The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-04-26

0ss4Wh~A UCAeHSG Utus quhckhy CUu-
 cured in the minor House amend
 Ssseuts and sent the bill on It's
 way te the executive office for
 signature.
 The House, after it's lengthiest
 debate since the session began,
 passed . savings bank life insur-
 aricc bill It differed from the
 bill earlier passed by the Senate
 but it paved the way for the from
 Ing out of the differences between
 the two houses in . committee of
 conference.
 The Senate passed the contro.
 versial state labor relations act by
 . vete of 3S t0 0, and also adopt ed . rural electrification bill. Both
 bills face modification in the
 HouEs but at least they are on
 their way.
 A tactical victory for the governor was chalked up this week when his statement criticlsing Republican handling of the state defense bill telephoned from Washington, led by the c. O. P. to change its stand and withdraw the $5,0o0 salary lini- tation. No one could understand why the limitation amendment had been inserted in the first place, but yet there was some eyebrow lifting when the c. o. P. high command quailed 30 quickly before the gover- xor'S attack. The explanation seems to be that the party leader ship realized that the public is in no mood for tampering with defense lesislAtion and that the best way out oe a bad situation was to back down rather than press the issue.
 Maneuvering between the Dem- vcratlc chief executive and the Re- puhllcan House was immediately Fesumied when the governor re- ilerated on Thursday that his ap- rolntments were being delayed pending adoption of his full legis- lAtior program. There was . broad kint that nominations would be Held up until after adjournment se Che legislature June 1, if necessary.
 Some believe that this is large- H q threat on the governors part; others felt it might indi- cate . definite policy that had been decided. The peace of mind 6R i0N. seekers both in and out of the legislative ranks was not helped by whispered reports, heard all over the Capitol late in the week, that the governor had de- cided that # minor court appoint znents were left to him he would name Q virtually 100 per cent Democratic slate. Like all such reports, the origin was hard to trace but Democratic leaders de- nied that the stories had been Aplanted" to scare Republicans and make possible more bene- 1Iclal (for the Democrats) appor- t1onment of lower court jobs.
 As the assembly goes into its fineS weeks, the leadership in neither chamber Is too secure. The impress si6n has been gained by many ob- serves that the Democratic leader slip in the Senate is hardly too strong and that 1t might decline from shakiness to complete col. lapse on some major issue before At the same time, signs of discontent on the part of some members of the Republican ma jority in the House have been seen. A showdown was avoided in the House this week when @ roll call vote on savings bank life insurance was sldestepped but revolt seems likely on the labor relations act.
 The next few weeks will decide the winner of the session -lOng hattie between the governor and the House leadership. There should come . clear-cut decision on whether the governor has shown bettee generaiship by holding up patronage, big and little, to force approval of his program or whether the "slow down" tactics of the House were better political strat- egy.
 Victory in the early sklrmishes clearly rests with the governor, but the outcome of Che entire battle Is not yet decided.
 "A sell.out of tickets for the bi- enniai gridiron dinner of the Lau- rel club at the Hartford club We'd nesday night has been recorded, and state officials and legislators are shivering in anticipation as they await the method the legislative reporters use to "give them the business" this yeas. Rule No. for Gle dinner is that "No reporters are present" but you can get an idea Dg what the guests Cat $5 a copy) % through when you read line of Inc Laurel clubs constitution. It states that one of the clubs prin- rlpal aims shall be ito puncture Inc inflated ego of legislators" v Harry Krasow and his commit tee have doEe a fine job on ar- engagements for the Young Repub- llean state convention, to which Waterbury is hest this week end .. Repeat item: the housing probIem grows more critical. but sfill no Waterbury Housing Auth lgy ... A government inspector in town . few days ago said that parts are being made here for a big army bomber which has great w speed than pursuit ships now being used by Britain and the Axis Get 'em rolling, boys, before Hitter decides that Pine ain nseds protective custody"