Word: dodd
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Forger & Thief." Although numerous other accusations of peculation and improper use of his office have been made against Dodd, the Stennis committee based its formal recommendation for censure on two charges: that Dodd billed both the Senate and private groups for the same travel expenses, and that he wrongfully appropriated to his personal use at least $116,083 from political campaign funds...
...Dodd's arguments seemed to create enough question about his role in the double-billing episodes to make some Senators accept his word above that of Michael O'Hare, one of the aides who stole Dodd's records. O'Hare had testified that Dodd ordered him to collect travel money from both the Senate and private organizations. Last week Dodd contended that if he had wanted to cheat in this manner, he could have done so on a grand scale rather than take merely $1,700 over five years. It was all O'Hare...
Lacerated Arguments. Dodd made little headway against the campaign-fund charge. It has been his contention all along that seven testimonial social functions held for his benefit between 1961 and 1965 yielded personal, tax-free gifts for use at his discretion, not campaign contributions that had to be spent for political purposes. Dodd clung to his story, conceding only that he spent just $3,100 out of other contributions, again by error rather than design. But Stennis and Utah's Wallace Bennett, the ranking Republican on the ethics committee, repeatedly lacerated his arguments, some of which glossed over...
...stipulation showed that Dodd fund raisers, in written solicitations for two of the testimonial affairs, emphasized the Senator's campaign needs and made no mention of his personal finances. It showed, too, that the Democratic National Committee got $7,500 from one of the dinners "for providing the Vice President [Hubert Humphrey] as speaker." Also, Dodd admitted the accuracy of a newspaper report that quoted a 1963 letter to Lyndon Johnson in which Dodd thanked the then Vice President for agreeing to appear at a daylong round of testimonials "to assist me in my forthcoming campaign." Dodd insisted that...
Objections Flying. In addition to all his other troubles, Dodd was burdened by the unsolicited advocacy of Louisiana's Russell Long, the only Senator who openly championed his cause. Huey's son whooped and wambled through the debate, arms waving and objections flying, as if bent on infuriating the rest of the Senate. In a rambling six-hour diatribe that approached filibuster proportions and reduced attendance on the floor from more than 70 to 13, Long invoked his father, Uncle Earl, Daniel Webster, Christ and John F. Kennedy, along with a number of others. He capped the week...