Word: kerner
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Good fortune, as well as hard work, has always contributed heavily to the political and business success of Illinois' Charles Percy (TIME cover, Sept. 18). And in his bid to unseat Democratic Governor Otto Kerner, luck still rides with Chuck. Just a scant few weeks before the election, the Kerner Administration finds itself involved in a much headlined scandal...
Last week Kerner's campaign manager, Theodore Isaacs, 53, withdrew to defend himself against conflict of interest charges being investigated by a Sangamon County grand jury. Isaacs and Kerner have been buddies ever since 1938, when they met in the Illinois National Guard. As Cook County judge in 1955, Kerner appointed Isaacs attorney for the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners. Isaacs managed Kerner's successful 1960 race for Governor, was rewarded by appointment to the $15,000 job as director of state revenue. He ran the Revenue Department, which collects some 75% of the state's cash...
...true that Percy's brand of Republicanism [Sept. 18] is less conservative than Goldwater's. Insofar as it is possible, Percy's campaign is being run on state issues, the most telling of which is the lack of leadership by our amiable but ineffectual Governor Kerner...
...Percy into the virtuous hopeful of Republican politics. Knowledgeable Illinois voters have long noted Opportunist Percy's aggressive ambitions to be exceeded only by his unlimited ability to accommodate. Down with the "gentlemanly C"; for a man of proven principle and probity, I subscribe to Oxford Scholar Otto Kerner...
...Obstacles. Will the Office of Take-Over ever see its plans bear fruit? In what appears to be a generally Democratic year, only an optimist would rate Percy's chances at better than even. Governor Kerner has accused Percy of letting his ambition overrule his conscience in his support of Goldwater. Chicago's 976,000 Negroes are solidly anti-Goldwater and seem certain to vote a straight Democratic ticket despite Percy's progressive stand on civil rights. Another Percy headache arises from Illinois' voter-assistance law, which permits officials to help voters make out their ballots...