Playbill
March, 1971
The last of the big-city bosses in America, Richard J. Daley, runs Chicago like a fiefdom. In an era in which eloquence and charisma are considered indispensable political assets, he lacks both to an almost laughable degree. Yet his counterparts, the "new politicians" such as John Lindsay of New York City and Carl Stokes of Cleveland, must sometimes feel like trading a little of their charm for a shot of Daley's power. Chicago's four-term mayor (he runs for an unprecedented fifth term...
