Word: daley
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Chicago seems headed for a weird and ferocious three-way fight for mayor. The contenders: two-term Mayor Martin Kennelly, who has been dumped by the city's Democratic machine; County Clerk Richard J. Daley, who appointed the committee that picked him and dumped Kennelly (and then commented, "I never dreamed it could happen to me"); and Robert E. Merriam, who won election in 1947 to the city council as a Democrat, but turned Republican to run for mayor...
This Is War. Kennelly reacted to the county committee's endorsement of Daley last week by announcing that he would run in the primary as an independent and by declaring war on the party bosses. In rapid order, Kennelly: 1) demanded the resignations of five ward committeemen with city jobs who had voted against him at the county meeting, 2) threatened to cut off the lucrative insurance and bonding business that the city does with some machine Democrats, 3) promised to fire all city employees (not covered by civil service) who work against him in the election, 4) stopped...
Kennelly, however, extended civil-service protection to the point where he now has only about 3,700 jobs to play around with. Daley has some 10,000 county jobs under his control, and can hire machine Democrats as fast as Kennelly fires them. Most observers thought that Kennelly's belated fight against Daley was futile...
While Leo Daley and Dick Oehmler replaced Marsh and Gianelly in the backfield, Jim Anthony, thoroughly tested in the Brown game, filled in for Bill Meigs...
...outstanding offensive player of the afternoon was tall back Jimmy Joslin whose passing and broken-field running were extremely smooth despite the rain. Alternating in the first backfield with Botsford and Glanelly were wingback John Simourian and quarterback Leio Daley. Phill Haughey's passing was another highlight of the long offensive drill...