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Register of Probate John F. Collins soundly defeated Senate President John E. Powers last night, 113,776 to 90,175, to become the 49th mayor-elect of Boston since 1770. All precincts reported...
Tomorrow Boston voters will elect a new mayor for a city that is sick. Patronage pressures have expanded the city payroll to extravagant size, boosting the city budget. The incredibly high real estate tax--now $101.20 per $1000 assessed--has discouraged new building and driven some long established business to other cities. As they leave the tax base shrinks, and the city is forced to increase the tax rate for those who remain. And Boston faces other, secondary problems too: public transportation, inadequate parking, the "abatement racket," and juvenile delinquency, to name just a few. As the suburbs enjoy booms...
After conceding one seat to Walter J. Sullivan, then, this leaves four seats held by independents to which the CCA hopes to elect one of its five non-incumbent candidates...
John D. Lynch, the oldest member of the Council, has been around so many years that sheer momentum will probably elect him. A formerly CCA-endorsed candidate (he has since bolted), Lynch is noted for his reactionary stands on fluoridation, Communism, and spending. Some observers think Lynch has the least chance among the incumbents to gain re-election, because, they say, many of his supporters are dying...
...hopes also to re-elect Mrs. Ogden and is placing its chief hopes to gain more seats with Charles M. Sullivan (presumably to replace Edward T.) and with Gustave M. Solomons, who barely lost...