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Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 29, 1973 (2/2)
[01.04.13-Sen. GURNEY wants to pin DEAN down to state that he can't prove NIXON knew of any CRIMES prior to March 1973. DEAN'S definition of the coverup is broader than GURNEY'S strictly criminal definition] Senator GURNEY.----direct knowledge, direct conversations -with the President on the criminal activity? Mr. DEAN. On the March 13 meeting. Senator GURNEY. Well, I also said the March 21. Mr. DEAN. THAT is correct. We have gone over the March 21 meeting. Senator GURNEY. Yes; we don't need to go over it again. I am just pinpointing that time and that date. Mr. DEAN. Then we jumped where the next in a series of meetings was in the April 15 period, Senator GURNEY. Well, I realize, that, but I am really not interested in that. I am not, trying to cut, you off here, but of course, the President himself later said "that March 21 was the time when he, first really realized the full implications. So I was just, bringing us down to that date. [01.04.52] Mr. DEAN. I would recall how, that came up, that the President selected that date, was as the, result of a discussion that had occurred on March 15--April 15, when he was searching his mind, I was being lead through a series of rather leading questions by the President and at one point in the conversation, he said to me, do you recall what day it was that you gave me. the report on some of the implications of the day the Watergate case? Then before I even got an answer out that. I didn't remember the exact date in March, he said, I believe, it was the 21st. I said, I will have to check. It was the next day that, when I -was in his office again that afternoon, talking about a press statement that he was going to put out, he said, I have gotten the confirmation now and I believe it, was the 21st. And he referred to it at that, time as my cancer on the Presidency statement. That is the way I led that off and that, is the, way I had referred to it and that is the' way he reefered to it. Senator GURNEY. Thank you, Mr. Dean. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, I have. no further questions. [01.06.16--MacNEILL] MacNEILL states that GURNEY has completed his questions about DEAN'S finances and DEAN'S meeting with Herbert KALMBACH to start the PAYOFFS. States that the debate over what is proper questioning is not finished, and the hearings will resume with more such debate. [01.06.40-PBS network ID-title screen "SENATE HEARINGS ON CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES"] [01.09.50-MacNEILL] MacNEILL states that Sam DASH and the Senators are offering opinions about the admissibility of testimony in court, and presumably about the relation of that standard to the committee's task [01.10.02]
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 29, 1973 (2/2)
[01.27.32-Sen. INOUYE continues to question DEAN about the degree of his involvement in spying and ENEMIES LIST projects in the White House-DEAN is a bit defensive] Senator INOUYE. How was this memo implemented? Could you give us examples, concrete examples? Mr. DEAN. The memo itself was never implemented. I never did have a political enemies project, that -was in any way operational. Senator INOUYE. However, we do have evidence, here that, for example a TV commentator with CBS was, in fact, audited by the Internal Revenue Service just for the purpose of harassment, isn't that Correct? Mr. DEAN. Well, I know Mr. Schorr had an FBI investigation. Senator INOUYE. Oh, it was an FBI? Mr. 'DEAN. Yes, it was. I know there were other instances. These did not come from me. Another instance, many times, members of the staff who were operating in the political area would want to see a tax return. My office, was supposed to be the office to have the facility to receive from Internal Revenue tax returns. I never called at any time I can ever remember while I was there to the Director of the Internal Revenue 'Service re requesting he send over a tax return on any individual to my office. Senator INOUYE. Have you ever seen tax returns Mr. DEAN. Have I other than my own? Senator INOUYE. Other than your own. Mr. DEAN. Only in connection with clearing individuals who voluntarily submitted them in relationship to a nomination for a Presidential appointment. Senator INOUYE. In your memo, you speak of granting availability, Federal contracts, et, cetera. I reefer you to exhibit No. 53. It is a memo for you from Gordon Strachan and it relates to Mr. Chet Huntley. It says here "John Whitaker has ordered the Department of Agriculture to quit dragging its heels on Big Sky," Was this a political favor? Mr. DEAN. What is the number of the exhibit,' Senator Senator INOUYE. I believe it is 53, sir. [01.29.47] Mr. DEAN. I recall the exhibit you are referring to, but it is not 53 in my sequence here. I believe that might be in 4, 5, 6, or 7. Well, anyway', I can answer the