The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-15
Politics
 -h Passing

Whether or not Senator John P. Tobin's window" and refusal" to campaign during Holy Week are going to pay dividends will be known next Wednesday night. Democratic Town Chairman Maur- ice P. Tangney will call the score on the 18th Senatorial District pri- mary fight in the city courtroom about 8:3O p. m. when he complies the results of the voting in the eleven districts. Two years ago Sem ator Tobin had an easy time of 1t despite the fact that the late Vim cent A. Scully opposed his candidacy Snd threw Pat" Wallace into the .eace at the last minute. This year St's different. The Monagan admin istration boasts win over the Tobin forces in last falls primary battle. Wallace. they say, knows what it's S'T about this time. The Town Com :l1irtee is definitely on the line for the administration candidate. All these factors the administration feels should count in the voting next Wednesday. If the administra- ton organization functions as 1t did in 1943, when it took every district in the city, it doesn't seem as if 1t could possibly lose out in one-third of these districts. According to reports the CIO
 had planned up until this week
 to enter a candidate in the 18th
 Senatorial District Primary eIec-
 ton, but decided that lack of
 preparation would prevent g
 good campaign being waged. Ex$
 Senator Edward P. Egan is the
 candidate of the Democratic ad-
 ministratiOn of Mayor John s.
 Monagan. His slate of delegates is
 picked and will be filed tonight,
 along with those of other districts.
 Had the CIO filed ticket tonight
 1t would have been a real poser
 for Town Committee officials, who
 usually like to know we'll in ad-
 vance where the fights are to
 take place, so that the mechanics
 of running the primary fights
 may be taken care of.
 Democratic party leaders are still puzZling over the intent of the re- cent caucus call issued by the State Central Committee. Ostensibly the real reason for a call at this time of the year Ca presidential election year) Is to have delegates elected to 8 state convention, who in turn will elect the delegates to the national convention. Democrats this year, though, plan to have the spring convention recess after 1t has com- pleted this job. then convene D in midsummer with the same dele gates naming the slate of state off, cers and others. But the spring caucus call also included a call for congressional, probate, and sena- tortal districts. But it didn't in- clude call for a town convention to name candidates for repreSe.gta- ttves or justices of the peace. And as yet no one seems able to offer an explanation of the one or the other. At this writing the national is- Bue seems to have simmered down definitely to a New York battle. 1t will be Gov. Thomas A. Dewey
 of New York against President
 Franklin ID. Roosevelt of Hyde Park, N. Y., and Washington, D. Q. Anything can happen, of course
 but 1t would be safe to offer odds
 that they'd be the opposing pres
 Sdentlal candidates next fall. And
 this despite Gov. Dewey'S avOwal
 Chat he was elected governor and
 expected to finish out his 4-year
 term; despite too the movement against a fourth term among
 Democrats and New Dealers.
 The report of Budget Director T. E. Olsen this week centered atten- tion on a problem that has been steadily increasing in the office of the Controller during the past year. It's one that every business firm is confronted with these days, namely, reconciling gross pay with that the employe actually takes home each pay period and at the same time maintaining the count Hess records that are necessary to satisfy the public agencies, private concerns, and the federal govern nent whose deductions have created departments within departments for every employer of sizeable groups. Waterbury's municipal government has 8 payroll of more than 1900. TO audit their accounts and at the same time keep the records up to date is a clock round procedure. The Budget Director recommends addi- tional machinery to facilitate the job; the Controllers report, due shortly, is also expected to contain Q similar request.
 Tax money hasn't started to
 flow into the city cOffers as yet
 for the simple reason that the
 &Da4 bills (1943 list) are still be-
 N prepared by Tax Collector
 mmbert Mangini, Deputy Thomas
 Asaen. and their assistants. But
 when the bills for the large tax
 Nayers go out shortly it Is expect
 Cd that returns will be prompt and
 very likely for the full years in-
 etalIment instead of merely the
 first half. The latter part of April