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...McCann, who defeated Mrs. Cornelia B. Wheeler in the Nov. 6 general election, told the CRIMSON yesterday that a letter sent out over the signature of John H. Finley, professor of English and Master of Eliot House, charged him with "corrupt" actions...
...letter accused McCann of "leading the forces on Beacon Hill which have sought to do away with the present charter of the City of Cambridge" and thus restore "the old, corrupt ways...
...McCann admitted that politicians are "open to public criticism" but he asserted that "a man running for public office is entitled to his reputation until someone used concise facts to destroy...
...especially resent the attempt to link me with the old, corrupt ways," McCann said. "I'm hardly old enough to be involved with those days...
...Cambridge charter provides for a system of proportional representation in the City's elections and has been in effect since the 1940's. McCann has opposed PR because he considers it "impractical," and because "Cambridge is the only city in the country which retains the PR plan...