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That clearly expressed the Ford line for the crucial days of delegate-wooing?a line he believes was effective in his Ohio primary victory. It emphasizes the thesis that Reagan is unelectable, and that he will drag Republican candidates for offices from governor to alderman down with him. He reminds Republicans of "the tragedy of 1964 ... until that election, in the House of Representatives we had about 185 Republican members. After the election, we had 140." "Surely," he continues, "you're not going to let that happen again by letting the wrong person lead the ticket in November...
...vote in a largely black area of Chicago's South Side, beating off a challenge by a Daley man. A onetime loyal lieutenant of Daley's who broke with him seven years ago over police misconduct in the black community and in 1975 supported former Alderman William Singer in his unsuccessful attempt to oust The Boss from the mayor's office, Metcalfe ran solely on the issue, "the liberation of the people from the Daley plantation." Thus, though Daley still is supreme, his hold on the city's black vote may be weakening...
...that the state actually gave Chicago schools $48 million more this year than in 1974. Said he: "I can only conclude that in the face of the state aid increase and declining enrollment, the superintendent is crying wolf." The Governor complicated matters further by appointing William Singer, a former alderman who tried to unseat Mayor Richard Daley in last winter's Democratic primary, to head a task force investigating the school board's budget. That infuriated Daley, who has stepped in as the middleman and successfully mediated previous teachers' strikes; he has decided to remain...
Special Relationship. Along the way to renominating their man, Daley workers shattered the political fortunes of the token G.O.P. nominee for mayor, John Hoellen, 60, who was also running for re-election as the city's only Republican alderman. He was beaten, in part because the machine made a special point of turning out votes for his opponent, Eugene C. Schulter, 27, a real estate appraiser and protégé of the Democratic ward committeeman. Afterward, Hoellen considered dropping out of the race against Daley. Said the Republican: "If I can't be elected alderman...
Private Gain. Singer has benefited from a series of setbacks suffered by Hizzoner since his election. A stroke in 1974 required an operation and three months of convalescence. Seven top members of his machine, including his right-hand man Alderman Thomas Keane, have been convicted for using their offices for private gain. Questions of propriety have been raised over the mayor's secret ownership with his wife of a real estate company with assets of about $200,000. He has been criticized for influencing the placement of millions of dollars' worth of city insurance with a firm that...