The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-12-01
Politics
 -M- Passing

NOA0 " do ACCClfAAAi1 GCAAONlS lOALoANAC4 Ation for the soon-to- o-be-vacated post of State Chairman, presently held by Atty. Adrian Maher oi Stratford. Chairman Mccoy is back ing LleWelyn Ross of Fairfield County for the post, while at vari- ous times the names of ex-senator John L. Sullivan of New Britain anc Judge Charles E. Mahoney of Windsor have been heard. Three years ago Judge Mahoney was the choice of the Malone Smith fac tion for the post and Dick" Smith of Southport the candidate for Ma tional Committeeman. State Con- troller John M. Dove, however, won the state chairmanship, while retir- ing governor Robert Hurley took over the committeeman's job.
 Nothing is going to be done
 about the chairmanship, of course,
 until MT. Maher resigns. And he
 won't resign until U. z. Attorney
 Robert Butler gives up his cur
 rent post, so that MT. Maher can
 succeed him. Then, but not until
 then, will there be need of sum-
 mOning the State Central Com
 mittee into session to accept the
 Maher resignation and name
 successor. Waterbury's four mem
 berS of the Committee are appar- ently nOn-committal on the sub
 ject and Town Chairman Maurice
 F. Tangney, who represents the
 16th district with Mrs. Gertrude
 Gordon, says that no candidate
 for the chairmanship has ap-
 preached him directly as yet.
 However, it is known that MT. McGuire has made some Overtures
 in Waterbury's direction, but has
 pointed out he feels he can be
 elected without the four local
 votes, but would prefer united
 front in his behalf.
 It cost all three political parties in the recent Bridgeport election $l3,727, according to the reports re- gently published down there. The Republican Party spent the most of the three concerned-$7 ,387, which is just about the same figure as that submitted by the Waterbury COP Town Committee. Bridgeport Demo- crats spent $3,71988, while the vic- torious Socialists only spent $2,620. Evidently Mayor Jasper McLevy not only has the winning recipe, but an economical one at that. Ex-mayor Thomas J. Spellacy's personal ex- penses in the Hartford election were e3,500, while the Democrats there expended $14,484 out of $14,814 col lected; to lose by a wide margin.
 Although too much hasn't been said about 1t Waterbury's muni- cipal government will probably
 boast a bigger surplus after De-
 cember 31, 1945, than ever before in its history. Recent figures made
 public indicate this quite clearly.
 Take the monthly trial balances
 issued by Controller Neil Maloney.
 The last one showed that on the
 basis of average expenditures over
 the first ten months of 1945 there
 would be more than $150,000 left
 in unexpended appropriations at
 the close of the fiscal year. And
 City Treasurer Serge Belanger's
 monthly statements of revenues
 and expenditures show that for
 the first ten months of 1945 the { former exceeded the total appro-
 priations for 1S45, which means
 that there will be a tremendous ! over collection of all revenues for this year when the final tally is made.
 Ex-Senators Frank Su1nma and John F. Tobin are believed to be reading their camps for another legislative battle in 1946. Both were busted one eyear ago, the former after a close battle with Senator Edward P. Egan in the 18th district, the latter after a primary contest with Senator Pa trick J. Wallace in the 18th. An other primary contest looms for the Democrats in the 18th next fall, with administration forces presum- ably ready to swing everything for renomination of Senator Wallace, who proved one of the hardest working legislators on Capitol Hill this past year. Tn ex-Senator Sum mas case his nomination is more or less taken for granted since he has served one term at Hartford and has proved a factor in COP politics locally for some years past. Senator Egan's availability for 1946 remains 8 question-mark, as he ended up his term this year in i'll health and has concentrated on im- proving his condition ever since.
 Local and Naugatuck Valley Republicans are naturally concern cd over the fortunes of Congress- man Joseph Talbot. Little has i been heard of recent months about the makeup of the COP ticket in 1946. Suffice 1t to say ] Ab VIII DC tuC StEOtlSCSt bhChct tuc party can throw int 0the field, as Republicans like the off-year elec- tions when they can and do im- prove their chances in both the state government and In Con- gross. Many still think Gov. Ray , mond E. Baldwin will reconsider his plan to give up politics for business at the end of his cur- ent term. The odds are certain iy that he will stick to his de- cision to retire, which puts a load on COP ticket makers right at the outset. The Talbot boom for the gubernatOrial nomination was
 matched by that of Atty. General William Haddon Recent changes in COP ranks indicate there may
 be . general reshaping of policies
 to meet the 1S46 challenge.
 Over in Meriden next Tuesday Mayor Francis Danaher will bt fighting to keep the name of hi: ffw~ 4a Afn~ R-~@ s~. ~.xxt.lr