question. I recall there is a notation on it. [01.30.06-an example of the WHITE HOUSE'S tactics for "screwing our political enemies"] There -was at one point in time an effort, because of a comment--a rather hostile comment that Mr. Huntley had made regarding the President--there was an effort that I initially was unaware of to make it as difficult as possible for him to get his Big Sky project moving. Apparently, he needed assistance from the Department of the Interior. I would receive periodic calls asking me what is happening on that, and the like. I would, in turn, call John Whitaker, who is the person on the Domestic Council staff who had dealings with the Department of Interior. At one point in time, apparently, there was a change in heart on Chet Huntley and there was a turnaround, and Interior was given the signal that they should sign off on whatever it was he needed to get his Big Sky project accomplished. Now, I would have to review the document, that you are reefering to, and that may well answer your question. [01.31.12] Senator INOUYE. I believe this line of questioning IS very important, because your exhibits have listed, I would say, a couple of hundred names of very distinguished Americans most of them, and other exhibits have suggested that extra-legal activities had been carried out in connection with these names Now, there are Members of the Senate and Members of the House whose names have appeared, but, to date, you have been able to tell us of the possibility of a man from CBS, and Chet Huntley. @ [01.31.55]
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Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 29, 1973 (2/2)
[01.10.02-side view committee table--] Senator ERVIN. Senator Inouye, if you will yield for just a moment, Mr. Dash said he wanted to make a statement concerning his understanding of the rule of evidence. Mr. DASH. I think the question has come up from time to time and has been mentioned either by witnesses or by members of the committee as to admissibility of certain hearsay evidence. A memorandum of law has been submitted to all members of the committee. The leading case of the, Supreme Court is Krulewitch v. United States and that case has been the position of the committee and the counsel working on the committee that even hearsay testimony, and most of the hearsay testimony admitted falls within this rule, is an exception to the hearsay rule. [01.10.52] The Supreme Court has ruled time and time again that, where there is a conspiracy and there are overt acts--and I think at this stage of our hearings, there has been sufficient testimony which would go to a, jury In a criminal case indicating that a conspiracy has occurred and that there have been overt acts--that therefore, the statements of a coconspirator in the furtherance and in the course of the conspiracy, although hearsay, is an exception to the hearsay rule and is admitted in every, court in this country. [01.11.28] Therefore, even Mr. McCord's testimony which was initially hearsay, following up on the evidence of other witnesses which established the conspiracy and overt acts, that the Supreme Court has ruled in Krulewitch and other cases that that, testimony is admissible and goes to a jury and is used against the defendants that may be charged as conspirators as any other testimony and is an exception to the hearsay rule. Therefore, I think it. should be made very clear, and a memo has, been given to every member of the committee that the hearsay evidence that has been admitted before this committee would be admissible in any court of law in this country under the Krulewitch decision, excepting Conspiracy and co-conspirator's statements from the hearsay rule. [01.12.19-GURNEY is not pleased with this statement] Senator GURNEY. What the chief counsel is saying, then, is that some people may be indicted on conspiracy, is that it, in addition to obstruction of justice and other things? Mr. DASH. Oh, quite certainly, Senator. The evidence before this committee, and I understand the evidence, being considered by the prosecutors, includes the doctrine of conspiracy with two or more persons engaged in the commission of a crime that is a conspiracy. I understand that even Mr. LaRue, who just recently pleaded guilty, and this was made public knowledge, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy count rather than any other count, and that conspiracy is a major crime in this inquiry and in the inquiry made by a special prosecutor. [01.13.04] Senator GURNEY. Did you say Mr. LaRue pleaded guilty to conspiracy ? Mr. DASH. Yes. Senator GURNEY. I thought it was obstruction of justice? Mr. DASH. No; conspiracy to obstruct justice, Senator, Senator BAKER. Mr. Chairman, could I say a word on this subject? Senator ERVIN. Sure. [01.13.16-Sen. BAKER weighs in in the debate, and points out that the time for hairsplitting is done.] Senator BAKER. I do not mean to be facetious and I do