Word: mayors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...endorsement also called for Humphrey to break with the "reactionary elements of the Democratic Party." It said that the "best place to begin is with Mayor Daley...
...Mayor White's intercession last week seems to have quieted Boston's school crisis, but the relief is likely to be only temporary. Like most mayors across the country, Kevin White is fighting disruptions in two interlocking revolutions--one in race relations, the other in techniques of administration--and his power to deal with the problems is distinctly limited...
White involvement faded however, as black parents joined their demonstrating children and the protests spread throughout the city. Encouraged by community groups, parents started chanting for community control of school; before long, demonstrations became near-riots and the School Committee was crying for the national guard. Only after Mayor White intervened, promising an investigation of community grievances against the school system, did the schools regain a facade of normality...
...endorsement resolution--the first order of business for the club this year--condemned the war in Vietnam and the "gestapo-like tactics of the Chicago police and Mayor Daley." It expressed "regret" at the Vice President's conduct in these matters...
...Democrats, Billy has seldom seen Hubert Humphrey since their first unlikely meeting in 1945 when "we were both swimming nude at the Y.M.C.A. in Minneapolis." Humphrey was running for mayor and, Graham recalls, joked that "I want you to vote for me some day." It may not be this year. "I haven't even told my wife," says Billy. "I'm sure she suspects whom I'd vote for, but I haven't told...