. >> on thursday, august 3, general john throckmorton arrived at the white house to report on conditions in the city of detroit. as of 12:00 previous day, the responsibility for law and order in the city had been returned to state authorities. there had been little in america's recent past to prepare her for the nightmarish war streets inr 1967. it came out of the ghettos of new york and detroit and spread through large and small communities, from providence to wichita. >> one thing should be absolutely clear. importantr is far too for politics. it goes to the health and safety of all american citizens, republicans and democrats. it goes to the proper responsibility of officials in both of our parties. it goes to the heart of our society. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, for the last hour i have met with secretary vance and general throckmorton -- >> throughout the summer torn with racial violence, the man most heavily burdened with a quest for solutions displayed a deliberate calm . the slums were too large, and the plight of the negro too complex for any hasty economic cures. assembledhis ne

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