not mean this to be critical of Mr. Dash, who is a fine lawyer, and Senator Gurney, who is a fine lawyer and a fine Senator, but this committee is too far gone, to start worrying about hearsay and we are too deep into the business of finding the facts to try to second-guess what a court will admit or will not admit. I have spent, a lifetime being surprised on what a court would admit or -would not admit, depending on my point of view. I think it was Oliver Wendell Holmes who said lawyers spend their professional careers shoveling smoke and I have no desire to shovel smoke. [01.14.02] So I really recommend, Mr. Chairman, and once again, this is not a criticism of the committee or counsel, I recommend that we not think of ourselves as a court or a jury or a judge, and that we try to follow the facts wherever they lead us with the full foreknowledge that what we do will have little if any, effect on how the rules, of evidence are applied if there is in fact litigation, either civil or criminal, based on these same facts. [01.14.37] So I think that rules of this committee are important and the rule against hearsay and its exceptions--and the hearsay rule is virtually emasculated by the hundreds of exceptions to it--but I think the rules getting along with the business themselves are -far less important than us getting business at hand. So I very much hope that we do not fall into the business of extensive objections, the argument of objections, and the arguments about rules of law that may apply. If we, get too far out of bounds, I think we ought to qualify the quality of the evidence so that we can take that into account. But I do not think, and I hope we do not start admitting and excluding evidence. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. [00.15.21-ERVIN defends the committee's practices on evidence] Senator ERVIN. I would just like, to make the Observation that Felix Frankfurter wrote a very interesting article at the time about the Teapot Dome and he laid great stress on the wisdom of the fact that congressional committees should not be bound by technical rules of evidence I do think, however that it was well for Mr. Dash to make his statement, because I have read several articles by commentators who are not lawyers, and who were criticizing the committee on the ground that it had received hearsay testimony, I am not concerned in much about criticism, because I have been criticized very much over the years and I am sort of inured to It. but, I think it is well for the general public to know that, under the rules governing the admissibility of declarations of co-conspirators the great bulk of the hearsay testimony that has been received in this case would have been admissible in a court of law for an indictment charging a conspiracy to obstruct justice. [01.16.39] I think the observations of my friend from Tennessee are correct, that we are not judges and we are not, juries. We are members of a legislative body seeking to determine whether or not the facts before, us indicate that new legislation may be necessary. [01.16.58]
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Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 29, 1973 (2/2)
[01.16.58-BAKER continues the committee discussion of what evidence may properly be considered by the committee] Senator BAKER. I might say. Mr. Chairman, that by explaining my point of view. I have fallen into the trap that the chairman just, warned me against. He and I had a brief conversation a moment ago, and I am sure he will not think it, a breach of confidence to repeat it. He said, Howard, he said, do not try to explain--your friends do not require it and your enemies will not believe it. Senator ERVIN. I agree with you. I was not trying to explain, I was just trying to enlighten some of our commentators. I would like to put in the record a legal memorandum which sustains the points made by Mr. Dash. [01.17.36-THOMPSON checks into the debate, suggesting perhaps the committee ought to be more selective in accepting evidence] Mr. THOMPSON. Mr. Chairman, on that point. I do not want to belabor the matter If I am in error. I want to be corrected for my misinformation, but I think what Mr. Dash has said is completely correct. I think there might be one additional consideration. It goes to the point of admissibility under any circumstance about what this witness thought another man was thinking at any particular time, his mind as to what some, other individual was thinking or his impressions of his thoughts. and I think. that is a completely different matter. With that statement, I would like to subscribe to everything you and the, co-chairman and Mr. Dash have said. Senator ERVIN. I agree with you on that. Mr. DEAN. I just want to---- [01.18.19-ERVIN tells a HUMOROUS country ANECDOTE] Senator ERVIN. I am from near Watauga County in North Carolina, the county where Rufus Edmisten comes from. 