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Lawmakers, March 22, 1984
Paul Duke reports the Meese confirmation for Attorney General prompted a discussion on the House Floor. Democrats saying that the administration s ethics will be an issue in the 1984 campaign. Representative Tony Coelho (D - California), at podium, This same President, who has deliberately placed religion and morality on the front burner of this election campaign, obviously has a moral blind spot when it comes to his closest aides and country club cronies. President Reagan may have this moral blind spot, but the American people certainly do not. Election day is Judgment Day, Mr. President." Paul Duke comments Rep. Tony Coelho happens to be chair of House Democratic Campaign Committee, which is also sponsoring a TV ad aimed at Reagan s "Moral Blind Spot".
Lawmakers, March 22, 1984
Paul Duke reports, In 1950's and '60's, 3 major Civil Rights bills were approved by Congress. One major lobbyist was Clarence Mitchell who died this week. Was so involved on the HILL that he was called "101st Senator."
Lawmakers, March 22, 1984
Paul Duke reports it was disclosed that the Pentagon was seeking to augment its $139 mil. Music Budget by less than 1 percent. Rep. Tom Downey, head of Congressional Arts Caucus pleased at the small increase requested. Representative Thomas Downey (D - New York) seated, home setting, They re only asking for an $800,000 increase this year and that s to my ears.
Lawmakers, March 22, 1984
Shot of red-jacketed Marine band playing a Sousa march in an outdoor amphitheater.
Boy Tap Dancing
Boy Tap Dancing - Library of Congress Field Documentation MS older Caucasian man & woman seated outside, man leans back in chair. MCU woman talking. MCU man talking. Great MS/MCU Caucasian boy smiling while tap dancing on wood plank porch, he performs the traditional Appalachian style of footwork, sometimes referred to as clogging or flat footing. MCUs couple seated. Brief MS young Caucasian man wearing hat, tapping his foot in rhythm while seated in chair on wooden plank porch of rural home, he appears to be singing.
Man Playing Accordion
Man Playing Accordion - Library of Congress Field Documentation Great MS/MCU older Caucasian man wearing derby cap, seated on front steps (stoop) of tenement-like structure playing a squeezebox (accordion), there is no audio you but can tell he is singing while playing, tapping his feet in rhythm. Nice MCU profile the man playing squeezebox, young kids are seen in BG near railroad tracks, watching & pointing. MCU man's worn boots tapping in rhythm. MCUs man singing.
Woman in Rocking Chair
Woman in Rocking Chair - Library of Congress Field Documentation MS woman seated in rocking chair, a beam of natural light highlights her face & torso, rest of the frame is black. MS same woman rocking w/ dog in her lap.
Appalachian Folk Dancing
Appalachian Folk Dancing - Excellent documentation of young men & women performing a traditional Appalachian style folk dance in farm field(square dance, clogging). Euro-Ethnic costumes worn, one woman wears wooden clog shoes. Library of Congress Field Recording.
Appalachian Folk Dancing
High angle GV folk dancing in grassy area in front of barn structures, man playing fiddle seen standing next to tree. High angle LS folk dancers moving in a circle formation, shot captures the beautiful rural scenery of the area. Several GVs of people dancing in grass, there is hand clapping, arm bridges & swinging of partners. Nice MS man standing by tree playing the fiddle (fiddler), rustic barn seen in BG. GV dancers holding hands, moving under arm bridge of other dancers. GV/MS dancers moving in circle formation.
Appalachian Folk Dancing
GV dancers in grassy area w/ barn structure in BG, they stand with partners, hands on the hips swaying side-to-side, next move is shuffling of feet, followed by swinging of partners. Various MCU shots of the same dance moves showing detail of the dancers' faces & feet. GV couples walking in ring, ring turns into straight line & the couples flatfoot step out of frame.
Southern Church
Southern Church - Library of Congress Field Documentation Dark silhouetted views inside small rural church, the only light seen is coming in naturally from the windows, you can tell the parishioners are hot for they dab their faces & use hand-held fans for a breeze.
Children Playing Games
Children Playing Games - Library of Congress Field Documentation
Children Playing Games
Very brief MS African American men seated on outdoor bench eating slices of watermelon. MS African American teenage boy & girl demonstrating patty-cake hand game. MSs teen African American girls demonstrating patty-cake game as young children watch & goof around in BG, the girls wear dresses, the boys wear bid overalls. MS African American teenage boy & girl demonstrating patty-cake game.
Children Playing Games
MSs as teens & young children arranged by height, demonstrated a type of follow-the-leader type of conga line, most of the kids are African American but there is also a Caucasian teen girl and young boy in line, in the BG you can see a rural farm structure w/women sitting on the porch watching & enjoying themselves. integration
Excerpt from Presdent Richard Nixon Address to the Nation About the Watergate Investigations.
Excerpt from Presdent Richard Nixon Address to the Nation About the Watergate Investigations. April 30, 1973
Excerpt from Presdent Richard Nixon Address to the Nation About the Watergate Investigations.
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Excerpt from Presdent Richard Nixon Address to the Nation About the Watergate Investigations.
President Richard Nixon: "Good evening: I want to talk to you tonight from my heart on a subject of deep concern to every American. In recent months, members of my Administration and officials of the Committee for the Re-Election of the President-including some of my closest friends and most trusted aides--have been charged with involvement in what has come to be known as the Watergate affair. These include charges of illegal activity during and preceding the 1972 Presidential election and charges that responsible officials participated in efforts to cover up that illegal activity. The inevitable result of these charges has been to raise serious questions about the integrity of the White House itself. Tonight I wish to address those questions."
