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Henry W. Maier
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Month/Day/Year: June 11, 1952
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: The Milwaukee Newsreel Program.
Three hundred community leaders gather at the Blatz Auditorium to hear speakers from
the three political parties urge them to vote no on the referendum that will
include area as a factor in reapportionment. State Senator Henry Maier
states the group's position.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a
script. The film
has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #7.
Month/Day/Year: 1959
Segment Number: 10
Segment Description: 1959 Year Ender. Three candidates to replace Mayor Frank
Zeidler, who has announced he will not run again, give statements. The men are Assistant City Attorney
George Bowman, State Senator Henry Maier, and U.S. Representative Henry Reuss.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a
script. The film
has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #10.
Month/Day/Year: March 29, 1960
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part
one in a four-part series on the campaign for mayor. Mayoral candidate State
Senator Henry Maier and the campaign tactics he uses are examined.
Maier is seen meeting with women at a home, addressing the City Club, and
talking with Marquette University students and industrial workers.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound; there
is a script.
Month/Day/Year: March 31, 1960
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part three
in a four-part series on the campaign for mayor. Henry Maier
talks about why he wants to be the mayor of Milwaukee. He comments on
the redevelopment of Milwaukee and the work he has done for Milwaukee in the
state legislature.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there
is a script.
Month/Day/Year: January 10, 1961
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part two of
a five-part series on North Town. The segment looks at the commercial
association's proposal for helping North Town develop. Mayor Henry
Maier and George Pazik comment.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there
is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #68.
Month/Day/Year: January 13, 1961
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part five of
a five-part series on North Town. Mayor Henry Maier, Alderman Vel
Phillips, and George Pazik talk about public housing.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there
is a script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #68.
Month/Day/Year: February 1, 1961
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part three
of a five-part series on a future library site. The controversy
continues over where a new library should be built. Mayor Henry Maier
and Alderman Harold Jankowski, who are on opposite sides of the issue, are
interviewed.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there
is a script.
Month/Day/Year: February 3, 1961
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part five of
a five-part series on future library sites. The segment looks at the
controversy over where to build a new library and building priorities.
Alderman Harold Jankowski and Mayor Henry Maier are interviewed.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there
is a script.
Month/Day/Year: November 22, 1962
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Mayor Henry
Maier gives his annual Thanksgiving message. He talks about community
values and traditions, property tax relief, and the many things in Milwaukee
to be thankful for.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there
is a script.
Month/Day/Year: April 8, 1964
Segment Description: Special Assignment. The election
for mayor is over as Arthur Else has lost to incumbent Henry Maier by 30,000
votes. Else's daughters Elizabeth and Barbara Jean console him.
Henry Maier and his wife Mary Ann celebrate his victory.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there is a
script. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #36.
Month/Day/Year: September 7, 1964
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part one of
a two-part series. The Budget Examining Committee, headed by Edwin
Whitney, discusses ways of finding more money to put more police on the
streets. Mayor Henry Maier and Alderman James Mortimer offer their
differing ideas for getting more money.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there
is a script.
Month/Day/Year: September 17, 1964
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part two of a two-part series. Aldermen Fred Schallert and James Mortimer,
budget supervisor Edwin Whitney, and Mayor Henry Maier voice their opinions
on putting the city budget together.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there
is a script.
Month/Day/Year: September 28, 1964
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part one of
a two-part series. The City Budget Committee, including Alderman James
Mortimer and Mayor Henry Maier meet to discuss the budget. Alderman
Charles Schmidt and Police Chief Harold Breier argue for more police.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there
is a script.
Month/Day/Year: September 29, 1964
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part of a
two of a two-part series. Alderman Charles Schmidt and Police Chief
Harold Breier continue to argue for additional police officers. Mayor
Henry Maier replies that he wants to see statistics on the effectiveness of
foot patrolmen in reducing crime first.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound; there
is a script.
Month/Day/Year: October 8, 1965
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. John Foley, Mr. Beckwith,
Alderman Vel Phillips, and
Mayor Henry Maier comment on a proposed study that would hopefully help
prevent the planned boycott of the schools.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see
videotape #26.
Month/Day/Year: October 13, 1965
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier talks to an
unidentified group. He states that 98% of African Americans in Milwaukee are
segregated in the central city. He challenges the group to make
discrimination so unpopular that those who practice it will be ostracized.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #26.
Month/Day/Year: November 9, 1965
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier talks about the reactions
he has gotten to his recent speech. In the speech, Maier proposed a plan for
consolidated school districts.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #26.
Month/Day/Year: November 16, 1965
Segment Number: 2 & 12
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Firemen search City Hall and people are
evacuated during a bomb scare. Mayor Henry Maier talks about the bomb scare
and the evacuation of the building. His security guard notified him of the threat, which was made by phone, around
12:15 p.m. Maier ordered the Civil Defense office to sound the alarm.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #27.
Month/Day/Year: December 17, 1965
Segment Number: 5 & 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Willard Masterson accepts the position of
executive director of the Milwaukee World Festival. Mayor Henry Maier
praises Masterson and says he is the right man for the job. He says that
Willard brings a wealth of practical and creative experience.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has
been transferred to videotape; see videotape #42.
Month/Day/Year: December 28, 1965
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier talks about the city's
revenue from local and state taxes. He says he is going to work to outline
for city government the best approach to better procure state shared taxes
and federal aid.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 20, 1966
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier discusses
efforts to raise the city's civil defense level including the licensing and
stocking of buildings. An unidentified person says Milwaukee has a well
qualified civil defense director who is actively supported by Mayor Maier.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: February 24, 1966
Segment Number: 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage from a celebratory dinner to
welcome back to Milwaukee astronaut James Lovell. The Lovell family receives
and opens gifts. Mayor Henry Maier talks about Lovell and then presents him
with a $50.00 savings bond.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: March 17, 1966
Segment Number: 3, 4, 8 & 12
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry W. Maier discusses coordinating
services with the new task force to solve problems of blight and immigration.
The task force is composed of seven top city officials. They have been
assigned to study unhealthy neighborhood conditions. Maier says that
everyday the city is faced with demands to spend money, but the city must
resist those demands because there is not enough revenue. His
office is going to endeavor to match revenue with needs. The task force will work in Madison and
Washington, D. C. to get revenue fairly distributed as part of the Community
Renewal Program. Some goals of the task force are acculturation, personal
growth, interrelationships, institutions, and citizenship.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: April 20, 1966
Segment Number: 2 & 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says that he doesn't
think "we will see a Watts here." He thinks the people from the slums will
march to the richest suburbs and start a riot there if anything of that
nature were to happen. He says they will develop the physical, social,
and economic structures necessary to eliminate both physical and human
blight.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: May 2, 1966
Segment Number: 2 & 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says slum clearance
will not solve problems. Complementary social, educational, and economic
programs are necessary to eliminate slums in the city renewal process.
Maier has discussed a preliminary outline for preliminary approval of an
approach to a demonstration city program for Milwaukee. Dr. Wood says
the community renewal program is an impressive achievement.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: May 3, 1966
Segment Number: 1 & 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says
when he speaks of the metropolitan hypocrisy, he is not singling out any one
person. He thinks the suburbs should be more concerned with what is
happening in the city. The interior of City Hall is shown. Martin E.
