The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-05
Politics
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uCCIuS
 An old Democratic friend will
 pay his respects to Waterbury later
 this month when the united Demo-
 cratic Women's Clubs of the city
 unite in sponsoring a dinner rally
 for the state ticket. pr. Wilbur
 L. Cross will be among the Demo-
 cratic candidates coming to this
 city for the dinner and rally. It's
 been many long year since Dr. Cross has done any active cam paigning, but by virtue of his nom- ination for the short senatorial term he is expected to take a fairly active part in the coming campaign. Of course, Dr. Cross won't attempt 8 cross-state campaign, such as he conducted during the 30's when he was the Democratic standard-bear- CT, but he probably will go into the four large cities of the state. AS the October 3Oth date is the big rally of the local Democratic drive, it's definite that Dr. Cross will be among those present for the oc- caSion.
 Local Democrats can take some
 consolation from the shrievalty
 convention held in Wallingford
 Thursday night. They were on
 the winning side and when the
 Waterbury votes went in the di-
 rection of Deputy Sheriff Dan
 Callahan of Naugatuck the real
 procession started. Brass City
 delegates were more than satis-
 fled to see the borough Democrat
 get the nod, for they feel that
 he was entitled to the nomina-
 ton by virtue of his long years
 of service to the party, his ability,
 and his popularity throughout
 New Haven County. The fact that
 Naugatuck wasn't with Waterbury
 at either the state or congress
 siOnal conventions was overlooked
 by local delegates and not used
 as a lever.
 There should be spirited radio here in Waterbury this Fall. What with three stations now In the field of operations, there's bound to be penty of campaign talk coming over the air from the middle of this month on. All parties have their candidates named and noth- Ing remains but for them to pre- sent their viewpoints to the voting public. With the entrance of nu- merous minority groups into the picture this Fall, there's bound to De plenty of comment passed back md forth between candidates, both n the daily press and over the air. 
 Hn connection with this it S noticeable that Atty Gen. Will liam L. Haddon pointed out the need If legislative attention to the election laws. It would be possible for enough parties to be created and approved so that there'd be no room on voting ma chimes for all of them. Of course, you can't pass laws restricting the creation of . new party or i'm clusion of its nominees on the ballot. That's a right that most of us regard as pretty sacred and inviolable. But there are pro- visions of the law now that say one persons can't be an adherent of more than one party simul- taneously. He or she can shift around as often as desired, but allegiance to two parties at one and the same time is not sup posed to 6 legal.
 Democratic leaders are still press ng Town Chairman Maurice F. rangney to do something about the extent of Voting Dis rict 5-2. Some time ago the Town Committee took up this problem, ut it can only urge or request dis rict line changes. The actual job would be up to the Board of Aldermen and would require an rdinance change. for the current listrict lines are provided for by rdinance. The rub" in District a is that one section of 1t lies long the south side of East Main street, whereas the remainder of he district includes Hamilton Ave- Iue and a section of Washington Till, particularly that portion in nd around the Baldwin Street lrehouse. The Democratic pro- osal Is that the few voters along last Main Street be transferred to district 5-5, which extends along he opposite or north side of the treet.
 Although Democratic State Chairman John Bailey was re- portedly often a candidate for the office he just inherited from Wallingford's Town Clerk, John A. Mcclure, he apparently wasn't concerned about be- ing elected last week. However, It was either Bailey or John ,Ty- nan, MiddIetown Assessor and Middlesex County leader. The latter didn't want the chairman ship, because he figured he could 10 more good for the Snow cam paign if he wasn't saddled with the Job. So it had to be Bailey ,r else allow Mcclure to go through the campaign as chair man. This might have been a yood idea for the affable Wal ingfOrd Democrat had done . pretty good job In the few brief months he headed the state or- yanization. But his strong con- on the Snow candidacy made him take himself out of the picture.
 Local Republicans are counting l ex-Senator Frank Summa to ad their charge of the light bri- lde" this Fall. And there's no ,ubt but what the hard-working Frankie" will stage the best cam