Inauguration date: March 15, 1933
This speech is recorded as it first appeared in print. Archaic spelling and misspellings in the original document have not been corrected.
Editor’s note: Official text not available; the following is a brief “inaugural utterance” as reported by the Chicago Tribune on March 15, 1933.
I shall to my utmost follow the policies of economy, retrenchment and good government enunciated and performed by our late mayor. I have no feeling of elation. I realize I am here through the hand of destiny and the tragedy which made Chicago and the nation suffer.
I assume the office in full knowledge of the responsibilities which go with it. I didn’t even know I was a candidate for mayor—and I shall need the aid of all my colleagues to bring order out of chaos.
Source
- Chicago Tribune, March 15, 1933, p. 1.
