The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-07

Q note of sheer drama intermingled with buriesque, and as weary iegiss lators started for home there came the job of clearing out our desks nt the Capitol. One thing after aIi- other that we found made us to reminlsce and reflect, and we be- gan Co see how much the little things explain the big things. And we thought 1t would give Us col- iimn for today, which might be called: "Sorne random observations on cleaning out Q desk after the legislative session."
 A copy of Gov. HurIey's in. Mugural message. Hopes for real harmony ran high that day January esh as the states first Irish Catholic governor stood In the House chamber before Q battery of floOdlights and, as his collar wllted Into . rag, outlined thO program which he favored and hoped the legislature would adopt.
 A scrawled note, saying "Dan Mahaney again named teller in the House." Big, good-natured, able Dan, veteran of six terms at Hartford yet unsuccessful in his campaign to become New Haven county commissioner des- plte the high regard in which both sides hold him.
 4 picture of John Fitzpatrick, clerk of the Senate, who was mentioned early in the session for an important state post. The rumors grew t0 predictions and they were borne out . few T1In- utes after adjournment when the governor appointed him chairman of the liquor control commission.
 scrawled notes from one Of the "Waterbury Day" hearings. There are the words George Culhane." George came to Hartford to speak | for only one bill, a pension for the widow of Fire Chief Thomas J. Lynch, but he passed away before seeing 1t enacted into law. Few at Hartford that day thought that 1t would be the last time they'd see him alive.
 Pounds of publicity material from the powerful lobby interests, especially the League of Women Voters, tho Merit System Associa. ton and the Connecticut Commit. tee to Make Birth Control Legal. None of the organizations fared very well at the session despite the barrage of literature they fired at legislators and reporters.
 A copy of the senate's roll call vote on the day that the birth cons trol legislation bill was buried. That goes to one sido to be saved. to see how well the advocates Of the legislation fare in their an. iiounced plan to work against the reelection Of those who opposed the iill.
 An invitation from a lobbyist tO "opcn house" at the Hotel Bond, which the lobbyist proba. bly doesn't know yet hurt his cause with the press more than it could ever help it.
 1 A program for the Laurel Clubs gFidiron dinner, which legislators paid s5 cach t0 attend t0 hear themselves and their colleagues given an unmerclf,Il roasting.
 A thick, heavy book--thc gov. erHer's budget recommendations. The appropriations committee studied them for months, added 2 lot more tO them, then they passed each house ln less than five min. utts.
 The text Of a poem by Lieut. Gov. Odeli Shepard, written the morning after one of Lindbergh's isOiatlOnlst speeches, and bidding goodbye to "Lucky Lindy"
 A copy of the Waterbury trade Schooi bill. It almost failed to pass &he House because several represens tatives were indignant at the praise which Senator Mike Blansheld gave to Senator Ed Egan for his work oil it.
 A dozen bills held together by an elastic band. The reform bills of Eddie Udelowitz. bringing thoughts of the afternoons when Eddie blandly argued with commit tee members and refused to stop talking and said what he wanted. A piece of notepaper on which ,is written, "State's Attorney Ban" It was one of the governors rec- Ommendations, bill forcing states Attorneys out Of politics, but 1t didn't have a prayer in the House though 1t passed the Senate. M A page from the Senate journal recording the vote confirming the appointment of Pat Wallace to the Cheshire Reformatory Board. Re- calling Senator Joe Cooneys re- mark, made with the realization Of the coolness between the state ad- ministxation and the local Demo- cratic organizations: "Well, that lakes care Of Waterbury for the eession."
 '! s .t A picture of Executive Secre- ,tary Jim Murphy, whose appoint ment as a superior court judge was confirmed this week, with a scant one vote to spare, after one of the most turbulent scenes in legislative history. A first vote had turned him down but 1t was obvious that the ballot boxes had been stuffed and Speaker Hugh M. AlcOrn, in a memorable dis. play of fair play, ordered a sec ,Ond ballot.
 V Notes made during the speech that House Majority Leader Bill iiHadden made in rejecting nomi- nation to the common pleas court bench. It was a speech that won him 8 rousing ovation and catapulted him into the Republi- can state ticket picture for 1922.
 Several sheets of notes on an interview in February with Mayor Jasper McLevy of Bridgeport. Al. C~ataf4aA xanetw