Excerpt from Presdent Richard Nixon Address to the Nation About the Watergate Investigations.
President Richard Nixon: "Last June 17, while I was in Florida trying to get a few days rest after my visit to Moscow, I first learned from news reports of the Watergate break-in. I was appalled at this senseless, illegal action, and I was shocked to learn that employees of the Re-Election Committee were apparently among those guilty. I immediately ordered an investigation by appropriate Government authorities. On September 15, as you will recall, indictments were brought against seven defendants in the case. As the investigations went forward, I repeatedly asked those conducting the investigation whether there was any reason to believe that members of my Administration were in any way involved. I received repeated assurances that there were not. Because of these continuing reassurances, because I believed the reports I was getting, because I had faith in the persons from whom I was getting them, I discounted the stories in the press that appeared to implicate members of my Administration or other officials of the campaign committee."
Excerpt from Presdent Richard Nixon Address to the Nation About the Watergate Investigations.
President Richard Nixon: "Until March of this year, I remained convinced that the denials were true and that the charges of involvement by members of the White House Staff were false. The comments I made during this period, and the comments made by my Press Secretary in my behalf, were based on the information provided to us at the time we made those comments. However, new information then came to me which persuaded me that there was a real possibility that some of these charges were true, and suggesting further that there had been an effort to conceal the facts both from the public, from you, and from me. As a result, on March 21, I personally assumed the responsibility for coordinating intensive new inquiries into the matter, and I personally ordered those conducting the investigations to get all the facts and to report them directly to me, right here in this office. I again ordered that all persons in the Government or at the Re-Election Committee should cooperate fully with the FBI, the prosecutors, and the grand jury. I also ordered that anyone who refused to cooperate in telling the truth would be asked to resign from Government service. And, with ground rules adopted that would preserve the basic constitutional separation of powers between the Congress and the Presidency, I directed that members of the White House Staff should appear and testify voluntarily under oath before the Senate committee which was investigating Watergate."
Excerpt from Presdent Richard Nixon Address to the Nation About the Watergate Investigations.
President Richard Nixon: "I was determined that we should get to the bottom of the matter, and that the truth should be fully brought out - no matter who was involved. At the same time, I was determined not to take precipitate action and to avoid, if at all possible, any action that would appear to reflect on innocent people. I wanted to be fair. But I knew that in the final analysis, the integrity of this office - public faith in the integrity of this office - would have to take priority over all personal considerations."
Excerpt from Presdent Richard Nixon Address to the Nation About the Watergate Investigations.
President Richard Nixon: "Today, in one of the most difficult decisions of my Presidency, I accepted the resignations of two of my closest associates in the White House- Bob Haldeman, John Ehrlichman - two of the finest public servants it has been my privilege to know. I want to stress that in accepting these resignations, I mean to leave no implication whatever of personal wrongdoing on their part, and I leave no implication tonight of implication on the part of others who have been charged in this matter. But in matters as sensitive as guarding the integrity of our democratic process, it is essential not only that rigorous legal and ethical standards be observed but also that the public, you, have total confidence that they are both being observed and enforced by those in authority and particularly by the President of the United States. They agreed with me that this move was necessary in order to restore that confidence."
Excerpt from Presdent Richard Nixon Address to the Nation About the Watergate Investigations.
President Richard Nixon: "Because Attorney General Kleindienst - though a distinguished public servant, my personal friend for 20 years, with no personal involvement whatever in this matter - has been a close personal and professional associate of some of those who are involved in this case, he and I both felt that it was also necessary to name a new Attorney General. The Counsel to the President, John Dean, has also resigned. As the new Attorney General, I have today named Elliot Richardson, a man of unimpeachable integrity and rigorously high principle. I have directed him to do everything necessary to ensure that the Department of Justice has the confidence and the trust of every law-abiding person in this country. I have given him absolute authority to make all decisions bearing upon the prosecution of the Watergate case and related matters. I have instructed him that if he should consider it appropriate, he has the authority to name a special supervising prosecutor for matters arising out of the case."
Excerpt from Presdent Richard Nixon Address to the Nation About the Watergate Investigations.
President Richard Nixon: "Whatever may appear to have been the case before, whatever improper activities may yet be discovered in connection with this whole sordid affair, I want the American people, I want you to know beyond the shadow of a doubt that during my term as President, justice will be pursued fairly, fully, and impartially, no matter who is involved. This office is a sacred trust and I am determined to be worthy of that trust."
Excerpt from Presdent Richard Nixon Address to the Nation About the Watergate Investigations.
President Richard Nixon: "Looking back at the history of this case, two questions arise: How could it have happened? Who is to blame? Political commentators have correctly observed that during my 27 years in politics I have always previously insisted on running my own campaigns for office. But 1972 presented a very different situation. In both domestic and foreign policy, 1972 was a year of crucially important decisions, of intense negotiations, of vital new directions, particularly in working toward the goal which has been my overriding concern throughout my political career - the goal of bringing peace to America, peace to the world. That is why I decided, as the 1972 campaign approached, that the Presidency should come first and politics second. To the maximum extent possible, therefore, I sought to delegate campaign operations, to remove the day-to-day campaign decisions from the President's office and from the White House. I also, as you recall, severely limited the number of my own campaign appearances."