Schreiber, Sr., Common Council President, is present. Mayor Maier says he will not
subscribe to metropolitan hypocrisy. He says a suburban consciousness is
operating.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: May 5, 1966
Segment Number: 9 & 10
Segment Description: Daily Footage. An unidentified man speaks about newcomers
to the city. He says they are of higher economic and educational status than
those in the past. Mayor Henry Maier says that urban life is more complex
now. Immigrants must have more skills. An unidentified man says that the
majority of whites think negroes have equality, while the majority of
negroes feel they do not. Mayor Maier talks about the Social Development
Commission.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: May 20, 1966
Segment Number: 4 & 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier wants an operation which
will reduce the cost of voting, will protect the rights of voters, and will be
faster in tallying votes. He thinks I. B. M. has the most advantageous
machines for the city. He wants to use the money saved from using the I. B. M.
voting machines to clear slums. County Executive John Doyne believes central
city problems are not the problems of the county. He does not believe in one
big government.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: May 31, 1966
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks about the voting
machines. He believes that the I. B. M. electronic voting machines are
perfectly legal because attorneys have told him they are legal. He says his
position is sound and clear.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: June 3, 1966
Segment Number: 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage is shown of the GOP hearing on the
urban renewal proposal. Mayor Henry Maier says Milwaukee has been denied its
fair share of tax revenue. The panel is hearing the concerns of people that live
and work in urban areas. Congressman Glenn Davis and County Executive John Doyne also speak.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: June 10, 1966
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier is interviewed. He says
the city's urban renewal efforts benefit the entire county. He expects
cooperation from the county government in the redevelopment. An unidentified
man talks about park space.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: June 22, 1966
Segment Number: 2 & 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. A ribbon cutting ceremony is shown. An
unidentified man talks about beautifying the city. He talks about comparing
Milwaukee to other cities and says private enterprise should undertake
development where possible. Mayor Henry Maier talks about a three-way
partnership in developing Juneau Village. He comments on the programs needed
to build "the great city." People picket outside of the Juneau
Village apartments.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: July 5, 1966
Segment Number: 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says that the museum and
library are operated efficiently by the city and there is no need for a change
in jurisdiction. He says the referenda will educate people about the city's
fiscal needs.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: July 5, 1966
Segment Number: 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier talks about the injustices
of the state's revenue sharing. He talks about achieving long-range fiscal
justice to create "the great city." He says fixing these injustices
should be the first order of the state's business.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: August 1, 1966
Segment Number: 1 & 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says it has been a long
weekend but they kept negotiations concerning the garbage strike open. He says
this is important since state law forbids strikes by public employees and public
welfare and safety cannot be compromised. He says if two reasonable parties
cannot negotiate a settlement of differences with guidance of an independent,
third party fact-finder, then both law and reason have failed.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: August 9, 1966
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. There has been a bomb threat at City Hall. Women leave the building as
fire trucks are lined up outside. Mayor Henry Maier says he will not permit Milwaukee to become another Watts or Chicago. He says "violence is sick."
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: September 7, 1966
Segment Number: 2 & 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier talks about
setting up a committee to examine and evaluate the leisure needs of citizens.
He says the library and the museum can be sufficiently managed by the city. He
says some costs are rising and the property tax rates are already high and they
should hold taxes. Maier talks about the need for a specialist to educate
the public on police matters. An unidentified man says recruiting needs to be
kept in mind.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: September 28, 1966
Segment Number: 2 & 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier is in his
office with four unidentified men and one unidentified woman. They are members
of the Commission on Community Relations and have laid the groundwork for
Milwaukee's war on prejudice. Maier signs the anti-prejudice proclamation in his
office.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: October 11, 1966
Segment Number: 6 & 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says we are
entitled to rely on our 19 county supervisors to avoid unfair tax gain for
suburbia. He says that Alderman Robert Jendusa has worked hard to come to this
compromise price for the city's portion of the safety building. He says a veto
won't serve any purpose but to choke off the present basis of negotiations.
Maier
says the referendum questions are one of the most serious events in local
history.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: October 12, 1966
Segment Number: 4, 6, 8, & 11
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier sarcastically
speaks of solving the problems of financing municipal government. He says we
merely need a library and school on every block, a playground and policeman for
each home, and traffic lights at our doorstep while abolishing taxes. Maier
says if revision does not come from the City of Milwaukee, the heart of this
region, the state's major port and center of commerce and industry, then we will
not be able to continue as a state. Footage is shown of businessmen that have
come to hear Mayor Maier's speech at the 68th
annual Conference of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities at the
Sheraton-Schroeder hotel. Maier says inside the city, the planners worry
about slum-type problems while outside the city, officials blissfully
establish one or two acre lots as the peaceful estates of the wealthy.
Notes: The film is black and white. Segments 4, 6, & 11 do have sound.
Segment 8 does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: October 28, 1966
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier discusses
a story in the paper in which Mrs. Niemi wrongly attributes requesting a
label change to William O'Malley of the election commission. Maier says he
feels this is a charge of defamation.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: November 9, 1966
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says because
there has been an overwhelming positive response on the referenda they will
employ even more facilities to achieve fiscal justice. He says there will be a
co-operative effort between the Common Council and the county board to
accomplish this.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: November 16, 1966
Segment Number: 4 & 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says there are
other cities that are in the same boat as the City of Milwaukee. He
says they have low income residents burned with high property taxes and that
state aid and shared taxes do not pay a fair share of their needs. He says that
studies have shown that Milwaukee and other cities are not getting their fair
share of state aid and shared taxes. Maier says the suburbs get a 51%
higher rate of return per person than the cities do.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: November 17, 1966
Segment Number: 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier is present at
the dedication of the St. Paul Bridge. He presses a button to open the draw
bridge. Cars drive over the bridge. Maier is the first one to "officially" cross
the Milwaukee River at St. Paul Avenue.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: November 23, 1966
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says
enactment of this legislation allows Milwaukee to restore and renew large
areas of the city with a minimum of local money. He says he is convinced that
Milwaukee has the administrative machinery necessary to carry this out.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: November 23, 1966
Segment Number: 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Continuing footage of Thanksgiving baskets being prepared. Then, Mayor Henry
Maier lists those things which Milwaukeeans have to be thankful for such as families,
homes, richness of opportunity, freedom from oppression, and freedom from
want.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: December 14, 1966
Segment Number: 1 & 9
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says his
constituents have asked for more aid for Milwaukee. Governor Warren Knowles says
there must be a total study of the problem, but thinks that more aid to
Milwaukee will benefit taxpayers. Knowles says he wants a
general study and says he is willing to meet with the mayor of any cities. Maier says he wants fiscal justice for Milwaukee.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: December 19, 1966
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage is shown of a tree
lighting ceremony, including a choir and an orchestra. Mayor Henry Maier
speaks. The tree is lit and an unidentified man speaks. There are fireworks.
