The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-03-26
Judge Edward Mascolo
 Loses At Convention
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tCooEnueo Y Instruction. The day of rubber Siamps in the Democratic party in Waterbury should be over.
 Judge Mascolo, in offering his nroposal that membership on the town committee shall be forbidden io any city officer or employe," told the delegates that it was favored last fall by the Smith-Lynch- -Scully group during the reorganization" efforts of that time.
 My name is being taken in vain" said MT. Lynch, GOT at least my ideas are being misinterpreted. We favored this plan last year be- cause we felt that changes made must be so startling as to convince the public that reorganization was real. I never advocated this plan as a permanent rule. Things are different now; the situations not at all the same"
 Lynch Gives Explanation
 'Tt's unwiSe and disastrous for party to have town committee overloaded with city employees" MT. Lynch went on, "but the situation tends to correct itself. City officials and employees should not now be penalized because of their jobs"
 Other amendments advocated by Judge Mascolo were also voted down. Among them was proposal for election of convention delegates by means of district caucuseS and primaries. His plea for careful study of the new rules before adop- ton was also rejected.
 Mayor Scully Speaks
 Mayor Vincent A. Scully, making c surprise appearance before the convention was called to order, in a brief address to the delegates, he declared that goodwill toward the leadership is held by the rank and file of the party, and promises fur ther Democratic successes in the future.
 '"The Democratic party in Water bury, in the state and the nation is the liberal progressive party" the mayor said. with changing times the party needs changed rules, and l ask that you consider such changes tonight"
 The mayor endorsed the suggestion that women be given representation on the town committee. He urged the delegates to ask Town Chairman Joseph F. Mulville to reconsider his decision to resign, stating that MT. Mulville has done excellent work as leader of the party organization. Judge Mascolo also asked that every effort to retain MT. Mulville be made.
 New Rules Make-Up
 The new rules call for town committee of GA, instead of the pres ent g. Each district will be repre- Sented by man and woman. The town committee shall elect an execu- tive committee of IS, with three members being chosen from each of the five wards. The executive committee will be, in effect, over the town committee.
 Election of the town committee three weeks before each city elec- tion is also provided. MT. Lynch declared that this would allow Tor harmony between candidates for office and the town committee. Other provisions of the new rules include: creation of district con- mittees in each district, with the town committeeman and town com mitteewoman in charge; extra dele gates to nominating conventions for wards which have given heavy Dem ocratic majorities; and filling Of any nomination vacancies by the eXecu- tive committee.
 Patrick Flaherty Speaks
 Following Mayor Scully's re- marks, the convention was addressed by Patrick Flaherty, now a member of the town committee. Referring to a newspaper item listing him as one of those slated to be dropped from the town committee by the mith-Lynch-Soul group, MT. Flaherty said: i've worked for the Democratic party for 26 years. l saw in the paper that I'm to get the axe. That's all right. l don't mind. Elect me or reject me; I'll still be a good Democrat. But elect the best men. If you're building a new platform don't let three or four carpenters down at the city hall build it. Don't let them tell you what to do."
 The convention, called to order at 8:25, got underway with a clash be- tween MT. Lynch and Judge Mascolo The issue was the report of Regis istrar of Voters John T. Derwin which was not ready. MT. Lynch moved that the registrar be given additional time and allowed to file the report with the new town com mittee. Judge Mascolo said the rules specified 1t must be presented to the convention, not the town committee. After considerable dis cussion, the matter was tabled
 Favor Question of Legality
 Pointing out that the rules say that the town committee should take office January 1, Judge Mas colo recommended an amendment allowing the new town committee to take office now. Without such an amendment, he said, there is a E4dfS 4uCOOAO1A SA OAAS 4NSoAAVJ VA way election of the new town commit tee. Judge Mascolo said he did not receive a copy of the rules until February ', and the January pro- vision was never called to his at- tention.
 MT. Lynch said that the rules were in state of hopeless confusion, and said that he had been engaged since last fall in drawing up a new set of rules, which he believed should be adopted.
 q have shown these rules to a number of the delegates" said MT Lynch" and they approve of them ' He then proceeded to read and ex- plain the rules he was proposing.
 Objects to Action
 Judge Mascolo objected to imme- diate action, saying: Its impossi- hIa for IiS tn dipeSt all these rules