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That contention in connection with one of "the plumbers'" burglaries so stunned the Senators that the investigation proper was sidetracked for a day to debate the matter, and the TV audience found itself getting a constitutional education from Sam Ervin, 76, and John Wilson, 72, Ehrlichman's crusty counsel. Noted as a criminal lawyer and former prosecutor rather than a constitutional expert, Wilson at times was so persistent in being heard that Ervin amiably protested: "But you are not a witness." In his half-century career, Wilson has helped Barry Goldwater win a libel suit against Publisher Ralph...
Predictably, Ehrlichman aroused Ervin's ire by arguing that money raised for the defendants was not aimed at keeping them quiet about the involvement of higher officials but was similar to the defense funds collected for Daniel Ellsberg and Angela Davis. Ervin pointed out that appeals for those funds were advertised publicly, and asked: "Do you not think most of the people contributed their funds because they believed in the causes they stood...
TIME has also learned that Senator Ervin had a point in asking Ehrlichman whether the White House had turned to the plumbers because Hoover would not approve a burglary-although Ervin misjudged Hoover's motives. In his earlier years as FBI director, Hoover allowed his agents to conduct such "bag jobs." But in his later years, the savvy bureaucrat was increasingly defensive about his image and considered such illegal acts too risky. If discovered, they would ruin his reputation...
Talking Paper. Attention will undoubtedly shift this week to Nixon's other former close aide, Bob Haldeman, who is scheduled to follow Ehrlichman before the Ervin committee. Haldeman was directly implicated last week by his assistant, Gordon Strachan, a precise, apparently candid witness, who served as Haldeman's liaison with the Nixon re-election committee...
...goodly portion of the nation's lawyers seem to be in considerable anguish over the way the Watergate panel is questioning the witnesses. The letters, calls and telegrams pour in to Committee Chairman Sam Ervin with suggestions for questions, psychological tactics, and denunciations for missing opportunities to bludgeon witnesses to pulp...