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Thus, in a peculiar way, the question really becomes one of what Daley wants to do, and this goes to the heart of the Daley-Stevenson relationship. Daley likes national prestige and the extra funds for Chicago that would result from having a hometown boy in the number two spot, but in truth he probably doesn't really care very much whether or not Adlai Stevenson the man, is vice-president...
...Adlai Stevenson III didn't come up through the precincts. His great-grandfather was vice-president under Grover Cleveland and in 1952, when his father first ran against Eisenhower for president, young Adlai was between his undergraduate and law school days at Harvard. During those years, Daley never cared much for the late Governor Stevenson and many of the Mayor's lackeys adhered to the current "Adlai the Egghead" sentiment. After losing twice to Eisenhower, the Mayor thought Adlai II had had enough and in 1960 he dumped him in favor of John Kennedy--quite an embarrassment...
Daley and his power base--the Cook County Democratic Central Committee--usually determine who will represent the party statewide and in 1968 when Adlai III went before the slatemakers asking to begiven the nod to run for the Senate, Daley said no go--Stevenson was against the war. After the bloody convention that year, Stevenson, then state treasurer, criticized the Chicago police and called the Daley machine "feudal...
...after Everett Dirksen's death opened a Senate seat, the two made peace and their relationship is now polite, above-board and very business-like. Stevenson needs Daley to get re-slated by the Democrats for the Senate and carry Chicago; Daley needs Stevenson to lead the state ticket and sweep in other Democratic candidates on his coattails...
...THAT IS exactly why Richard Daley needs Adlai Stevenson this year. Michael Howlett, secretary of state and a Daley man, knocked off anti-Daley incumbent Gov. Dan Walker in the March primary, but this fall Howlett faces a very tough race against the Republican candidate: former U.S. Attorney James R. Thompson. Thompson is the reformer who has sent dozens of Daley's closest friends and associates to jail in recent years and the mere mention of his name is enough to make the Mayor and his henchmen apoplectic...