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...nation's biggest public library is actually a private triumph-the work of three rich, generous New Yorkers who never saw the final result. In 1848 immigrant Fur Tycoon John Jacob Astor left $400,000 to start the Astor Library; in 1870 wealthy Bibliophile James Lenox gave $300,000 for a public library to house his own superb collection; in 1886 onetime Governor Samuel Tilden left $2,000,000 for "a free library and reading room.'' With another $5,200,000 from Andrew Carnegie for branch libraries, the Astor-Lenox-Tilden benefactions launched the New York Public...
...long talks with local Republican leaders, trying to bring home the major lessons learned from last year's loss at the polls: the G.O.P. needs stronger city organizations, better candidates. Nixon himself was trying, with only partial luck, to persuade attractive Republicans to run for key posts. Senator Jacob Javits bowed out of the New York City mayoralty race (see New York) despite Nixon's urging. American Motors Corp. President George Romney was still pondering Nixon's suggestion that he run for Governor of Michigan...
...Suite 1625-1633 of Manhattan's Hotel Roosevelt, Republican Governor Nelson Rockefeller put the matter squarely to Republican Senator Jacob K. javits: the G.O.P. stood its best chance since Fiorello La Guardia to capture New York City's mayoralty-and Jack Javits, a remarkable vote getter, was the man to do the job. In urging Javits to run, Rockefeller was playing for high stakes: a Republican victory in New York City next November would help Rocky carry the state next year and greatly enhance his chances for the 1964 G.O.P. presidential nomination...
...Three. That left one Republican well in front: New York State's able Attorney General Louis Jacob Lefkowitz, 56. Born and bred in Manhattan's Lower East Side slums, sad-eyed Louis Lefkowitz worked his way through Fordham law school, worked faithfully for the Republicans during their leanest years, was tapped as a city judge by La Guardia, later did handsomely in private law practice, and has proved himself a hard and effective campaigner...
...American Jewish Committee, which is "non-Zionist" but friendly to Israel. It has 28,000 dues-paying members, publishes the well-regarded monthly Commentary, and has as its honorary president Baltimore's Jacob Blaustein, 68. The American Jewish Committee takes an independent position among Jewish factions -and sometimes gets caught in a crossfire...