The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-03-04

At the washington Birthday dinner
IN New Haven he was an active
campaigner. Since then he has been
visiting State Central Committee
members in all parts Of the state
and Il known to have visited Wa
terbury this week. Local members Of
the Democratic State Central Com
nnittee are Town Chairman Maurice
F. Tangney, Town Secretary Cor
nelius F. Maloney. Mrs. Winifred
Mcdonald and Mrs. Gertrude Cor
don.
According to grapevine rumOrs
there's . campaign already start
Cd locally to bag the 18th sena-
tOrial district nomination Demo
cratic) by a faction that Is not
aligned with the forces of Mayor
John s. MOnagan. These same
rumOrs credit the group with hav-
ing organized to a point where 1t
is prepared to take over down.
town rooms from which II will
conduct an active campaign Of
solicitation through the district in
the event a primary Is necessary.
incidentally 1t might pay any in
dividual or group to make plans
well in advance this year, There's
no telling when primary dates may
be set by the State Central Com
nittee, as early conventions are in
order. Right now the Democratic
- Oh. 10 cnn1nUhof dicnr-
ganized on the subject Of whether
or not two state conventions should
be held, State Chairman John M.
Dove would like to have state and
congressional candidates nominated
at the same session which desig-
mates the delegates to the national
convention. But there are Others
who think that two conventions
should be held as in prior years.
The hitch is that all nominations
must be out of the way early enough
to allow servicemen to be supplied
With the names of all candidates
for public Office. August 18th has
been set as this deadline, SO local
candidates should be geared accord
ingly.
The independence of Mayor
MOnagan's Board Of Finance was
clearly exemplified during its most
recent session when the question
Of authorizing the use Of certain
banks as repositories came up for,
actisn. This is necessary f"rmality
every two years as certain bond
ing companies require that the
proper agency of the city make
such designation for a definite
LeriOd Of time. In asking vote
ca Abe same the Citizens and
Manufacturers National Bank was
designated as an active deposit
tory: the Colonial Trust, Water
bury National, waterbury Trust,
aud First National Of Boston were
termed sub-depOsitorieS. Before
tho final vote had been cast.
though, the words active and sub
had been eliminated at the re-
quest Of various members.
Varied Is the reaction in Repub-
lican ranks locally over the recent
flare-up which finds an increasing
demand for the removal of present
PARTY officials in the interest, so the
disputants claim, of q better party.
The outcome will be determined at
rarity primaries to elect town
committee. It was noticeable in the
discussion of the past week that
Republicans even thought at times
OF following the Democratic exam
ple and naming committee of GA,
two from each of the 80 voting dis
tIicts. Presumably this would mean
a man and woman committee men,
Der. While Republicans would like
to have it believed they realize the
Importance of the woman in party
organizations today, they still are
Mt ready to give her an equal
standing. Democrats gambled on
si,ch a move several years ago and
it's now paying them rich dividends
sit time when it's hard TO get men
to man district organizations.
Signs Cf the times-the adver-
tisenient calling for bids on work
at the Burton Street firehOuse.
The dOOrways in most of the Older
firehOuses of the city were never
made for apparatus sdch as mod
,ern communities buy. Burton
Street has long been troublesome
in this respect. 1t now houses an
aerial truck, as well as pumper, SO
10 make it easy for them to get
in and out in a hurry roll-up
doors are TO be substituted in
vOlving not merely their insta'la-
ton, but change in the door
way arches.
One city official shook his head
the other day and said, Times
have certainly changed. A few years
ago applicants for jobs were as
plentiful as flies around kitchen
door in August, but today the city
government is In competition with
every form of business in the en-
ploye market. Idle workers are few
and far between. And people who
once wanted to work for the city
now show pay-checks that bear
figures far In excess of what we can
pay"
In the news - Senator Francis
r. Maloney's address to the DEM
Ocrats in New Haven q week ago
has been hailed both as MASTER
piece and q marvel at understate-
ment. You takes your pick
Representative Joseph E. Talbot
few back to Washington from
Connecticut to be In on the kill
Of the Roosevelt tax bill veto
Walter WincheIl had a lot TO say
about Congressman John E. Sher-
idan Of Philadelphia a few weeks
back, the former local resident
evOking the cOlumnist's praise for
the manner In which he refused
10 be pushed around by his col
leagues in the House Eddie
Egan's name has been mentioned