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Handed up earlier in the week by a federal grand jury, the Sweig-Voloshen indictments were a fitting climax to the nine-year career of U.S. Attorney Robert Morgenthau, who left office last week after objecting unsuccessfully to the Nixon Administration's attempt to relieve him of his job. Now the case may become a source of embarrassment to Morgenthau's successor, Republican Whitney North Seymour. Continuing investigations into Voloshen's actions in another matter could involve some prominent members of the G.O.P...
Blum's specialty has been twentieth century American history. He has written five books-including Woodrow Wilson and the Politics of Morality, The Republican Roosevelt, The Promise of America, and From the Morgenthau Diaries-and edited several others...
...York Senators Charles Goodell and Jacob Javits, both Republicans, believe that Morgenthau should be allowed to complete unfinished projects. Either could block Seymour's appointment by invoking "senatorial courtesy." According to tradition, the Judiciary Committee will not consider an appointment unless both Senators from the state involved give their approval...
Regardless of what finally happens, Mitchell risks being the loser. Justice Department officials complain that Morgenthau is independent and uncooperative, but he has been an immensely effective law officer. In seeking his removal, the Attorney General, an outspoken advocate of law and order, invites accusations that he is placing politics above public welfare...
...Most U.S. Attorneys serve a four-year term coinciding with the President's. First appointed in 1961, Morgenthau quit to run unsuccessfully for Governor, was reappointed in 1963 and again in 1967. As a result, his appointment still has 18 months...