The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-04-20

seem AS IT UklG lnuyVk NAA AhS "N vlsoRs were alert when they moved to Hartford and secured approval of thelr plans for . validating net to protect the city from any dnn- wer of financial chaos.
 If ConSTesswOman Clare BOOthe
 Tace isn't ptashed into Che cam-
 palRn this fall 1t won't be the fault
 Of the newspaper colunAnAsts and
 COP party officials, Ever since
 she annOunced that she would re-
 tire from public office after com-
 nIetlng her current term there has
 been a steady recital of rumOrs
 In the prcss ahOut her future DO.
 litical plans. A few days ago for-
 mer COP State Chairman J. Ken.
 meth Bradley said that he hoped
 that both Mrs. Luce and Gov.
 Baldwin would reconsider their
 nlans Co retire. He wants the
 governor to go after the senator
 shin with Mrs. Luce again seek
 ing Co represent the district In
 which both she and Mir. Bradley
 reside-the Fourth.
 In addition to that. there are the customary efforts being made to in- terest Mrs. Luce in the senatorial
 nomination. Thavs definitely an office in which Republicans are vit- ally interested this year. When they seek to enlist either Gov, Baldwin or Mrs. Luce in the nomination, lts got to be serious. All of which ought to make Connecticut Democrats do just as much campaign work ir testing out candidates and n finding the very best individual It can to run for this important of- flee, With Senator Brien Me- Mahon, steadily adding to his lau- rels in Washington. 1t behooves the Democrats to secure e candidate who would be fitting complement to him in the nations Capital. If Republicans think enough of the office to 20 all out to win 1t, so should Democrats.
 More about this special lesisla.
 tive session at Hartford. There's
 no doubt that Gov. Baldwin was
 perfectly right in maintaining
 that housing is the allslmp0rtant
 tOpAC today. les as peFplexing In
 the small aS In the large conn
 vnunitles. Something has t0 be
 done and done fast. Housing
 should set primary consideration
 at any special legislative session.
 But there are bound to be other
 hatters brought up. The Demo-
 cratic senators who met thlB week
 t0 dlscuas the same did no more
 than would have Republican sen-
 atOrs CT members Of the House.
 However, it would seem aS if there
 ought tO be definite time limits allotted to the subject matter of
 the coming session with the great
 portion of time allotted t0 s0lV.
 ing the housing problem.
 Mayor Henry 0wiaSdA started his two-year term in New Britain this week with all the excitement at- tendant on Q new administrator. His stirring victory over the per- ennial George Quigley earlier this month was proof indicative that in the Hardware City there's no tell- ing what way the wind will blow And 1t only adds strength to the saying made famous by the famous John l.. Sullivan of the same city, namely, that It's easier to beat MT, Quigley when he Is 0 candidate for reelection than when he's out of office. In point of actual ser- Nlce eX-Mayor Quigley probably outranks any Connecticut mayor in years, but not conSecutively. They have been spread over long period of time. On his second attempt Mayor Gwiazda was successful in carrying the Democrats back into power and thus give Democratic State Chairman John Mcclure of Wallinsford hls first real chance to exult.
 There doesn't seem to be a
 large city In the state that isn't
 beset with some sort of financial
 difficulties these days. In Bridge port the acting controller, Adolph
 DAulisa, has refused 10 honor
 payrolls presented by the Board
 of Education because the rates
 thereon are not the ones approved
 by him but are new ones set up
 by the Board. In Hartford it's
 . fight over deficiencies result
 Ing from operations during 1945.
 In Waterbury it's the revaluatiOn program. And in New Haven it's municipal enapl0yes' unions. Obvi-
 0usly growing pains are just as evident in municipal corporations as in industrial. In one respect, however, Waterbury has been on
 the alert. It has recognized the need of salary read djustments. And
 while they probably aren't re- adjusted to the satisfaction of all, efforts have been made and still are going on to correct differences and bring wages up to standard.
 The Bailey-Ryan battle for Sta ute Revision Commissioner goes merrily on and Democratic sena- LOTS call for statute revision at the special legislative session City Budget Director Arnold E. FuTlong's report on i045 finances for Water bury can oe regarded as 8 bible" Tor future reference The name 5f Aldermanic President Patrick Y, Shea Of Waterville occasionally s0hs up when the 18th senatorial | district nominations are discussed. 1 While Senator aEd" Egan hasn't in- 1 Heated Whetief he win retire 'rlencs say he won't endanger his aealth by another trip to Hartford n tpt7 The fact that Rep. | Daniel D. Mahaney of Brooklyn | ,nsnt rssikned his legislative post ] nay 1e an Ind cation that the vet- ran ieglslaior wants to run again | |esple his appointment to the jo0 |f County Commissioner