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...Pennsylvania Democrat Dilworth feels that the capable, competent Republican Scranton is seeking on-the-job training, pray tell what are his feelings about Democratic Johnny-come-lately Teddy Kennedy...
...city's newspapers, and a well-bred Chestnut Hill lawyer named Joseph Clark, joined his cries for reform. Clark and Dilworth finally broke through. Clark was elected mayor in 1951. Dilworth succeeded him in 1956, when Clark decided to run for the Senate. Both crusaders got considerable help from a burgeoning Democratic machine in Philadelphia, run by U.S. Representative Bill Green...
Getting Things Done. As mayor, Dilworth typically tore into the problems that had made Philadelphia one of the shabbiest, most depressed and depressing cities in the U.S. Liberal Dilworth cajoled millions out of the U.S. to rebuild Philadelphia. But he also persuaded Philadelphia's own citizens to pitch in, and he could not have done the job that he did without private-enterprise financing. Dilworth bounced civic heads together until everyone was cooperating on his new highways and skyways, parks and playgrounds, office buildings and housing projects. His energy created a downtown area that today is widely regarded...
...Dilworth got things done, but the ferocity with which he did them made enemies. He quarreled with Bill Green. Green retaliated by blocking Dilworth's try for the gubernatorial nomination in 1958. This year Green tried to stop him again with the claim: "Dilworth can't win-he can't even carry Philadelphia." The party split was resolved only by Jack Kennedy. Though deeply indebted to Green, Kennedy sent word that Dilworth...
...Dilworth had troubles beyond mere political enmities. His reform movement had outlasted its zeal, and scandals began to pile up. He dismissed them at first as "penny ante" stuff. Then he took off on a world tour. Then he came back, post haste, as the scandals grew. One contractor said he had been asked to pay $2,500 to get a city council zoning change. Another bragged that he had paid out $75,000 in payola to city officials to get contracts for the Frankford Elevated. Coin laundry operators said they paid $4,000 to avoid new laundry regulations. Dilworth...