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...concluded and set aside his prepared text, but then paused, the moment obviously was at hand. Speaking without notes and with considerable feeling, Nixon then addressed himself to "the so-called Watergate affair." He seemed to be saying that he had cooperated long enough with Special Watergate Prosecutor Leon Jaworski. Said Nixon: "I believe that I have provided all the material that he needs to conclude his investigations and to proceed to prosecute the guilty and to clear the innocent." The investigations must end, Nixon declared. "One year of Watergate is enough...
...with rhetoric or by instructing Ron Ziegler to henceforth take no more questions from the press on Watergate. It is caught up in an unstoppable investigative process, in the courts and in Congress. If it has consumed a year, Nixon's own resistance to disclosure, his dismissal of Jaworski's predecessor Archibald Cox, and his missing or erased White House tapes are major reasons. Nixon's "voluntary" cooperation with Jaworski has actually been a grudging struggle under threat of court action -and Jaworski may still have to seek subpoenas for other long-requested White House evidence...
...Perjury. Nixon then turned the tapes over to Federal Judge John Siri ca. The staff of the new special prosecutor, Leon Jaworski, has since heard the remaining tapes, including those of March 13 and March 21 and apparently believes that they support Dean's testimony. Last week attorneys for Dwight Chapin, Nixon's former aide who faces a trial for perjury in the scandal, noted that Dean will be called as a Government witness against him. The attorneys demanded to know whether the Government has any evidence that "Mr. Dean has lied even in matters extraneous to this...
Speaking to a packed auditorium of over 500 students and guests, he added, "In my opinion, this function is equally if not more important than the duty of legislating." Dash explained the recent seeming inactivity of the committee as a move to prevent interference with Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski, who is expected to ask a grand jury to hand down indictments later this month...
...Jaworski has, however, been hinting broadly that he would gladly turn over his files to Rodino if so ordered by John J. Sirica, the federal judge who convened the Watergate grand juries. Rodino is expected to ask Sirica to solve the impasse. If Sirica refuses, Rodino can try to subpoena the materials. Assuming that he can get Jaworski's files, Rodino has promised O'Neill that he will push for a committee vote on impeachment by April...