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...only honorable thing left for Nixon to do is tell us why it was so important for him to be re-elected and then to resign...
...trial for his responsibility in the Watergate scandal. As witnesses parade before the Ervin Committee, spilling their tales of burglary, electronic eavesdropping, forgery and bribery, the public is judging how much Nixon is responsible for the crimes. If the judgement is harsh, he will most likely have to resign, pious pronouncements about the integrity of the presidency notwithstanding...
Nixon also said the hearsay evidence of witnesses testifying before the Ervin Watergate subcommittee "could...lead to a serious misunderstanding of those national security activities which, though totally unrelated to Watergate, have become entangled in the case." Despite the growing discreditment of his Administration. Nixon vowed not to resign in face of pressure...
SENATOR LOWELL P. WEICKER JR., 42, another member of the select committee, was the first Republican to demand-on what seemed like thin evidence-that H.R. Haldeman resign as chief of the White House staff. As a result, he was instantly in trouble with G.O.P. regulars in Connecticut. Now that he has been vindicated, his home-state stance has improved, and he might emerge as a candidate for Vice President...
...NIXON AND WATERGATE. "I do not want Nixon to resign. Agnew is worse than Nixon. I prefer a weakened Nixon in front of me-he will not have the same prestige as before-to a new Agnew in back of me ... Your people cannot be moved by the killing of yellow people. The killing of Cambodians means nothing to them. Watergate is more important to them, and we put our hope in the Watergate affair...