eeping. After graduating in June of 1919, Royko mentions Daley's questionable involvement in the south side race riots as a member of the Hamburg Social and Athletic Club. Considered as the worst race riots in the city's history leaving "15 whites and 23 blacks dead, 178 whites and 342 blacks injured. About one thousand homes were burned" (36). Daley refused to respond to questions regarding his involvement in the rioting, but he could not deny, as Royko points out blacks were "beaten within screaming distance of his home" (37).
             Royko provides the reader a chronological account of Daley's increased political responsibilities as well as his enhanced understanding of the political machine process. Daley's career in the political arena began shortly after his graduation from the De Salle Institute. His first opportunity to hold a position in politics presented itself as a clerk at City Hall reporting directly to Joe McDonough. He witnessed first hand the extent of political power and its impact on the City of Chicago. It is here he learned his first and most important lesson, &
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