'This man had been in court over in Boone, the county seat. He came back that night, and was in the country store and he mentioned the fact that he had been over to the court in Boone, and somebody asked him -what, was going on there. Well, he said, there was the judge sitting up there; there -was the jury sitting over in the jury box. And there were the lawyers. He said, some of the lawyers were objecting and others were excepting and the costs were piling up. [01.18.58] Senator BAKER. You know, Mr. Chairman. if this is storytelling time [LAUGHTER], my distinguished chairman is going to have to suffer for having Set the example for me. But in the course of all of our testimony, to the extent that we have conflicts in it, I am reminded of an old lawyer in Scott County, Tenn. named Haywood Pemberton who was employed to defend a man. He said, I have just shot a man, Haywood, will you defend me? He said, of course I will defend you. Did you kill him? He said, no, I have just wounded him. He said, that is all right, but just remember, he will be an awful hard witness against you. [LAUGHTER] [01.19.42] Senator ERVIN. I believe the, witness wants to make some observations. Then we will go to Senator Inouye. Mr. DEAN. I just wanted to say, Mr. Chairman, that as you know, I am here under compulsion of the committee and I have tried to withhold nothing from the committee at any time and I did not want these conversations to reflect, that there has been any hesitancy on this witness to answer any question put to him and to answer it fully and honestly. [01.20.15] Senator ERVIN. Senator Inouye? Senator INOUYE. Mr. Chairman, I regret I have no Hawaiian stories to tell. [Applause.] Senator INOUYE,. Mr. Chairman, in order to avoid confusion, I wish to advise the Chair that the questions I am about to ask Mr. Dean were not prepared by the Office of the Counsel of the President. [01.20.46--Sen. INOUYE addresses previous testimony given by DEAN, regarding the climate of spying in the White House] Mr. Dean, I will refer to testimony received yesterday. To the following statement, you made your response. This is the statement: [QUOTING] Mr. Dean, you have. depicted all others in the White House as excessively Preoccupied with political intelligence, use of overt methods of security, and your-self as a restraining influence on these pre-occupations. And, Mr. Dean, this was your response: I do believe I was a restraining influence at the White House to many wild and crazy schemes. I have testified to some of them. Some of them I have not testified to. Many of the memorandums that came into my office became a joke; in fact, some of the things that were being suggested, I think if you talked to some of the other members of my staff or if your investigators would like to talk to them, they would tell -you some of two things that we would automatically file, just like the political enemies project. Many of these just went right into the file and never anything further until extreme, pressure was put on we to do something did I ever do anything. So I do feel I had some restraining influence. I did not have a disposition or like for this type of activity. [01.22.13]
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Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 29, 1973 (2/2)
[01.22.13-INOUYE confronts DEAN'S claim to have been a "restraining influence" on spying and punishing political ENEMIES in the WHITE HOUSE] Senator INOUYE. Mr. Dean, I would like now to refer to a memo dated August 16, 1971, and you have testified that this -was prepared for Mr. Haldeman, Mr. Ehrlichman, and others at the White House. It is dated August 16, 1971. It is classified "Confidential." Subject: "Dealing With Our Political Enemies." I would like to read part of this: [01.22.43-DEAN was an architect of WHITE HOUSE plans to "screw our political enemies"] [QUOTING] This memorandum addresses the matter of how we can maximize the fact of our incumbency in dealing with Persons known to be active in their opposition to our Administration. Stated a bit more bluntly--how we can use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies. After reviewing this matter with a number of persons possessed of expertise in the field, I have concluded that we do not need an elaborate mechanism or game plan, rather we need a good project coordinator and full support for the Project. In brief, the system would work as follows, [01.23.19-INOUYE reads from a memo written by DEAN outlining a White House plan to "screw our political enemies".] Key members of the staff (e.g., Colson, Dent, Flanigan, Buchanan) should be requested to inform us as to who they feel we should be giving a hard time. The. project coordinator should then determine what sorts of dealings these individuals have with the federal government and how we can best screw them (e.g., grants availability, federal contracts, litigation, prosecution etc.). The project coordinator then should have access to and the full