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Since the first ballot last Monday, the Council has been deadlocked in choosing the man who will preside over it. Cambridge Civic Association Councillor Edward A. Crane '35 has gotten that delegation's four votes on each of the six ballots so far. The five independents, meanwhile, have split their vote amongst themselves in varying combinations, with no man ever getting more than three votes. There seem to be few indications that the situation will change at today's meeting...
After completing the sixth ballot in its attempt to elect a Mayor, the Cambridge City Council acknowledged its stalemate, as Councilor Edward A. Crane '35 held his four votes and various independents split up the other five. The Council then adjourned until next Monday...
...four Cambridge Civic Association Councillors stood with Crane through all of last night's five ballots, as they had done on the first ballot Monday. His four votes are one short of election...
Between now and Monday, pressure to convince and independent to switch his vote to Crane will probably continue. There is also the possibility the CCA bloc will settle on a compromise independent, or, with enough maneuvering, the independents might get together themselves...
...factor against McNamara, as well as against former Mayors Edward A. Crane '38, Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, and John D. Lynch, is the long-standing Cambridge tradition to pass the Mayor's position around the Council before selecting someone for a second term. This quirk will presumably affect McNamara the most, since he has just been Mayor and the other three are not actively campaigning...