Notes: The film is black and white and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 1, 1967
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier talks about the good
things that happened in Milwaukee in 1966. He mentions the physical
redevelopments, such as the post office, the M & I Building, and the start of
the music hall as well as developments in social programs.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 7, 1967
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier talks about the tax
assessment freezes. He says the freezes would have little benefit in the
Milwaukee area because the economy is booming and the city is going through a
renaissance.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 16, 1967
Segment Number: 1 & 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier discusses
his reasons for pushing the community renewal program. He says taxes will not
have to be raised because of the amount of taxes received from the east side.
Maier explains the problems with public investment and embellishes on how the city
should rely more on private investment instead of taxpayer money.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 31, 1967
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks to the Milwaukee
Press Club on the city's 121st birthday. Maier criticizes Governor Warren
Knowles on his not meeting local government needs with the state budget. Frank
Zeidler talks about the political differences in the state.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: February 9, 1967
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says the the greed of
citizens is not as bad in Milwaukee as it is in other cities. He says it is
imperative for the city to see how it can preserve neighborhood shopping areas
because store owners cannot always move.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: March 17, 1967
Segment Number: 4 & 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier and Reverend Cecil
Fisher speak at the dedication of the new Merrill Park Housing project for the
elderly. The project is located at 222 N. 33rd Street.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: April 1, 1967
Segment Number: 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier, his wife, and his
daughter, toss coins into the City Hall water fountain to start a
drive for the building of a new civic center fountain and reflecting pool.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: April 12, 1967
Segment Number: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. At a meeting, Mayor Henry
Maier tells the Common Council's Building-Ground-Harbors-Finance Committee that
if the county is not going to aid Milwaukee in passing his plan for a Model
Cities agency, "Old Mother Milwaukee" will have to prevail on its own. Maier
introduces his plan to the Common Council. In an interview, Alderman Rod Lanser
says that the danger of Maier's plan is that he wants unlimited authority and is
willing to hire his workers at any salary. Maier tells the Common Council that any
power given to him is only a fragment of that needed to execute his program
for a Model Cities agency in Milwaukee. Rod Lanser says he does not want to
give a check to the mayor for a program no one approves of.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: April 13, 1967
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier, when asked about his
Model Cities agency program for Milwaukee, says there will be problems in it
as it progresses but that is why he is asking for full authority on the
project.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: April 14, 1967
Segment Number: 10 & 11
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a Common Council meeting where Mayor
Henry Maier's
Model Cities agency idea is rejected. An alderman says the project should wait
until 1968 while another feels the Council should start the project now. Maier
expresses his urgent desire to start the project. Vel Phillips and Robert Jendusa
speak in support of the Model Cities agency program. Maier
says he would gladly accept another amended proposal if one were suggested.
After a vote, the proposal is rejected.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: April 21, 1967
Segment Number: 8 & 11
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Extra footage of a press conference with
Mayor Henry Maier who met with the bus company and union officials to discuss
the twelve day bus strike after both sides were reportedly deadlocked. He says
he has convinced the two groups to go back to the bargaining table and that both groups agreed to meet on Saturday at 11:00
a.m. at City Hall to
negotiate.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: April 22, 1967
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. In an interview, Mayor Henry Maier says
the reason applications for his Model Cities program are lacking is that
centralized authority does not exist in other communities. This centralization
of authority, he says, is essential.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: April 22, 1967
Segment Number: 8 & 10
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier talks
about his meeting
with the city and union officials to discuss negotiations on the twelve day
bus strike. The meeting took place at 11:00 a.m. in City Hall.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: April 27, 1967
Segment Number: 3, 4, & 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says
that in regards to his Model Cities program, the extra 20% is for excess staff
services. Maier speaks to the Gyro Club at the Milwaukee Inn. The Common Council
will vote on Friday on whether an application should be made for the program. In an
interview, Maier says four areas that his Model Cities program is
designed to target are the safety of citizens, the establishment of youth
centers, an expansion of programs for the elderly, and a cultural assimilation
for the rural poor.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: April 30, 1967
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier, although having his
Model Cities program voted down by the Common Council 11 to 8, heads to
Washington, D.C. to request funds for it. In an interview, he says that this is not
a personal goal, but for the City of Milwaukee.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: May 1, 1967
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks after returning
from Washington to propose his Model Cities program. He says he is very
hopeful the application will be kept alive. He also comments on how it should
be voted on not just by the Common Council, but by everyone.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: May 2, 1967
Segment Number: 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier, after returning from
Washington where he proposed his Model Cities program, discusses his optimism
that the Common Council will eventually approve the program and his plans to
further educate people in Milwaukee about the program.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: July 25, 1967
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier talks
to the media about the census survey and the national fall-out shelter
program. He asks that everyone take part in the survey. An unidentified man
takes questions from the press and a third unidentified man comments on fall-out shelters.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #30.
Month/Day/Year: July 25, 1967
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Robert
Atkins of the Office of Civil Defense explains the National Fallout Shelter
Survey program. Mayor Henry Maier demonstrates what people need to do
to complete the survey.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound; there
is a script.
Month/Day/Year: July 31, 1967
Segment Number: 1, 3, 4, & 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks to
the press and says that the riots have spread from other cities. He says a new
way of addressing problems must be found. Footage of police officers eating
donuts and standing in an entryway. Maier says riots do not bring about lasting
reforms - they make reform more difficult. Footage of the aftermath of the riot.
Aerial footage of burned out buildings. Footage of cars with smashed windows,
police, and National Guard Jeeps. Maier discusses
the National Guard. He summarizes the action taken in response to the rioting.
A police dispatcher is interviewed and describes the activity in the radio
room during the riots.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
The
film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #31.
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Month/Day/Year: August 2, 1967
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier addresses
rumors of fires, more rioting and dynamite being smuggled into the city. These
rumors are untrue and Maier says that he will announce details of any
upcoming action or danger.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been
transferred to videotape; see videotape #31.
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Month/Day/Year: August 3, 1967
Segment Number: 9
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier
speaks to a group at the Pfister Hotel. He says that the curfew has curbed
arrests in comparison to Detroit and other cities.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been
transferred to videotape; see videotape #31.
Month/Day/Year: August 4, 1967
Segment Number: 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. People react to the meeting
between Mayor Henry Maier and citizens of the inner city core area. Maier says the
meeting gave him ideas and brought people together. An unidentified African
American woman says she doesn't think it will help the situation.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been
transferred to videotape; see videotape #31.
Month/Day/Year: August 5, 1967
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier addresses the press. He
says that the state and national governments need to get involved in inner city
problems. Reverend Beauchamp also speaks.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been
transferred to videotape; see videotape #31.
Month/Day/Year: August 7, 1967
Segment Number: 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. State Senator Martin
Schreiber, Jr. and Mayor Henry Maier meet and discuss setting up a special meeting
with state legislative leaders to address Milwaukee's urban problems.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been
transferred to videotape; see videotape #31.
Month/Day/Year: August 17, 1967
Segment Number: 2 & 12
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier responds
to Governor Warren Knowles' statement criticizing his eleven point plan. Maier wants
$10 million to fight crime and a property tax cut. Footage alternates
between Knowles and Maier responding to each
other's statements on recent economic and urban issues.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been
transferred to videotape; see videotape #32.
