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...major on-the-scene victim of the N.A.A.C.P.'s broad-gauged anger was none other than Chicago's Democratic Mayor Richard Daley, who has made a successful political career out of collecting Negro votes. Accompanied by Illinois' Democratic Governor Otto Kerner, Daley spoke to the convention, admitted that the Chicago civil rights situation is not perfect, but certainly is "as good as any." When Daley insisted that "there are no ghettos in Chicago," there were murmurs of disbelief in the meeting hall...
...Daley & Arvey...
...order that your excellent profile of Mayor Daley [Mar. 15] be factually correct, be advised that Richard J. Daley's ambition to be mayor was not "unthinkable" to me, and his candidacy in 1955 was not in defiance of my wishes...
...Good Democrat Arvey did indeed support Daley, on the record, and has warmed to him since...
...Daley got 55.6% of the votes, beating Republican Benjamin Adamowski by 137,531. Against a formidable opponent that would have been a creditable showing, but not against Adamowski. An exDemocrat who had been a notably unsuccessful state's attorney, Adamowski had a sure-loser aura about him. even established his campaign headquarters in the Casualty Building. He carried on a drab campaign, failed to win the support of any of Chicago's newspapers (all of them Republican, more or less), stirred no enthusiasm in many G.O.P. ward leaders. Then why didn't Daley wallop Adamowski good? Apparently...