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...ineptitude and uncertainty in meeting the Negro's legitimate needs, there is hardly a major city in the U.S. that does not live with the fear of turmoil in the streets. Last week the train of death and destruction slashed deep scars in Cleveland, where Mayor Ralph Locher had ignored persistent warnings of Negro unrest, and scratched New York City, where Mayor John Lindsay had set a notable pattern of personal concern for ghetto residents...
Though Mayor Locher (rhymes with poker) announced last year that he saw "no impending furor" in his city, a U.S. Civil Rights Commission investigation there last April convinced at least one commissioner, the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, president of the University of Notre Dame, that conditions in Hough were "the worst I have seen." After the commission urged city officials to show "a more positive attitude" toward Cleveland's Negroes, Mayor Locher's response was to appoint a committee to report on the commission's report...
...week's end, at Stokes's behest, the Cleveland Board of Elections agreed to delay certification of Locher's re-election pending an examination of precinct tally sheets and poll books. After that, Stokes has the right to demand a recount. Miffed, Locher said he would go ahead with the swearing-in ceremony this week in spite of the board's ruling...
There, a four-way race for mayor developed in which the principal contenders were Democratic Incumbent Ralph S. Locher, 49, seeking his second full term, and Negro Carl B. Stokes, 38, popular, articulate native Clevelander who is one of two Ohio Negro state representatives...
Normally, Locher would have been re-elected easily, but Cleveland's Negroes had cause to be, unhappy with him. When local civil rights groups demanded an audience with the mayor last summer after a supposed slight by the chief of police, Locher refused. The result: a three-day sit-in at City Hall in which four Negroes were arrested for trespassing. Running as an independent, Stokes came within a whisker (2,458 out of a total 236,977 votes cast) of beating Locher.* As it turned out, he polled 36% of the vote, which is almost exactly Cleveland...