An article, which I believe appeared in a newspaper, asked why,

since it would seem that you are in effect the Mayor of Chicago,

you're not simply being appointed to that position.

Well, I tell ya, it's touching. Like a lot of things in life,

we laugh because it's funny, and we laugh because it's true.

Some people say, reformers here say:

"Put that man in jail, what does he think he is doing?"

What I hope I'm doing, and here's where your English paper's got a point is,

I'm responding to the will of the people.

People are gonna drink. We all know that. All I do is act on that.

And all this talk of bootlegging. What is bootlegging?

On the boat it's bootlegging, on Lake Shore Drive it's hospitality.

I'm a businessman.

And what of your reputation is that you control your business through violence?

That those that don't purchase your product are dealt with violently.

It's all right.

I grew up in a tough neighbourhood.

We used to say, "You can get further with a kind word and a gun" ...

"than you can with just a kind word."

And in that neighbourhood it might've been true.