Word: latta
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...four Republicans who supported Nixon by voting against impeachment and were returned to their seats in the House were Representatives C. Trent Lott (Miss.), Delbert L. Latta (Ohio), Edward Hutchinson (Mich.) and Charles E. Wiggins (Calif...
...Republicans' reaction was a mixture of anger and dismay. "We were just dumbfounded," said Ohio's Delbert Latta. "We'd put our trust in the President. We felt he was telling us the truth. I think every American has that right-to put his trust in the President. It was a terrible, letdown feeling." Indiana's David Dennis said that he was "shocked and disappointed." He had planned to fight for Nixon on the House floor. "We'd have got some votes too. The President would have gone to the Senate not in all that...
...failure to pay $420,000 in income taxes until public revelations forced an investigation. No one defended Nixon's tax deduction for his vice-presidential papers valued at $576,000-especially since that deduction was found to be based on a backdated deed. Even all-out Defender Delbert Latta said that Nixon had been guilty of "bad judgment and gross negligence." Mayne called it "a very sorry example... of American citizenship...
...there seemed a kind of fastidious smirkiness in Delbert Latta, then by contrast Fish and Mayne, Kastenmeier and Mann exuded a quiet and impressive earnestness and integrity. (Kastenmeier displayed probably the most imposing arched eyebrows since John Barrymore's.) For all their differences, the commit tee members clearly seemed to share the camaraderie of ship mates on an awesome voyage that none had chosen but all must take, to whatever...
...from any given fact, Hungate suggested that "if someone brought an elephant through that door and I said 'That's an elephant,' someone would say, 'That's an inference. It could be a mouse with a glandular condition.' " There were sharp personal exchanges as the commit tee grew restive. Latta irrelevantly criticized Counsel Jenner for having publicly supported the repeal of antiprostitution legis lation, and Latta in turn was scolded by Ohio Democrat John Seiberling for his improper remarks...