IFR PA28 WITH N90; CLRED FOR LOC 22 APCH TO CDW; EXPERIENCED CONFLICT WITH CESSNA WHILE CHANGING TO TWR FREQ.

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FLYING INTO CDW; NJ; I WAS ON IFR FLT PLAN. VISIBILITY 4 MI IN HAZE; CLR BELOW 12000 FT. I WAS BEING VECTORED TO LOC RWY 22 APCH. ON FINAL VECTOR AS I MADE R TURN TO INTERCEPT LOC; I NOTICED AN AIRPLANE ABOUT 1-2 MI AWAY AT PRETTY MUCH THE SAME ALT. AT THAT POINT; NEW YORK ASKED ME IF I WAS ESTABLISHED; AND I SAID YES; AND HE TOLD ME THAT I WAS CLRED FOR THE APCH AND TO SWITCH TO THE TWR. AS I WAS CHANGING FREQS; I NOTICED THAT AIRPLANE WAS GETTING CLOSER; AND THEN I COULD SEE THAT IT WAS A HIGH WING AIRPLANE. AS I LISTENED TO THE TWR; I REALIZED WHAT WAS GOING ON. THE CESSNA WAS TURNING L BASE TO FINAL IN FRONT OF ME; AND TWR WAS BUSY LINING HIM UP. I TRIED TO STEER AWAY FROM THE COURSE BY BANKING AWAY FROM OTHER PLANE; BUT DECIDED NOT TO MAKE ABRUPT MOVEMENT AS I DID NOT KNOW WHAT OTHER PLT WOULD DO. I DECIDED TO INTERRUPT THEIR TALK AND TOLD THE TWR THAT I WAS ON FINAL FOR RWY 22 LOC APCH. THE TWR ASKED ME HOW I GOT ON THE LOC; AND IF I WAS IFR OR VFR AND THEN ACCUSED ME OF MAKING MY XMISSION TOO LONG. ANYWAY; FINALLY TWR TOLD CESSNA TO SLOW DOWN AND EXTEND HIS BASE FOR # 2. BY THE TIME HE DID THAT; HE PASSED ON MY L AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE ME WITHIN I BELIEVE 200-300 FT.