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...session of less than four minutes. "Is it unanimous then?" he asked. "It's unanimous!" snapped Congressman William Dawson, boss of the South Side (Negro) wards. "They gave me a fast deal," said Kennelly later. The machine's choice for mayor: beefy County Chairman Richard Daley, 52, a fervent party regular, who explains, "No man can walk alone...
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...
...Mutual Friend. Now 52, Dick Daley is a modern model of the machine boss, well-scrubbed and honest. He grew up in the "back of the yards" neighborhood on the South Side, got a law degree from De Paul University, became minority leader of the state senate. When Adlai Stevenson was elected governor in 1948, he appointed Daley state director of revenue. When Jack Arvey's ulcers became bad enough, Daley took over as Democratic county chairman. If he can win the mayoralty, Daley will probably cast longing eyes on the governorship...
Kennelly may not be the most formidable obstacle between Daley and city hall...