The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-11-03

neither Mayor John s. Monagan nor his predecessor, the late Vincent A Ecully, ever tried to influence them one way or the other, although both evinced a keen interest in the de- Eelopment of parks and play grounds. There will have to be some thing more specific on this subject before the public can be led to be- aieve that the department Is not do- sng a good job.
 ! caused some Democratic scurry- ing here and there was the claim
 that StenOgrapherS get S1 800 for
 part-tIme work. It almost caused a
 revolt among the departmental
 stenOgraphers themselves, for the
 $l,SOO salary is a pretty good one,
 even for full-time work. However,
 like most of the COP charges, this one e1aporated before the cold
 eye of the budget and the apprO- priatiOn sheets. There is no stem
 ographer receiving Sl,8OO for part time work. There is no part-time stenographer in any department i at the present time. The public
 again seems to be misinfOrmed, which is not in line with the clean ! campaign promises that rang out l so fearlessly in the Republican l camp a couple of weeks ago.
 Hartford is being treated to B. ring circus in it's mayoralty cam- paign. The Democrats trotted out former Lieutenant Governor Odell Shepard to do some radio orating kor Candidate Tom" Spellacy, while the Republicans have now scheduled none other than His EXcellency the Governor, Raymond E. Baldwin, to deliver the lethal blows for Police Court Judge Cornelius Moylan and Ihis associates on the COP ticket. 1nasmuch as both the former lieu tenant-governo and the governor are residents Of Hartford the charges can't be made that both parties are bringing in out-of-town speakers, but it certainly shows how much interest is centered in the City election, which will be decided on the same day as Water bury's, Bridgeport's and New Ha- Fen's.
 As yet Waterbury and New Ha-
 ven are the only cities where re- course hasn't been made to big time" officials for campaign help. Lieut. Gov. William L. Hadden
 went down to Bridgeport to help the Republicans, which caused
 Mayor Jasper McLevy to do a bit
 of tOngue-wagging. It doesn't look | aS if Mayor John W. Murphy in New Haven would call on any help as he figures he has enough ora
 tory at his command to sway the
 voting public. And certainly local
 Democrats ought to be convinced
 that their officials and leaders are doing a good job in their radio talks and at club rallies and meetings.
 Local Democrats are making no attempt to spellbind the public,
 but are presenting what they
 claim are the facts tesufying to
 sound, honest, economical, and progressive government. Town Chairman Maurice F. Tangney states that the campaigning con- inces him the party will turn in
 a 4.5O0- ma jority next Tuesday
 and Maurice usually is pretty &C., curate.
 The outcome Of next weeks bal toting in New York City may well decide the trend in the gubernator- aal fight in l946. If Col. William DDwyer is returned the victor in Ehe bitter three-cornered battle now going on 1t probably means that former Postmaster General Jim Farley will have definite guberna- korial ambitions in l946. He is be- beyed to have them now, but also it ls expected that New Works voting hext Tuesday will determine to a considerable extent just what man New York state Democrats want to throW against Gov. Dewey, who Is expected to seek re-nomination and Fe-election rather than concentrat- Ing on any further assaults on Washlngtons eltadek,
 Incidentally, the outcome of the
 municipal contests in COnneetieut's
 four large cities next week will
 probably determine tO A cOnsid-
 egable extent what course Demo-
 cratic politics will take from De-
 oembeT until next summer in
 December the State Central Com
 mittee will probably meet to vote
 on a new Chairman if Adrian Y,
 Maher drops out as predicted,
 From then on, pTesuming there
 gre Democratic victories in all
 four cities, there will be a pulling
 and pushing process to determine
 what faction or what individual
 should get the nod. The real
 showdown may well come at the
 State Central Committee session,
 but that won't, of course, deter
 mine eaBdidacles, but merely
 trends. Democratic chances look
 a nN.