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Even most Senators who opposed the treaties had little hope of staging a comeback. Said Michigan Republican Robert Griffin, a leader of the antitreaty forces: "I don't know where the votes would come from. A Senator can't afford to flip after his first vote...
...final week began, Byrd and his Senate head counters estimated that they had only 62 votes-still five short of what they needed. Sensing that the treaty had stalled, Michigan G.O.P. Senator Robert Griffin, a vigorous opponent, devised a strategy of sending the pact back to the President with the advice to renegotiate it with Torrijos. When Carter called Griffin to express his fear that a defeat would be a "devastating blow to the presidency," the Senator rather sharply replied: "I'm also concerned about the presidency. If you don't have the votes, you ought to take...
When U.S. District Judge Aubrey Robinson convened his court at 3:30 p.m., U.S. Attorney General Griffin Bell argued the case for the Government. The only significant opposition came from Harrison Combs, the U.M.W.'s veteran general counsel. Reminding the court that this was his third defense of the union in a Taft-Hartley proceeding, Combs pointed out that coal is still being exported, that substantial stockpiles exist and that negotiations between union and management had resumed. (Later he admitted that the talks were only preliminary. "We were just cussing each other as usual.") Combs said the union leadership...
...billed by Republican Senators as a roast of Jimmy Carter and his Attorney General Griffin Bell. But when the Senate Judiciary Committee began to consider Benjamin R. Civiletti's nomination as Deputy Attorney General last week, the mood was surprisingly low-key. Only a narrow attack was mounted on the ouster of Philadelphia's U.S. Attorney, David Marston, the issue expected to dominate the hearings this week. Said Wyoming Republican Senator Malcolm Wallop: "There was no reason why Marston should not have been fired as a Republican; the only question is the timing...
...former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director, Richard Helms. Carter answered, "He (Bell) has not consulted with me, nor given me any advice on the Helms question. I am familiar with it through reading in the press." He lied. In fact, on July 25, Carter had met with Attorney General Griffin Bell to discuss the case in consultation with none other than national security advisor, Zbigniew Brzezinski and vice-president Walter F. Mondale. Subsequent intensive pre-trial lobbying by Edward Bennett Will: ms, Helms' lawyer, led to a behind-the-scenes deal with the Justice Department permitting the former CIA head...