The State Department and other people always knew that they could bring people to Chicago. That was because they would get the best reception of all, the most lavish dinners, and the biggest parades. That was because they knew they could count on Richard J. Daley to put on a good performance. With New York, there was the first time around with the astronauts, sure. But then, after the second, third, and fourth ones, they didn’t. Chicago always still got them because we still put on a good show. He just loved showing off his city.
Ed Bedore, City Budget Director,
May 18, 2009

Richard J. Daley, Judge Abraham Lincoln Marovitz, and David Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister of Israel, undated. RJD_04_01_0069_0002_001

Richard J. Daley (at podium) with Senator Charles Percy (left) and President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat (middle) raising their glasses in a toast, 1975. RJD_04_01_0053_0007_002