The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-04
Politics
 In Passing

Political news travels faster, prob ably faster than any other type of news. A good example of this was the scene at Democratic Party Headquarters, 79 North Main street, Thursday night. Only a scant hand full of Town Committee members, including Chairman Maurice F.. Tangney and Secretary Neil Ma loney, were present to receive tick cts of delegates for Mondays prim- ary. In other years the entire Con1- mittee with few exceptions would have been present to receive the tickets. But the news spread that there was no contest and while this can't actually be determined until the official sitting" period ends, there was too much evidence at hand that no one was going to con- test the Democratic administration forces at a primary.
 However, there are those who
 believe that the Democratic
 forces will get their real test at
 the polls in November. They be- lieve that not only will the Re-
 publicans throw everything in the
 book at Mayor John s. Monagan
 and his forces, but that inde-
 pendent Democrats and disgrunt- led party members will be out in force to vote against their official representatives. So, once again 1t will develop into a battle to see how good the Democratic organ nation really is in Waterbury.
 Chairman Tangney thinks that the 1945 organization is every bit as good as that of two years ago which weathered a tough primary and then returned Mayor Mona gan to office. And the Democratic
 chairman is usually right.
 Next Wednesdays proceeding of the Democratic Party normally might be routine. The procedure of running conventions has become a real business with the Democrats of recent years, so much so that often the delegates find the session over before they have settled into their places. One reason for this is due to the fact that the Tangney system is to run conventions according to a definite schedule. The chairman in- sists that the various meetings start on time and that they be conducted according to the party and par iamentary rules. AS as result the technical phases of the conventions are attended to with dispatch by committee officials in attendance at the sessions.
 But there may be few inter- ruptionS next week. It has been mDre than hinted that a few
 changes will be made in the list of Democratic officials, probably on some of the elective boards. AL ready two candidates for the Board of Aldermen have been an- nounced, both in the same section Of the city, lower Baldwin street. Seeking place on the board, presumably contesting the right of Alderman Martin F. Sullivan to renOmination, are John J. Rock, well-known in sports and fiaternal circles, as we'll as a member of the Democratic Town Committee, and Bernard J. Re- gnn,, son of the late Daniel Re- gan, one-time Democratic leader from the Abrigador. If such a contest is carried to the conven- tion floor, it we'll could provoke a lively meeting.
 One of the biggest political duds of recent memory, using up a lot of space for stale news, of 2 or 3 years old vintage, was that of the opposition newspapers which in- formed the public what they al- ready knew, namely, that Lakewood Park had been closed for a couple of years due to lack of manpower to operate or water to swim in and all because there was war on. Too, there was, according to the opposition press, great ferment among various community clubs and it was announced that delegations were going to storm the next meet ing of the Park board. Not one appeared? The idea had apparently been born or nourished in the edi- torial office and their own news commentator has a name for such a practice. In the search and grop- ing for political issue, someone is awfully desperate, albeit, very obvious.
 As could have been expected the path to the governorship or even to the COP nomination isn't going to be an easy one for Congress- man Joseph E. Talbot of Nauga- tuck. The story in the Hartford Times this past week relative to former COP State Chairman J. Kenneth Bradley being interested in the nomination brought all sorts of remarks from interested persons in Republican ranks. It also recalled to many political ~tse individuals that Congress man Talbot had aspired to the governOrship before and that he 7 was deftly side-tracked and that the ways of the Republican high command here in Connecticut are often devious, but not too subtle. The Moe Berkman story wasn't fashioned out of fairy thread, for the Hartford Times political writer doesn't go in for such stuff. His article should serve as a warn ing to both Rep. Talbot and Atty. General William Hadden to watch out for pitfalls between now and the summer of 1946.
 Bill Walsh of the Bridgeport Post points out that Joe" Tone, former state labor commissioner, was among ti:ose present at the Democratic