The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-11
Politics
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F0SSIng II
 Party pglmaries will be much dls- rnnsed this month. Not only are local Republicans concerned about thom, but Democrats may hear something. too. when the state Cen. egol Committee convenes at Hart. ford March a. The presence os Nobert .. Hannegan Of St. Louis, new national chairman of the Dem. @crnaao Party, won't be the sole at- traction at this March meeting. There win be Q lot of discussion about the subject of one or two con- Wontlons. Normally there'd be two--- enc Co name national delegates; one Co nominate state candidates. State Chairman John M. Dove would like Co combine both, something after che fashicn of the lo40 spring con. Vention at which national delegates WerO named and Senator Francis T. A9aloney was renominated. The Adea is Co get the conventions out of Che way early SO that all nominees names may be furnished to service" men by August IS.
 Tho Republican Squabble over pEimsEies ls purely . technical one.
 There's no getting around Che etate election laws which require primary lls's to Do prepared at the
 .A AAA AAmsa AN vAMRfV enrolment at that time. Prtm- nEy contests that occur In between seasons are dependent on the pgsor fist and not Q new one. AS Co obtaining copies of Che same that's up to the party registrar. who as authorized Co make them available to party officials and others, 50 far as his supply will %.
 An interesting question was re- gently raised relative to interest on the Treasury Certificates that the City Of waterbury has been buying with idle funds. There were those who claimed that the interest could not legally be returned to the bond fund or whatever fund 1t was bought from, but had to go Into the gen. eral fund. However. that would seem to defeat the actual purpose oi allowing municipalities to invest sur plus funds in bonds or U, 8. certifi. eates. Tho Idea of such investment as naturally to increase the amount invested until such time as 1t be- comes necessary to use the funds for Che purpose originally intended If Ahe City of Waterbury, for example credited interest on It's Treasury holdings to It's general fund is would only be miscellaneous revenue which at the end of the year would increase 0 surplus or decrease der" ecit.
 Htw more or less obvious that thero will be . grand scramble for ulacea on the Democratic ticket 1h!s year despite COP tubllatiOn over Che trend in national balI0t- lmg. Just home from foreign serv.
 foo and discharged because of ln-
 turlea received In Africa former ConRFesssnan william M. Citfon Of MiddIetOwn would seem to be likely prospect for place in the Democratic lineup. He was cons
 Wroavman. t-large from 19SS-SS,
 1ucCeed!ng Charles M. Bakewell,
 Ah0 uAate'S first c0ngressman.at-
 large after the 1880 census showed
 Connecticut entitled to six cons
 gTOaSmAn.
 The post of congressnaan-A -At-large hasn't strayed far from central Con' nectlcut since "Bill" Citron first was elected in i9S4. He held 1t for two terms: then was succeeded by B. J. NonkiewicS of New Britain, who in turn was defeated by Lucien Macios Ya of the same town. Tn i942 MT. MonkiewicS returned the favor by defeating his fellow townSman, MT. Maciora. So this spring, summer or 9nil both Mir. Maciora and Atty. Ci- tron might become rival candidates for the Democratic nomination as CongresNnen- -at.large.
 The name of Mrs. Chase Going
 Woodhouse former S.ate Secre-
 taFy is being mentioned as . pos-
 sible Democratic candidate this year-nOt on the state ticket, but for U. S. Senator. Oddly enough
 this office has already produced
 one U. S, Senator-the Hon. John
 4. Danaher, who held the state
 jOb from 1883 to 1895 during pr. Wllbur |. Cross early regime. Dr. William L. Higgins of Coventry
 who preceded Sen. Danaher as
 Secretary of State also graduated
 to Congress, representing the sec- ond district for . couple of terms. For slx years, too, Attorney. Gen.
 craI Francis A. Pallotti was Sec. retagy of State. That was back In the Coolidge '20's.
 Waterbury city officials recently had . chance to see how one phase of the Bridgeport city governmnet as operated. City Comptroller Cor nelius ?. Maloney, Budget Director T. '. Olsen, Deputy Tax Collector Thomas ?. OBrien, and Paymaster Thomas J. McLarney were guests of Sridgeport's City Controller Perry W. Rodman at his office on Main street. Tn Bridgeport municipal of- 4iceS are not under one central roof, but are scattered at various points of the city. MT. Rodman's office, for example. is in the old Barnum Institute of Science and History, while Tax Collector Howard 8. Chal-