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Jane Byrne

"I pledge tonight to be Mayor for all of the people of this city - for one Chicago."

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"I pledge tonight to be Mayor for all of the people of this city - for one Chicago."

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"As I visited the various neighborhoods in the campaign, I learned fast that it's a mistake to think that all of the wisdom and possible solutions to our problems are available only in this building."
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"But always I was a private citizen whose activities in government or political party were appointive."
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"For my part, I plan to work out a fair and adequate redistribution of city services to all city neighborhoods."
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"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."
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"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."
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"The credit for much of this rightly belongs to the late Mayor Daley who forged a coalition of business and labor that kept Chicago always moving ahead."
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"I am a Democrat. I have been one all of my life."
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"We saw hundreds of programs to redevelop the central city, the neighborhoods, in the past."
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"I pledge tonight to be Mayor for all of the people of this city - for one Chicago."
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"Chicago kept industry, attracted new business, became the center for convention trade and transportation."
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