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Dece mber 21, 1976 7A Tie 'Greatest Man In The World9 Will Always Be Remembered At Tony's Club ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Harold Meyer, a security officer here who flew in last night from St. Louis," I 7) fY I it: I mi mi i nr mi was one of trie guys th rown out of the yards. I was a truck driver for Wilson Co. (meat packers), a nd Daley taxed and taxed and the stock tards went out of business.

When Daley ranted to tax, he taxed. He never took care of the little guy. I'm not sorry he's jone." At Seventy-Third Street and Racine Avenue on the South Side, Malachi Keeter, wouldn't agree. "I would say he vas the people's way," said Keeter, owner of the Wildcat Lounge. "Did he have the black vote? A black would be afraid to say he didn't in a black bar like mine." At the other end of the bar at the Wildcat Lounge, where all the customers except one were black, a woman said she didn't care to comment "in here." But at the same bar, Johnny Morrow, 35, owner of a variety store, said Daley "was such a gian't of a man." And Charles Harden, 39, who works at a Ford Motor Co.

assembly plant, said, "We lost a good mayor. Ho was the greatest. Chicago needed Daliey; Daley didn't need Chicago." But Ed Langan, 41, an advertising man who moved here from St. Louis nine years ago, dind't agree in Larry's bar on Rush Street, on the near North Side. "Daley loved Chicago and he was an honest guy doinjj what he thought was best for the city with which I don't agree," he said.

"He made it work for him, but not for the city. We've got the worst hospital a nd school systems in the country. "Vote for Da ley? You bet. When you live in the citjr and you don't vote for Daley, you're razy." Daley, 74 years old and elected six times as mayor of this second largest city In the United States, died yesterday after suffering a heart attack. "I remember when Daley was elect ed to the state legislature in 1938," said Seiwert.

"I should. I was the Democratic precinct captain and Daley who wau a Democrat won the election as a write-in candidate as a Republican. That's 1 he way you worked it in those days." Seiwert, who was a city supervisor of public vehicle Inspections when he etired 34 years ago, introduced Kranson as, "Oh, him? He's a Republicani." Kranson answered in kind. "I don't work for the city," he said, "But I voted for Daley every time. He's the best man we've ever had as mayor as far back as I can remember, and I'm 60." John Anderson, 37, a truck driver, overheard the conversation and bached up what had been said.

"I'm a Swede," Anderson said, "and Swedes are Republican, but he was the greatest mayor going. Now that he's dead, they'll immortalize him. My mother hated the man. I loved him. She' a staunch Republican.

I thought he vas dynamite for this city." The comments weren't unexpected. Tony's 3600 Club used to be owned: by Lieggi's uncle, John G. Fray, who now is the United States Representative from Illinois's Fifth District. In such a setting, Charles Keim's comments were unexpected. "What the hell did Daley do! as mayor?" Keim said.

"There's still thousands of people around here starving to death. "Me, I'm 54, strictly a Democrat aiid I By ED WILKS Of the Post-Dispatch Staff CHICAGO, Dec. 21 Tony's 3600 Club is a neighborhood bar in Richard J. Daley's backyard, at Thirty-Sixth Street and Damen Avenue on the South Side, and Mayor Daley knew it well. Ronie (for Verona) Stewart tends bar at Tony's 3600 club at night and she says the neighborhood is German and Irish and Polish and Bohemian and Lithuanian, "and even has a few Italians." That last comment was thrown in for the benefit of Tony Lieggl, who owns the place.

There is a pool table up front, and one wall is filled with photographs and framed newspaper clippings. The photographs, in color, include one of former President John F. Kennedy and his wife and another, of Mayor Daley with a Catholic prelate and Leo Durocher, who used to manage the Chicago Cubs, a baseball team from the North Side. The newspaper clippings tout Tony's as having the best chili in town. On the opposite wall there is a four-foot-high portrait a mural, Tony calls it painted by a neighborhood artist in 1955 aMhe urging of customers of Tony's place.

