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Thus the Democratic bosses were understandably less than elated by the advent of a mayoral candidate who was both Negro and reform-minded, who deplored gambling, prostitution and crooked politics. Hatcher's presence jarred the Democrats so badly that in their primary last May, Mayor Martin Katz was challenged not only by the Negro but by a white segregationist as well. With the white vote split, City Council President Hatcher was able to win the nomination...
Many Gary Negroes had traditionally cooperated with the organization, which responded with the philosophy of "Give 'em some franks and a pint of whisky" in exchange for votes. Hatcher was all too clearly a different sort. But even after the primary, as he tells it, Lake County Democratic Chairman John Krupa came to Hatcher with the ritualistic demand that he pledge subservience to the machine and allow it to name his police chief, controller and fire chief after election. "Too many people have worked too hard in this," replied Hatcher. "I'm not going to abdicate my responsibilities...
Professional Hazards. No one had worked harder or gone farther than Richard Gordon Hatcher himself. Born in a Michigan City waterfront jungle called "The Patch," he was the twelfth of 13 children. His father, a factory worker, was usually laid off half the year. "We had," understates Hatcher, "a very difficult time of it." Instead of surrendering to slum life, Hatcher went to Indiana University by dint of a church stipend, a small track scholarship and his willingness to wait on tables. After earning his bachelor's degree, he went to Indiana's Valparaiso University Law School, where...
...time Hatcher won the nomination for mayor, a crude frame-up would have been too obvious. Krupa tried the ideological tack. He labeled Hatcher a Black Power extremist and, as the smear spread, it widened to Communist. Krupa demanded that Hatcher repudiate Stokely Carmichael, Rap Brown, Joan Baez, Marlon Brando and sundry other so-called "pinkos" as proof of his patriotism. "I will never repudiate Marlon Brando," deadpanned Hatcher-though the subtlety was probably lost on most Garyites. For the rest. Hatcher would only say that he deplored "civil violence of any kind...
...Secret Ingredient. Taking no chances, the Krupa machine unblushingly set out to steal the election (see box). The skulduggery was so blatant that it rebounded in Hatcher's favor, bringing cash and services from citizens far from Lake County...