The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-05-25

a primary contest for the nomina- Cion. MT. Summa'S announcement means there1l be a primary among Republicans in the 18th, if anyone else wants the nomination, which he has had on two different occa- Eions.
 DemQcratS are geared for action
 lin the 18th with the administra-
 ton forces of Mayor John S.
 MOnagan definitely committed to
 the Wallace camp. It remains to
 be seen now whether or not ex-
 Senator John F. T0bin will enter
 the fray, but, willy campaigner
 that he is, Attorney TObin will
 probably bide his time and make
 his announcement when he con-
 Biders the opportunity to do so of
 advantage to his candidacy.
 There are stiu those who will bet
 that the 10th Democratic primary
 VIII be a twO-nan contest and
 that one of the contestants will
 be Mir. TObin. This group refuses
 to believe that ex-Alderman Sul-
 hvan will carry his threat of rum
 ming to the point of filing ticket.
 There have been no changes in Democratic party rules in the last two years, so that senatorial candi- dates in the 18th District will be re- quired to post $275 when they file their official tickets of delegates next Fall. Incidentally 1t looks like a late primary this year. During the war the tendency was to get all the nomination skirmishing out of the way early, so that servicemen could be advised of candidates in their nome ba1liwicks. Two years ago the Democrats really got of to an early start by holding the 18th senatorial primary in April. It cost the two candidates about half of their de- postt that year with the biggest item of expense the $110 paid to eleven 11aoderators.
 An interesting discussion en-
 Slsed before New Haven's Board of
 Aldermen this week which could
 we'll have happened in any of the large cities of the state. Two vet
 erans' groups appeared before the
 board asking $3,5OO to cover ex-
 penses for state conventions
 scheduled for New Haven this
 summer. The Board requested
 that . more detailed expense ac- ] count Dc filed. But the interesting feature caEne when opposition de- veloped to the city contributing to the costs of the convention by a veteran of World War II. He said that he didn't think the city was the proper corporate entity to finance the conventions" The question of how far a municipal
 8y should go in financing the ob- servance of holidays like Mem orial Day or Armistice Day or state conventions of veterans Or- ganizatiOnS has been raised like wise in Waterbury, but never oc- eaGiOned the adverse comment
 brought forth in New Haven this past week.
 State Controller Raymond s Thatcher took over his new duties ofhcially this week and one city off, cial remarked that already his sig nature was being used on state checks sent to Waterbury for vari- olis funds. However, MT. Thatcher has not yet named deputy to suc- ceed himself, but when he does. it Is believed that he will be a Repub- ican, although both the late MT. Dove and MT. Thatcher were and Rre Democrats. This will be directly attributable to the current set-up n state ofhcialdom Republican governor and attorney the Semainder of the officers, Demo- cratic; c democratic controlled Senate, . COP. dominated House. And all this due of course, to our pnttquated method of apportioning representation in both the Senate and House.
 The field is said to be open for Q good, young, active Democrat in the 18th senatorial district, des- pite that fact that Senator Ed- ward P. Egan has yet to declare
 himself on his candidacy this year. Close friends continue to insist that the veteran DemOcra- tic legislator will adhere to family requests and stay away from the political wars in 1946 in order to protect his health which received a serious setback during the 1945 session. It is understood that Democratic leaders would like to offer a World War III veteran to the voters in this district in 1946 and certainly the time Is ripe for some of the boys who performed good service during the war to make their bow on the DemOcra- to side of the picture.
 Senator Brien McMahon's insist ence on refusing to be quoted or to | take a definite position on the Chester Bowles' candidacy in Con- necticslt this year has brought forth | . number of contradictory claims. Many insist that the Democratic senator is opposed to Bowles enter Ing the Connecticut field of politics. either as gubernatorial or a sem atorial candidate. Others maintain that Senator McMahon. regarding himself as the leader of Connecti- gut democracy today, feels that MT. BowleS ought to do 8 bit of con- sIlting with the state leadership be- fore launching any tries for nomin- ations. Be that as 1t may, everyone | outside of the state regards it as a certainty that the two places on | the Democratic ticket will be oc- ctipied by Bowles and Lieut.. Gov. 5now.
 On the other aide of the fence Congressman "JOe" Talbot re- mains the most emphatic of the leaders. His emphasis, however, is on his leaving the Washington scene and becoming No. man for the COP. at Hartford. And most Republicans would probably like m l M m |