Talk:Nelson Rockefeller/Archives/2017

Dyslexia
Searching on a variety of patterns that would find even mispselled terms, I can't find any mention of Nelson's severe deslyxia here. As was true of FDR's wheelchair and less so of Bob Dole's arm, Nelson's dyslexia and the steps he had to take to get around it are a significant part of his life and the interpretation of who he was. We currently (see the computer-generated date on this post) have a President whom some speculate to suffer from a reading impairment far beyond that which Nelson (not that you'd know it from this WikiPArticle) freely discussed. I think these things matter.2604:2000:C682:2D00:C16C:3551:E963:983F (talk) 21:55, 3 March 2017 (UTC)Christopher L. Simpson

Presidential Mission to Latin America
I'm reading in :
 * &ldquo;&hellip;in 1969 Nelson Rockefeller went on an official "fact finding" tour of Latin America&hellip; This is what happened:
 * ''Dominican Republic: oil refinery blown up&hellip;
 * ''Honduras: rioting, 1 person killed&hellip;
 * ''Costa Rica: large student demonstrations&hellip;
 * ''Panama: National Guard called to stop demonstrations&hellip;
 * ''Colombia: 20,000 man special security force called to stop heavy rioting&hellip;
 * ''Venezuela: visit cancelled by government, street fighting with rocks and pistols&hellip;
 * ''Brazil: thousands of "potential demonstrators" jailed&hellip; peaceful visit&hellip;
 * ''Paraguay: demonstrations despite attempts to eliminate them before Rocky's visit&hellip;
 * ''Uruguay: GM plant burned to the ground&hellip;
 * ''Argentina: nine Rockefeller-owned supermarkets bombed or burned&hellip; nationwide general strike&hellip; 1 demonstrator killed&hellip;
 * ''Chile: visit cancelled by government because of strikes and demonstrations&hellip;
 * ''Bolivia: Rocky's visit cut to three hours in the airport because of rioting&hellip;
 * ''Ecuador: 10 people killed by police, Rocky's car almost overturned&hellip;&rdquo;

His sources (but he doesn't say which provided what: p.45, "Resources": “This list of resources is not meant to footnote where i got every fact, quote, or date. I'm not going to try to do that. The purpose of this list is to show you some of the sources i have used and lead you on the trail to finding similar information”): So, somewhere in there are sources to document such an eventful trip. --Jerome Potts (talk) 00:02, 24 April 2010 (UTC)
 * ''A few family biographies:
 * ''A great muckraking biography emphasizing on David's power but including the story of the whole family…
 * ''A critical biography mostly concentrating on foundations, museums, building projects and South America. Not very complete or organized…
 * ''A great muckraking account of Nelson's rise to political fame with many stories…
 * ''A regular, informational biography of the family, not very radical.
 * ''There are also a great many pro-Rockefeller "house biographies", at least ten, which include a lot of useful, original information, all in the spirit of defending the family name. I won't list them but they probably stock every public library in the country.
 * ''The CIA and its adventures:
 * ''An account of the C.I.A.'s major accomplishment before this date.
 * ''Oil and the energy crisis:
 * ''Short text with a lot of raw information in the back about the oil trust and how it is trying to "monopolize the world's energy resources"
 * ''Short clear pamphlet outlining the ugliness of Standard Oil
 * ''A similar pamphlet, post energy crisis…
 * ''This one and the next one below are two academic, but readable, clear books that explain the relationship between the oil monopolies and the oil producing and importing nations…
 * ''The corporate empire:
 * ''A colossal classic. Long, detailed, conglomerate of rich families and their corporations…
 * ''Simple, comprehensive study of corporate power and interest groups…
 * ''Not many facts, dates, quotes, but a good sociological overview…
 * ''A thorough explanation of who controls what and how…
 * ''Basic info on corporations comes from “Moody's” and “Standard & Poor's” business manuals. Lists money, what it does, directors, etc. Basic info on management comes from “Who's Who in Finance & Industry”. More in-depth stories of corporations, corporate personalities, the Rockefeller and other families, come from an amazingly upfront magazine “Fortune” and other business magazines. Various industries and corporations also have biographies in the library…
 * ''The C.F.R. and the government:
 * ''The right wing has produced several books on the subject. Their original research is amazing, if you can stomach the conclusions (they believe Rockefeller is in league with the communists)
 * ''Miscellaneous:
 * ''Of course a lot of this information came from newspapers and magazine articles. Both straight and radical magazines and newspapers cover a lot…
 * ''You can write to the U.S. Senate Judicial Committee and the House Rules Committee for free copies of the Rockefeller Confirmation Hearings…
 * ''You can write to the U.S. Senate Judicial Committee and the House Rules Committee for free copies of the Rockefeller Confirmation Hearings…

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