Maverick Out

Hardworking, pugnacious Maury Maverick last week got bulldogged in San Antonio's political arena. Up for re-election as mayor, Maverick was caught 1,183 votes short in the mayoralty runoff. The winner: tall, grey-haired, machine-tooled Charles Quin (TIME, May 26), the man Maverick had defeated two years ago.

Toward the end of the campaign Maverick was a sick man. Between rallies he stayed in a hospital, sent out copies of Henley's Invictus to assure his friends that his head was "bloody, but unbowed." But he knew he was cornered. Fortnight ago Quin had led him in the Democratic election by 1,295 votes.

The runoff over, Maverick's head for the first time seemed bowed. Said he, out of the $150,000 he had when he entered politics, only $210.20, his house and 20,000 books were left. He plans to rusticate in Mexico, not talk any English for 90 days. But few believed that Maury Maverick's public career was over.

Editorialized the New York Herald Tribune: "[Maverick] is a friend of the President. He has considerable ability. It is probable that, with the nation in its state of 'unlimited emergency,' excellent use can be made of his versatile gifts. He is a fighting fool."

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