It is a portrait of Richard J. Daley, and when Mayor Daley and his wife, Eleanor, who is known as Sis, used to come in, they always sat at the corner of the bar opposite the portrait. Nick Seiwert and Carl Kranson were sitting last night not too far from where the Daleys used to sit. "One of the best men you'd ever meet," Seiwert said of Daley. "You couldn't beat him.

He was the greatest man in the county. In fact, in the world." PRESIDENTIAL ESCORT: Mayor Richard J. Daley accompanying President John F. Kennedy1 during a 963 visit by the President to Chicago. (AP Wirepnoto) Daley 1 i taSfilJ SIM plililSi! Jl.

jrj jf If A ilfclLinim.Ti iii imiimwlA i 1ZZmJ i FROM PAGE ONE aii agreed that it was a hopeless circumstance and we all agreed that he was dead." Mayor Daley's wife, Eleanor, and several of the couple's seven children were at his side when he died. The feisty Irishman had been Chicago's mayor since 1955. In 1975, he got 77 per cent of the vote his biggest victory margin ever when he ran for an unprecedented sixth term. Richard Joseph Daley was born in Chicago on May 15, 1902, the only child of Michael and Lillian Daley. He sold newspapers as a youngster, later worked in the stockyards and took a shorthand and typing course that got him an office job at the stockyards.

He then began night courses at DePaul University and after 11 years got a law degree in 1933. He was admitted to the bar the same year and became a practicing lawyer. His appetite for politics was whetted when he served as private secretary for four Cook County treasurers. His cnance for elective offiece came when the Democratic candidate for state Representative from the Ninth District died just before the primary. Mr.

Daley conducted a successful write-in campaign and went on to win in the general election. He served in the Illinois House from 1936 through 1938, then served two 4-year terms in the Illinois Senate. He was minority leader from 1941 through 1946. After serving as controller of Cook County for three years, Mr. Daley was appointed by Gov.

Adlai E. Stevenson as director of the Illinois Department of Finance. When the Cook County clerk died in 1950, Mr. Daley was appointed to fill the post. He later was elected to two terms and resigned in 1955 after his successful race for mayor.

His critics branded him "the boss" and rallied about the Daley political machine With 60,000 patronage jobs. But the on June 9, the day after the California primary, thereby helping to ensure that none of the other Democratic contenders would be able to get the nomination. Chicago supported Carter in November, but Illinois voters in general turned their backs on Mr. Daley's candidates for both President and Governor. Despite Mayor Daley's national prominence and his love of the public light, Mrs.

Daley once said of her husband: "Once he comes home he closes that door and ceases being mayor. He's the husband a very kind and gentle man." The Daleys lived in an unpretentious South Side neighborhood called Bridgeport. He was a devout Catholic, a loyal White Sox fan and had a deep attachment to the city he governed. What he lacked in finesse he made up for in practicality. And he had a way with words.

Pocket Books, of New York once published a book entitled, "Quotations from Mayor Daley." Among the selections are: "They have vilified me, they have crucified me, yes they have even criticized me." "Together we must rise to ever higher and higher platitudes." for the enlightenment, edification and hallucination of the alderman from the Fiftieth Ward." And, "I resent the insinuendoes." In 1973, the mayor beamed as his eldest son, Richard took the oath of office along with 58 others elected to the Illinois Senate. "He's entering a great university today," the mayor said. Before yesterday's attack, the mayor had a generally healthful life. In 1974 he was hospitalized for the first time since becoming mayor. The diagnosis at the time was a slight stroke.

where his sister-in-law is a patient at Jewishi Hospital, agreed in part. i vote uemocrauc, ana uaiey ma a-lot of igood things for the city, but I don't' agree with everything he did." Meyer said. "Still, he's held the city togetner, and I hate to see what happens to the city n.ow. hen he got up to speak, he knew exac tly what to say. The only time he lost Itiis cool was during the 1968 Democrat Convention.