support of the top officials of the agency or department in proceeding to deal with the individual. [01.24.00] Senator INOUYE. This is a very important memorandum. Is this your idea, of restraining influence? [01.24.10-DEAN explains that he prepared the memorandum on "how to screw our political enemies" in collaboration with others and only under intense pressure to do so, consistent with earlier testimony] Mr. DEAN. As I said, Senator, in the memorandum, first of all, as I answered that question yesterday, it took a good bit of push before I would prepare even a document like that, I had request after request after request to prepare this. I didn't know a thing about how to handle something like this, so I went, and talked to other people about it. I think that is indicated in the memorandum itself. I also made it very clear in the he memorandum that. this is something that I personally was not going to get involved in. Whoever that project coordinator was going to be, it was not going to be John Dean because, I just didn't want to get involved in doing the sort of things they -wanted. [01.24.52-DEAN states that suggestions for ENEMIES LIST activities were constantly sent to his office, and he ignored them as much as possible] As I say, when the thing didn't float, they kept sending their political enemies suggestions back to me. I never did a thing to get a project coordinator. There was some rather loose talk about individuals who might handle this; I can't even recall their names now. I made no effort to find somebody to head this up and while there was a conception on behalf of some who kept sending these things in for my political enemies project, there. was no political enemies project operating out of my office. [01.25.23-DEAN states that he wrote the memo as a minimum possible step to satisfy his superiors] So I thought that while the memo had gone out and you know, satisfied my superiors that something was being done, in fact, it was not, being done, So I felt there was a restraint. [01.25.36] Senator INOUYE. It is your testimony, then, that this memo described an activity which in the minds of your supporters, was considered important? Mr. DEAN. That is correct. Senator INOUYE. It was not a wild or crazy scheme? Mr. DEAN. To me it was a wild and crazy scheme, because I felt I just didn't operate that way. [01.26.02] Senator INOUYE. Was it considered wild or crazy scheme for Mr. Haldeman or Mr. Ehrlichman? Mr. DEAN. No. sir. Senator INOUYE. In your testimony, you have submitted several exhibits With of names--politicos Members of Congress, members of the media. and members of the entertainment field, et cetera, Mr. DEAN. I might add also, Senator, before we go forward, I didn't believe that list is complete in and of itself, it just happens to be a part that I received and had access to before my files were shut down. There may well be additional names and additional information available on that. Senator INOUYE. Mr. Dean. I believe one list would have been enough. Mr. DEAN. Indeed it would. [01.26.57] Senator INOUYE. And on one of your exhibits, you had a copy of a memo which suggested that certain things be done, such as calling the Internal Revenue Service. Now, in addition to that, you testified that in one of your meetings with President Nixon, you quoted The President as saying, "We will take care Of them after the election." when the President referred to enemy newsmen. Is that correct, sir? Mr. DEAN. That is correct. [01.27.32]
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Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 29, 1973 (2/2)
[01.31.55-Sen. INOUYE asks DEAN if he knows of any more examples of the ENEMIES LIST being used, citing Chuck COLSON'S (total B.S.) claim in the press that it was simply a social blacklist] Senator INOUYE. Are there an other concrete examples? I am asking you this because. Mr. Colson has gone on the air suggesting that the lists you Submitted were, a social list, that this was a list used by the White House, so that, they would not invite the names listed there for the White House dinners. [01.32.19] Mr. DEAN. I think you will note in there at, some point--first of all, that Mr. Colson, there is a memorandum to him in one of the exhibits where he was to cull out the 20 worst enemies and submit them. This was again because I was receiving- through Mr. Higby and Mr. Strachan a direct request from Mr. Haldeman that he wanted to nail this down as to the 20, or the minimum number that we could do something with. So, we went through this big thing of taking all the lists Mr. Colson had, and Mr. Colson went through and checked off through his lists what he thought were his candidates, He was the only one that I knew that dealt in these areas, I certainly--none of these people were, my enemies. In fact, most of names were unfamiliar to me. As a result of that, I sent a memorandum to Mr. Higby indicating, here are the lists. Don't