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Presidents Bok and Horner said Wednesday that they disapprove of a proposal by columnist William F. Buckley that would require students to complete a year of public service before entering college...
...there" for impeachment. This, he suggested, is partly because of "the dilatory tactics" of Nixon and his men in dealing with the Judiciary Committee, headed by New Jersey Democrat Peter Rodino. Moreover, said Mansfield, he did not want the President to resign, as suggested by Republican Conservative Senator James Buckley, and indicated little enthusiasm for any legislation granting him immunity from prosecution if he were to leave office. "This matter should take its course," Mansfield said, meaning a full Senate impeachment trial. "We should not have another Agnew situation," he added-a reference to the Vice President's being...
Profound Effect. Nonetheless, Buckley's defection had a profound effect on conservatives, particularly on those in Congress. "What Buckley has done is pull a plug on the President's most important reservoir," says Howard Phillips, a Washington lobbyist for the American Conservative Union. At the very least, Buckley's pronouncement will force many on the right to reconsider the reasons why they want Nixon to stay in office. Says Congressman Bauman: "Some of us feel that Senator Buckley said many of the things that we have had on our minds, although we may not agree that Nixon...
Some legislators who have kept a strained silence are beginning to break, like New York's Senator James Buckley...
...same sentiment that underlies what has been happening on Capitol Hill. Some Senators and Congressmen still try to live in a fanciful world, where hard choices can be fudged, where blunt assessments can be avoided. In his call for Nixon's resignation, Senator Buckley used language skillfully to create the image of a President innocent of criminal acts, a man essentially victimized by others. But Buckley's whole performance in the cavernous Senate Caucus Room spoke something quite the opposite, something that members of Congress until now have only dared mutter among themselves. It is the horror...