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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Emanuel Celler, who only last month said that Powell had a "good case" and should "go to court right away," now hopes that the issue can be ducked altogether. "The court," he said, "should never be placed in the position where its decree cannot be enforced...
...select committee, chaired by Brooklyn's Emanuel Celler, dean of the House, had proposed public censure, loss of all seniority and a $40,000 fine -but not exclusion. Powell's "wrongdoing," said Celler, "does not rise to the heights of malevolence such as treason...
Stop & Go. Indeed, another futile bombing pause aimed at improving the prospects for peace could have precisely the opposite effect. "With every cessation of bombing," observed New York Representative Emanuel Celler, "the hopes of our people for peace rose, only to be dashed by the negation of peace by the North Vietnamese." Because such frustration only intensifies demands for escalating the war, he said, "it is foolhardy to play with the emotions of our people by continued stop-and-go signs." To U.S. military planners, more than emotions are involved. A pause, said General William C. Westmoreland, the U.S. commander...
...that Powell and some of his staff had "wrongfully" appropriated at least $46,226. It also suggested that his salary be docked $1,000 a month (out of $2,500), so that the easy-payment restitution would run into the next Congress. Actually, the committee, chaired by Brooklyn Democrat Emanuel Celler, 78, "dean" of the House, settled for a compromise. All nine members signed it, but Florida Democrat Claude Pepper went on record in favor of excluding Powell, while Michigan Democrat John Conyers, a Negro, maintained that severe censure would be sufficient penalty. What Powell will do remains uncertain...
...Little Surprise." The committee did not expect quite so much help from Mrs. Powell. Chairman Emanuel Celler admitted that parts of her testimony "come as a little surprise to us." It was no surprise at all that Corinne Huff, the former beauty queen now high on Powell's congressional payroll and social schedule, failed to appear in response to a subpoena. Other witnesses during the last two days of the hearings merely added details to support earlier charges of hanky-panky with the travel expenses of the House Education and Labor Committee while Powell headed it. But, said Celler...