MAYOR'S SPOTLIGHT

Besides making national news as host of this summer's Democratic convention, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley has received press attention across the country in his new role as president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

During a speech to his colleagues in Cleveland earlier this summer, Daley reflected on what it means these days to be a big city executive. He painted a challenging task: "Sixteen years ago," he said, "federal aid counted for almost 30 percent of Chicago's budget. Today, it's 13 percent."

To help cities rebound from these cuts, Daley suggested the federal government implement a few choice tax credits, including:

• A credit for employers who hire welfare recipients and help them become productive workers.

• A similar credit for business owners who provide apprenticeship programs for high school students.

tax break for commuters Who help improve their cities' air quality by using mass transit to travel to work.

Daley also urged city leaders to look for duplication as a way to save money.

He cited his efforts to learn more about hunger programs in Chicago. In surveying agencies that supply groceries and meals to needy people, he found 20 programs, most of which received some federal assistance. All had their own administrative costs.

"Together, they were spending $800 million a year ... but these programs have not been well-coordinated. Efforts have been duplicated, wasting millions that could have been used to feed the hungry instead of bureaucracy."

ABORTION

lllinoisans of both Democratic and Republican persuasion are involved in separate national debates over the perennially sensitive subject of abortion. Three congressmen from Illinois — all delegates to the convention in Chicago — urged fellow Democrats to expand the party's platform to recognize those who are not pro-choice. William Lipinski of Chicago, Glenn Poshard of Marion and Jerry Costello of Belleville pushed for the addition of language to the platform, which endorses a woman's right to choose abortion, that reflects the sentiments of party members who oppose the practice. On the GOP side, meanwhile, party platform committee chairman Henry Hyde, a congressman from suburban Bensenville who is staunchly anti-abortion, was at odds with presidential hopeful Bob Dole, who has urged inclusion of a declaration of tolerance in the anti-abortion Republican platform.

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? CHICAGO 7 DEFENDANTS' COURSES DIFFERED

Among the more memorable characters of the 1968 Democratic National Convention were the "Chicago 7" — defendants in the conspiracy trial stemming from the protests on the streets of Chicago.

Their four-and-a-half month trial took on a circus-like atmosphere that included swearing, singing and stomping on judges' robes. Eventually all convictions were overturned and nearly all of the scores of contempt of court charges were dismissed.

During the nearly three decades since the trial, the defendants' lives have taken different courses. Three have faded into near oblivion: Rennie Davis, who in 1969 traveled to North Vietnam to negotiate with the Hanoi government for the release of American prisoners of war, and John Froines and Lee Weiner, who reportedly returned to academic posts following the conspiracy trial.

Two of the Chicago 7 defendants have died. Abbie Hoffman died in April 1989 of a drug overdose. His son Andrew, though, reportedly planned to visit Chicago police stations prior to the convention looking for prospective members of CAPONE — Compassionate American Peace Officers for a Non-violent Environment. Jerry Rubin died in November 1994 of cardiac arrest after he was hit by a car. A co-founder of the Youth International Party (whose members were known as Yippies) in the 1960s, he conducted inspirational seminars during the 1980s designed to help Wall Streeters make more money, and promoted a nutritional drink called "Wow" made of kelp, ginseng and bee pollen.

The remaining defendants have remained in the public eye. David Dellinger, 81, is an activist on behalf of political prisoners. In June, he spoke to an audience at DePaul University as part of his work with the Not on the Guest List Coalition, a group that plans to protest inequities within the criminal justice system during the convention.

The most visible of the former defendants has been California state Sen. Tom Hayden, the co-founder of Students for a Democratic Society and former husband of actress and one-time activist Jane Fonda. Hayden is a delegate to this year's convention. Earlier this summer, he met with Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley to discuss the prospect of including a gesture of commemoration and reconciliation in this year's convention ceremonies. Daley's father, then-Mayor Richard J. Daley, ordered police to clear Chicago's parks of demonstrators like Hayden who were protesting the Vietnam War.

