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...Arthur Gartland, the only incumbent who spoke out against racial imbalance, won a plurality of votes only in the Back-Bay-Beacon Hill area and in Allston. Both are middle-class white neighborhoods, buffered from Roxbury geographically as well as economically. In the final totals Gartland was shoved out of the number have position by John J. McDonough, a complete newcomer whose only stated virtue was his accordance with Mrs. Hicks's philosophy...
Arthur J. Gartland '36, the only Boston School Committee incumbent supported by civil rights leaders, was defeated yesterday in his bid for re-election to a third term...
...race for the fifth place, John J. McDonough, who had been supported by Mrs. Hicks, took a substantial early lead over Gartland. Gartland had run fifth and McDonough ninth in the September primary...
Roxbury social worker Melvin King, the only Negro in the race, was running well behind Gartland, and other Citizens for Boston Schools candidates brought up the rear...
...Gartland and King, at least, have a chance of getting elected. The CRIMSON strongly supports all five of the Citizens' candidates...