The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-02-13
Current
Political
Gossip

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on enc legislative RepSvteF)
me 1oas session Of the Connec-
Hont General Assembly q now
feady 70 get down to the more
serious business Of conducting
nenrlnga On the hundreds Of bills
which have been introduced.
Senator Frank SummM and
John TObln have introduced an
exceptionally large number Of
hills. OF course, they know, that
mot all Of these bills viii be
pAssea, but even n the most I'm.
portant Ones are, they win have
done something Of which they
can feel proud.
A certain newspaper in the
state has started rumor
throughout the state that Labor
Commissioner Cornelius J. Dana
her may be ''purged" by the Re-
publican High Command. There
are reports that there Is serious
friction within the Labor Depart
Snent.
wen folks, the matter Of wheth-
III tlae Labor Commissioner Is
rfrged or not, rests for the most
part right In YOUR hands. II
YOU feel that Connie Danaher has
made good Commissioner OF
Labor then by ell means let your
opinion be known 10 the Governor
Who has the appointing powers.
Sit down and write o note 70
Governor Raymond =. Baldwin,
state Capitol, Hartford, Conn. and
tell him what YOU think OF Con-
ME Danaher.
Marx this one down In your
natle note book. John BlackalI,
Insurance Commissioner r. SURE
p4 reappointment.
As was predicted in this column
o. frequent occasions in the past,
che two Judges for the city court
IN. waterbury are going to be
Charles Sunma and Ted Conway.
Atty. Al. HummeI q out after
the post Of Prosecutor In the city
court.
Should Hummel get this post II
will mean that popular Bill Law
IOr win be out. Lawlor has made
enc Of the finest prosecutors In
the Waterbury city court for years.
AL Bronsky has his hand out
for the cysrkship Of the court and
at looks as II he has o good chance
TO grab It. II this slate Is adopted
this d the manner in which the
waterbury City Court set-up Will
appear. Judges: Conway and Sum-
ma. Prosecutors Fred Palomba
and Al Hummel, Clerk, AL Dron-
Sky.
A bill has been introduced In
the legislature 10 reduce the num-
Der Of assessors from five down
TO three. The first of these three
To be named by the Mayor with
the consent Of the Board OF Al
dermen ut . salary Of $500. Tho
other two ut q salary Of $4,000.
Reports reaching me I'm Hartford
have stated that this bjAI will mot
be adopted.
From sources close to the Repub-
lean High Command the three
Judges In the Juvenile courts will
be dropped. The three are Dem
0crats ana were named by Gov
ernor Robert A. Hurley.
Judge Of the court Of Common
Pleas John r. McDOnOugh Of
Naugatuck viii be renamed to
his present post. So win Judge
Miles McNiff. There was talk
that because McDOnOugh was .
Democrat he would be dropped.
This talk was based on the fact
that the Republicans are making
q clean sweep Of everything In
sight. CONGRESSMAN Joe Talbot
came again to the rescue Of Judge
McDonOugh and saved the Judge
his Job. This win become official
within few days.
The Contest Elections commit
tee Of the legislature will turn
thumbs down on the seating OF
Fred Buckley as a representative
from Norwalk, regardless OF the
outcome Of his pending trial on
charges Of illegal absentee voting.
Republicans are still talking
shout nominating Ted Conway
for Mayor. Should Conway run
for this post, he would retain his
judgeship In the City Court, thus
n he loses the election he will still
have the judgeship to 60 back to.
I hear the name OF Walter
Monagan being mentioned as a
possible candidate for the nominal
Non for Mayor on the Democratic
ticket.
Steve HOmiCk. Probation Off
Ger, will not be frozen into his job
A. the proposed State Juvenile bill
before the legislature Is adopted.
Ie the bill is adopted, and 1t looks
Ms IL Il will be, Steve win be COM
PEELED 10 meet certain require
ments before he can even take the
examination. If he passes the
exam he win still have to have
the right political connections to
secure the appointment. II Steve
passes all this lie will then be
appointed for life.
The Public Works department
viii be abolished. The legislature
Is working on this right now and
YOU will shortly read where the
PWA Is abolished in this state.
sure bet.