"Hie was smart. He studied politics. He saw the mistakes others made. He had. this organization they called it a-; mac hine, and I guess it was.

But Daley. was always clean. "To me he was statesman. Remember' Dirksen? You couldn't say he was Re publican or a Democrat. He was a' statesman, and we don't have many sta tesmen left." Meyer, 56, was in the Navy 30 He retired as a chief petty officer, but he, had been a metal worker and a pipe fit ter Daley's kind of people, Meyer, said.

At Larry's Bar, Jim Ericksbn also thought Daley "was straight." "I don't think he did a whole lot for the city; I think it would have happened anyway," said Erickson, who is 42 and in the marketing division of Blue Cross I Hue Shield. "I was born and reared in this city," Iirickson said, "and I'm going to put on my parka and go to the funeral. Hearing of Daley's death, was quite a moving iBxperienceforme. "I cried. I had tears." Harold Brown about some of our capabilities," he said.

Brown's experience in the Johnson Administration and as a member of the United States term in the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks are expected to be assets in the job as Secretary of Defense, i Brown has also worked with Cyrus R. Vance, Carter's Secretary of State-desig-1 nate. Although Brown's achievements have generally been impressive, he is also i known in Washington as one of former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNam- ara's "whiz kids" involved in the devel-1 opment of the costly and ill-fated F-lll i fighter aircraft. As a member of the SALT negotiating team, Brown has been an advocate of.

arms limitation. However, he has; warned the Soviet Union that if the arms' race is continued, the United States "will; run faster in that race for whatever distance is required." The appointment of the 52-year-old; Mrs. Harris is said by some insiders to' reflect a sense in the Carter camp that! more women and more blacks must be; given high-level jobs in the new Adminis- tration. Mrs. Harris, who is associated with the law firm of Edward Bennett Williams in Washington, is a former dean of the Howard University law school there.

She has been active in Democratic Party affairs and served on numerous federal commissions in recent years. Marshall is the director of the University of Texas Center for the Study of Human Resources. He is known as a specialist in the problems of migrant workers and is described by colleagues at the University of Texas as "hard driving and diligent." Abductor of Editor Gets 40 Years ATLANTA, Dec. 21 (AP) William A. H.

Williams was sentenced today to 40 years in prison on extortion charges in the 1974 abduction of Reg Murphy, former Atlanta Constitution editor. Williams, 36 years old, a former building contractor from Lilbum, was sentenced by United States District Judge William C. O'Kelley. O'Kelley said Williams would be eligible for parole in six years. Williams has admitted abducting Murphy in February 1974, holding Murphy for two days and collecting the $700,000 ransom paid by Atlanta Newspapers, Inc.

Williams's defense was a contention of insanity. Murphy now is publisher of the San Francisco Examiner. $525,000 Taken From Brink's Men MONTREAL, Dec. 21 (AP) Two men robbed Brink's guards of about $525,000 today a they were transferring the money from JiBank of Montreal branch to -BrinkVj ihick at a shopping center, police "said. 45 Russian Jews Arrested In Effort To Block Meeting Post Office critics waited along with the other to see whom Mayor Daley would support from state posts to the White House.

Mayor Daley and Illinois were me topics of national discussion when the Chicago Mayor was accused of stealing the election for John F. Kennedy in 1960. Mayor Daley was the most influential person in attracting the 1968 Democratic national convention to Chicago. But his determination to control demonstrations outside the convention site backfired. When Senator Abraham A.

Ribicoff of Connecticut rose to nominate Senator George S. McGovern of South Dakota for the presidential nomination, Ribicoff declared that Chicago officials had resorted to Gestapo tactics to put down demonstrations protesting against U.S. Policy in Vietnam. As Ribicoff spoke, Mayor Daley, seated immediately in front of the podium, jumped up and vigorously waved at' Ribicoff in protest. At other times, Mayor Daley shouted at Ribicoff, as did other members of the Illinois delegation.

