Javits Labor Committee, 1980

Cards returned by members of labor unions, volunteering to serve on Javits Labor Committee; unsigned memo to NYSUT leaders re endorsement of Javits, urging support for Bess Myerson in Democratic primary, with attached voting record of Elizabeth Holtzman on foreign policy and defense, positions of Myerson, n.d.; draft editorial by NYSUT president Tom Hobart following the defeat of Jacob Javits in the Republican primary, September 21, 1980; letter from Hobart to Javits expressing sorrow at loss to Republican nominee Alfonse D'Amato in general election, explaining NYSUT late switch in endorsing the Democratic candidate, November 7, 1980; press release announcing NYSUT endorsement of Democratic candidate Holtzman for U.S. Senate, calling Javits a national treasure, November 2, 1980; partial list of members of Labor Committee for Javits; letter to labor leaders from Labor Committee for Javits following primary loss to D'Amato, calling for continued support for Javits as independent candidate, October 16, 1980; letter to registered Republican NYSUT members, urging them to vote for Javits in the primary, September 2, 1980; related correspondence re importance of turning out to vote in primary, noting complacency defeated a moderate Republican in New Jersey, with attached newspaper clipping; press release announcing formation of Labor Committee for Javits, July 23, 1980