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In return for the mayorship, Reeves joined the Independents in successfully backing Independent councillor Sheila T. Russell for vice mayor.
Reeves' deal with the Independents caused a rift that, five months later, has still not healed.
Reeves sought support outside the CCA because the party has a policy of rotating the office of mayor among its councillors every two years.
If that had happened, Reeves would have been out and CCA-backed Councillor Francis H. Duehay '55 would have become mayor.
So Reeves solicited--and got--the votes of all four Independent councillors. None of the four other CCA councillors voted for Reeves.