Word: cavanagh
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Rumor has it that Detroit's Mayor Jerome P. Cavanagh, has been number one on President Johnson's list of possible Secretaries of the New Housing and Urban Affairs Department. Cavanagh, as one of the outstanding mayors in the nation, is an obvious choice for the new Cabinet post. At the same time, the Mayor has such a strong and promising political base in Detroit that he probably doesn't want a merely appointive...
...Cavanagh's strength at home can be measured by the size of his re-election victory last month. Although his opponent tried to ignite casual bigots' fear of "crime in the streets," he only got 144,000 votes to the Mayor's 295,000. Like most liberals Cavanagh could count on the County AFL-CIO and all the major Negro organizations for support, but he also received votes, money, and testimonials from automobile executives and most local businessmen...
...breadth of Cavanagh's support is clearly a result of his spectacular record in office. After his upset victory four years ago over incumbent Louis Miriani, Cavanagh did not owe any political favors and was able to frame both definitions and solutions of the city's problems. He began by slapping an income tax on everyone who lived or worked in the city, and in four years the city has been able to turn a large deficit into a surplus, to increase municipal services, raise salaries (police salaries went up 25 per cent), and lower the property tax, Cavanagh...
...Cavanagh's popularity and his strength lead to only one conclusion: that he wishes to seek higher office in Michigan. He is probably more interested in the Senate than in the Governorship, but both of the state's seats are held by Democrats. (Detroit municipal officers are nonpartisan, but Cavanagh is known to be a Democrat.) Senator Philip Hart, who is 51 and was reelected last year by 900,000 votes, is not about to retire, but the other seat, held by 70-year-old Pat McNamara might be up for grabs...
...must" by much of Detroit's white community, which feared that unless the city's nearly 500,000 Negroes had some representation in the municipal government, racially tense Detroit might ignite. Hood had a powerful helping hand from Detroit's able incumbent mayor, Democrat Jerome Cavanagh (TIME, Sept. 24), who himself easily won re-election over a little-known Republican opponent...