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...sense, the whole Rockefeller family testified in support of Nelson Rockefeller's vice-presidential nomination before the House Judiciary Committee last week. Not in person, of course. Their surrogate was J. Richardson Dilworth, 58, the family's urbane, understated senior financial adviser. Responding to demands of committee Democrats that he reveal the Rockefellers' total stock holdings, Dilworth used five charts crammed with statistics to try to dispel the notion that the family exercises inordinate behind-the-scenes power. Not only could Rocky's critics not dispute Dilworth's bewildering rush of figures, at times they...
...Dilworth, an investment banker whose uncle was former Philadelphia Mayor Richardson Dilworth, explained that it had not been easy to coax financial details out of the family. "Some felt that this was a terrible invasion of privacy," he said. "Others shrugged their shoulders and figured that something had got started that couldn't be stopped." In the end, Dilworth managed to reach all the family members with the exception of a niece, Eileen Rockefeller, who is "working on a conservation project in darkest Africa...
Today's 84 living Rockefellers, he told the committee, have assets totaling $1,033,988,000, the bulk of them held in two trusts, one established by John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1934 for his children and one set up in 1952 for his grandchildren. This figure, Dilworth hastened to add, did not include Rockefeller real estate or Rocky's art collection, valued at $33 million. Also outside the scope of Dilworth's estimates were the Rockefeller Foundation and other charitable institutions, whose assets amount to more than $1 billion...
...When Dilworth's recitation ended, Democrat George Danielson of California asked him if he was sure he had not omitted listing anything in Rocky's possession that might be worth as much as $500,000. Dilworth said he was sure he had not. At that, Counsel William E. Jackson nudged him and a quick conference ensued. Dilworth then corrected the record. "Counsel says the jewelry belonging to Mrs. Rockefeller might conceivably exceed...
Died. Richardson Dilworth, 75, two-time Democratic mayor of Philadelphia from 1955-62; of a malignant brain tumor; in Philadelphia. A brilliant lawyer who served in the Marine Corps in World Wars I and II, Dilworth mounted vitriolic attacks against Republicans who had controlled and corrupted city hall since 1884; sued four times for libel, he won every case, and helped Co-Reformer Joseph Clark win the mayoralty in 1951 before being elected himself in 1954. Named by FORTUNE one of the nine best mayors in America, Dilworth was unsuccessful in two attempts to become Governor. But as president...