There are men - now in power in this country - who do not respect dissent, who cannot cope with turmoil, and who believe that the people of America are ready to support repression as long as it is done with a quiet voice and a business suit.

told historian Vincent Cannato that the administration "failed to come to grips with what a neighborhood is. Quality of life in New York reached a nadir during the sanitation strike as mounds of garbage caught fire and strong winds whirled the filth through the streets. While in Congress Lindsay establiJohn Lindsayd a liberal voting record increasingly at odds with his party.

S. During his political career he served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1965 and as mayor of New York City from 1966 to 1973. S.