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New York is a swinging town under John Lindsay, of that there’s no doubt. There’s bike-riding in Central Park every Sunday, there are happenings in the Bronx and “wed-ins’” (nine couples al fresco) in Brooklyn. Lindsay himself goes everywhere, attends everything (except drags like a “Support Our Boys in Vietnam” Fifth Avenue parade), and is much concerned this summer to keep temperatures low in fractious neighborhoods by providing ebullient counter-attractions. Hence the Jazzmobiles. Lindsay followed one, featuring Billy Taylor, up to Harlem one evening in company with good ole Jesse Gray, the rent-strike leader, but soon the noise from Gray and his pals and a crowd of five hundred teen-agers they attracted drowned out the music. The crowd shoved and punched. “Cool it,’ yelled Jesse helpfully, “but let Lindsay know What We Want.” “We want Jobs,” yelled the crowd. “We want mansions, too.” Smiling, the Mayor made as if to speak. “Get that cracker!” the crowd yelled. Smiling, the Mayor dove for his limousine. “He’s got some nerve coming up here, that cracker!” they yelled, smiling. Smiling, the limousine scuttled away. An hour later Lindsay joked with reporters. “There was no problem,” he said. “I think I accomplished what I intended to,” he said. Smiling.

Liberals may be in trouble with the voters but their bank balance prospers. The National Council for an Effective Congress is their main fund-raising front organization (note that liberals consider themselves alone effective—roll on the one-party state). NCEC’s twin consuls, Henry Steele Commager and Barbara Tuchman, last month sent out an appeal to wealthy East Coast backers. The total raised is already in six figures. Lucky recipients are Democratic Senators Church, Clark, Fulbright, Gruening, McGovern, Morse, and Nelson and Republicans Aiken, Javits, and Kuchel. Archibald MacLeish has also appealed to 2,000 liberals on behalf of embattled – doves Church and McGovern—and raised $10,000. Messrs. Schlesinger and Galbraith have helped to extract another $13,000 for McGovern. The Council for a Livable World (from which presumably all but liberals will be exterminated) in Washington, D.C. is also touting McGovern and Nelson. (Instead of running for election, why doesn’t McGovern just buy South Dakota?) In 1964 and 1966 NCEC spent over $700,000. It also provides a secret strategy nexus where such liberals as Senator Hugh Scott and Brad Morse can foment intraparty strife.

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New York is a swinging town under John Lindsay, of that there’s no doubt. There’s bike-riding in Central Park every Sunday, there are happenings in the Bronx and “wed-ins’” (nine couples al fresco) in Brooklyn. Lindsay himself goes everywhere, attends everything (except drags like a “Support Our Boys in Vietnam” Fifth Avenue parade), and is much concerned this summer to keep temperatures low in fractious neighborhoods by providing ebullient counter-attractions. Hence the Jazzmobiles. Lindsay followed one, featuring Billy Taylor, up to Harlem one evening in company with good ole Jesse Gray, the rent-strike leader, but soon the noise from Gray and his pals and a crowd of five hundred teen-agers they attracted drowned out the music. The crowd shoved and punched. “Cool it,’ yelled Jesse helpfully, “but let Lindsay know What We Want.” “We want Jobs,” yelled the crowd. “We want mansions, too.” Smiling, the Mayor made as if to speak. “Get that cracker!” the crowd yelled. Smiling, the Mayor dove for his limousine. “He’s got some nerve coming up here, that cracker!” they yelled, smiling. Smiling, the limousine scuttled away. An hour later Lindsay joked with reporters. “There was no problem,” he said. “I think I accomplished what I intended to,” he said. Smiling.

Liberals may be in trouble with the voters but their bank balance prospers. The National Council for an Effective Congress is their main fund-raising front organization (note that liberals consider themselves alone effective—roll on the one-party state). NCEC’s twin consuls, Henry Steele Commager and Barbara Tuchman, last month sent out an appeal to wealthy East Coast backers. The total raised is already in six figures. Lucky recipients are Democratic Senators Church, Clark, Fulbright, Gruening, McGovern, Morse, and Nelson and Republicans Aiken, Javits, and Kuchel. Archibald MacLeish has also appealed to 2,000 liberals on behalf of embattled – doves Church and McGovern—and raised $10,000. Messrs. Schlesinger and Galbraith have helped to extract another $13,000 for McGovern. The Council for a Livable World (from which presumably all but liberals will be exterminated) in Washington, D.C. is also touting McGovern and Nelson. (Instead of running for election, why doesn’t McGovern just buy South Dakota?) In 1964 and 1966 NCEC spent over $700,000. It also provides a secret strategy nexus where such liberals as Senator Hugh Scott and Brad Morse can foment intraparty strife.