Month/Day/Year: August 28, 1967
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier addresses the press. He
has asked several civil right leaders to ask Father James Groppi not to march
anymore.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been
transferred to videotape; see videotape #34.
Month/Day/Year: August 29, 1967
Segment Number: 6 & 13
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier asks citizens to abide
by a voluntary curfew during the upcoming marches. Footage of the NAACP
Youth Council Commando press conference with Father James Groppi. Then, Maier comments on
Father Groppi's marches. He says that Groppi just wants attention and the white
people are giving him what he wants by counter demonstrating.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been
transferred to videotape; see videotape #34.
Month/Day/Year: August 30, 1967
Segment Number:
Segment Description: Special Topic. Open Housing/Riots II. Two
segments: Mayor Henry Maier gives a forceful press conference where he talks
about the riots and Milwaukee's image; Father Groppi gives a fiery speech at
St. Boniface Church before a march.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been
transferred to videotape; see videotape #25.
Month/Day/Year: September 6, 1967
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part one of a two-part
series. Mayor Henry Maier takes members of the press on a tour of the
city's north side. They visit a vocational school and the Cherry Court
Housing Project where Maier speaks with parents and their children.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound; there
is a script.
Month/Day/Year: September 7, 1967
Segment Description: Special Assignment. Part two of
a two-part series. Mayor Henry Maier takes members of the press on a
tour of the city's north side. He talks about the "positive programs"
in Milwaukee. Maier also talks about the problem of blight and delays
in public projects.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound; there
is a script.
Month/Day/Year: September 12, 1967
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier holds
a press conference to announce his new Commission on Community Relations. He
talks at length about Father James Groppi's role in the recent civil disturbances.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been
transferred to videotape; see videotape #35.
Month/Day/Year: September 13, 1967
Segment Number: 1, 2, & 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks on
the possibility of a metropolitan government. West Allis Mayor Arnold Klentz
says the suburbs are happy with their own government. The two debate open
housing. Maier says that the only fair open housing legislation would be
statewide. Maier appears before the state legislature. He says that open
housing cannot be restricted to just one city.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been
transferred to videotape; see videotape #35.
Month/Day/Year: September 22, 1967
Segment Number: 2, 4, 6, & 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says the city will
continue to work hard on its economic problems. He criticizes the
suburbs for having closed housing policies. Maier also criticizes Father
James Groppi and warns that snipers will not be tolerated. He says Milwaukee
has a lot of freedom compared to other cities and that the taxpayers have spent
a lot of money to keep it that way. Unlike other cities, according to Maier,
Milwaukee is not under a permanent injunction. He says lawbreakers will not be
tolerated nor will the administration be "cowed" by any kind of threat. Maier is seriously considering asking the Common Council to put the open
housing issue to a referendum. He criticizes a newspaper story that says there
has been no dialogue between him and civil rights groups and praises Operation Bootstrap.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been
transferred to videotape; see videotape #38.
Month/Day/Year: October 15, 1967
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says the vast
majority of nonwhites and whites, north siders and south siders, want safe
neighborhoods, opportunities for families, and justice and harmony with fellow
man. He says Project Negro Achievement will highlight aspects of the city. Two
other people speak.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: October 16, 1967
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Extra. Alderman Vel Phillips says Milwaukeeans are joining
the NAACP Youth Council to support
a city wide fair housing law. She says the eyes of the world are on Milwaukee. Mayor Henry Maier
says fair housing should apply to the suburbs as well and not just the city.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: October 31, 1967
Segment Number: 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of Mayor Henry Maier
receiving the Allied Veterans Council of Milwaukee County Citizen of the
Year award for 1967. A veteran presents him
with the plaque.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: November 17, 1967
Segment Number: 3 & 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. At a Common Council meeting,
Mayor Henry Maier says there are financial problems in Milwaukee, like property
taxes, that can no longer be ignored. An alderman says it is so bad Milwaukee
has been forced to move backward in progress. Maier says he would like to go to
the courts to initiate action to make sure taxes are distributed properly. An
alderman says high tax rates are to blame for Milwaukee's slums.
Notes: The film is black and white and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 15, 1968
Segment Number: 6 & 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of Mayor Henry
Maier's press conference. He says a study to streamline city government could
be the beginning of a major breakthrough for the city. The study could provide
modern tools for the city to meet problems with more efficiency and economy.
Maier says that in the interest of objectivity, he is turning the study over
to a technical committee to get it out of the hands of local government and
have it be
independent of political views.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 18, 1968
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says Dr.
Curtis Tarr of Lawrence University has suggested the
reorganization/streamlining of city government. A special committee made up of
non-residents will be formed to come up with recommendations.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 23, 1968
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. An alderman recommends the
Common Council submit an application for the Model Cities program. Alderman Robert Jendusa
says Mayor Henry Maier should not be the head of the program because of the way city
government is set up. Maier disagrees and says he will be in charge.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #70.
Month/Day/Year: January 30, 1968
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier and a
group of people walk around a junk yard looking at broken cars. Maier gives a
piece of paper to Walter Stewart of HAND. Twenty cars were sold to a junk
dealer and HAND will use the money to help build a teen center for inner city
youths.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 31, 1968
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier cuts a big cake
that has "Happy Birthday Milwaukee" on it at the Milwaukee Press Club. He hands
the first
piece to County Executive John Doyne. Men sit at tables, eat cake, and
celebrate.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: March 5, 1968
Segment Number: 2 & 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. An ACLU representative, an
unidentified man, Alderman Vel Phillips, and Mayor Henry Maier talk about the recent decision by Federal
Judge Robert Tehan that bars a referendum on open housing and prohibits the
Common Council from adopting a resolution that prevents an open housing
ordinance.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: April 4, 1968
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says the murder
of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was an act of cowardice. He says King was a
courageous and dedicated man and will be remembered for his accomplishments.
Maier expresses sympathy for the King family and hopes that violence will not desecrate
King's memory.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has
been transferred to videotape; see videotape #44.
Month/Day/Year: April 5, 1968
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says the
day of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s funeral will be a day of mourning, that all
city employees will be excused from work, and that flags will be at half mast. He is looking for
a place for a memorial service on Sunday. An unidentified man says King cannot
be replaced.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has
been transferred to videotape; see videotape #44.
Month/Day/Year: April 7, 1968
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of an outdoor
memorial service at Washington Park for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mayor
Henry Maier speaks during the memorial and says that King was a great and courageous
person. An unidentified man also speaks.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has
been transferred to videotape; see videotape #44.
Month/Day/Year: April 16, 1968
Segment Number: 1, 2, 5 & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. During a
press conference, Mayor Henry Maier discusses the need for more low income housing outside the
central city. Maier speaks from a podium in the Common Council chambers. Alderman Robert Jendusa is seen in the background. Maier is sworn into office and enters the
Common Council chamber with Alderman Robert Jendusa, Alderman Orville Pitts, and
others. Maier says Milwaukeeans should keep faith in the American dream and
open housing. Alderman Vel Phillips says Negroes don't trust Maier. Maier's inauguration is announced on the exterior of
City Hall. He is seen
inside with unidentified men, women, and a priest.
