Word: houre
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...contents of after-hour songs, banquets and parties that extend through the night and color the next day's play defy description and libel laws. And decency...
...subpoena all of the requested tapes by April 25. That is three days after the end of the Easter recess, and it more than met St. Clair's original request for added time to review. Donohue then moved that debate on his motion be limited to a half-hour (less than a minute for each of the 38 members). That set off Republican complaints...
...chance to diffuse the emotions. He asked Latta if he had any proposed clarifying language in writing. Caught short, Latta said it would require some time to prepare. Rodino suggested that the committee should recess until afternoon, which would also afford time for more extended debate. During the lunch hour, Latta searched for the proper wording for his amendment, finally adopted the language of a Doar memo explaining the last two items. Rodino gladly accepted it, declaring: "I'm not seeking a confrontation. I'm seeking evidence...
When the committee reconvened, Latta introduced his amendment, and it carried unanimously. The Republican resistance to subpoenaing all six items had virtually vanished. Robert McClory added a clinching revelation. He told the committee that during the lunch hour he had called St. Clair and asked whether Nixon's lawyer would put his latest offer in writing. St. Clair had refused. McClory's patience too thus had expired. "I think the offer is entirely too equivocal," he said of St. Clair's stand. When the roll was called, only three Republicans dissented. Among them was Hutchinson, who explained...
Rocking gently in the witness chair, Mitchell turned in a convincing, 2½-hour performance. His skillful attorney, Peter Fleming, put the questions. Had Mitchell met Vesco in March 1971, as had been testified to by Harry Sears, one of the Vesco aides who delivered the secret donation to Stans? No, said Mitchell, he could not recall meeting Vesco before the spring of 1972. Mitchell brushed aside a letter to Sears written in June 1971 and signed "John" thanking Sears for sending Mitchell a packet of letters spelling out Vesco's SEC troubles. He received thousands of letters...