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...five independents had been trying to select a Mayor, but couldn't agree among themselves. Vellucci said that he himself had submitted his own Mayoralty candidacy, but had never received another vote except from his friend, Thomas M. McNamara. (Actually, Vellucci also received a vote from Andrew T. Trodden on the fourth ballot...
...Mayor if the City were to progress, especially regarding industry and reduction of unemployment. "We must have an organization here," Vellucci contended, adding that already that afternoon one Councillor had tried to impede proceedings. He referred to an earlier Council action--selecting jurors, which was opposed by Councillor Trodden...
Most often mentioned in this category were Councillors John D. Lynch and Andrew T. Trodden. So far, however, Lynch has stuck by Walter J. Sullivan, presumably because of his traditional policy of supporting the candidate who topped the ticket in the fall election; Trodden has voted once for each other independent, and twice for himself...
Throughout the balloting, Councillors Lynch and Sullivan voted for Sullivan, who received two votes except when Trodden's ballot gave him three...
Incumbent Mayor McNamara voted to re-elect himself on all but the last ballot, when he chose Velucci. The latter voted for himself each time, and upon receiving Trodden's endorsement on the fourth ballot, jokingly declared: "It's the first time I even got two votes...