The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-28

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 A provisional merit examination Is being held for the position as Senior Supervisor in the Motor Vehicle department. Why the ex. animation Is being held is sOme- thing this writer cannot under stand. The Job is in the bag for . man by the name of Ken- meth Fagar who is at present holding the position on a prOvl- sl0nal basis. Some day the Merit system is going to be shown up for the racket t k. Maybe I'll be the one to do it.
 While job hungry, yes and de- serving Republicans are being giv. en the run around when they look for state jobs 1t is interesting to ncte that the personnel costs for the state have increased by almost ONE MILLION DOLLARS as compared with 1888. How does this news hit you boys and girls of the c. o. P.2
 Sorry to have cause,l publisher Bill Fape the embarrassment which must have been his when he read my column last week. I still say what I wrote at that time was the truth. The boys up here in the state capitol are still talking about Pape for the United States Senate.
 Speaking of candidates for the United States Senate 1t might be well right here and now to state definitely that Paul Cornell WILL NOT BE THE CANDIDATE. I wish I could tell you more about this, held to a promise not to, for the present.
 They say there is . fifth col- umn in the Waterbury Republl- can party. Phil Bernstein is the acting chairman of the Waldorf Restaurant Republican party and Roy Rice, of Woodbury, is the acting chairman of the s. Regis Republican organization.
 Of all the Republicans in Wa terbury 1t was Peter Costigan who was invited to be the guest of Governor Baldwin the other day. Costigan in case you don't know is one of the most popular Irish Republicans in the Brass City. Hear his name mentioned often up here.
 Ed Fitzgerald former member of the Waterbury Boar q of Alder mcm is still the best dressed man in Waterbury.
 Addressing the Mothers Club in the Elton Hotel the other evening Edward J. Ryan said "The best ard most loyal friend the Mothers of America have is Senator John A. Danahe". The Etatement drew a Rrcat outburst of applause from the large crowd of mothers gath- cred at the meeting.
 Chalk this statement down Knowing what can happen In times of war this writer Is of the opinion that it was mighty foolish to send . boat across the water to bring back refugees. The boat Is very conspicuous no one can deny that hut it is going into war zones and any thing might happen to that boat. such as 6 sub, appearing to be . Nazi sub, causing trouble .. who knows let us all hope and pray that nothing does happen but If it does who gets the blame suppOsing 1t Is not q Nazl sub but enc wearing the Nazi emblems. ..
 It seems that every appointment Baldwin has made has caused a kick back. One of these days I'm goin; to begin letting you in on the entire political scheme as 1t has been played during the past year and a half.
 Walter Howe can be scratched right now as a possible candidate.
 State officials and prominent Italians are going to shun the party which Fred Palomba's or ganization is going to stage next month (to be used by Fred as spring board to announce his cad1- didacy for Congress or any other job that might be open) If you know what 1 mean.
 Senator Claude Badger of Vol colt is being gro0med for the c0n- gressi0nal nomination Co oppose Joe Smith. Badger will have what help If you will call it that that Paiomba might give him, pr0vid- ing of course that Palomba can not cop the nomination (which he can't for himself.
 How is President Roosevelt go- ing up to an air force of 50,000 planes and man those planes with experienced men within six months, one year or l8 months. It's impossible he can't.
 
 Had a long talk with Paul Me- Mutt the other day in Washing ton, D. C. Let me say right here that thls man McNutt Is no push over. He has everything you can look for in a presidential candi- date.
 Some of the G. o. P. leaders are asking if Ben Harwood chair man of the Republican party Is another Dictator" such as we THIS IS THE TIME TO BUY A