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That was not enough, however, to calm a sense of disquiet in Brazilian political circles. Neves fell ill the night before he was scheduled to take the oath of office as Brazil's first civilian President after 21 years of military rule; his Vice President had to be sworn in in his stead. Would Neves ever take power? And what about the health of the government during his prolonged absence...
Lewis maintains that Veliotis' tapes are unreliable evidence and his accusations merely a personal vendetta against his old bosses. Said the chairman to the Dingell committee: "It is incomprehensible that the word of Veliotis, indicted for lying under oath, has been so eagerly accepted by newsmen and investigators, while accurate explanations given by General Dynamics people have been largely ignored...
Momentarily fazed, the Brazilians decided to go ahead with the transfer of power anyway, if in a less exuberant fashion. Inauguration parades were canceled, but Neves' Vice President, Jose Sarney, 54, took his oath of office as planned. Sarney then swore in Neves' 28-member Cabinet and prepared to serve as acting President until Neves finally takes his own oath, possibly this week...
FOOTNOTE: *James Monroe, the first President-elect faced with a Sabbath Inaugural Day, decided to wait until Monday, leaving the nation technically leaderless for a few hours. Woodrow Wilson took the oath of office on a Sunday in 1917 in a private ceremony but staged a formal Inaugural for public consumption the next day. So did Dwight Eisenhower...
...Mathias and Wendell Ford, the chairman and a minority member respectively of the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies. The split-second Inaugural script, worked out in rehearsals staged with military personnel standing in for the Reagans, called for the swearing-in to begin just before noon. The oath of office was to be administered by Chief Justice Warren Burger before an invited assembly encompassing both houses of Congress, the rest of the Supreme Court, the President's Cabinet, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the 300-member Washington diplomatic corps and 93 other guests. The President planned to swear...