Word: mayors
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Illinois, where Kennedy scored something of an early coup by winning Chicago Mayor Jane Byrne's endorsement, the campaign organization is still in a disorderly state. Even the mayor's aides have begun joking about the Kennedy effort. Sneered one: "It's the only campaign operation in town with an unlisted telephone number...
Chicago's mayor derails the "city that works...
This wouldn't have happened if Mayor Daley were still alive." So Chicagoans console themselves when things go wrong, and last week, it is true, the late Richard J. Daley would scarcely have recognized his beloved city. A transit workers' strike stranded a million commuters and temporarily disrupted the city's economy. A walkout by oil delivery truck drivers caused a gasoline shortage. For the first time, the city's firemen voted to authorize a strike. And the school system, the nation's third largest, was on the verge of bankruptcy and in danger...
...years as mayor, Daley faced strikes aplenty; yet he had a knack of finessing and postponing problems until, sooner or later, they went away. Combative Jane Byrne, however, makes the mistake of attacking labor unions and other groups rather than hunkering down with them in search of a compromise...
Part of the reason was that Mayor Byrne talked too much. She had threatened to bring in strikebreakers if the drivers walked out. She called in the parties to the dispute and announced a settlement before it was actually made. Says a former aide to Daley: "He never called people in. He waited until both sides asked him to act. Then he got to work." Daley also had clout and trust. A handshake was sufficient to seal an agreement. Because she is new to the scene, Byrne's handshake is not yet enough. With the help of management personnel...