GOP CHAIRMAN'S REMARKS IRK MAYORS AT CONFERENCE.(Main)

Byline: Associated Press

Republican National Chairman Lee Atwater's highly partisan remarks to the nation's mayors have touched off criticism and dismay from elected city leaders of both parties.

"I was embarrassed and disappointed," said Republican Mayor Bill Hudnut of Indianapolis, following Atwater's remarks to the U.S. Conference of Mayors on Monday.

"It was insulting to me and I think it was the most insensitive speech I've ever heard," said Democratic Mayor Wilson Goode of Philadelphia.

Atwater used his appearance to declare the national Republican Party would work actively for Republican mayoral candidates in New York and elsewhere, …