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The Hartford Chronicle
NOVEMBER 2, 1946
ELECTION A TOSS-UP
DESPITE PARTY CLAIMS
DIVISION IN PARTIES
Hartford Listening to poli
tcians these days in the city is
just like listening to a discus
sion of the Fourth Dimension.
You get the general idea that
something pretty important is
involved but just how it is put
together to make sense, is quite
another matter. No one really
knows who is going to win or
why they will win. Party or
ganization is still here in semb- j
lance but in spirit it is decidedly
divided. ' In fact this division
on both sides is sufficiently im
portant to have so baffled party
leaders that they cannot evince
anything but hopeful guesses
about what the people are real
ly thinking and planning to do.
Those individuals who ac
cording to party lines have been
working hand and glove for
years are now either completely
ignoring each other or quietly
holding separate meetings with
the full intention of defeating
some of their former running
mates. In fact it is almost down
to the stage of the small boy
who takes his bat home and thus
breaks up the neighborhood ball
game, because he cannot be
lead-off man. j
On the Democratic side the
loyal supporters of Mr. Spella
cy are still steaming about his
defeat in the caucus and there
fore they are not raising a hand
in the cause of the party. Just
what this group is quietly plan
ning to do on election day is
anybody's guess. Add to this
'the intense contest between the
failing Zazzaro machine and the
newly developing Palloti group
and you have major confusion.
This ought to be the golden
opportunity for the Republican
party, if it were as united as
some people like to say it' is.
Some rather definite indications
seem to belie this unity though.
For instance ever since the elec
tion of Mayor Moylan, some
Republican big-wigs have been
applying the heat for conformi
ty by him in instances where he
has objected. This difference
was supposedly adjusted in a
formal "Party Love Feast"
some weeks but it is rumored
that the selection of the State
ticket did not pleases the Moylan
faction. , But irrespective of
what fits within this whole con
fused picture, the fact remains
that the Moylan faction is active
in the campaign in only isolated
instances. ,
With this general confusion
within the parties, there is little
reason to -wonder why at, this
point, no prediction that is
worth mentioning, can be made
about the outcome of the elec
tion. In fact there is every reason
to believe that this election is
going to be decided not on the
basis of party ballyhoo but the
independent reaction of individ
ual citizens. The claim is made
in some circles that the reason
for the present apathy of the
citizens is because no major is-
CITIZENS COUNCIL
RE-ORGANIZES
16 GROUPS AFFILIATE
Hartford The Hartford
Negro Citizens Council held a
re-organization meeting for
post-war planning Thursday
evening, Oct. 24th, at the North
End Community Center. Six
teen different civic, social and
fraternal organizations were
present.
Dr. Isaac W. Cornwall, chair
man presided over the meeting
and gave a summary of the ac
complishments of the Council
through the war years
Mr. N. P. Dotson of the Coun
cil of Social Agencies presented
the necessity for re-organization
of the program in order to meet
the post-war problems.
The concensus of opinion was
that the Council was an ex
jtremely important basis upon
which could be fashioned a very
potent community force and
should therefore be expanded
and strengthened.
The Council decided to set-up
immediately an over-all com
mittee that would meet within
the next ten days to develop
plans that would lead to speci
fic objectives. These objectives
were in the field of employment,
housing, education and com
munity attitudes.
Those organizations repre
sented in this initial meeting
were IXL Club, Women's
League, ' Literaces, NAACP,
Sigma Phi Lambda, Mothers
and Homemakers Club Prince
Hall, Masons, Inter-cee Club,
Trellis Temple, St. Monica's
Women's Auxiliary, American
Legion Auxiliary, Knights of
Pythias, Young Women's Mis
sionary Society, AMEZ, Omega
Psi Phi Fraternity. Independent
.Social Center, Inter-collegiate
Club and the North End Com
munity Center.
sues have . come to the front.
This is rather doubtful reason
ing. It might be far better
guessing to say that the people
have been conditioned to meet
ing major issues all during the
war period and therefore they
do not go into the old time fren
zy about things that they are
very concerned about.
If the weather is fair, there is
very apt to be a large turn-out
for this election as well as a
great many party shocks. In
fact perhaps the 6th of Novem
ber will have a great many of
the smart boys more confound
ed than they were the morning
after the last election for May
or. For it would seem that the
American public is becoming
far. more sophisticated in its
political manifestations. When
they have but two choices, they
will even put the one that they
do not particularly want into
office, purely as a protest vote.
Then what are the possiblities
now when they actually have an
opportunity to chew the situa
tion up into many different
parts? Yes, it looks like the
joys and sorrows are going to
be pretty equally divided.
CONN TEACHERS
LEGISLATIVE MINDED
SUPPORT FIVE BILLS
Hartford 1 The Connecticut
State Teachers' Association in
its one day session here last
week went on record in favor of
five bills that will be submitted
to the General Assembly at its
next session. They concerned:
1. Adequate state-aid for
school programs.
2. A minimum salary of $2000
with annual minimum incre
ments of $100.
3. Clarification of the relative
powers of finance and educa
tion boards.
4. Election of boards of edu
cation on a non-partisan basis.
5. Revision of the continuing
contract law to assure greater
job security for teachers.
All of these matters were pre
sented to the group of 1500
teachers at Bushnell Memorial
by James A. Smith of Torring
ton who additionally pointed
out the fact that though Conn,
was one of the nation's wealth
iest states, it ranks 39th in state
aid.
In discussing the bill on sala
ry proposal Mr. Smith indicated
that 30 of Connecticut's
teachers received less than
$2000 last year and that 50
did not receive more than $2300.
