Chicago Police Appeal for Calm Amidst Racial Strife
July 17, 1961 - James B. Conlisk (pictured), Superintendent of the Police, appealed today for a sense of community responsibility to ease Chicago's racial tension. At a news conference Mr. Conlisk declared: "It is the duty of Negroes and whites to foster good relations." He sent 27 more policemen to the near West Side, a predominantly Negro area. It is an area in which roving gangs of Negro teenagers beat at least 11 white persons last week in what appeared to be reprisals fo