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Chances of breaking the deadlock in the Cambridge election for mayor seemed slim at 7:30 p.m. yesterday, when the nine-man City Council met for a second day of balloting...
...mayor of Cambridge brings two names prominently to the fore. One is popular Marcus Morton, CCA-endorsed, who left public office in 1945 after serving two years on the City Council and was just reelected. The other strong candidate is Watson himself, who controls the pivotal vote on the nine-man body. Election of a newcomer to the Council as mayor would be unprecedented in Cambridge Plan E government...
...however looked certain to hold a majority in the nine-man City Council...
...nine-man City Council, there is an even greater dearth of campaign subjects. Again the NBC has investigated the candidates and prepared a listing of the nine men best suited for the posts. It can only be stressed that under Plan A the candidates themselves lose incentive for speaking out. There are nine spots on the ballot and silence on controversial issues cannot alienate votes here and there. Personalities enter into consideration less and less...
...corruption. Other Massachusetts cities enjoyed similarly foul reputations. In 1938 the state legislature tried a remedy. It is not surprising that strongest support came from Cambridge reformers. The would-be panacea was Plan E, which provides for a city manager to run the city's affairs and a nine-man council, including a mayor, to legislate...