The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-05-31

all OIIlCeIlOlucI Ol pdl " OlASAdA WAAN keeps the machine running.
 Crisis politicians, on the other hand, are the people who step out in politics only when there is a campaign or an election going on, get all het up over issues or person. alities, put on the drives, collect and pay the campaign expenses, get out the vote. In the crisis politician class would be such organizations as the P. A. C., the Hama Eggers" and the Crusaders.
 Both elements are considered nec- essary and when they work to- gether, they achieve political vic- tory But when professional and crisis politicians work at cross pur- poses to achieve pet isms and ends, then things go haywire and the party meets defeat.
 American political history in every state of the Union has shown that professional politicians get defeated when they nave been too long in office. when they become com- placent, then get fat and corrupt. If, however, the professional politl- clans can keep the liberal and moral rightneSs which they develop when out of office, and if they can keep their political crisis cohorts in line, then their machine should have a better chance of survival.
 BUILDS STRONG
 POLITICAL MACHINE
 It is in the building of just such a political machine as this that the California Democrats are now at work. The man who is making a strong bid to become it's presiding genius is this same Bob Kenny, and there are few professional politi- cians in the state who are challeng- ing his opposition.
 As Democratic attorney general under Republican Governor Earl Warren, Kenny is in a somewhat unusual position. But he is an un- usual character and right wing fac tions of the Democratic Party, put ting them together into political machine that will fly, are centered in his offices in the state building in San Francisco.
 Kenny gets around He is pres ident of the National Lawyers Guild, the liberal branch of the le- gal fgraternity, as entrusted with the older, conservative American Bar Association. He has been serv- ing as a consultant at the United Nations Conference. He was head of the California delegation at the Chicago convention last year and bore the brunt of the New Deal and P. A, c. effort to swing the Golden State delegation to Wallace. For the vice presidency, Kenny was for Truman, which counts him in good stead now
 He is acceptable to Southern Cali fornia and Los Angeles because he was born there, the native son Of native son. He is A years old. He was graduated from Stanford at 19 was United Press correspondent studied law at Southern California and, at 29, was judge.
 Eight years on the bench was all he could take. so he resigned to run for state senator and beat the Ham and Eggs movement, which he did in a campaign notable because he spent no money and made nc speeches. Another of his pet causes was to serve as president of the Crusaders.
 IS DEMOCRATS
 "EATR. ROVD
 Big, hale. hearty and easy to meet with big blue eyes, booming laugh and thick. light brown thatch, ile is easily the fair-haired boy of the California Democrats. Where he goes from here is up to him. His name has been banded about as candidate for governor in 1946, or as Democratic candidate for Hiram W. Johnson's seat in the Senate.
 On the other hand, he is pretty happy where he is, might be per- fectly content to build his party machine and then run the darn thing.