Council Elects New Mayor Today

The Cambridge City Council meets at 4 p.m. this afternoon to choose one of its members as mayor of the city for the next two years.

All nine members of the Council are eligible for election, although the custom in recent years has been to rotate the job among veteran members of the Council.

Incumbent Mayor Edward A. Crane '35 is serving his second consecutive term and is not expected to be reelected unless a deadlock develops between the independent and the Cambridge Civic Association-backed candidates on the Council.

There are five independent councilors, but in the last election councilor Alfred E. Vellucci refused to support the independent choice, claiming it was his turn to be mayor. The independ- ent, Andrew T. Trodden, was finally defeated when Vellucci joined with the councilors to elect Crane.

Trodden and councilor Daniel J. Hayes are expected to be the leading independent candidates for mayor today

Trodden and councilor Daniel J. Hayes are expected to be the leading independent candidates for mayor today