City employees will be hired and promoted because of their abilities - without outside interference.

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I accept that responsibility and ask only that I be judged by my performance as its chief executive.

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

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

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But as important as the job to be done by government in the neighborhoods, the people must also be involved.

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

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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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The nation can no longer afford to continue policies that hasten the flight of persons to the distant suburbs.

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

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The people ask much, often more than any government can give. We must resist the temptation to promise solutions to all problems.

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