Notes: The film is color. Segments 1 and 5 do have sound. Segments 2
and 6 do not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see
videotape #44.
Month/Day/Year: April 29, 1968
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks at
a press conference with Aldermen Orville Pitts and William Drew behind him. Maier
says city government cannot wait. The $18 million mid-town project is being
held up by the federal government because of lack of relocation services. He
says the proposal is in the final stages.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: May 1, 1968
Segment Number: 2, 3, & 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks
from a podium to an unidentified group of men in a large hall. Maier says the
separate society cited by the Riot Commission report is a national problem and
suburbs that violate equal protection laws and refuse to participate in low
income housing should not be eligible for federal grants for public works.
Maier speaks during a conference on central city problems sponsored by the
Urban Land Institute. He says he is preparing a resolution against total
restrictive zoning for the Common
Council to consider.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 2 does not have sound. Segments 3
and 7 do have sound.
Month/Day/Year: June 4, 1968
Segment Number: 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of Mayor Henry Maier's annual message
to the Common Council. He says they need wider involvement in relocation of
families displaced by urban renewal and expressways which means an end to
restrictive zoning in suburbs, county wide relocation, and new low-income
housing.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: June 11, 1968
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mary Ann Maier,
the wife of Mayor Henry Maier is seen at the James Richardson residence at 1811 N. 11th St.
A sign
reads "Plant for Beauty with Mayor's Beautification Committee." Mrs.
Maier and others stand in front of a house and plant flowers.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: July 3, 1968
Segment Number: 1 & 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says the
coalition has to be more than a public relations gimmick or a loose federation.
He says the coalition must find solutions to the
causes to the underlying problems of our situation.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 1 does have sound. Segment 2 does
not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: July 22, 1968
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says the
diffusion of authority between five departments results in costly waste. He
says authority and responsibility for inspection services should be consolidated
in a single department and in spite of some opposition he says "we'll
work things out."
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: August 21, 1968
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says that
for the first time they are depicting the package of benefits that are being
gained by the city. He says that possible remedies to the situation include
"metropolitanizing" and sharing that load, or the state doing its job
in this area.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: September 3, 1968
Segment Number: 1, 3, & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says the city
taxpayers, not the state, would pay the bill. He says the "haves" must help the
"have-nots," even if Governor Warren Knowles finds that politically harmful. He says
the city wants "a just and fair share of the state pie." Maier says they may need to "scrape the
bones" this year to make a limited money supply meet greater needs. He
says while the city once got over $0.90 on every tax dollar paid, they now get
$0.22.
Notes: The film is color. Segments 1 and 3 do have sound. Segment 6
does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: October 21, 1968
Segment Number: 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier asks
"who will pay for the reconstruction of long neglected cities" - the
people with money or the little guy? He says the Humphrey/Muskie ticket is committed
to helping cities rebuild; Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew, George Wallace and
Curtis Le May are not.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: October 25, 1968
Segment Number: 1 & 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says
property tax relief is a statewide issue which was proven by the action taken
by Green Bay and twenty-five other cities and villages when they called for a
special session of the legislature to deal with the issue. He says the
twenty-five communities that called for the property tax relief are the vast
majority of the people of Wisconsin compared to those who voted against the
proposition. The group includes non-partisan mayors including some Republicans.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: November 2, 1968
Segment Number: 1 & 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks in his
office. He says according to Governor Warren Knowles, local communities get back on
average 46% of state taxes, but Milwaukee only gets back 31%. He says growth
would be better if the state had not used property tax relief funds. Maier says
Governor Knowles didn't tell us the city's share of corporate income tax
shrank by 1.5% and its share of personal income tax shrank by 1.75% between
1964 and 1968.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: November 4, 1968
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says the
city has received additional funds from the Labor Department for the Model
Cities program. He also says the "bootstrap" work training program
has received an award and that its success gives hope for the success of the Model
Cities program.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: November 15, 1968
Segment Number: 3, 4, & 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor
Henry Maier gives a press conference. Aldermen William Drew and Fred Schallert stand behind him. Maier
says we will have an appalling record $10.00 per $1,000 property tax increase.
Then, a
finance committee meeting with Aldermen including William Drew, John Czarneki,
Vel Phillips, Fred Schallert, and others. Maier says they regret having to
make cuts in playground and branch library programs and that they have trimmed the
city budget and there is no increase in property taxes to support the
operating budget.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #70.
Month/Day/Year: November 20, 1968
Segment Number: 4 & 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor
Henry Maier gives a press conference. He says the state of Wisconsin should relinquish tax sources to
municipalities so there is a home rule tax system. This would involve some
form of income tax, but other forms will be more palatable to industry.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 4 does have sound. Segment 5 does
not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #51.
Month/Day/Year: December 27, 1968
Segment Number: 1 & 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of a press conference with former
Port Director Harry Brockel, Common Council President Robert Jendusa, Mayor
Henry Maier, and others. Maier says that he believes the Milwaukee River can be
an asset to the city economy and a resource for citizens to enjoy. Brockel
says the recommendations in the report can be used for a program of action. Maier
says efforts are being made to curb pollution and beautify the river.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 28, 1969
Segment Number: 1 & 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of the second annual
civic breakfast at the Pfister Hotel. Footage of people at tables and of Mayor
Henry Maier being interviewed. Maier is there to promote the Martin-Webber
Committee's recommendations for changes in city government. He talks about the
housing problem and the forced relocation brought on by expressway construction.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 1 does not have sound.
Segment 2 does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 29, 1969
Segment Number: 1 & 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier cuts a cake in
honor of Milwaukee's 123rd birthday at a luncheon sponsored by the Milwaukee
Press Club. Maier takes a taste of the frosting and speaks to the attendees.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: March 3, 1969
Segment Number: 3, 6, & 10
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier holds a press
conference to discuss issues within the Model Cities program such as the resignations of Model Cities officials George Simos
and John Givens. He says that "the administrators of this program do not
feel it's feasible to do their jobs under the circumstances." He takes
the Milwaukee Journal to task for giving too much coverage to the Triple O
(Organization of Organizations) group who wants more involvement with the
program. He says they need to set priorities for the program and blames the
Milwaukee Journal for focusing on the Model Cities program to the detriment of other
programs.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: March 5, 1969
Segment Number: 1 & 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks at
a press conference on the issues surrounding the Model Cities program. He says
that the Milwaukee Journal coverage of the program has stirred up
dissent in the community. Maier says that a black and a white executive were chosen to
ensure the flow of information, but the press decided to glorify the Triple O
organization
and thus increased its power of dissent.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: March 7, 1969
Segment Number: 2 & 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks at
a press conference. He responds to Governor Warren Knowles' recent statement that
state government should be more involved with the Model Cities program. Maier
calls Knowles' approach "cavalier" and refers to him as a
"procrastinator." Maier responds to an editorial cartoon. He says it was
"very funny" but calls it "low brow satire." He also says
that the Milwaukee Journal has no black men on their editorial board or
management staff.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: March 13, 1969
Segment Number: 3 & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier holds a
press conference in his office on the Model Cities program. He is proposing that the Model
Cities policy commission should be made up of a majority of "grass
roots" citizens.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 3 does have sound. Segment 6 does
not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: March 17, 1969
Segment Number: 1, 3, & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier gives a press conference on the Model Cities program in his office. He discusses
the ratio of government support versus new property taxes in funding the
program. Maier formally accepts the resignations of Model
Cities' President George Simos and assistant John Givens and says he will shut
the Model Cities office until federal funding is received.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. Segment 1 does not have
sound. Segments 3 and 6 do have sound.
