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...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...
...devoted to arguing over whether the committee should meet in closed or open sessions. Another half-day was spent debating whether the committee should decide in advance what constituted an impeachable offense. The committee postponed the decision, chiefly to avoid a partisan showdown. But Republican Representative Delbert Latta of Ohio, a Nixon defender, maintained in retrospect: "If we'd defined an impeachable offense to begin with, we wouldn't have gone so slowly. It would have been clear that largely unproven charges weren't going to be relevant." He was referring to allegations of misconduct that were...
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...