Strong Harvard Ballot Can Elect Councilman

Potentially, the Harvard community could muster enough votes to elect a representative to the Cambridge City Council and to the Cambridge School Council in the coming election, Edward A. Crane '35, chairman of the Cambridge Election Commission told the CRIMSON last night.

Five days remain in which faculty members, maintenance men, and students who don't live in University dormitories can register for the approaching election. Registration facilities are open at the Municipal Building from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 7 to 9 p.m.

Crane estimates that 5000 voters, constituting almost 10 percent of the total Cambridge vote, live in the Harvard area. Most of this vote, however, has been dormant in past local elections.

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Officials at City Hall complained that the citizenry in the Harvard area is often vociferous about poor government in Cambridge but will not take the trouble to insure the election of capable men.

Only in 1943 when Richard M. Gummere, chairman of the Committee on Admissions, ran successfully for a post on the Cambridge School Council, was there a substantial vote from the Harvard community.

This year, Robert Amory, Jr. '36, professor of law, is in the race for one of the six seats on the School Committee.

Under Cambridge's proportional representation voting plan, 5000 votes are ample to elect either one of the nine councilmen or a school committeeman.

Harvard men have been active in the Cambridge city administration in appointed capacities. Gordon M. Fair, Gordon McKay Professor of Sanitary Engineering and Clyde O. Ruggles, professor of Public Utility Management and Regulation, have served several times.