Month/Day/Year: March 21, 1969
Segment Number: 9
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier holds a
press conference to discuss federal funding for the city's urban renewal
program. He lists his actions in support of open housing and speaks of the
need for a central relocation agency.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: April 3, 1969
Segment Number: 2 & 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier holds a
press conference to dispute the report in the Milwaukee Journal that he
secretly met with Senator Gaylord Nelson to discuss Model Cities funding. He
calls this a "categorical lie" since he was with his wife on her birthday
at that time.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: April 11, 1969
Segment Number: 2, 4, & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks at a
press conference. He accuses the Journal Company of having a monopoly on local
news to the detriment of the community. He says he has asked the Justice
Department to investigate the possibility that anti-trust action should be taken
against the Journal Company.
Notes: The film is color. Segments 2 & 6 do have sound. Segment
4 does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: April 16, 1969
Segment Number: 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier holds a
press conference to further address the conflict between himself and the
Journal Company, who he accuses of having a monopoly on Milwaukee's print
media. He says that Irwin Maier accused him of trying to destroy the Milwaukee
Journal.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has
been transferred to videotape; see videotape #45.
Month/Day/Year: April 29, 1969
Segment Number: 3 & 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier appears at
a press conference. He says "it" was a highly successful program and
that the city intends to continue to learn by doing the program this summer.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 3 does have sound. Segment 4 does
not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape
#45.
Month/Day/Year: May 21, 1969
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Irwin Maier, chair of the
Journal Company, announces a series of editorials that will run in the
Milwaukee Journal in response to Mayor Henry Maier's accusations of a
news monopoly. He says that the mayor has been campaigning against the press since 1967.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #46.
Month/Day/Year: May 23, 1969
Segment Number: 5, 6, & 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier holds a press
conference. He has asked the Justice Department for a grant to recruit firemen
and policemen. He says recruitment will concentrate on minorities. Maier talks
about the press report on the history of centralized relocation and also
discusses procuring a contract from the Labor Department to find jobs for the
hardcore unemployed.
Notes: The film is color. Segments 5 and 8 do have sound. Segment 6
and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: May 29, 1969
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks at
a breakfast for local corporation executives at the Pfister Hotel. Maier is
looking for sponsors for the upcoming Summerfest festival, saying, "we're going to
improve urban life at the urban level."
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #52.
Month/Day/Year: June 6, 1969
Segment Number: 1, 2, & 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier holds a
press conference. He discusses the spring clean-up of the inner city. The
NAACP and City Health Department have co-sponsored the event which will clean
up refuse in the area bordered by Burleigh, Walnut, Holton, and the
North/South freeway. He also discusses the Model Cities program and county
incinerator. He wants to begin construction of the incinerator immediately. He
objects to meeting with the People's Committee to discuss their proposals for
the Model Cities program.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 1 does have sound. Segments 2 &
3 do not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: June 13, 1969
Segment Number: 2, 3, & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier at his weekly
press conference discusses "panic selling" in white
neighborhoods where low income "personages" move in. He suggests
legislature that would compensate property owners whose homes have lost value
due to integration. Maier responds to the question of whether he will run for
governor. He says the mayor can be
influential enough. Maier says moving low income people into affluent suburbs,
"like most Journal reporters live in," will affect property values.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: June 20, 1969
Segment Number: 1, 4, & 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks out
against proposed property tax hikes at his weekly press conference. A row of
reporters take notes. He talks about the proposed Park Freeway and says that
the problem is that the burden of construction and dealing with displaced
citizens has fallen on the city when it affects the whole metropolitan area.
Notes: The film is color. Segments 2 and 7 do have sound. Segment 4
does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: June 24, 1969
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks
about income taxes at a press conference.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: June 27, 1969
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier discusses
the trash disposal issue at his weekly press conference. He says that there
are only twenty more months of room in the landfill.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: July 9, 1969
Segment Number: 7 & 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier shakes
hands with people assembled in his office. He sits down and meets with them
about the Model Cities program. Maier says the objective is to get federal money
because the city's property taxes are not enough. Footage of another housing
meeting.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 7 does not have sound. Segment 8
does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: July 11, 1969
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier asks for
more state aid for public housing at his weekly press conference. He says the
state needs to be more active in urban problems.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: July 15, 1969
Segment Number: 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Members of the Milwaukee
Tenants Union confront Mayor Henry Maier, Governor Warren Knowles, and County
Executive John Doyne on issues of housing relocation due to urban programs. It
is a rare meeting of the three officials.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: July 18, 1969
Segment Number: 2 & 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier discusses
current issues, including
the Dineen Committee's proposal for a new convention center, at his weekly
press conference. He says he is not certain it is a priority at this time.
Maier also comments on the upcoming Summerfest festivities.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: July 22, 1969
Segment Number: 7 & 11
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier sings
onstage at Carl Zeidler Park during Summerfest activities. He sings the
Summerfest Polka and is accompanied by a polka band.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has
been transferred to videotape; see videotape #46.
Month/Day/Year: July 23, 1969
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. The Milwaukee Tenants Union
attend a rare meeting between Mayor Henry Maier, Governor Warren Knowles, and County
Executive John Doyne. The Union confronts the officials on issues of housing
relocation. Mayor Maier and Governor Knowles debate each other.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: July 26, 1969
Segment Number: 1, 3, & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says
Governor Knowles reply was not responsive to the specific recommendation he sent
him. He also says the Governor's financial crisis is a direct result of the
Governor's policies. Maier says his approach would take the main
cost of poverty off the backs of property taxpayers and cut the property tax
load in half. He commends Harold Froehlich for at least recognizing his
approach.
Notes: The film is color. Segments 1 and 6 do have sound. Segment 3
does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: August 1, 1969
Segment Number: 2, 5, & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier addresses
the state budget crisis in his weekly press conference. He says the current
budget proposal from Madison is a "starve the city" budget and that
they are proposing a "soak the poor" sales tax.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 2 does not have sound. Segments 5
and 6 do have sound.
Month/Day/Year: August 15, 1969
Segment Number: 1 & 2
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks
about his issues with the Journal Company at his weekly press conference. He
says when a monopoly can shape public opinion, it impacts the city's progress.
He says there is no freedom of the press in Milwaukee. He announces that he
has filed a petition with the U.S. attorney general requesting an investigation
into the Journal Company.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: September 9, 1969
Segment Number: 1, 4, & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier gives his
annual State of the City address to the Common Council. Council President
Robert Jendusa sits behind Maier who talks about the recent state budget cuts
in welfare and says the cities should have the option to "go it alone." He
comments on Governor Warren Knowles proposed "urban package" and the special
session that Knowles has called to discuss urban issues. He says Knowles has passed a "reactionary budget."
