In the housing projects, people talked of ways to reduce crime, relieve overcrowding, and they were good ideas that we plan to study, and possibly implement.

Be assured that I did not become the Mayor of Chicago to preside over its decline.

In the housing projects, people talked of ways to reduce crime, relieve overcrowding, and they were good ideas that we plan to study, and possibly implement.

In the days and months I spent walking through the various communities of this city, I found that Chicago did not work for everyone, however.

The Chicago Symphony is considered the greatest orchestra in the world.

But always I was a private citizen whose activities in government or political party were appointive.

The cooperation of government at its different levels is important and can only be achieved as long as the people of Chicago are directly involved in our efforts and supportive of our goals.