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...court announced that it would take the unusual step of bypassing the circuit court of appeals in order to speed a final decision on whether the President had the right to withhold 64 tapes from Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski. While the short-run impact on the pace of the Rodino committee's work was unclear, the week's events may well have defined the outer limits of the President's ability to string out the proceedings...
Although the President's decision to choke off any further turnover of White House tapes or documents to Chairman Peter Rodino's impeachment committee had been signaled clearly by Presidential Defense Counsel James St. Clair, Nixon's formal declaration carried a ring of finality. Feigning ignorance of the purpose of two subpoenas issued by the committee on May 15, Nixon wrote Rodino that "I can only presume that the material sought must be thought to relate in some unspecified way to what has generally been known as 'Watergate.' " Nixon noted his counsel's reports...
...Peter Rodino Jr., L.H.D., Democratic Congressman from New Jersey and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee investigating impeachment. He has earned the respect of the American people, for he is a man who strives for justice both in the lives of men and women on the street and in the workings of the country's government...
...imperative that Chairman Rodino and his committee see through this gold-lettered, black-bound version of "Poor Richard's Almanac" and pursue all forms of necessary evidence, especially the tapes...
...committee voted unanimously to allow the rest of the hearings, which are expected to last about six weeks, to be televised. In addition, the committee granted Lawyer St. Clair the right to question and call witnesses. Mindful of his reputation as a brilliant courtroom tactician, the committee also granted Rodino stringent powers to shut off St. Clair if necessary to stop him from obstructing the proceedings or filibustering...