The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-05-27


 committee doesn't meet until the 1 convention has adjourned. Actually today's convention won't be ad- 1ourned, but will recess to later date, presumably late July, when it will meet to name the state ticket So, on this basis it would seem as 1 if there could be no organization of the state Central Committee until after the July convention, which would naturally mean that the in- eilviduals or groups which control the July session would probably have considerable influence on the choice of chairman, vice-chairman, etc.
 The actual choice of committee officers must be made within a week Of organization, which again
 centers attention on the party
 rules. It might be overlooked that 1 the rules specifically state that in
 presidential election years the i new State Central Committee
 shall be elected at the convention
 which elects the national dele-
 gates. So there doesn't seem aly-
 thing but election of the new
 committee today. And if this IS done members of the committee
 can invoke the rule that says or- 1 wanlxati0n shall take place within
 one week after election. So despite the fact that the spring conven-
 ton today won't adjourn, but will i recess, 1t would seem as If the
 process of electing the new conn
 Inittee and naming it's officers
 would have to be completed long
 before July rolls around.
 The congressional lineup through out the state seems to be smoothing out so that candidates are being accepted. In the Republican ranks there probably won't be any changes. The roster will read something like this: 1st district, Rep. William J. ! Miller, Wethersf1eld: End district, l Rep. John D. McWilliams, Norwich; i 3rd district, Rep. Ranaulf Comp ton of Madison; 4th district. Rep. Clare Boothe Luce, Greenwich; 5th district, Rep. Joseph E. Talbot, Nau- ratuck: at-large, Boleslaus J. Mon Eiewicz. New Britain. Against them the Democrats might throw a line iru something like this. although, u is far from determined at this writ ing: lst district, Senator John l.. sullivan, New Britain: 2nd district, Mrs. Chase Going Woodhouse, New London or ex-Rep William J. Fitz- ueraid. Norwich; 3rd district, ex- Rem. James A. Shanley, New Haven, or Mayor John w. Murphy. New Haven; 4th district, ex-Rep. LeRoy Downs, South Norwalk, or Miss Mar rarek Connors, former Deputy Sec retary of State, Bridgeport; 9th dis trict. w. Harry Byrnes, Watertown' | Peter Higgins, Torrington, or Michael V. Blansf1eld, Waterbury; at-larre, T. Emmett Clarie, Daniel son. or ex-Rep. Lucien Maciora, New Britain.
 And speaking of the Democratic
 House Leader T. Emmett Clair \ it may be stated that he is as
 actively soliciting the nomination for congressman-at- large as ex-
 Finance Commissioner Lewis Phclips of Andover is going after
 the gubernatoriaL Both circu-
 Iarized party officials, committee
 members, and others during the past week in an effort to build
 up their strength for the weekend
 convention. which, while it won't
 have anything to do with actual
 nominations, may prove a step
 ping-stone to bigger things Tn
 July. The question has been
 raised, though, if Rep. Clarie is
 an active candidate, how will this
 affect the plans of State Chair
 man John M. Dove. who also lives
 in DanieIson ard who is reported
 to be interested in either the nom
 ination for State Comptroller or
 Treasurer. as well as retainment Of
 his post as State Chairman?
 with a number of conventions still ahead of them it wouldn't be surprising to find local Democrats eanging up to get them out of the way at one fell swoop. Both the senatorial conventions are to be held and Town Chairman Maurice F. Tangney and Town Secretary Nell Maloney have intimated that they will probably hold these two sessions and Town Convention on the same night. The latter will determine the candidates for Representative and Justices of the Peace. Tn past years, too. the district Probate and Congressi0nal conventions have been held on the same day, the former in the forenoon. the latter in the afternoon. There is senti- ment for the same system again, but this time with Waterbury the locale of the congressional meet Ang. Such sentiment comes from down the valley. As yet Torrington hasn't been heard from with regards to the congressional convention and Torrington is the perennial site for this meeting.
 The Probate convention will be
 called by . committee composed
 of Raymond ]. Tanning. Walter
 A Jarvis, Maurice r. Tangney, and
 Miss Elizabeth smith. named two
 gears ago for this purpose. On
 ahe committee to call the congress
 siensi convention are Bernard ].
 Rieiiy, who has been secretary Of
 this committee for years, Attorney
 Frank HeaIey of this city, and
 Town Chairman Charles 6tanyke
 of Derby. 4 fourth member,
 George kaynoF of Washington,
 aied last winter. Oddly enough
 when it came time to call the
 l0f2 congressional convention this
 same situation listed. the chair
 nan having dled. That was John
 Melville Of Norfolk.