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Editorial: Arthur Naftalin/A farsighted Minnesota leader May 19, 2005 ED0519A The old core of DFL founders grew thinner Monday with the death of Arthur Naftalin. For the many Minnesotans touched by the work of the former Minneapolis mayor and his colleagues, this is a time of sadness but also of hope; their legacy lives on. Art Naftalin's name is on the honor role of the state's, and the nation's, liberal leaders: the late Hubert Humphrey and Orville Freeman among them, along with the decade-younger Walter Mondale and Don Fraser. Naftalin's closest association was with Humphrey -- first as aide to Humphrey the Minneapolis mayor in the 1940s, later to Humphrey the U.S. senator. In the early 1950s he was Gov. Freeman's commissioner of administration. Through eight years of the 1960s, Naftalin was mayor of Minneapolis. Journalist, professor, politician, he never lost his enthusiasm for public affairs. ... Few political leaders can speak with passion about principles they hold dear while keeping a twinkle in their eyes. Art Naftalin was one of them. There were giants in the Earth in those days. ^ ^ ^ ^ Steven L. Clift - - - W: http://publicus.net Minneapolis - - - - E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota - - - - - - T: +1.612.822.8667 USA - - - - - MSN/Y!/AIM: netclift UK Office Hours - 1pm - 11pm - - T: 0870.340.1266 Join my Democracies Online Newswire: http://dowire.org REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
