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...assumed to be incriminating to him, or ignore an order of the highest court. Either move would hasten impeachment. Refusal to comply would leave him in direct defiance of both the Legislative and Judicial branches of Government. "He'd be impeached and impeached fast," said Illinois Republican Tom Railsback, a member of the Judiciary Committee. While Nixon once had promised to comply with any "definitive" Supreme Court decision, without explaining what he meant by the term, his aides will not renew even that vague pledge now. Such refusal to acknowledge that the President "is subject to the rule...
Creating such circumstances for themselves has become one of the chief concerns of Senate and House Republicans who are running for reelection. Many will follow Lagomarsino's example. Predicts Republican Congressman Tom Railsback of Illinois: "As a practical matter, you'll probably see the Republicans moving more to dissociate themselves from the President." Just that has been done by Iowa's Scherle, who for three years has been criticizing the policies and personnel of the Nixon Administration and has been putting plenty of distance between himself and the White House. "Now," he says, "when people...
...some Republicans grew deeply suspicious about Rodino's motive in asking even for the lesser authority. In an angry speech on the House floor, G.O.P. Moderate Thomas Railsback of Illinois charged that Rodino's request could result in "an unparalleled fishing expedition...
Theater. The men responsible for the Republicans' belated reform movement are Illinois Congressman Tom Railsback and Illinois Senator Charles Percy. Railsback has formed an ad hoc committee that has drafted a set of recommendations for 1976. Among them: open meetings for delegate selection, alternate delegates to be chosen in the same manner as delegates; no automatic seats for party officers or elected officials; an "endeavor" on the part of each state for equal representation of men and women; no abridgment of the right to participate for reasons of "race, sex, religion, age, color or national origin"; and provision...
...Army buddies is from close behind, as the man stares at some distant hills; the image conveys an intangible sense of menace. More often, though, the style amounts only to mannerism. Even the performances-guiding actors has always been Kazan's greatest strength -are surprisingly disappointing. Only Steve Railsback and Chico Martinez, as the visitors, bring to the film any substantial credibility...