Word: ribicoffs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...weeks ago Carter was vigorously defending Lance ("Bert, I'm proud of you"). But the Budget Director's position deteriorated rapidly just before, during and immediately after the long Labor Day weekend. A trio of Senators played key roles: Majority Leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia; Connecticut Democrat Abraham Ribicoff, chairman of the Governmental Affairs Committee; and Charles Percy of Illinois, the committee's top Republican. They argued that prolonging Lance's travail not only would be futile, but could seriously impair the President's ability to promote such Administration priorities as the Panama Canal treaty and the energy program...
...Sunday, Aug. 28, three of the Ribicoff committee's staff men flew to Atlanta. They had been dispatched to interview former Lance associates and examine bank records, since the committee in the past had been embarrassed by its lack of independent knowledge. Only a month earlier the committee had given Lance what one member termed "our Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval." The investigators found what they considered evidence of potentially criminal behavior by Lance as a banker. By midweek they notified Ribicoff and Percy...
...Friday, Sept. 2, Ribicoff ended a California vacation and flew to Washington. He was briefed by the investigators on Saturday morning, then phoned Percy in Illinois. After hearing the new evidence, Percy agreed with Ribicoff: the President should be told. They sent a letter by messenger to Camp David, Md., requesting a meeting. It was set for Monday, Labor...
...same Friday that Ribicoff hurried back to the capital, Byrd phoned and asked to see Carter. That was most unusual. Byrd is determined to be the Senate's man, not the President's, and once vowed that he would offer Carter advice only if asked to. In fact, he had never phoned the President before...
...decision not to press prosecution of Lance for bank overdrafts to finance his campaign, former U.S. Attorney Stokes called a press conference to complain that he had given the FBI a full report. The report, he said, should have been forwarded by Carter's transition team to the Ribicoff committee. "Some members of the Carter Administration withheld this information," said Stokes. Stung by accusations that he had prematurely closed the case, Stokes was clearly eager to shift the blame. "Why should I burn," he asked rhetorically, "while this Administration fiddles...