Word: mayors
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...November 8, the people will choose a mayor, a city council, and a school committee. Five candidates are in the race for mayor, only three of which are serious contenders. For the School Committee, nine persons are seeking two positions, while the grand total of 87 contenders are fighting to represent the 22 wards in the city council...
...beating odds favor the re-election of James Michael Curley as mayor. Running for his seventh time, Curley has had four previous terms as mayor as well as one session of the Massachusetts governorship and two terms as Congressman in Washington. His past term as mayor was unique in that he passed five months of it in the federal penitentiary at Danbury, Conn. Curley has built up a large personal following, though hardly a machine, that will remain solidly behind him next Tuesday. The minimum estimate of his vote is around 80,000 while, if he wins, he will probably...
City Clerk John B. Hynes is Curley's chief opponent. As interim mayor when Curley was in jail, Hynes has established a good record for himself in city administration. Like Curley, Hynes is running on the Democratic ticket, but, unlike the present mayor, this is the first time that Hynes has ever run for political office. To beat Curley, Hynes needs 105,000 votes or roughly the total that Curley was beaten by before in 1937. As a newcomer to the Boston political scene, Hynes popularity is untested; he, personally hopes to get a majority of the age group...
...other serious contender for the mayor's office is Governor's Councilor Patrick J. (Sonny) McDonough. With a history of ward leadership and prominence in the State Democratic party, McDonough conducts a vigorous, personal campaign, often spending whole days shaking hands with everyone he meets on the street; his goal is 85,000 handshakes before election day. Behind him, McDonough has a large block of South Boston votes plus the backing of a number of CIO unions. Though he would like to match the vote that Hynes hopes for, McDonough's unfamiliarity with the voters in large areas...
...November 8, Cambridge voters will have a chance to continue a record of clean civic administration begun in 1940, when they changed to a Plan E form of government. Ten years ago they substituted a city manager for the mayor, and election by proportional representation for the then corrupt ward system. That change, combined with the election of honest officials, has provided Cambridge with one of the best administrations in this state...