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Neil F. Hartigan, 36, is a product of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's Democratic machine, but he has remained untarnished by its recent scandals. Now Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, the Loyola Law School graduate spent five years as a Daley aide, establishing a political base of his own from which he could some day run for mayor of Chicago or Governor of the state. Hartigan has sought to broaden his base by speaking out for the elderly, mental health and a new airport to serve St. Louis and southern Illinois...
...Daley himself has never been even remotely linked to the ill-gotten profits of cronies caught with their hands in the till, but scandal has touched his family. He never denied that in 1972 he used his influence to get the city controller to place millions of dollars worth of city insurance with an obscure suburban agency that employed his son John Patrick as a solicitor. Said Daley: "If a man can't put his arms around his sons and help them, then what's this world coming to?" The mayor has also been embarrassed by the revelation...
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...
Jumping On. Public officials have begun jumping on the greenlining band wagon too. With the backing of Illinois Governor Dan Walker and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, the Illinois state housing development authority last month announced that it will lend $20 million to state savings and loan institutions for distribution in city neighborhoods. Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey has written to lenders in Milwaukee County condemning redlining. The Federal Home Loan Bank Board, over seer of all federally chartered savings and loan associations, recently outlawed any geographic distribution of loans that discriminates against minority groups...