Word: cca
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Undoubtedly significant has been Cambridge Civic Association majority representation on the present School Committee. With three of the six members, plus chairman Mayor Edward A. Crane '35, the CCA has met little difficulty in implementing its policies. In the new school construction program, as well as in several other reform measures, the organization has a strong campaign plank. The irony of the present situation is that of the three incumbents, only one, Gustave M. Solomons, is standing for re-election. After its major success in the last election, and after a very constructive two years, the CCA may find itself...
Contrasted with obsolete buildings and outmoded instruction of eight years ago, the state of Cambridge pedagogy has improved markedly. But the CCA must convince the electorate of this improvement...
...Present CCA power resides in the Mayor, Edward A. Crane '35; and in Councilors Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, Cornelia B. Wheeler, and Pearl K. Wise, all Council veterans. In its attempt to secure two new seats, the CCA may very well unseat one or more of its own veterans, only to replace him with a novice...
...CCA candidates for the novitiate are Gaspard (Don) d'Andelot Belin and Thomas Coates. Brother-in-law of McGeorge Bundy (former Dean of the College), Belin is a Yale graduate, a member of the law firm of Choate, Hall, & Stewart, and a very active participant in Cambridge projects. Coates, a lawyer with John Hancock, is a member of the NAACP and has also been very active in the community...
...basic problem facing the CCA is thus a surplus of good candidates. It is possible that Belin might unseat Mrs. Wheeler, since the strength of both will probably reside in approximately the same neighborhood. Another potential threat to the CCA is Bernard Goldberg, who ran and lost as a CCA endorsed candidate in the last election. Deliberately campaigning as a non-CCA candidate, Goldberg still retains fairly strong support in some CCA areas...