European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Is i l i l in i i s Page 8mayor David Dinkins wearing a baseball Cap that reads a save our cities save our kids a talks about keeping new York Calm while los Angeles  red hot after keeping new York Cool by Rick Hampson the associated press mayor David Dinkins dogged for two years by budget crises racial strife and complaints that he plays too much Tennis has risen like a Phoenix from the ashes a the ashes of los Angeles. New York City of Howard Beach Bensonhurst Crown Heights and other neighbourhoods turned racial battlefields seemed a Likely place for trouble after the Rodney King verdict. When widespread violence did no to break out new yorkers thanked the Man they otherwise would have blamed. A Dave take a Bow a the Post blared and pictured the mayor doing so to cheers at a Parade. Mayor Cool a new York new Day called him. When the mayor emerged from a subway station for a visit to Queens a marching band was playing a chorus was singing and flags were fluttering. Motorists honked and waved. Maxine. Ivey a court clerk rushed up and said Quot i am truly truly a supporter of yours. Run  City Council speaker Peter Vallone said a a i can think of no better person to Lead us at this time and this  Days earlier new to Ike a first Black mayor looked As if he would have trouble winning a second term in 1993. His liabilities ranged from his penchant for Tennis and tuxedos to a housing commissioner who resigned amid reports of lavish spending and a Campaign finance chairman who looted the mayors reelection fund and a widows Bank account. But with peace prevailing after the King verdict even Dinkins rivals were effusive. Rudolph Giuliani his opponent in 1989 and possibly in 1993, said he was proud of the mayor. Cardinal John of Connor with whom Dinkins clashed Over homosexuals participating in the St. Patrick a Day Parade praised his a sensitivity and  a the was elected in part As a person who could help Calm a threatened City a and he did that a gov. Mario Cuomo said. A it absolutely will strengthen him  in political time the fall of �?T93 is far in the future but you could almost hear the Campaign spots a Dinkins. He kept the City  never mind that Many other cities including such troubled places As Detroit and Newark n.j., also stayed Calm. Never mind that new York is a Long Way from . Never mind that a a it a total happenstance when one City erupts and another does no to according to Queens College political scientist Andrew Hacker author of the newly published two nations Black and White separate and unequal. A Bedford Stuyvesant could easily have been in Llames. As a student of history i see no pattern a he said. A a what a called a leadership does no to usually reach the people who  that said Dinkins seemed to do about All a mayor could. He donned a red baseball Cap w Ith the slogan Quot save our cities save our kids and walked Down a Harlem Street where several White men had been attacked. He kept City offices open Friday May 1, after Many businesses closed Early with a bad Case of the jitters. He logged More air time than Larry King urging new yorkers virtually on the hour to keep the peace. Dinkins called together 125 Community leaders ranging from Black activist a1 Sharpton to Morde Chai Levy of the militant jewish defense organization. He met korean Amer ican leaders who say the mayor sided with Blacks in a korean grocery Boycott two years ago. But one emerged from the session saying a i think he has come a Long  Dinkins and Deputy mayor Bill Lynch used their David Dinkins Peerless network of contacts in Black new York to track the mood on the streets. They sent youth workers out to watch for trouble and dispel the rumours that Start it. Jim Sleeper author of the closest of strangers a study of race relations in new York said such tactics might have made the difference. A there is a Middle stratum of kids in these ghetto neighbourhoods who can be reached who Are susceptible to appeals. They might not listen to David Dinkins in a double breasted suit but  listen to local people a Sleeper said. Kudos of a sort even came from the Man Dinkins unseated de Koch whose criticism of his successor had increased steadily Over the past 18 months. Quot since he would have been blamed As All mayors Are for whatever that a bad he has to get credit for whatever that a Good a Koch said. Quot the truth is a he added a a it a mostly  a sunday May 24, 1992