"Mr. Vellucci is planning to have his son run for state representative this year, and publicity thus becomes the name of the game, and since the only game in town at the present time appears to be the courthouse, here we go," County Commissioner S. Lester Ralph said in a letter to the council.

Independence

Vellucci disagreed with Ralph, adding that his son, who owns the Vellucci Insurance Agency, is working independently.

Finnegan pledged to support the wishes of East Cambridge residents yesterday afternoon. Duehay, Lombardi, City Manager James L. Sullivan and State Rep. Charles Flaherty, chairman of the House Committee on Counties, met with Finnegan yesterday at the State House to urge him not to approve the lease.

"We want to get it in writing," Duehay said. "We don't want to have to rely just on his word."

Objections

The officials listed improper cell construction, fire hazards and parking problems among their objections to the state proposal.

The council voted last week to subpoena the county commissioners, district attorney, sheriff and the state director of corrections to discuss the plans with the council at last night's meeting. That meeting and a hearing scheduled for tomorrow have been cancelled.