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...week of hearings on the plight of U.S. cities. The subcommittee heaped lavish praise on Detroit's Jerome Cavanagh. It had kind words for Oakland's John H. Reading, praised New Haven's Richard C. Lee and Atlanta's Ivan Allen Jr. Chairman Ab raham Ribicoff of Connecticut and New York's Robert Kennedy, both Democrats, went so far as to pose with New York Republican John Lindsay after some good-natured repartee during Lindsay's testimony. Grinned Bobby: "It must be National Brotherhood Week...
...last month drew attention once more to the needs of the Negro there. Yorty, who disdains reading from prepared texts, appeared with an assortment of somewhat disorganized exhibits that seemed to affect the committee much as a red flag affects a bull. And, not least, Bobby Kennedy and Abe Ribicoff, who as Governor of Connecticut had been among the first to support Jack Kennedy's presidential bid, saw before them a maverick Democrat who supported Richard Nixon in 1960 and wrote a pamphlet called "I Cannot Take Kennedy...
...subcommittee, which obviously had not done its homework in certain vital aspects of Los Angeles government, was not interested. As soon as Yorty had finished his opening statement, its members turned to the problem of Los Angeles' disadvantaged minorities and what Yorty was doing about them. Kennedy and Ribicoff zeroed in with question after question, frequently demanding statistics that Yorty was unable to supply. Unlike any previous witness, Yorty was at times barred from referring queries for specific details to a subordinate. Complained he to Kennedy: "You are being extremely unfair...
Despite the Ribicoff subcommittee's reservations, Los Angeles stands for a great deal-including the fact that promises and problems are invariably intertwined. Los Angeles is more than a city; it is, for good and bad, an embodiment of American drive and vision. The City of the Angels has its Lucifer as well as its Michael-but neither would choose to change places with lesser creatures...
After Yorty had explained several times that he had no authority to specific areas, Ribicoff declared: "This morning you have really waived authority and responsibility in the following areas of Los Angeles: schools, welfare, transportation, employment, health and housing, which leaves you as the head of the city basically with a ceremonial function, police and recreation...