Article: NIXON WANTED TAX AUDITS OF WEALTHY JEWS.(News)

President Richard Nixon pushed for IRS tax audits of wealthy Jewish contributors to his Democratic rivals, demanding of a top aide, ``What about the rich Jews? . . . Go after 'em like a son of a bitch,'' newly released White House tapes show.

``You know, the big Jewish contributors to the Democrats. Could we please investigate some of the (obscenity)? That's all,'' he tells another aide.

The revelations yesterday prompted Robert Strauss, a prominent Democratic money-raiser and a Jew, to say that ``this language coming out of the mouth of a president of the United States is . . . sickening.''

The new revelations in the 200-plus hours of Nixon ...

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