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...area of expertise that Nelson stumbled. He decided to cover a wall of the main building at Rockefeller Center with a mural worthy of St. Sophia, and he commissioned the Mexican artist Diego Rivera, a celebrated Communist, to paint it. All went well until an unmistakable likeness of Lenin turned up in the mural. That was not acceptable in the citadel of capitalism in the 1930s. "As much as I dislike to do so," Nelson wrote Rivera, "I'm afraid we must ask you to substitute the face of some unknown man where Lenin's face now appears...
...exact wealth of Nelson Rockefeller has been a guarded family secret. Now, however, the extent of his assets will be disclosed to the Senate Rules Committee and the House Judiciary Committee as part of his confirmation as Vice President. In the meantime, the best estimates of Rockefeller's holdings confirm his status as the Croesus of American public officials...
With his wife Happy and their children who are minors, Rockefeller is in control of properties, art, trusts, securities and foundation endowments worth about $250 million, a figure that probably reflects the stock market's recent decline. It is not clear whether or not this figure includes Nelson's participation in general family trusts; if it does not, his assets could be greater. The family wealth constitutes one of the most powerful financial forces in the world...
...original source of the family's wealth and is still an important business interest, although substantially less than before. Nelson's grandfather John D. Rockefeller created the Standard Oil Trust, becoming a billionaire in the process. Nelson and his siblings shared the inheritance of his legendary grandfather. Today the Vice President-designate's assets are widely scattered in various foundations, family trusts and securities. Aside from holdings in the Exxon Corporation, Nelson is said to own stock in the Chase Manhattan Bank, whose chairman is Brother David, although the bank's officials refuse to confirm this...
Personally, Nelson owns one of the most valuable private art collections in the world, consisting of some 1,500 pieces. The Rockefeller clan's 3,000-acre estate in Pocantico Hills, north of New York City, houses much of the collection-and includes as well several swimming pools, a huge "playhouse," tennis courts, a golf course and lovely reaches of woodland. During the summer, Nelson and his wife spend time at their home hi Seal Harbor on the coast of Maine. They own a 25-room Fifth Avenue apartment in New York City, an estate on Foxhall Road...