Chicago kept industry, attracted new business, became the center for convention trade and transportation.

Chicago’s neighborhoods have always been the city’s greatest strength.

Tonight - by taking this solemn oath - I am no longer a private citizen but the Mayor of the City of Chicago.

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.

We must care. We must all care. And while I am working, while the governments is working, so must the people also work.

If we are to succeed, we must recognize that the community redevelopment is not solely the rehabilitation of housing, or putting a mall in the business strips.

For my part, I plan to work out a fair and adequate redistribution of city services to all city neighborhoods.