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Councillor Edward A. Crane '35 stated yesterday that the CCA members will withhold their votes again in hopes that a deadlock among the independents will enable one of their number to win the mayoralty. Failing this, he said, they will support an independent who is acceptable to them...
Councillor Hyman Pill explained the CCA's abstention by asserting that the association's minority will "wait and see" which independent will agree to cooperate with CCA-backed city manager John J. Curry '19 and uphold CCA school committee policies. Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, unofficial spokesman for the CCA group, said yesterday that "any of the five independents might be acceptable, but the CCA will make sure that he's the man we want before we pick...
Reliable sources predicted that the CCA will not endorse its arch foe Sullivan, and that McNamara--a strong supporter of the urban renewal program--is most likely to receive CCA support. Present misunderstanding between him and Curry can easily be reconciled the source added...
...CCA's determination to pick the new mayor is due largely to the fact that the mayor is also chairman of the School Committee. This group is now evenly divided between the CCA-endorsed members and independents, so that the mayor will have the deciding vote. The association is also anxious to have a mayor who favors urban renewal...
...CCA was responsible for electing Cambridge's last mayor, John J. Foley, also an independent. The new council will meet on Monday evening for another try at electing the mayor. Pill said that he expects the meeting will elect the mayor, but DeGuglialmo expressed doubt...