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Plain Man. In an interview with TIME Correspondent Neil MacNeil before the ceremony, the Vice President-designate previewed the speech that he would deliver a few hours later. As he rehearsed his farewell to the House that has been his home for 25 years ("May God bless the House of Representatives"), tears began welling in Ford's eyes, and during the tribute to his wife and children the words came haltingly, only two or three at a time. "Ford is an emotional man," reports MacNeil. "He is a plain man who loves his family, loves his friends, loves...
What the President still seemed unable to comprehend in all of these maneuvers was the gravity of his predicament, especially in the Congress, which holds his political future in its hands. Sensing a fateful new determination on Capitol Hill, TIME Veteran Congressional Correspondent Neil MacNeil reported last week: "The blunders of the President have absolutely altered the Congress. What is seen as the arrogance and disregard for law on the President's part have stiffened the members of the House and Senate?Republican as well as Democratic?in a firm resolve simply not to tolerate what he has done...
...election, Ford became Nixon's most loyal supporter in Congress, even on the most controversial issues, such as the nominations of Clement Haynsworth and G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court. "The President and I always have had a high identity philosophically," Ford told TIME Correspondent Neil MacNeil the night of his selection. He favored the SST, opposed busing to integrate schools, refused to cut defense spending and was generally hawkish on the Viet Nam War. In 1970 he led the losing crusade to expel Justice William O. Douglas from the Supreme Court through impeachment. Ford spent ten days...
...spends almost five hours a day sitting virtually at each witness's left hand, watching and taking notes on the testimony (almost 6,000 pages so far). Former Saigon Bureau Chief Stanley Cloud concentrates primarily on the members and staff of the Ervin committee. Senior Congressional Correspondent Neil MacNeil amasses political reactions to Watergate and also serves as our constitutional expert...
Washington News Editor John Stacks coordinates the various assignments, exploiting the bureau's ability to pool contacts and expertise. Late one night, for example, MacNeil learned that someone at the White House was trying to link Senator Lowell Weicker, an Ervin committee member, with illegal campaign contributions. Sandy Smith pursued the story from there until he discovered which White House people were allegedly responsible for the attempted character assassination. Then Stanley Cloud picked it up and checked the matter with Weicker. Within 24 hours, TIME (July 9) had the full story of the White House plan...