Ambitions in Illinois

In Chicago, tall, knowing Mayor Edward J. Kelly boarded the 8:15 C & A for Springfield. In the state capital, Governor Dwight Green's shiny black limousine called for him, took him to the Governor's ancient mansion. There, in the small family dining room, over a centerpiece of snapdragons and mimosa, Democrat Ed Kelly and Republican Dwight Green sat down to lunch. The menu was keyed to Ed Kelly's delicate stomach: consomme madrilene, cheese souffle, green salad, fruit compote and coffee. It was not their first meeting, but it was the first time they had talked together officially since Dwight Green became Governor four years ago. Lunch lasted two hours, after which Mayor and Governor greeted newsmen.

They had talked of many things, they said, but mostly about Chicago: slum clearance and traction reorganization, creation of a port authority and building of new airports, and also a convention to draft a new state constitution.

The luncheon highlighted the ambitions of the two men. Ed Kelly, now 68, with three years of his third term still to run, has often told friends that he wants to leave office with a record of civic improvement behind him--instead of the gamy cerements of Democratic bossism. And Dwight Green. 48, just beginning Term II, wants two things: 1) to wipe out the do-nothing record of Term I and to make a real record of accomplishment in the next four years; 2) to break away from the dominance of the Chicago Tribune's isolationist Colonel Bertie McCormick.

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