Tulsa had never known a politician like Roy Lundy. Salty, 70-year-old Mr. Lundy, a lumberman, got into politics by accident. Two months ago, he went to a police station to bail out one of his truck drivers who had been arrested for reckless driving. The police refused to accept his check for $100. This made Lundy so mad at the city administration that he resolved then & there to run for mayor.
His opponent was Incumbent Lee Price, a Republican. The big campaign issue was a proposed $30 million express highway across the city. Republican Price plumped hard for it. Democrat Lundy said he'd kill it 30 minutes after he was sworn in. He adopted a homely slogan: "I may not be so blamed smart, but I can find my way home."
Last week, Tulsa went to the polls. When the votes were counted, Roy Lundy was in, 17,755 to 15,952. Said he: "I've had fun all my life and have played penny-ante at least once a week. Expect to keep on doing both."
Milwaukee also elected a new mayor last week: slim, young (35) Frank Zeidler, a Socialist. He will be the town's third Socialist mayor in 38 years and the second Zeidler in eight. In 1940, his late brother Carl, a conservative nonpartisan, unseated dour Daniel W. Hoan, who had been Milwaukee's Socialist mayor for 24 years. Frank Zeidler's victory did not mean that old-line Socialists had taken over the town again. His party failed to win any other city office.