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4/16/1969
Campaign
Letter
From Klein to Ehrlichman RE Chicago
Sentinel article. 1 pg.
Wednesday, March 04, 2015
Page 1 of 1
Presidential Materials Review Board
Review on Contested Documents
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WHSF: WHCF: Subject Files
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Gen. FG 6-11-1/Ehrlichman, John D. 4/1/69 - 4/30/69
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FROM THE DESK
C
O
Julius Klein
enced
vote for Nixon as high as 20 per
One East Wacker Drive
cent among the Jews. But cir-
cumstances were unusual in New
Chicago, Illinois 60601
ion
York City, where the Republicans
may have suffered from associa-
tion with Mayor Lindsay. Many
April 16, 1969
Jews blamed the mayor for the
rian Reichsrat
school strike and sharply criticiz-
EHRLICHMAN, JOHN D. isels took his
ed his handling of that problem.
Dear Mr. Ehrlichmann:
the aisle and
They may have transferred their
g officer ex-
dislike of the Republican city
it seeing an
The attached article from the Chicago
leader to the Republican presi-
nong the li-
dential candidate. The fact that
SENTINEL is most interesting. I was
onded "Juden
they did not transfer it to Senator
(Jews have
pleased with it because I devoted a great
Javits is not proof that no
transfer took place since Javits
deal of time in the last election to the
had earned a trust which Nixon
election of
drive for Republican votes in the Jewish
did not have and Jews in New
a break in
York are traditionally ticket-
community in the Midwest, especially in
ocratic hege-
splitters.
vote. There
Illinois,
1e traditional
The rest of the country, how-
idates to the
ever, saw a much different pic-
Kind June gards,
to synagog
ture. In Chicago, Cleveland, Mia-
n the Angio-
mi, San Francisco and Los An-
as common
geles, and in Pennsylvania, the
ave been in
Jewish vote for Nixon was close
the private
to 30 per cent. In 1960. the Re-
leaders with
publicans lost Illinois by 9,000
unusual at-
votes. A shift of only three per
Att.
eir positions
cent of the Jewish vote could
ih questions.
have been responsible for Nixon
'O important
winning that state in 1968.
ast. The first
t of Jewish
Thus a cheerful group of Je-
Mr. John D. Ehrlichmann
id organiza-
wish Republican leaders look
Legal Counsel to the President
officially-in
forward to the time when the
second was
two-party system will return to
The White House
er of Jewish
the Jews of this country. These
Washington, D. C.
the Repub-
leaders are quick to point out
had groups
that Mr. Nixon won the election
RECEIVED
nts Confer-
by some 300,000 votes and that
E
York Board
30 per cent of the estimated 1.8
SEP 25 1969
invited the
million Jewish voters brought
before them
more than 500,000 votes to the
CENTRAL FILES
d the state-
Republicans.
2-1
meetings.
Reprinted From Jewish Digest
publicans
cent of non-Jews.
Not since 1936, had leaders like
Max M. Fisher, head of the
Four years earlier, a Gallup
United Jewish Appeal, and
poll reported that 49 per cent of
Jacques Forczyner, president of
all Americans polled named the
the Zionist Organization of Ame-
Republicans as their party choice,
rica, committed themselves open-
but only 20 per cent of the Jews
ly to the cause of the Republican
questioned had done so.
nominee. When the issue of law
In 1960, more Jews voted for
and order, with its special impli-
John F. Kennedy than any other
cations for Jewish shopkeepers,
group, including Roman Catholics
businessmen and professionals, is
with their natural affinity for
added to these unique circum-
the first Catholic President. It
stances, the results of Jewish
is estimated that Kennedy won
voting patterns in 1968 become
about 85 per cent of the Jewish
clearer.
vote, while Lyndon B. Johnson,
In New York, there is no ques-
in 1964, garnered some 92 per
tion but that the Jews helped
cent.
carry the state for the Democrats.
Thus, it is no surprise to find
A post-election survey by Dr.
that one analyst describes Ameri-
George Gallup reported that 87
can Jewish political affiliation by
per cent of Jewish voters cast
recounting the story of Rabbi
their ballots for Vice President
Dov Meisels, a strictly Orthodox
Hubert Humphrey.
Jew who was elected to represent
Other observers estimated the