Loss of Appetite

In the first depressing hours after election, Boss Jake Arvey was positive. "This is the last campaign I'm going to manage in Cook County," he said. "I haven't been able to eat for three days."

Pint-measured Jake Arvey, 55, had to take most of the blame for the debacle visited upon Chicago's once-mighty Democratic political machine. Arvey had defaced the Illinois ticket with Police Captain Daniel A. ("Tubbo") Gilbert, a veteran cop with a big bankroll and a psychological block against arresting important gangsters. Gilbert was a major factor in the defeat of Senate Majority Leader Scott Lucas; he also cost the Cook County Democrats some important offices.

Everybody agreed that Jake had done badly, but who would take his place? Some of his cronies asked him to stay on. Jake, heading for Palm Springs for a rest, promised to think it over.

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