CITY CHARTER FORUMS
PLANNED BY GROUPS
Hartford The North End
Branch Library, the Women's
League and the North End
Community Center representa
tives met on Friday evening,
October 25th and planned two
Forum meetings to inform the
citizens of the North End on the
pros and cons on the new City
Charter.
These two meetings are to be
held at the Arsenal School as
sembly hall the 7th and 14th of
November. The following clubs
and groups are to cooperate in
this community effort: Young
Women's Progressive Hour, the
Kips, Literaces, Omega Psi Phi,
Carpe Diem, Inter-collegiate
Club, Congress Club, Sigma Phi
Lamda, Tenas Proposito and
the F. I. A.
UNIV. NORTH CAROLINA
AMONG FIRST TEN
CHAPEL HTT.T. EXCELS
Chapel HilL N. C. Under the
leadership of Dr. Frank Gra
ham, president, the University
of North " Carolina has been
gradually moving far in the
vanguard of American Univer
sities. Chapel Hill now is known
nationally as one of the most
liberal institutions on the mat
ter of race and labor problems.
As further evidence of this
increasing prestige the Univer
sity has recently won the dis
tinction of being judged one of
the ten best universities in the
nation. The poll to determine
this status was conducted by
Look magazine.
OPA CRACKS DOWN
ON AUTO CHISLERS
TWO ARRAIGNED
Manchester The withering
OPA descended like a ton of
brick on the heads of two Man
chester people the other day,
who it is alleged they assumed
that the OPA was much more
prostrate than it turned out to
be. .
The individuals involved in
the charge that they exceeded
the OPA ceilings on cars are
W. Alexander Cole, of the Cole
Motors, Manchester and an em
ployee, Miss Helen A. Holbrook.
It-is alleged . that this couple
exacted a payment of $2650 for
a 1946 Pontiac four door sedan.
The ceiling price for this same
car is $1648.33. v
The transaction was made by
the buyer, Erwin Surell, in the
Cole Co. salesroom. 26 $100
bills and one $50 was paid to
Miss Holbrook. At the ,same
time that the transaction was
made two OPA' investigators
were present posing as prospec
tive customers.
OPA Administrator Stanley
Crute in commenting upon this
case said, "I think that a good
many people have been reluct
ant to ask for OPA help on over
charges on cars, for. fear they
may lose the car. For instance,
Mr. Surell will not only recover
the overcharge, if it is proven
but in any case retains the new
car."
Both Mr. Cole and Miss Hol
brook are under bonds of $500,
with Mr. Cole facing a civil suit
for $4500. The complaint in
such an action is entitled to sue
for three times the over eharge
and the cost of the suit and
other damages.
CAPT. CUSTIS ON
TERMINAL LEAVE
RESIGNS POLICE FORCE
Hartford Captain Lemuel
Custis, a Hartford boy who se
cured a leave of absence from
the Hartford Police force early
in the War to qualify for the
Air-Force, is now on terminal
leave and planning to re-enter
civilian life.
During the War he was at
tached to the 12th- Air-Force
and campaigned with the 99th
Pursuit Squad Division in Afri
ca, Sicily and Italy. He was
abroad for about a year and a
half and was one of the young
sters of the group who pio
neered in the American Air
Force and made an amazing
combat record.
Mr. Custis is a graduate of
the Hartford Public High
School and Howard University
in Washington, D. C.
At the last meeting of the
Police Commission Friday, Oct.
25th, Mr. Custis'' resignation
from the force was submitted
and accepted. This is in line
with some specific plans Mr.
Custis has for entering another
field of work responsibility,
which wll be announced in the
near future.
JOHN NEWELL TO
STEP DOWN
COACHED 28 YEARS
Hartford After 28 years of
coaching at the Hartford Public
High School, Johnnie Newell is
to lay down the reins after the
present football season, th&Nre
port goes.
Newell, who came to HJP.H.S.
straight from his college days
at Springfield College and Co
lumbia University, has built in
the course of years, one of the
best records in the high school
coaching field of anyone in New
England.
When he first took over up
on the Hill, H.P.H.S. was the
only high school in the eity.
Thus material came from all
over the city and the school
boasted some of the finest teams
in this section. During those
times the team play was so ex
ceptional that practically the
whole football schedule was
made up of such preparatory
schools as Taft, Kent, Rosen
baum Prep., Springfield College
Freshman team and others in'
that class.
Positive proof of the calibre
of athlete that Newell turned
out is the fact that many of
them later excelled at some of
the biggest colleges in America ;
with one John ''Clipper Smith"
captaining the King of them all,
Notre Dame. V
Then Hartford began to grow
very rapidly and the .mainten
ance of a single1 city high,
school was out of the question.
Material was ultimately divided
three ways with the general
calibre of the team play being
reduced all around.
But Johnnie Newell has be
come an institution in school
boy athletic competition in
these parts and it will be diffi
cult to picture the scene with
out him. . s
HONESTY IS
DULY REWARDED '
AWARDED $840
New York Richard Holmes,
while on duty the other day at
the Grand Central Station as a
Red Cap, was loading passen
gers into a cab. As the car that
preceded the one he was loading
whizzed away, he noted-that the
lady who had entered it had
dropped a small case. Holmes
rushed to the case and called
out after the swiftly moving
cab but the station din drowned
his cries. Holmes then looked
in the case and found that there
were a number , of pieces . of
jewelry and immediately took
them to the terminal police
oflSice. '
In the course of events,
Holmes forgot the whole inci
dent until he was called to the
offices of the Ocean Guaranty
Insurance Company. There he
was told that the jewels that he
had found had been claimed by
the owner and that they were
valued at $15,000. The com
pany then presented him, with
an award-of $840.

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