Julius Hoffman, the judge who presided at the Chicago 7 trial, died in 1983.

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DOLE TAPS ILLINOISAN FOR CAMPAIGN POST

Donald Rumsfeld, a former suburban Chicago congressman who rose to become chief of staff and U.S. defense secretary under President Gerald Ford, once again has his hand in the national policy arena — this time as a political operative. Bob Dole tapped Rumsfeld as co-director of policy coordination for his presidential campaign. If Dole is elected, some have speculated that Rumsfeld could be named to a high cabinet post such as U.S. secretary of state.

In a recent book on the presidential race by Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor Bob Woodward, Rumsfeld is named as one of 15 Republicans under consideration to run for vice president. Rumsfeld is former chief executive officer of the General Instrument Corp. and GD Searle and Co.

POPULAR LAWMAKER DIES

State Rep. Roger McAuliffe, a Republican from northwest Chicago who served as assistant majority leader in the House of Representatives, died recently in a boating accident near Eagle River, Wis.

Both Democrats and Republicans mourned the longtime lawmaker, who was referred to by one Chicago columnist as possibly "the most popular member of the General Assembly." His friendliness with operatives from both parties helped him win re-election for nearly a quarter century to a Chicago seat in the House of Representatives. For 16 years, he has been the only Republican elected to that body from Chicago; Democrats hold the overwhelming majority of city seats in the state's House and Senate.

McAuliffe was last seen dropping off a grandson and son-in-law at a boat launch before heading toward a boat dock. His boat never arrived.

THIRD- (AND FOURTH-) CANDIDATES IN THE RUNNING

Some call it an act of futility, but there are people running for the office of U.S. president on tickets other than Democratic and Republican.

Former Colorado Gov. Richard Lamm hopes to be nominated by the Reform Party at its convention this month. Although he still is a registered Democrat, Lamm says he feels compelled to run for president because neither his own party nor Republicans are willing to cut spending on social programs to balance the federal budget. Lamm served as governor of Colorado for 12 years.

Before he starts taking his message to the electorate at large, though, he must win a primary battle against Texas billionaire Ross Perot, who is bankrolling the Reform Party's efforts to get on all 50 states' ballots and has presidential campaign experience under his belt. Perot's 1992 third-party candidacy won 19 percent of the vote.

Former New York gubernatorial candidate B. Thomas Golisano also is mulling a run for the Reform nomination. The Rochester millionaire, who heads a payroll processing company, spent $6.5 million on the independent bid two years ago.

Meanwhile, author Harry Browne, a crusader against income taxes, was nominated for president by the Libertarian Party during the party's July convention in Washington, D.C. Jo Jorgensen was nominated as vice president.

Browne, who lives in Tennessee, has published a newsletter since 1974 that touches on politics, the economy and investment strategies. He also has authored several books.

Jorgensen, of South Carolina, is president and part owner of a software duplication company.

The Libertarians expect to run more than 1,000 candidates nationwide this year. If all 218 candidates they have fielded for congressional seats end up running, this year would be the first time a third party has opposed a majority of seats in the U.S. House since the Socialist Party of the 1920s, according to party spokesman Bill Winter.

Third-party candidacies for the presidency have not fared well in the past. Failed examples range from Illinoisan John Anderson, who ran for president in 1980 as an Independent, to Theodore Roosevelt, who in 1912 and 1916 ran on the Bull Moose Party's ticket.

DALEY NODS TO DURBIN

Rather than assume the chairmanship of his state's delegation to this year's hometown Democratic convention, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley is sharing the limelight. He stepped aside to let his party's nominee for U.S. Senate, Richard Durbin, chair the 193-member delegation from Illinois. State Sen. Penny Severns of Decatur is the vice chair.

Gov. Jim Edgar is chairman of the state's 69-member delegation to the Republican National Convention. State Rep. Robert Churchill, deputy minority leader in the state House of Representatives, is secretary.

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