Notes: The film is color. Segment 1 does not have sound. Segments 4
and 6 do have sound.
Month/Day/Year: September 12, 1969
Segment Number: 5 & 9
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier gives a
press conference from his office. He talks about a new committee formed to
address urban problems in light of the recent state cuts in welfare funding.
He commends Waukesha Mayor Kannenberg for helping to get the Tarr Task Force
recommendations onto the agenda at an upcoming special session of the state
legislature. Maier and other city mayors are touring the state to drum up support
for the Tarr Task Force recommendations.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: September 19, 1969
Segment Number: 1 & 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier holds his
weekly press conference and criticizes the state government for their handling
of the state budget for welfare. He also takes the local press to task.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 1 does have sound. Segment 5 does
not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: September 26, 1969
Segment Number: 1 & 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks at
his weekly press conference. He says that the Governor's special session will
not address the issues of factory or farm workers. He praises the Tarr Task
Force
recommendations. He wants Governor Warren Knowles to add the Tarr Task Force
recommendations to the agenda of his upcoming special session.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: October 10, 1969
Segment Number: 3 & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier discusses
reasons for continuing to hold the Summerfest event. He says the event is for
people who do not have summer homes or belong to golf courses and that it
adds romance to the city.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 3 does not have sound. Segment 6
does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #52.
Month/Day/Year: October 17, 1969
Segment Number: 1 & 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier discusses
the Milwaukee Tenants Union at his weekly press conference.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 1 does have sound. Segment 3 does
not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: October 22, 1969
Segment Number: 3 & 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks at the
League of Wisconsin Municipalities conference at the Sheraton-Schroeder Hotel.
He says he believes the 1970s can be a decade of progress. Footage of the
audience is shown. Maier says, "Heed what I say, Madison is playing with social
dynamite," referring to their rejection of the Tarr Task Force Bill.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: October 31, 1969
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier promises to
establish a new grass roots scene in Milwaukee at his weekly press conference.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: November 7, 1969
Segment Number: 1 & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier addresses
the financial difficulties of this year's Summerfest at his weekly press
conference. He plans to form a citizens group to help with the "liquidation of
deficit." He has sent a proposal to Common
Council President Robert Jendusa to invite delegates from around the state to
form a "have not" conference.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotapes #52 and #69.
Month/Day/Year: November 14, 1969
Segment Number: 1 & 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. At a press conference, Mayor
Henry Maier says if homeowners can prove the value of their property went down
because of low income housing nearby, they will be compensated.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 1 does have sound. Segment 4 does
not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see
videotape #45.
Month/Day/Year: November 21, 1969
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier holds a
press conference and talks about an unidentified issue. He says a
"consensus on what should be done should not be determined by the civic
elite but by those who are not in the orbit."
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: November 28, 1969
Segment Number: 2 & 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. At his press conference,
Mayor Henry Maier talks about a commission. He says the real test is if the
commission is given standing in order to make its determination stick. The
second test will be if the commission is upheld in court. He says he has sent
an invitation to officials from all over the state for a "Have Not"
conference. If the conference succeeds the "1970s could be a new decade
of justice" for most Wisconsin communities.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: December 5, 1969
Segment Number: 3 & 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier talks about
garbage. He says the county will wait for the city's approval before they
proceed. Maier wants to know the cost per ton of garbage as well as the cost
of hauling garbage before the city decides on a disposal system.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: December 19, 1969
Segment Number: 6 & 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry
Maier says he wants a vacation during his press conference and that there are
provisions to cover his absence while on vacation. He mentions an official from
Wauwatosa and says new low income housing should be located in this person's
neighborhood.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: December 22, 1969
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry
Maier gives his Christmas message. He says we should look ahead to the new year
with a renewed hope for peace and brotherhood.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 9, 1970
Segment Number: 2, 3, 4 & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks at a press conference and talks about a bill that would build a new arena for the Milwaukee Bucks. Maier says the city will not build a new arena and wonders if the county will.
Footage of the "have nots" conference. An unidentified man welcomes the audience. Mayor Henry Maier talks about shared tax reform and calls for more action
on tax reform. An unidentified man calls for people to unite for more equitable distribution of shared taxes from Wisconsin. Maier also comments on the tax system.
Unidentified men listen and take notes at the press conference.
Notes: The film is color. Segments 2, 3 and 4 do have sound. Segment
6 does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 14, 1970
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier returns to Mitchell Field after a trip to Detroit where he met with officials at
the American Motors Corporation. Maier talks to the press about the meeting and mentions that the
company wants to sponsor an event at the next Summerfest.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 16, 1970
Segment Number: 2 & 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks to the
press from behind a podium in a room. He says any objective newsman would see
that Governor Warren Knowles "did not really give this thing a push," but formed
a committee to take the heat off. Maier says Mr. Tarr fled to Washington,
D.C. while Mr. Kellett stayed.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 2 does not have sound. Segment 7
does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 23, 1970
Segment Number: 3 & 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier suspects the
members of the press in the room are betting he won't be announcing his
candidacy for governor in April. He says that what Robert Huber said was
not imparted by himself, and that he has no such intentions. Maier smokes a pipe and says
that no city in the world has a better working capacity than Milwaukee.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 30, 1970
Segment Number: 4, 5, 6, & 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks at Milwaukee's
124th birthday party at the Milwaukee Press Club. He comments on urban renewal,
the Model Cities program, and acknowledges the criticism from the Milwaukee Journal. Ed Hinshaw
is sad to report Maier did not sing. Footage of Mayor Henry Maier talking to the
press. Maier says he won't tolerate the vandalism that happened on Monday and says Milwaukee
does have problems which are part of the national urban problem. Footage
of unidentified men watching Maier's speech at the Milwaukee Press
Club.
Notes: The film is color. Segments 4, 5, and 6 do have sound.
Segment 8 does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: February 6, 1970
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says the
present system for dealing with garbage is overburdened and the problem is
getting worse every year. He says a number of proposals are being analyzed
to determine their impact on society and on the taxpayers.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: February 13, 1970
Segment Number: 1 & 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Footage of the media and Mayor Henry Maier. Maier says he wants a cost analysis from the waste disposal committee. He
endorses the proposal from Alderman James McCann that calls for the use of
consultants and says he wants to make careful decisions.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 1 does not have sound. Segment 5
does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: February 27, 1970
Segment Number: 3 & 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. At a press conference, Mayor Henry Maier reads from a letter Mr. Perrin wrote regarding a story in the
Milwaukee Sentinel that has gained national attention. The story contends
the housing authority evicted a poor veteran for not paying rent.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 3 does have sound. Segment 4 does
not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotapes #47 and #69.
Month/Day/Year: March 5, 1970
Segment Number: 1, 2 & 10
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier gives a press conference. He says public projects have ignored traditional personal values attached to home ownership
and neighborhoods. He says it is imperative that the principle of neighborhood participation
and consent be recognized. Maier announces his Neighborhood Improvement Program. The program will tie earmarked relocation housing to a staged area development which will help minimize the impact on neighborhoods.
