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Americans will witness within three months the "last act of the Washington drama" which probably will end with President Nixon's departure from the White House, noted Washington Post columnist David S. Broder said yesterday...
...Broder told a Kennedy Institute of Politics seminar the possibilities of Nixon's departure are "quite real," and he added that Congress should pressure for resignation since it has been reluctant to impeach...
...saying that he came away from more than two hours of conversation with Agnew "99½% certain he will resign - and probably this week." The Post gave the story an eight-column banner headline, but its punch came from the fact that it was written by David S. Broder. A Pulitzer prizewinner, Broder not only has excellent Agnew sources - he was the first to say that Nixon was considering the little-known Maryland Governor as his running mate in 1968, but he is also one of the most highly respected political reporters in town, a man known for his careful...
...Comment. Rumors soon spread that Senator Barry Goldwater was the source for Broder's story and that the White House was naming the Senator, but Goldwater emphatically denied the charge. "You won't believe this," Goldwater told one of Agnew's aides, "but as fast as my staff can put out denials, somebody at the White House spreads the word that I was the source...
...What Warren did not say turned out to be as valuable a clue as what he did say. As the President's diligent echo, Warren could have rescued Agnew from his humiliation by merely giving the slightest sign of support. Instead, Warren had "no comment" to questions about Broder's story in the Post, with one notable exception...