▁massive ▁improvement ▁project . ▁ ▁Ap ology , ▁ 1 9 6 0 . ▁Before ▁and ▁during ▁a ▁City ▁Council ▁meeting , ▁he ▁demanded ▁an ▁ap ology ▁from ▁Police ▁Chief ▁William ▁H . ▁Parker ▁for ▁Parker ' s ▁having ▁condem ned ▁some ▁Lat ino ▁residents ▁of ▁East ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁as ▁" not ▁too ▁far ▁removed ▁from ▁the ▁wild ▁tribes ▁of ▁the ▁inner ▁mountains ▁of ▁Mexico . ▁I ▁don ' t ▁think ▁you ▁can ▁throw ▁the ▁gen es ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁question ▁when ▁you ▁discuss ▁the ▁behavior ▁patterns ▁of ▁people ." ▁Parker ▁made ▁the ▁statement ▁at ▁a ▁hearing ▁ ▁before ▁the ▁U . S . ▁Commission ▁on ▁Civil ▁Rights ; ▁he ▁refused ▁to ▁apolog ize ▁but ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁word ▁" w ild " ▁was ▁ill - ad vised . ▁ ▁State wide ▁During ▁his ▁time ▁in ▁the ▁City ▁Council , ▁Roy bal , ▁as ▁a ▁prominent ▁young ▁Dem ocrat , ▁received ▁encourag ement ▁to ▁run ▁for ▁higher ▁office . ▁In ▁ 1 9 5 4 , ▁he ▁ran ▁for ▁Lieutenant ▁Governor , ▁losing ▁to ▁Republican ▁inc umb ent ▁Harold ▁J . ▁Pow ers , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁appointed ▁to ▁the ▁position ▁after ▁Lieutenant ▁Governor ▁Good win ▁Knight ▁acc eded ▁to ▁the ▁governor ship ▁after ▁Earl ▁Warren ▁was ▁named ▁Chief ▁Justice ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁by ▁ 1 , 7 6 4 , 0 3 5 ▁votes ▁( 4 4 . 6 6 %) ▁to ▁ 2 , 1 8 5 , 9 1 8 ▁( 5 5 . 3 4 %). ▁