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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Theological Seminary, about the Jerusalem Bible that he had bought especially for the inaugural. Where should it be opened when she held it during the swearing-in? They agreed on the 20th Psalm ("May Yahweh [God] answer you in time of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob 'protect you' "). Said Mrs. Ford: "I hope my hand doesn't shake...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE VICE PRESIDENCY: The Veep Most Likely to Succeed? | 12/17/1973 | See Source »

...York's liberal Republican Senator Jacob Javits, who is up for reelection next year, predicted that the question of Nixon's resignation "will probably come to the front" now that a logical successor is at hand. More surprising, conservative Ohio Congressman John M. Ashbrook declared bluntly: "I have found an increasing number of people, party loyalists, who believe the only hope for the Republican Party and the country is his resignation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE VICE PRESIDENCY: The Veep Most Likely to Succeed? | 12/17/1973 | See Source »

...conservative Senator James Buckley estimates that sentiment for impeachment-resignation in the 600 letters a day that he has been receiving declined from 98% at first all the way down to 50% recently. About 700 letters a day reach the state's other Senator, liberal Republican Jacob Javits. Though it is now running about 3 to 1 against the President, Javits' total post-Cox haul of 42,000 letters and telegrams includes only 4,000 voicing support for Nixon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: OPINION: How the Nixon Mail is Running | 12/3/1973 | See Source »

Among both the law's defenders and its opponents, some highly unlikely political coalitions sprouted. Its sponsors in the Senate included New York's Jacob Javits, a highly vocal dove in Viet Nam's latter years, and Armed Services Committee Chairman John Stennis, an unabashed hawk. Both men agreed in this instance that Presidents Johnson and Nixon arrogantly evaded their responsibility to consult with Congress about Viet Nam. The measure's opponents included Vice President-designate Gerald Ford, who argued that it would damage the President's "credibility" in handling international crises like the current...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Limiting the Power to Wage War | 11/19/1973 | See Source »

...York's Republican Senator Jacob Javits has special reason for examining the problem. He opposed U.S. policy in Viet Nam. Yet like many other congressional doves he felt compelled to vote for military appropriations as long as U.S. fighting men were "over there" by presidential order. "That miserable war has given us pause," he says. "The issues that it raises about the way we conduct our national affairs have driven me to the pages of history where I find strange analogies that sound the themes of the present...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Presidents and Precedents | 11/12/1973 | See Source »

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