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12/18/86

COMMUNICATIONS, ETC.

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Be It Resolved, By the Mayor and members of the City Council of the City of Chicago assembled this eighteenth day of December, 1986, that the City of Chicago solemnly acknowledges its profound debt to the dedication and achievements of Mayor Richard J.
Daley. His most fitting memorial is the great City ofChicago itself He is enshrined in the hearts of Chicagoans for all history.
Alderman Evans moved to Suspend the Rules Temporarily to permit immediate consideration ofand action upon the foregoing proposed resolution. The motion Prevailed.
Alderman Evans next moved that the guests assembled on the Mayors rostrum be granted the privilege of addressing the Council. The motion Prevailed.
The Honorable Abraham Lincoln Marovitz, Senior Judge of the United States District Court, then delivered the following remarks:
Mr. Mayor, Bishop Lyne, Rabbi Novick, my friend Dick, Mr. Dunne . . . One somber December afternoon ten years ago, that familiar smile that could take the edge off the coldest Chicago winter wind was gone. That impish leprechaun smile . . . was absent.
That hearty rich laugh that roared up from resources so deep and traditions so ancient that adversity and antagonism could not obscure it was silenced. But for many of us, that laughter still echoes in our ears. That warmth still radiates in the chambers of our hearts.
And that smile is forever indelibly imprinted in our collective memories.
With no disrespect intended, Dick Daley had two religions. Surely he was devoted to his church and attended mass every day, but his second religion was Chicago. The city also was his cathedral. It was precisely this devotion and enthusiasm that set him apart from other mayors a n d enabled him to govern more effectively a n d truly lead this city.
Richard Daley was a consummate public servant. He was a lawyer and he never forgot it. He had but one client, the City ofChicago. His tenure as Mayor was not unlike a long complex trial a n d always he pressed the case ofhis clients, the citizens ofChicago, before state a n d federal agencies. He had his reverses, but like all good lawyers he won more often than he lost. The only fee he ever saw was the appreciation of his constituents a n d the knowledge that his efforts were instrumental in making Chicago a better place in which to live. And the people ofChicago appreciated his efforts, electing him six times as their Mayor. And I had the privilege of administering his oath of office on each occasion.
The relationship between Dick Daley and the city reminds me of a quotation attributed to my namesake, Abraham Lincoln: I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives and I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. I gave Mayor Daley a plaque with that quotation which he kept in his office. The love affair between Chicago and Mayor Daley did not die on December 20th, 1976. It lives on and will continue to live for many of us for as long as we remember the inspiration ofhis friendship, his guidance and his leadership.
What of the more private Richard Daley? The devoted husband, the proud father, father-in-law a n d grandfather. The dedicated and loyal friend. And a man of great religious faith. Dick Daley had the rare ability to keep his private life private, despite the great attention focused upon his everyday activities. It was my privilege to be counted
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