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Buchanan's remark about the Institute came during his testimony before the Senate Watergate committee Wednesday afternoon. Under questioning by Senator Edward Gurney (R-Fla.), Buchanan said that the Ford Foundation, the Institute of Politics and the Brookings Institute, among others, exemplify the politically liberal foundations that he suggested are the principle beneficiaries of foundations' current tax-exempt status...
Guinier's denial of any effort to replace him may be nothing more than wishful thinking. On January 16, 1973 the Faculty voted to form a search committee to find "one or more" additional tenured professors for the Afro faculty. The resolution's sponsor, H. Stuart Hughes, Gurney Professor of History and Political Science, would not say if the intent of his measure was that one of the new faculty members become chairman. But judging from the Review Committee report that prompted the resolution, that was clearly the Faculty's intention...
...Gurney is either loved or hated--depending on whether you love or hate Richard M. Nixon. Weicker has said of Gurney that he is an honest and forceful man, that he is not being programmed by the White House...
Except for Republican Senator Edward Gurney, who again lived up to White House expectations that he would prove to be the one member of the committee who would always "protect the President," the Senators had not been as openly skeptical or critical of any other Watergate witness. "Have you ever considered whether it was fair to the members of the opposition party or fair to the American people to conspire to keep them from the true facts of this matter?" asked Inouye. Replied Mitchell calmly: "Yes, I am sure that that subject matter has crossed my mind many, many times...
Senator Edward Gurney (R-Fla.), frequently regarded as a White House stalwart, joined Senator Robert D. Byrd (D-W.V.) and Gov. Daniel Evans (R-Wash.) in recommending that President Nixon appear before a news conference to publicly explain any possible White House involvement in the affair...