Word: javitses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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New York Senators Charles Goodell and Jacob Javits, both Republicans, believe that Morgenthau should be allowed to complete unfinished projects. Either could block Seymour's appointment by invoking "senatorial courtesy." According to tradition, the Judiciary Committee will not consider an appointment unless both Senators from the state involved give...
The difference between the two groups soon became starkly clear. The New Mobe, though it has a middle-aged leadership, attracted to Washington and San Francisco a youthful following. The Moratorium events, though organized by McCarthy campaign veterans who are mostly in their 20s and early 30s, managed to draw...
The major challenge facing the government now is to maintain the life style of the middle class while meeting the needs of the "have note." Javits told the crowd. Otherwise, we "stand the risk of compounding, not solving our problems."
Relating the "Middle American" to President Nixon's "silent majority," Javits said that he thought the average American wants peace, "but has not gotten the message as to what President Nixon is failing to propose."
Javits said that the progressives in the Republican Party have an "infinitely better chance" today than twenty years ago. He said the election of John P. Lindsay in New York and of moderate Republicans to the governor-ship in Maryland and Virginia and to the Senate GOP leadership are "encouraging...