The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25

EQ IllLIl ho 1OuB14J do IVCPs vOoCPAA Talbot's home borough of Nauga- tuck treated him. All of which doesn't prove too much of anything, but it does convince most people that the CIOers are looking for a pretext to warrant their going it on their own in future elections or un- til another national one rolls around.
 According to one sOurse there is considerable trepidation in local Republican ranks over the an- mOuncement that the CIO will probably endorse one top candi-
 date in the city campaign next fall The Republicans are hoping that when the time comes it won't
 be their top man who will receive the CIO acc0lade. They won't
 mind one bit if it's the DemOcra- tic candidate so honored. Enthus-
 cd over the results of tho recent
 election they don't want any ex-
 tra strings attached to their 1945
 bow.
 
 Strangely enough the third party issue brought up at the recent CIO state convention was the result of 8 minority report. The resolutions committee differed on injection os the third party issue into Connecti- cut politics and the majority report was that National CIO President Philip Murray's policy of no third party establishment by the CIO be upheld. But Mitchell Sviridoff of Bridgeport, aided by Harold Senior, editor of the CIO Vanguard, and John Driscoll, State Secretary of the CIO, presented a minority report and on a standing vote a majority of the 300 delegates approved it, a small group not voting either way. Later remarks that ti.c CTO would net put complete tickets into local fields indicated, however, that de- spite their feelings leaders aren't quito ready to pit themselves against local political organizations.
 Senator elect Brien McMahOn
 hasn't left much doubt of his in-
 tentiOns here. in Connecticut. His
 victory at the polls followed hard
 on the heels of vigorous cam
 paign that carried him into every
 section of the state and into con-
 tact with leaders and party mem-
 bers on whom he flashed all the chaTm and persuasion at his conn.,
 naaad. He already has had a meet
 ing with fellow Democrats selected
 on the ticket with him. This after
 noon in Bridgeport he's meeting
 with the Democratic state sena-
 tors. Ordinarily United States
 senator might be interested in such
 Organizai0nal affairs, but he might
 not take the initiative in promOt-
 ing them. All of which would seem
 to indicate that Senator -elect Me
 Mah0n is assuming a certain lead-
 ership role in Connecticut which
 may have 2 far-reaching effect on
 future happenings.
 For example two years hence Sen- ator Francis T. Maloney will be up for reelection. In the past Senator Maioney has survived an off-year election with both grave and votes to spare. He was first elected in 1884; then reelected in 1940 along with the President. There is no req son to believe that he couldn't re- peat the performance in 1946. Re- publicans seem to be talking about Gov.f1 Raymond E. Baldwin as the notural persons to unseat the Meri- den senator in 1946. Thety already vision 8 ticket of Baldwin for sem atOr and Rep. Joseph Talbot for governor. There were visions Of something like that once before, too, but when it came right down to writing Joe" Talbot's name down for governor the higher-ups reneged. Depending on the course of the war in the next two years there's al- ways possibility that Senator John A. Danaher might essay 8 come back about 1946.
 ! Mayor JOhn s. MOnagan has about as complete and revealing survey of the recent election here in Waterbury as anyone. The
 mayor was interested in diScOv- ering trends in the recent voting and set down figures fin such way that convinced him of one thing, namely, the Democrats didn't make as many new voters this year as they should have. He could nrove. toO, that in certain Repub- Ilenm districts, where Dewey won handiIy. Democrats actually picked up votes over those cast in l94o. Et wouldn't be too surprising tO lind practicaI results following
 next year in the wake of the revel- axions made apparent to the mayor by the November figures
 WaterbUry's budget-makers are more than little pessimistic over Future tax rates for this city. They nee increased municipal costs pl. inR up in the next few years as the nitv endeavors to keep pace with fie uost-war construction era. The nnIy ray of hope lies in the current Fevaluation survey which, if 1t fol- lcws the course of similar ones, will put on the tax list thousands of dol- lars worth of taxahles not now in cIuded. Numerous charter ehsnees will be asked of the ls4S E,eeisiature, judging by frequent re. m,lests uf Mayor John S. Monagan fo his departmental heads to bring ln suggestions. A portfolio on the Balrae has already been started by Corp. Counsel Maurice T. Healey.
 More than little praise iof iie akillfuI manner in which he pre-" rented the budget figures and inter Sleief lhena was heaped on Budget Director Arnold Furlong by members of Ihs nnanos board last weak ee Y tc0ls1ef il1 talk on the lefo