Word: mechem
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rendered, are quietly left on government officials' desks. In the U.S., Gulf Oil passed out many of its political contributions in sealed envelopes. Gulf Lobbyist Frederick Myers testified to the Securities and Exchange Commission that in 1964 he handed one envelope to New Mexico Republican Senator Edwin L. Mechem, now a federal judge, at a ranch outside Albuquerque. In 1970, Myers said, he flew to Indianapolis to present another envelope to Republican Representative Richard L. Roudebush, now head of the Veterans Administration, in a men's room at a Holiday...
...prominent politicians over the years, starting with Lyndon Baines Johnson, who received $50,000 in 1961 when he was Vice President. Other alleged recipients included Oklahoma Senator Fred Harris, now a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination; Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania; New Mexico Republican Senator Edwin Mechem, now a federal judge; and Indiana Republican Representative Richard Roudebush, now chief of the Veterans Administration. Dorsey maintains that he was told about such U.S. contributions long after the fact...