The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-09
Fiery Speeches Made
 By Rival Nominees
Senator Pepper Speaks at 'BandwagOn Rally MCLevS Denies Tavern COniab With COngresswOfnan Luce

| tionists were trying to seize control of vital congressional posts through the election of Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Pepper singled out U. g. Senator John A. Danaher, who he declared had c record of ''continu- ous isolationism," and charged Dewey with trying to block the oI bill of rights in congress.
 To charges that President Roose. welt was Q tired old man," Pepper said If the president is tired, 1t iS because he had to pull America out of Q Hoover depression and had to answer charges of the Republican candidate Dewey"
 Charles A. Collins, Negro AFL leader of New York, appearing on the same platform with Pepper, de- clared Q Republican administration would arouse class and racial hate red in this country"
 Former Democratic Governor Roe Der A. Hurley, seeking . second term declared that Republican Governor Raymond Y. Baldwin was "support- ing Thomas E. Dewey for president while ct the same time attempting to take credit for the national ad- ministration'S CT bill of rights"
 His party, he said, twill not only challenge Baldwin's record, but It also will reveal the governors role in the national election"
 At Bridgeport, Baldwin attacked the national administration for aiming to arbitrarily spread indus try" through the McCarran Senate Committees proposal to freeze 70. conversion in the Il northeastern states while permitting industrial changeoVers ifl the west and south,
 That means less jobs in Con- necticut,' he warned. T want you to know that we are on the job bat- ting to prevent anything such co that from happening"
 Miss Margaret Connors, cort0gting the fourth congressional district TO. election of Rep, Glare Booth Luce, charged that l3 Republican Con- gre@men had mailed out under their own Frank, three million cards reading:
 "Hiliman and BroWder will vote Will your The red spectre Of Com. mtnlSn is stalking the country from east to west, from north to south.
 What docs the card really soy in oil It's not subtle irnplicationB2" she asked Tt says This country, this wonderful country Of America Is going straight to the dogB-with foreign born citizens, with the Com inunlsts and worst of oil with the Democrats. Don't let such an un. speakabie disaster occur or the consequences will De q fate worse than death',"
 She charged that the name of Mrs. Luce appeared if this distin. glished colnpany--thls official Ku Klux Klan Of 1894"
 Bridgeport Socialist Mayor Jas. per McLeVy, perennial candidate for the goVernorShip, charged the New York magazine "Tn Fact" with try- ing to dlscredit his candidacy, and declared mo Fascist fTlaSquerading in sheepS clothing as c 1iberap is BOAlB " h8Ch tAhU DVhpb0h Vhb AkOHh under me without one hell of Q fight"
 McIevy said the magazine re. lated that he and Mrs. Luce held political meetings "at c State street tavern" and he branded th earticie co smear, so nasty and foul as to be ridiculous for thousand req. SonS. Can anyone in his right mind picture the Swanky Mrs, Luce and JaSpeh MeLevy, the tea drinking roofer, strolling arm and arm into q tavorn7 The fact Is that 1 have only spoken to Mrs. Luce once or twice in my whole life, and then only to exchange greetings on Q public platform when We happened to be guests ct the same public oc. casion."
 At Bridgeport, Democratic U. g.. Senate nominee Brien McMahon berated Sen. Danaher flor failing to help meet the problem Of recon. version when 1t was before Con. gresS." McMahon said 1t "iS essens tiai that we plan for the postwar period before the war IS over"