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...members of the Senate committee headed by North Carolina Democrat Sam Ervin Jr. emphasized, the committee is not charged with determining the legal guilt of any individual. One of its purposes, declared Chairman Ervin, is to help dispel the Watergate-created "black cloud of distrust over our entire society." Most wholly in the shadow is the White House...
However damaging to the White House those developments may be, it was the testimony of James McCord before the Ervin committee that created the most controversy last week. Five of the seven men arrested in the Watergate break-in pleaded guilty and have never had to face public questioning...
There are, however, significant differences between McCord's testimony before the Ervin committee and what Caulfield has in the past told the Watergate grand jury. Caulfield testified that he conveyed an offer from Counsel John Dean to McCord under which McCord might be given clemency after a short prison term, as well as an amount of money, if he remained quiet. But this was only done, Caulfield insisted, because McCord had asked for such help from the White House and had threatened to tell all he knew if it were not given. If true, Caulfield's version does...
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...
Nixon also said the hearsay evidence of witnesses testifying before the Ervin Watergate subcommittee "could...lead to a serious misunderstanding of those national security activities which, though totally unrelated to Watergate, have become entangled in the case." Despite the growing discreditment of his Administration. Nixon vowed not to resign in face of pressure...