Notes: The film is color. Segments 1 and 2 do have sound. Segment 10
does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 15, 1971
Segment Number: 5 & 11
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier discusses the police strike. He says a shutdown of police services would cause the city to get auxiliary forces, which they are prepared to do. He says the union members are going to have to agree sooner or later.
Maier will not get involved in the police negotiations.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 5 does have sound. Segment 11 does
not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 22, 1971
Segment Number: 2, 3, 7, & 9
Segment Description: Daily Footage. An unidentified man says they've shown the city that the Milwaukee
Police Department is probably one of the lowest paid departments in Milwaukee County. Mayor Henry Maier says crime waits for no one
and that he is happy Mr. Kliesmet has responded to his suggestion this morning.
He does not relish the prospect of imposing sanctions against policemen and their families.
Footage of unidentified businessmen at a table and of Maier speaking at a podium.
Contract negotiations between the city and the Milwaukee Policemen's Protective Association have broken down.
Notes: The film is color. Segments 2 and 3 do have sound. Segments 7
& 9 do not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 25, 1971
Segment Number: 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier proposes that the Police Protective Association call in their labor experts immediately and prepare statutory legislation for binding arbitrations.
Notes: The film is color does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 28, 1971
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier discusses the
police strike at the Milwaukee Press Club. He says he has agreed with Governor Patrick Lucey
and the police union to seek a law requiring binding arbitration.
Notes: The film is color does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: January 29, 1971
Segment Number: 2 & 7
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks at a podium and reporters take notes.
Maier says he doesn't believe in lifetime tenure for anyone and he doesn't think there are any benefits to the community in the lifetime tenure of the police chief.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 2 does not have sound. Segment 7
does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: February 5, 1971
Segment Number: 10 & 12
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier discusses the
recommendation that Kenneth Fry become city planner. Maier says he
cannot comment specifically on Mr. Perrin's recommendation. Footage of Mayor Henry Maier speaking before the press.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: February 10, 1971
Segment Number: 4
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier talks about plans for the Milwaukee Rivershed. He says the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission has nearly completed a plan for the Milwaukee Rivershed.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: February 19, 1971
Segment Number: 4 & 11
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier gives a press
conference. Maier says the Journal Company should move the dates
of the sports show and the Milwaukee Bucks should be allowed to play in the
Arena.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 4 does not have sound. Segment 11
does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: February 25, 1971
Segment Number: 6 & 9
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks at a podium
and gives a statement on the Model Cities program. He says George Romney has approved the program and that the Department of Housing and Urban Development is providing a grant.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 6 does not have sound. Segment 9
does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: February 26, 1971
Segment Number: 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says he has
assured Mr. Johnson that he will do everything possible to secure federal
funding for the printing of special identity cards for those over the age of 60.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: March 12, 1971
Segment Number: 5 & 9
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks about
welfare at a press conference. He says they feel a federal takeover of welfare
would benefit state governments more than city governments.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 5 does have sound. Segment 9 does
not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: March 18, 1971
Segment Number: 2 & 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier gives a speech
at the American Right of Way Association. Maier says the fact is
this program, as it now stands, is a road to disaster for the central cities and
a road to disaster for America.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 2 does not have sound. Segment 3
does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: March 19, 1971
Segment Number: 2, 3, & 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier holds a press
conference. Maier says Mr. Perrin announced his retirement so that they could
have an orderly takeover. He talks more about the confirmation of Kenneth Fry to
take over for Mr. Perrin. He asks who will pay the price and says it's just like
the Model Cities program and the open housing issue; the people of this city will pay the price.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 2 does not have sound. Segments 3
and 5 do have sound.
Month/Day/Year: March 26, 1971
Segment Number: 2 & 9
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier holds a press
conference and suggests profiting from Milwaukee's worst winter in 5 years. He
also comments on the Department of Public Works wanting to install 2-way radios
and the Model Cities Agency.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: April 2, 1971
Segment Number: 3 & 9
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier holds a press
conference regarding Kenneth Fry's appointment to be City Development
Commissioner. Maier says he wants to let the dust settle.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 3 does have sound. Segment 9 does
not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: April 7, 1971
Segment Number: 2 & 3
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier holds a press
conference. Maier says
they will continue to fight for property tax relief with everything they have.
He says property tax justice is a statewide concern. An unidentified man accuses
Maier of having a double standard.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 2 does not have sound. Segment 3
does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: April 14, 1971
Segment Number: 1, 3 & 9
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier speaks at Mt.
Calvary. People enjoy drinks at a bar. Maier calls for tax reform from the state
legislature for small towns as well as urban areas. He says that
Milwaukee is paying the taxes for the "haves" of the state. Pete Fenney says
Maier took a walking tour of the business district and ate lunch in Mt. Calvary.
Fenney describes Maier's "Have-Not" conference in Mt. Calvary and says its purpose was to urge support for the governor's tax and
redistribution plan.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: April 27, 1971
Segment Number: 1 & 5
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier says he has
received a litter from Kenneth Fry informing him that Mr. Fry no longer wishes to serve as
Commissioner of City Development under the current circumstances. Alderman
Orville Pitts says he has contacted the city attorney's office.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 1 does have sound. Segment 5 does
not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: May 7, 1971
Segment Number: 7 & 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier holds a press
conference and says they have run out of local candidates in
their search for Commissioner of City Development.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 7 does not have sound. Segment 8
does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: May 11, 1971
Segment Number: 7 & 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Youth picket against litter.
Mayor Henry Maier speaks and shakes hands with the picketers. A band plays. The
Mayor's Beautification Committee sponsors the ceremony. Maier meets with
unidentified men in his office and is given a bell from a ship. The ceremony marks the beginning of Milwaukee's
annual clean-up campaign.
Notes: The film is color and does not have sound. The film has been transferred to videotape; see videotape #53.
Month/Day/Year: May 14, 1971
Segment Number: 1 & 9
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Cal Holm and other reporters take
notes at Mayor Henry Maier's press conference. He discusses a facility for the
Milwaukee Bucks and says it should definitely be in downtown Milwaukee.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 1 does not have sound. Segment 9
does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: May 26, 1971
Segment Number: 4 & 6
Segment Description: Daily Footage. An unidentified man speaks of the emergence of a
dictatorial form of government in the city of Milwaukee. He says the legislative branch has practically been eliminated.
Continuing footage of the anti-Maier hearing. Representatives of eight community groups announce they
will fight what they term "boss rule" by Mayor Henry Maier.
Notes: The film is color. Segment 4 does have sound. Segment 6 does
not have sound.
Month/Day/Year: May 28, 1971
Segment Number: 8
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier holds a press conference and talks about the anti-Maier hearings and media attacks on him.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: June 4, 1971
Segment Number: 1
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier holds a press
conference. He talks about the State Highway Commission study and the Department
of City Development. He says that analysis of the study will prove it will benefit
only metropolitan areas.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
Month/Day/Year: June 8, 1971
Segment Number: 11
Segment Description: Daily Footage. Mayor Henry Maier holds a news
conference. He says that he will impress upon the Democrats the need for
property tax relief and revenue sharing as a step in the right direction.
Notes: The film is color and does have sound.
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