The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-09

the same for the Republican in
 cumbents-JOhn Jenusaitis and
 Robert Stone. Of course no one
 actually knows what the man.
 power set-up will be in the new
 office. And the bill making the
 changes allows the assessor to
 name certain assistants, so it may
 be that the political repercussions
 may collapse before they even get
 started.
 There is one feature of the bill 6 passed by the legislature which seems to have escaped the atten- Non of officials, but which is bound te cause them confusion and trou- ble this fall Mayor Monagan want ed Ste authority given to the chief executive to raIne the members of the board of tax relief. which is now an elective body of three. But Republicans objected and finally the bill went through with this board remaining an elective one. But so far as can be learned the section of the bill which set up qualif1ca- tio1s for members of this board was not eliminated. so if this is the case the board of tax relief must con- sist of a lawyer, a realtor, and businessman Under the method of eleoting members to this board each party nominates two candidates, the three receiving the highest number of votes being elected. This means the low man on the minority ticket is dropped. This being the case how can it be determined ex- actiy that lawyer, realtor. and businessman will be elected? It might we'll be that two lawyers or two realtors would be the success ful candidates And how can the parties contesting the local election determine which is one to nom- mate the lawyer, the realtor or the businessman?
 Every time a Republican wins an election in Democratic stronghold it's . significant" victory. Ever since the Roosevelt winning ways brought Democrats into power throughout the nation, any change in the other direction has been enough to warrant news paper headlines. The latest is from Montana where a Republican congressman was elected from a normally Democratic district. This has already caused Republican leaders to declare that it means there1l be a swing in their direc- tion at the 1946 elections. There always Is q swing, slight or pro- nounced. from the party in power during the off-year elections. But 70 far as significance is concerned 1t would seem only to indicate that this is America and people are still voting as they please which b the way it should be.
 No political column this week or next week or perhaps for the next two years will be complete without something said, critically or other wise. about the late lamented ses- sion of the Connecticut Legislature. It came to an unhappy end early Thursday morning. There were quite few legislators on hand when Gov. Raymond E. Baldwin was sum- moned from his chambers to close t2ae session officially, despite the fact mat they had spent an almost con- flnuous "A hours in their respec- sive chambers. The l945 session will certainly be one for the rec ords. Perhaps the least said about 1t the better. for it's members have become slightly "touchy" about what went on at Hartford and what they accomplished in the way of progress sive legislation. For a wartime as- sembly. though, 1t touched new lows in its failure to appreciate the need of complete collaboration in . program for the public and less thought for the individual legisla- tor or the party leaders back home.
 The S75,000 'grab" which was te benefit a small group of Demo- crats and Republicans with lucra- tive Jobs in revising the statutes faded out as rapidly as it flashed Into the picture. Is 1t State Motor Vehicle Commissioner John T. Mccarthy or isn't 1t? The former Democratic state chairman would appear to have some claim t0 retention of his office despite the effort of the governor to re-