Despite its long history of rancorous race relations, Detroit in recent years has been one of the few big Northern cities to escape large-scale Negro rioting. The distinction was not won by accident unless that accident is Jerome Cavanagh, the outsider who in 1961 toppled an arteriosclerotic regime to become Detroit's nonpartisan mayor.
Last week, with support from every major element in the city, Cavanagh, 37, won an overwhelming primary victory that all but assures his re-election in November.
Cavanagh was helped into office initially by Detroit's half million Negroes, who were bitterly resentful of shoddy treatment by previous administrations...
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