Carey explained, going in- to some detail.
 "That does seem unfair," said La Guardia. 'I'll be glad Co look into it further and if the facts are as you say, I'll intro- duce some legislation" (He still had four months to serve in Congress.)
 'T1l be glad to name any at. t0rney you desire to help you" said Carey, looking at La Guar dia's friend, Cune0. 'Tt's an extremely complicated subject"
 Fiorello could have used split lawyers fee at that moment, but he snapped: Forget 1t. All the facts are in the Statesman's Year Book"
 And he rode home on the sub- way.
 Contagious Little Flower
 A lot of reasons are contribute ing to the political landslide which is rolling up for La Guardia, but there is only one basic reason and that Is the mayor himself.
 La Guardia is the best mayor New York has had in its entire history. He has given the city a New Deal which should make those who bear that name in Washington blush with chagrin. He has put men in his cabinet who are so strict in regard to Civil Service that La Guardia himself once failed to get street. cleaner appointed.
 AND THE PEOPLE KNOW TT.
 Moreover, he has @ sense of humor, a personality, a knack of shOwmanshiu that would almost win him votes in Nazi Germany.
 ''Fiorell0!" he once walled. "Can you imagine anyone run- ming for President with a name like that?"
 One story La Guardia tells on