Another critic of the handling of the demonstrations, Washington writer Philip M. Stern, told the convention, "When you leave this hall tonight, look about you at the barbed wire and helmeted troops." Mayor Daley and his delegates were ousted from the 1972 convention in Miami Beach. An anti-Daley slate had been awarded the seats a week before the convention, but most observers believed the decision would be overturned when the convention opened. McGovern turned the Daley forces out when Daley supporters took an all-or-nothing attitude and rejected a McGovern attempt at compromise. Although the ouster was based on technicalities, most observers believed it was actually the result of political scars left from the 1968 convention.

In the 1976 Democratic primary race, Mayor Daley gave Jimmy Carter the nod apartment of Grigory Rosenstein, one ot those arrested. Crowded into a small living room witb quotations from the Old Testament written in Hebrew on the walls, they drafted a letter to the Central Committee of the Communist Party demanding the release of those detained, the return of 47 confiscated papers and facilities for a proper meeting. The conference, on such topics as Jews in Soviet schools and history, earlier was labeled by the Soviets "a provocative plan that contravenes Soviet law." Jewish spokesmen said they saw 15 persons arrested as they left their homes early today. None of the 13 conference organizers appeared at a preliminary meeting near the cream and blue Moscow synagogue. Man, 92, Falls Down Elevator Shaft Louis Campbell, 92 years old, 3926A Enright Avenue, is in serious condition at Homer G.

Phillips Hospital after a 30-foot fall down an elevator shaft to the basement of an apartment building at 4011 Delmar Boulevard. Campbell had visited a friend in the building and was leaving with another friend yesterday afternoon when the accident happened, police said. A button was pushed to bring the automatic elevator to the second floor. Campbell opened the manually operated sliding door and stepped through when it appeared that the elevator had arrived, police said. 2 Die At Ticket Sale TOKYO, Dec.

21 (AP) Two persoiw were killed and at least 16 were injured yesterday when thousands crushed forward at sales counters throughout Japan to buy lottery tickets, police reported. They said xie two deaths were attributed to heart attacks. Patricia R. Harris Carter FROM PAGE ONE appeals court judge, to be a superlattive selection for the Department of Jus tice. "My confidence in him is absolute," Carter said.

One reporter said that Bell, Carter's choice for Attorney General, belongs to private clubs that discriminate on tho basis of rac and religion. The reporter asked if Carter would require' Bell to resign from such clubs. Carter responded, "I will let the Cabinet members make that decision for themselves." He said he would refuse as President to join any club that discriminates against women or minorities "I believe a person in public life ought to The GSA's Old Post Office although undated, apparently was prepared sometime between the completion of Carlson's report, last April 2, and Oct. 18. It is signed by H.

D. Harvell, the GSA regional administrator. It includes no cost figures. Harvell was not available for comment today, but Calvin Sprad-ley, also of the GSA's Kansas City office, acknowledged that the agen-i cy had not specifically recommend-1 ed ground-floor shops for the Old Post-Office. Spradley is assistant to David W.

Pansing, deputy commissioner for. public buildings services, the official who is directly responsible for the building. The report obtained by the Post- Dispatch is one of two documents! prepared by the GSA regional office relating to renovating the building, Spradley said. The other is a more formal, detailed prospectus on hte project that was forwarded last, April 30 to the GSA headquarters in Washington for approval. Neither mentions the specifics of the Cooper-j Carlson plan for the ground Spradley said.

