The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-05
BowLeS' CoUernOrShip
 Chances Appear Dim
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 I posed tc his philosophies.
 These followers have been charg- cd with idle dilettantism. guilty, 1t is said. of experimenting with the nations economy. A man of less stature than Bowles, some admit. would have been submerged by them. The accusation is also made that their pursuit of party politics has been in the same vein; they desire all the power profits Of the party but want to refine its person. ality by recourse to the lexicon, stripping the vernacular from its intent and giving it's the flavor of scholarship. We would have to give every voter a dictionary one politician cynically observed.
 Yet these practical party-men do not ignore these and other groups as potentials in assaying the strength of Bowles as a political candidate. They are alert to the presence of a prominent gathering of independent voters in Connecti- cut who found voice and identity as staunch advocates of the policies of the late President Roosevelt These are the so-called liberals: hardly distinguishable, it is claimed. from the man whose average Chris tian principles, backed by centuries of practice, have always been of matter-of-fact liberalism. (The lit- tie man, his defenders contend, has not been as vOcaD.
 COnnecticus's Ways
 Bowles would attract these vot- CTS. He already has. However, they are not viewed as Of strong influ- ence in a gubernatorial contest. but do have value for the senatorial race. Connecticut voters. as a whole, tend to distinguish between gubernatorial and senatorial candi- date. If liberal is the word. then they are willing to accept the label attached to a senatorial candidate but give them as governor. sofne- one with whom they are more apt to feel at ease!
 Since the death of Roosevelt many of these independents have attempted to identify themselves by the formation or continuation of such groups as the National Citi- gems Political Action Committee or the Independent Citizens Commit tee of Arts, Sciences and Professions and others which have branch 'ofilces" in Connecticut. 4 few vet- erans groups have also been formed along these lines. In the clearly defined ingulaF race for governor ship Nn the Puritan Nutmeg State) these people. generally speaking. are on the outside looking in. In the more cosmopolitan. diversified state-nati0nal senatorial contest that have managed to get a firm foot in the door. They are a nec- essary evil", says one 0ld-school partyman. They are alert and stimulating and good for the party" claims the liberal-practical politi- elan.
 Bowles would probably have the CLIO. Political Action Committee support as well. They have been staunch supporters of his principles This organization cannot be iden- tified among those as on the out- side looking in. They are mat least to the extent of their weight being carefully balanced by party leaders. The extent Of the authority of their membership has been ques- tioned-but their leadership is ad- judged realistic.
 Add to all this the principal poF- ton of the breW-the willingness Of Mir. Taxpayer 10 support BoWles' price control theories and be begins to appear as a clearly defined per- sonality of senatorial proportions.
 Writes New B0ak
 We discussed his current book, Tomorrow Without Pear, the first few chapters of which ye had just read. Tt isn't quite what had planned by way of compilation, "he said, "As a matter of fact e0F11- piled it in about i2 days during my Christmas vacation last year. What l wanted to say is all there, bow- ever"
 The book, incidentally. Is stiDus lating and provocative, It offers a program for full-eInployment economy in which BoYles develops, with logic, the belief that America should not resign itself To any fatallslie endorsement Of TecuTTept depressi0Ds t Is book of OptiD- lslD substantlated by many facts,
 He discussed hls principles for price controls and stabilized econ. 0my, freely and openly He admitted that the OPA program, to date, has not been perfect, but he challenges: Show me . better 0nei Show it to me and l VIII be the first to ady0s cate its ad0pLi0nl"
 People SuppeTl bilm
 We paid note to the fact that res cent Gallup polls indicated that the majority Of the people favored price controls, a few favored certain amendments and a minority tayors ab0lishlng the program entirely,
 'Il Is a peoples program and they know it," he contends. Already inc llatl0n has eFept into the taxpayers p0eketbO0k, but he knows it Is but g triekle Of the flood that would 0c- eur should wA take down the dam of price controls altogether,
 We know there gre blaek-Inar- kefs," he continued earnestly. We are not t@ing 10 hide from such factA But we must have more