my father got richard j. daley started in politics. as i mentioned earlier, my father recruited these extraordinary professionals. they came without the endorsements of political leaders and campaign contributors. there was one partial expression and that was richard j. daley who had been a state senator. he may be did have the endorsement of the cook county chairman. he served with great distinction and my father's cabinet as director of the department of revenue. he really was a pretty straight cabinet officer. later my father supported richard j. daley when he contested for mayor of chicago against an incumbent mayor of that city. this is incredible. the governor of the state siding with a challenger to be incumbent governor. my father had a lot to do with the rise of richard j. daley. it was not the other way around at all. >> washington, d.c., go ahead, dave. >> hello. i just want to tell a story -- high, congressman. are you? >> i just want to tell a story about adlai stevenson in the 1960 campaign. i was a student at the universi

my father got richard j. daley started in politics. earlier, my father recruited these extraordinary professionals. they came without the endorsements of political leaders and campaign contributors. there was one partial exception and that was richard j. daley who had been a state senator. he may be did have the endorsement of the cook county chairman. he served with great distinction and my father's cabinet as director of the department of revenue. he really was a pretty straight cabinet officer. later my father supported richard j. daley when he contested for mayor of chicago against an incumbent mayor of that city. this is incredible. the governor of the state siding with a challenger to be incumbent governor. my father had a lot to do with the rise of richard j. daley. it was not the other way around at all. >> washington, d.c., go ahead, dave. we are talking about adlai stevenson here on "the contenders." >> hello. i just want to tell a story -- >> hi, congressman. how are you? >> does everyone know former congressman dave obey? >

please go ahead. >> can you elaborate on the influence of richard j. daley, the mayor of chicago. had on stevenson's rise in illinois politics. >> senator stevenson, can we start with you? >> it is the other way around. my father got richard j. daley started in politics. as i mentioned earlier, my father recruited these extraordinary professionals. they came without the endorsements of political leaders and campaign contributors. there was one partial expression -- one partial exception and that was richard j. daley who had been a state senator. he may be did have the endorsement of the cook county chairman. he served with great distinction and my father's cabinet as director of the department of revenue. he really was a pretty straight cabinet officer. later my father supported richard j. daley when he contested for mayor of chicago against an incumbent mayor of that city. this is incredible. the governor of the state siding with a challenger to be incumbent governor. my father had a lot to do with the rise of richard j. daley. it was not the other way around at all. >> washingto

hundred sixty one and he hasn't stopped since he began political activism by running against richard j. daley for the mayor's office in chicago and sixty seven followed that with a write in campaign for the oval office and sixty eight as the candidate of the freedom and peace party he's devoted himself to many causes throughout. career as an activist including civil rights women's rights anti work him pains in the international anti-apartheid movement and environmental protection issues i ran a community for abused kids in new england in the late seventy's early eighty's he was on our advisory board fundraisers for our program and we travelled together to your banda during the the end of the war with india i mean to set up a family medical relief program there is devoted his life to using his considerable talents and gifts for helping others i know this from firsthand experience in now finds himself on comedy central's list of the one hundred greatest standups of all time and has his own star st louis walk of fame it's my pleasure to welcome dick gregory to our studios at this edition of conv