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Albert and other Democratic House leaders suggested that Rodino could avert any dilatory tactics by Nixon Lawyer James St. Clair if the committee completed its closed-door staff presentation of evidence and then voted with out calling witnesses. "St. Clair could keep every witness on the stand for three days," one top Democrat warned. But Rodino replied that Republicans on the committee will insist that such witnesses as John Dean, Charles Colson, John Ehrlichman, H.R. ("Bob") Haldeman and John Mitchell be called and tested under crossexamination. Rodino advised that this should be permitted, but that tight controls, including...
...tense situation created by Ehrlichman's efforts to gain access to his personal White House files for his defense in the Ellsberg burglary case. Gesell had threatened to dismiss the charges against Ehrlichman if any ev idence held by the White House was denied him. On Monday, St. Clair had agreed that Ehrlichman, his attorney William Frates and a stenographer could see the files...
...reporter was serious, and none of his colleagues laughed. Their silence was a tribute to St. Clair. At some point, the best advice he could offer Nixon might be to head for the border. But Nixon is not that desperate yet, due in large part to St. Clair's skill. He has fashioned Nixon a stonewall that is battered and under siege, but it still stands
Like the McCarthy hearings of the 50s, Watergate is the type of political event about which liberals can easily draw the distinction between right and wrong. With the exception of presidential lawyer James D. St. Clair, a Law School graduate and lecturer, Harvard men who have been actively involved in bringing the case to its resolution over the past year have been on the "right" side with near uniformity. The result of all this has been a rebolstering of Harvard's conception of itself and a return to the sense of glory that predominated during the Kennedy administration...