The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-29
RY yACK AMMAN

8X JACM ZAAWAN United Press Staff CorrespOndent)
 Hartford, Conn, Feb. 20.-(Up) ---(UP)--A reorganization and re. classification of the State 1nsur. ance and Education Departments has been instituted by the State Finance Department.
 James P. Purcell, former con- troller's chief clerk at Waterbury who figured largely in the il1uni- cipal fraud trials there, ts in charge of the investigation, He recently went on the state pay- roll as a special agent of the finance and budgetary division.
 Purcell Is studying the set.fp 0e both insurance and education divisions and was expected to make a report soon on overlap- ping and unnecessary jobs within hose departments.
 A similar survey recently was completed in the motor vehicles department, and Q reorganization oe the bureau was ordered. The personnel setup was unified, and ( program arranged whereby eIi1. ployes quitting or retiring from the state service would not he
 A reaiignrnent Of jobs in the two departments now being sur. veyed can be expected.
 state Finance Commissioner Q. Glenn Saxon really is serious about going after tho Repubh. can U. s. senatorial nomination.
 His friends say he gets . great. '. sr kick out of national affairs thap he does out of purely stats business, and would like 0 60 to Washington. Saxon makes week. ly trips to the capitol In his ea. pacity as research director lee the Republican National C0nslt- tee, and, it was said, he directs Q siseable bureau of personnel.
 Notice of his, candidacy caine as somewhat of . surprise to capitol reporters, who felt tbe build-pp was underway for pauI Cornell, Washington, Conn, school hea4e master, and director of publlcity for the party in the lsss ststs campaign.
 It 6 still tdo early tc determine reaction to the Saxon boom" but from some quarters there were rsmOrs he may experiencev diff. culty in lining up delegates.
 gax0n's packers believe Senator Francis T. MaIoney can be de4 feated this fall, principally be. cause Oe opposition from within his own party. They say Con. aecticut can De carried by the Re- publicans even if President Reese. welt runs for . third term.
 The finance cOmmissiOIler is . Presbyterian, lives at New Ha. ven, and Is recognised as one 0f the leading conservative ec01lo. naistg in the country. He is having his troubles now abOpt de- ciding whether to so back tO Yale university in the fall, remain as stste finance commissiopsr, q beth.
 Yale resuses b renew his years leave oz absence, which expires June 90. A decision in this dilemma was expected in about . month, or before April 1. The University wants to know Saxon's decision by then 90 it can draw up its fac. ulty plans for the fall term.
 A high.ranking capitol source. who Is in . position to determine national trends and whose opi1- ions have been quoted in this col. linall before, reports:
 ''There seems to be an iii1wxit- ten agreement between D.. s, Sens. Taft and VAndenberg to squeeze out district attorney new- ey for the republican presidential nomination. Influential leaders of the party feel Dewey as c presi- dental candidate would do the party's chances no good. But, ag . vice presidential candidate, he would be . great assistance -f he viii take second place.
 sBokh Taft and Vandenburg realize this, and there seems 70 De some sort of an understanding between them whereby, If one finds himself blocked in the con- ventlosl, te win throw his strength to the other. but not to Dewey.
 Meanwhile. there are three de- finite daTk-hcrses in the picture. Do not make any mistake about Herbert Hoover. If the war breaks out in its full fury soon, as pre- dicted. he will be considered more and more. Then there are Bruce Barton and wendell Willkie as other possible compromise candi- dates"
 They are telling the story around the Capitol of a meeting between finance commissioner Gaxom and assistant U. 6. attorney general Thurman Arnold, a new dealer. when both wer teaching at Xale University.