The Bootblack Stand: Letters to Plunkitt from Senator Fulbright and Richard Friedman
The Bootblack Stand Dr. George Washington Plunkitt, our prize-winning political analyst, has just completed a penetrating study of the last Congolese election. Published in August, it focuses on...
...His birth certificate clearly bears the name Richard J. Daley, Mayor...
...How do you suggest I run my campaign...
...Address all correspondence to The Bootblack Stand, c/ o The Establishment, R.R...
...Do you think this was politically unwise...
...My Democratic opponent is Mr...
...11, Box 360, Bloomington, Indiana, 47401, Continental U.S.A...
...Plunkitt has agreed to, through this column, advise American statesmen in this time of troubles...
...Daley's first name is not, contrary to popular opinion Mayor...
...Now, the distinguished Dr...
...The whole . medical school will have to pack up and head for the Ozarks...
...Published in August, it focuses on the unique position of minority groups in the Congolese electoral process...
...GWP...
...Do not speak in those neighborhoods adjacent to insane asylums...
...Mayor J. Daley, the present Mayor of Illinois...
...it can be purchased in all bookstores...
...Several weeks ago, I publicly announced that I intended, upon my death, to bequeath my organic remains to the University of Arkansas School of Medicine...
...I suggest that your noble remains could be put to far better use if bequeathed to the Tit Tat Canneries, producers of Tit Tat Cat Food and Deodorant...
...Dear Mr...
...As to your campaign strategy, I suggest you make your pitch for the sympathy vote...
...GWP Dear Mr...
...Plunkitt: You might not have heard of me...
...Cordially, Richard Friedman Dear Mr...
...See that there is a crackdown on the moonshine trade at the University of Arkansas...
...Friedman: I am delighted to hear from you, for I was almost certain the Republicans would challenge Mayor Daley's bid for a fifth consecutive term (Incidentally Mr...
...they might not let you out -even to vote...
...A New Demand Response System...
...Sincerely, Senator William Fulbright Dear Senator Fulbright: Much, of course, will depend upon when you depart terra firma for points north...
...But I should think your decision to leave your body to the University of Arkansas School of Medicine is at least wasteful...
...Fulbright is wont to call it...
...But, in your neighborhood appearances, beware...
...However, if you do feel that your political career has already been damaged, I suggest you back out of this arrangement with the Medical School by using a subterfuge...
...Plunkitt: My advisers have urged me to write you, for they fear I have made a shortsighted decision which may imperil my future political career-or my destiny, as Mrs...
...It is titled Escape...
...My name is Richard Friedman, and I am the Republican candidate in Chicago's mayoralty election this April...
Vol. 4 • April 1971 • No. 5
