The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-15
Politics
 -M-' Passing

Next Tuesday tells the tale of what is to happen in Republican ranks here in Waterbury, COP dalegates elected without contest ct q primary held Thursday night in the Y. M. 0. A. will meet in three successive sessions to name town, city, and school candidates. Both Democrats and Republicans follow much the same pattern in such nominations, although their meth- dds of designating the delegates are quite different. Republicans name at least one delegate and alternate from the S2 voting districts for every convention, whereas Demo- crats limit the size of their conven- tions to a, consisting of 20 dele- gates and 8 alternates, each ward getting It's proportion based on vot- Ing strength. Therein lies, too, Q weakness in Democratic apportion- liient, aa the size of the city wards, SO far aS voting strength is con. cerned, has changed considerably since the original number of dele- gates was assigned to the i've wards. However, such changes can only be made at the Town Convention held an odd.numbered years and no ef- fort has been made to amend the party rules now since the adjourn Cd convention of ie4o was held.
 
 According to oil reports ke-
 publlcans will dIslOdge few of thelr aldermanlc representatives,
 including Minority Leader James
 AborcFomble, who has requested that he not be renomlnated due to
 pressure of outside business. kes
 ports also have lt that former
 Aldermen George Kingston and
 Burton ". Walker are most anx-
 ious to regain their seats in the
 aldermanlc chamber and would like to be named among the eight
 candidates. There was some doubt,
 too, whether or not the new COP Town Chairman Richard Bensen, would seek Co retain hls alder.
 mAnlc place, but might remove himself ln order to permit those who arc clamOrlng for the right t0 run tO have chance At it.
 Action Of the Police Board in urging uniform allowances for members Of the Police Department will undoubtedly be followed by c similar request from the Fire Board. Tor some time 1t has been known that Mayor John s. Monagan and other city oflcialS were regarding favorably the Idea of aiding the unis formed employees of the city in re- placing worn or ruined equipment, such aS trousers, shirts, blouSes, etc. A majority Of the larger cities with paid and uniformed police and fire departments have adopted this custom of recent years. Studies made recently Of comparative DO. llco and fire costs in Connecticut coinFiunities revealed that lA most instances there was budgetary item for replacement Of uniforms, With the cost of such equipment % on allstlme high now, the action Of city fathers In making the dc. partmont responsible for Keeping It's employer w0li.clothed while on duty may Dc regarded as sure to occur.
 WateFbuFy's pension tempest has blown Itself out Co seq.
 Whereas the city seemed to be Boiling week or ten days ago over pension amendments, refer. endunss, etc., today there dOesn't seem tO Do any doubt but what she pension set as passed by the Aesislnture and signed by Che gov. eEnor will 60 Into effect on Janu. eFy l, iol0, without any effort on ehe part Of groups of employees to Interfere with its operation. As q matter Of fact it has been 70. ported, moro 0P lees officially, that Che claims Of Mayor John 6. MOns AgAn and Corporation CounSeI Maurice T. HeAley have been subo NeantlAted by further Anvestlsats tion on the part Of the disput- ants. As Co the actual appIlcas sion Of the new pension law N is solng to Do touch. h.andsg0 Co set At up properly between the time From Election Day and January T, i040, % it ls not believed that ahere will be much effort t0 name 2 Pension Board oF CalI it Into session until the November 9th eiectlOn Is decided.
 Watorhury'B various bills wouldn't e affected by any court ruling on tne validity Of oil legislation passed after midnight, June 9th. According to reliable sources The Democrat lh informed that there wasn't 6 Wa terbury bill left to be acted on when midnight was reached on June 9th and the clocks in the Capi. I4l were stopped. ft wasn't too many years ago, Of course, that c thou. Hsnd or more legislative acts, in- eIidlng many affecting this city, were inValidated because the VaFi. utas governors officiating at the time hadn't signed them within required legal period after their passage by mo Leeiglature. That famous case Resulted in tho present law on sign. mg acts, which gives the governor xb days after the bills have actually hsen placed on his desk to await signature.
 Over in MIddletOwn Mayer Salvatore T. Cubeta has finally got an '9crease in salary. For several years there has been move afOOt to raise the mayors aaIaFy from Sl,SO0 but most of fhem failed through the efforts og . TaxpayeFs' Committee. Now the salary has been raised to 91,B0O, not the previously. request. ed eA,0OO and SS,OOO figures. That Mr1mea n mind the fack that Wa.