We just said the buildine could hp amenble to the private Pansing continued, emphasizing the wora "couia." We are so far away from fruitiori of this request of ours (that) we don't know what our opportunities will be." i Pansing1 added that the prospectilis was prepared prior to the enactment of a new federal law wuthoriziing private commercial activity in fed Ray Marshall makf! that choice." But, he said," "I can't tell you I will requiire every member of the Cabinet to withdraw" from clubs that may have res-trictiive policies. Brown, Carter's choice for Defense Secretary, said it would be premature for him to make a recommendation on whether the United States should go ahead with the iB-1 bomber program. Brown said he has 'been concerned about the upward trend in Soviet military spending at a time when spending for military strength has been declining in real dollars. "If that continues for a substantial period I would be concerned eral buildings. The lavir was signed by the President Oct.

18. Nevertheless, local sources saw, Pansing's current position appears substantially different, at least in emphasis, from the GISA's earlier statemepts of its plans for the building. At a private presentation for St. Louis local governmen officials and business leaders last winter, representatives of the GSA regional office vigorously advanced the Cooper-Carlson proposal for ground-floor commercial activity, the source said. Carlson was brought in from Kansas City to participate in the presentation, they reca lied.

It was partly on the basis of that presentation that St. Louis downtown leaders and local officials supported the bill authorizing commercial uses in federal buildings, they recalled. i But since last April, when the GSA formally submitted its prospectus to Washington, there has been no communication between the agency and the St. Louis business i and governmental community, tho sources continued. Most said they had not been provided with copies of either the report or the formal Carlson, the architect, said in a telephone interview Friday that he had no knowledge of any federal plans to eliminate ground-floor shops from the recommendation, and that he doubted that such plans existed.

Regardless of what the report said, "I think the intent is still the same," Carlson said. "Who knows why the Federal Gov ernment says what it says," he said. MOSCOW, Dec. 21 (UPI) Soviet authorities arrested about 45 Jews today in an attempt to break up a conference on Jewish culture, but about 60 other Jews managed to meet in an apartment as agents of the secret police pounded on the door. The KGB agents left without incident after twice being refused admittance to the apartment where the activists listened to seven papers that survived the arrests, searches and confiscations.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Andrei Sakharov was the only non-Jewish dissident at the abbreviated symposium on Jewish culture in, Russia, held in the Defender Reprimands Assistant FROM PAGE ONE Ritchie, was retained by the GSA's Kansas City office last year to do a feasibility study on recycling the old structure. Wayne R. Carlson, senior partner in the firm and an engineer by training, was impressed by the construction features and workmanship of the iron and granite Second Empire building. The cost of demolition would exceed the cost of renovation, he said. Carlson's report to the GSA called for restoration of the first two or three floors to their original grandeur, including reinstallation of the judge's bench and other original furniture in at least one of the two second-floor courtrooms.

It called, also for converting the huge postal workroom space on the first floor behind the postal service windows to a public area. The area would include space rented out for commercial enterprises. The the second floor skylight covering the central court yard would be raised to roof level. Carlson said recently that he was not permitted to make public the details of his report to the GSA. Copies of the report that were returned to his office have been stamped "strictly confidential," he said.

Furthermore, he said, he had been kept "completely in the dark" about the GSA regional office recommen dation to Washington. He would be disappointed if his recommendations for ground-floor shops was deleted from the he said. rrn Public Defender William J. Shaw of St. County has reprimanded his chief atrial assistant, Frank A.

Anzalone, for helping four persons try to gain a $5000 reward for recovering stolen property. In a letter yesterday, Shaw removed tnAnzalone from his job as chief trial assistant. But Shaw wrote Anzalone that would be retained on the staff of the defender's office and allowed to keep his salary of $17,000. "Your actions did not reflect favorably en the public defender's office of St. eLouis County," Shaw wrote.

He told 'Anzalone that his action did not fall within the scope of his job. Shaw and St. County Prosecuting Attorney Courtney Goodman Jr. concluded, that there was no criminal action Anzalone's part. Anzalone was in intermediary for four who sought a reward from burglary victim Richard Hardcastle for $50,000 in stolen property.

Anzalone called Hardcastle and told him thajhe knew where Hardcastle could get the property back..