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Even as an alderman, however, Soglin remained an outsider. He continued to take part in student demonstrations, was twice arrested and, on one occasion, bailed out by a sympathetic fireman. He clashed with Mayor William Dyke over such issues as police brutality and budgets. But he also learned about municipal government, studying substantive subjects such as housing and transportation and getting a feel for such arcane matters as sewer maintenance and zoning regulations...
Particularly in the South, many middle-class people continue to live in the ghetto. In Winston-Salem, N.C., Alderman Charles C. Ross, a successful businessman, elects to remain in the neat white clapboard home that he bought in 1947. "Staying here," he explains, "is my way of saying to other blacks: 'You can make it if you try hard enough...
...detail by the Chicago Tribune last fall, have contributed to the growing disaffection of the usually pro-Daley black voters, who make up about 30% of the electorate. With the help of a forceful civic group, the Better Government Association, the Sun-Times revealed the scandalous land deals involving Alderman Thomas Keane, the mayor's "floor leader" in the rubber-stamp city council and the city's second most powerful politician...
Bowing and Scraping. In recent years Daley has grown even more autocratic and less tolerant of opposition, factors that contribute to growing dissatisfaction in the ranks of the machine. Says one alderman who publicly professes his loyalty to Daley but has deep private misgivings: "So much bowing and scraping is needed to maintain Daley's favor that I sometimes wonder. The party discipline is loosening up because a lot of guys are not willing to take it any more...
...Daley chooses to run again he will almost certainly win. But in view of his age and health, he might risk killing himself in a grueling primary campaign against upstart Alderman William Singer, 33, the lawyer who unseated the mayor's delegation from the Democratic National Convention in 1972. Once past Singer, Daley would probably face Republican Jim Thompson in another punishing battle. Some friends predict that he is ready instead to retire. In that case, he will need to pick a successor if the machine is to hold together. The trouble is, there is no strong candidate acceptable...