Eastern Connecticut news., 1946-09-28
Middlesex County DemmieS Meet

On NQOIlUdy CVGIlkIlB Wl1l1G IIlS State Central Committee was meet ing at New Haven to nominate and elect John M. Bailey of Hartford, State Chairman of the Democratic Party to succeed John A. Nc Guire of Wallingford, the Dem- ocratS of Middlesex County were meeting to hear campaign speech es and to lay long range plans for the success of the Demmie ticket in their district.
 , Deputy State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles John J. Darnley probably gave one of the most eff fective talks of the evening and re- vealed to the various town com- mitteemen and women present & new sure fire short cut and eff ciency chart to check up on all the Demmie votes in their districts.
 A campaign vote getting steer ing committee was appointed with a delegate representing each of the 18 towns in Middlesex County. The nominees present who accepted the responsibility were: Wilbain Uohnsen of Chester; Wilbain Hallmadge of Clinton; Judge Ed ward Fielding of Cromwell; MT. Earl Matthewson of Durham;; Jer- ome Stavola of East Haddam; Mrs. Chester Bowles of Essex; MT. Don- aid D. Spencer of Haddam; MT. Charles Berchtold of Killingsworth; MT. Malvin Coleman of Middle field; MT. John Haverds of Middle boro; John Baldini of Old Say brook; MT. Joseph Bransfield of Portland; Mrs. Isabelle Walker Soule, the famous author, of Deep River; and MT. Frank DiCristoforo of Westbrook.
 The Historic Pease House at Saybrook Point was crowded with excited and eager campaigners and although many of the speeches dwelt upon the fate of liberal la- Dor legislation the majority of the attentive ears seemed to be from the Junior League and 400 brack- et The deep interest of the indus trialist and professional mems families in the fate of the Demo- cratic Party in this election seems very significant to the casual La- bor obServor. It begins to look like Labor-Management harmony i'll politics as we'll as across the nego- tiations tables.
 A fine list of State candidates addressed the dinner group, but It. Gov. Snow sent his regrets as he was detained at the State Gen. tral Committee meeting at New Haven, where his backing of the Bailey candidacy was synonymous to election. New London's Rep. Dorothy Satti was elevated at the same New Haven meeting to State Chairlady, giving Eastern Connec- ticut's New London County's Sat- ti regime new significance and Statewide power in the party.
 State Comptroller Raymond s. Thatcher was the wittiest speaker of the evening and perhaps the most thorough in explaining the office duties and the responsibili- ties the party faces this Fall with mammoth post war political re- sponsibilitieS with an empty post war treasury. He pointed out that one of the brightest blanks in the state party platform was the plank requesting that portion of the Town Highway taxes paid to the state should be used to bring up the educational standards of the small town communities so that the children throughout the whole state would have equal educa- tiona1 opportunities. J. Walter Darnley. Deputy Commissioner of Motor Vehicles highly commended Nr. Thatchers work as State Comp tr.ller and declared that that po- sition was the most important one in the whole state ticket. Other speakers of the evening were Rep. Chase Going Woodhouse and Chester Bow1es. Both of these