The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-22
Politics
 M Passing

The cFy Of the same old faces raised during the recent mayoraisy campaign by COP spokesmsn would seem to be vanishing Into thin air ai the rate tha. rrsignations and fetircmenA are pouring into the City Hall these days There were wholeHale activities along this front by the Police and Fire Boards this 'seek. even as the soon-to-die Wa terbtuy Retirement Board passed fayorably on the requests Of three Cic-iime employes that they be granted pension rights \ good many political observers think that Mayor John s. Monagan Viil take a hand in this game. too. and ylil make a number of changes in hls nDpOintiye boards The rumors are flying thick and fast that the changes will affect such boards AS Finance. Police. Fire. Work. Health. and Welfare. Tn just about a week the answers will be made public
 Mayer John s. MOnAxan will
 asubticMs have a lot to say In his inaugural addrca4 on January
 about the topics that were dts cussed as the recent conference of
 American mayor in New York city. He has said that housing was a paramount subject of dis emAsion there, as were also vet
 erans' affair.". As the mayor Is on record as concerned with both these problems lt can be expected that he will devote some of his time to expOunding hls views on
 these matters and what he hopes tO do for them in the next two years.
 And certainly he sill be concerned with passing on to the public wha.
 plans are tO be launched Tn
 this two year period in the
 nature of such postwar pro-
 jects as sewage disposal, airport,
 trade school. street. sewer, side
 walk, lighting, and water develop
 ments.
 COP Town Chairman "Dick" Bensen has given proof of his will 1ngness to go along with Demo- cratic plans for the next biennium when they are guageG along broad, progressive lines. He has infor- Ilally given assurance to Democra- tic leaders that Mayor Monagans suggested makeup of the new Wa terbury Retirement Board will get Republican backing. which is neces- sary as the Pension Act requires that members of the board be ap- proved by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Aldermen, which means 10 votes altogether, presumably the eight Democrats and two Repub- licans. Doubtless the membership as announced this week will be giv- en unanimous approval of the al- dermanic body.
 Apparently there is tO be no Opposition to election of Town
 Clerk John Mcclure of Walling- ford as Democratic State Chair man. A meeting of the State
 Central Committee has been
 called for January II at which
 time the resignation of Adrian F. Maher will be presented and &C.,
 ceptcd and . new head chosen. Valley Democratic leaders have
 been unusually silent through all 1heE discussion of the Mcclure candidacy, but their silence has
 not been accompanied by mention
 of any Clark horse" candidates,
 which leads to the belief that MT.
 Mcclure has the field all to
 himself.
 All sorts of rumors are heard these days about senatorial primary fights next fall. It seems long time away, but politically-wiSe in- dividuals know that their best work is usually done in the breath ing spell that comes between the city and state election. You can even get bets today that there will be four-way primary battle in the 16th with Senator Pat" Wallace and the administration forces facing such stalwarts as former Senator John Tobin, former Senator "Joe' Lawlor, and Alderman Martin F. Sullivan. Of course a four contest would be to the advantage of the candidate who will have the ad- lntnistration organization in back of him and undoubtedly this will be Senator Wallace, whose first term at Hartford was characterized by un- usual application to duty and tre- fdendous capability for absorbing all kfSaAC AR 1Aeielo+H,,a