Word: caucuses
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...three of those key figures are expected to follow Dean into the klieg-lighted Senate Caucus Room. So too will such also potentially damaging witnesses as the mysterious Kalmbach, who handled so much payoff money, Gordon Strachan, who can discredit Haldeman, and David Young, a member of the White House plumbers staff, who could undermine Ehrlichman. If Ehrlichman and Haldeman are discredited in testimony, Nixon might have to argue that even these most trusted aides deceived him. On the other hand, that future lineup of witnesses could reinforce Nixon's claims of noninvolvement, and he could emerge relatively clean...
...worries Hawaiians. Japanese companies have invested more than $250 million, mostly in the islands' booming tourist industry. "If the current pace of Japanese investment continues, it could mean foreign control of the state's leading industry within the next five years," concludes a report of the Republican caucus in the state house of representatives. A Honolulu cab driver is more blunt: "What the Japanese couldn't do during World War II, they are trying to do with bags of money-take over these islands...
...innocence: "Well, I am sorry that my distinguished friend from Florida does not approve of my method of examining the witness. I am an old country lawyer and I don't know the finer ways to do it. I just have to do it my way." The Senate Caucus Room broke into loud applause, before Republican Baker smoothly interrupted to divert attention from the argument and calm the committee mood. Yet as the stakes grow higher, more such partisan displays are certain to break...
There will be much more drama ahead in the Senate Caucus Room as other witnesses face Sam Ervin's panel. In the first two days of hearings, the committee performed impressively. The seven Senators and two staff counsel displayed a commendable capacity to be both considerate of the witnesses and tough on vague answers. Lawyers all and unrestricted by courtroom rules of evidence, the interrogators constitute a fearsome array of antagonists for any witness who might try to sustain any lies. Equally merciless are the TV cameras, which reveal the slightest hesitation in answering or telltale signs of discomfort...
...needled by a typical Ervin question when he tried to explain that his office had a number of paper shredders, mainly to dispose of potentially revealing scraps of paper. Asked Ervin: "Was he [Liddy] the man ordinarily charged with the duty of disposing of wastepaper?" As the crowded Senate Caucus Room filled with more laughter, Odle conceded that it now appears that Liddy was in charge of intelligence operations for the Nixon committee and that Liddy had shredded documents related to intelligence activities a few hours after the Watergate burglary was discovered...