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Left out of the deal are Danehy and his two independent supporters, Daniel J. Clinton and Alfred E. Vellucci. Danehy called the coalition "a political deal," vowing that he would "lead the fight" to retain Corcoran, who may choose not to resign, and ask for a public hearing on his dismissal...
Part of Nixon's strategy is to deny any hope of that prayer's being answered. He invited Speaker of the House Carl Albert to breakfast with him at the White House and declared flatly: "I'm not going to resign. I'm going to serve out my term." In his chat with Rhodes, the President reported what Senator Barry Gold water had told him: "Barry was in here the other day and he said to me, 'Resignation? Anybody who had the guts to support me in 1964 has more guts than to resign from...
Though he has said that Nixon should resign, he insists that he has not made up his mind on impeachment. Says he: "I'm still taking the position that I'm a grand juror. I want the Judiciary Committee to report, and then I'll study the report and make my own decision. This is a matter for every man's conscience. I'd never try to persuade anybody to vote one way or the other on this. The best interest of the country must come first...
...Congressmen returned to the House last week, they came under pressure from lobbyists on both sides of the issue of impeachment, the most powerful by far being AFL-CIO President George Meany, who is now dead set against the President he helped elect in 1972. If Nixon does not resign, Meany wants him impeached and tried. The American people, he says, "have a right to know whether or not their President is a liar...
...idea of impeaching the President was anathema to great numbers of Americans. There remains a nagging reluctance to get rid of him, but the public has moved considerably closer to sanctioning this momentous step. The most recent Gallup poll indicates a 46%-to-46% split on whether Nixon should resign. A total of 37% now favor impeachment and removal from office, while 53% are opposed, some of them on the grounds that it would be "detrimental to the best interests of the nation and further sully our image abroad...