Word: mayors
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...City Council, CCA-endorsed incumbents include former Mayor Joseph A. DeGuglielmo '29, former Mayor Edward A. Crane '35, Mrs. Pearl K. Wise, and Mrs. Cornelia B. Wheeler. Present Mayor Thomas M. McNamara often voted with these Councillors during his two-year term, frequently giving the CCA a slim majority on the Council. Yet solidarity among the CCA bloc is by no means assured, and is frequently non-existent...
...entire CCA effort, though, is directed to electing a mayor this January. No matter which CCA candidates win Council positions, the Association's most important task as a unit comes in selecting the Mayor, for he sets the government's tone, and, more practically, casts deciding votes on both the Council and School Committee...
This possibility exists since one Council incumbent, former Mayor Edward J. Sullivan, is vacating his seat. It is conceded, however, that his brother, amiable former Rep. Walter J. Sullivan, will take the seat, and perhaps even top the ticket. This group of Sullivanites have consistently led the anti-Harvard, anti-CCA factions of the city...
...Mayor McNamara, though finishing well down the 1957 ticket, also seems guaranteed re-election, simply through his position and prestige as Mayor. When he won two years ago, McNamara was a true independent, aligned neither with the CCA nor with the Sullivanites. This neutrality paved the way for his election as Mayor. His voting record as a frequent ally of the CCA bloc may hurt him in some districts, yet be a distinct help to him elsewhere...
Alfred E. Velucci, self-styled bearer of the Italian voter's burden, has all but publicly announced his candidacy for Mayor. This same Velucci however--Harvard's most volatile attacker--trailed the ticket last time and barely won re-election. At recent City Council meetings, Velucci has received informal ribbing about his precarious position. His strong Portuguese vote may be pre-empted this year by CCA-endorsed Manuel Rogers, although if Rogers is eliminated early from the count, his second place votes would presumably go to Velucci. Two minor Italian candidates have reportedly joined the race simply to take first...