let it go over 20. and this was sent to Mr. Higby for Mr. Haldeman's final review. It was sent back to me and went back in the file again. [01.33.25] Senator INOUYE. Did you know if anything ever happened to these 20 on the top--hit parade? Mr. DEAN. I cannot answer that because I think I, was realized that my office had less than enthusiasm for dealing with things like this. Senator INOUYE. Are you suggesting that this listing of names was just an exercise? Mr. DEAN. As far as I was concerned, it was an exercise that I had no intention to implement; that is correct, Senator. [01.33.56-INOUYE presses DEAN for hard evidence that the ENEMIES LIST was actually used to take action against people] Senator INOUYE. Are you aware of any person or any agency or any official using these lists to do harm or injury or to assist? Mr. DEAN. They were principally used by Mr. Colson and -Mr. Haldeman and I don't know what they did with them. I know on one occasion I had a call regarding the fact that some of the President's friends--and these are in exhibits and I just think it, would be inappropriate now to mention the individuals' names-were having tax problems, and I was to look into those. I had Mr. Caulfield, who had--who was the person on my staff, who was the Only one, I know had a relationship with the Internal Revenue Service-because I could only deal with the Director. I did deal with one of his assistants from time to time on sensitive cases where they were just brought to our attention -if somebody in the administration was having a normal audit. just to alert the White House to the fact that such an audit was occurring At any rate, as I was saying, I was told that I was to do something about these audits that were being performed on two friends of the President's They felt that they were being harassed and the like. [01.35.13] There is a third instance there this occurred also. -Now, on the--finally, when I got around to checking on it, Mr. Caulfield sent me some information which I think is evidenced in the exhibit and a note went to Mr. Higby. Mr. Higby sent it in to Mr. Haldeman, and Mr. Haldeman wrote a note on the bottom, "'This has already ready been taken care of." So obviously, things were happening that I had no idea on. Now, I would again like to defer from using names in this instance, but there was a request of an audit that was commencing on somebody who was close to the President and several people got involved in this. They said, John, you have got to do something about this, because the President is just going to hit the roof when he finds out about it. Well, I went to the Justice Department because it had already gone from Internal Revenue ---- [01.36.10-TAPE OUT]
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 29, 1973 (1/2)
[00.02.00-Sen. INOUYE presses DEAN for hard evidence that the ENEMIES LIST was in fact used by the WHITE HOUSE to take action against individual citizens] Senator INOUYE.--- Members of the House whose names have appeared, but, to date, you have been able to tell us of the possibility of a man from CBS, and Chet Huntley. Are there an other concrete examples? I am asking you this because. Mr. Colson has gone on the air suggesting that the lists you Submitted were, a social list, that this was a list used by the White House, so that, they would not invite the names listed there for the White House dinners. [00.02.40] Mr. DEAN. I think you will note in there at, some point--first of all, that Mr. Colson, there is a memorandum to him in one of the exhibits where he was to cull out the 20 worst enemies and submit them. This was again because I was receiving- through Mr. Higby and Mr. Strachan a direct request from Mr. Haldeman that he wanted to nail this down as to the 20, or the minimum number that we could do something with. So, we went through this big thing of taking all the lists Mr. Colson had, and Mr. Colson went through and checked off through his lists what he thought were his candidates, He was the only one that I knew that dealt in these areas, I certainly--none of these people were, my enemies. In fact, most of names were unfamiliar to me. [00.03.32] As a result of that, I sent a memorandum to Mr. Higby indicating, here are the lists. Don't let it go over 20. and this was sent to Mr. Higby for Mr. Haldeman's final review. It was sent back to me and went back in the file again. Senator INOUYE. Did you know if anything ever happened to these 20 on the top--hit parade? Mr. DEAN. I cannot answer that because I think I, was realized that my office had less than enthusiasm for dealing with things like this. [00.04.05] Senator INOUYE. Are you suggesting that this listing of names was just an exercise? Mr. DEAN. As far as I was concerned, it was an exercise that I had no intention to implement; that is correct, Senator. Senator INOUYE. Are you aware of any person or any agency or any official using these lists to do harm or injury or to assist? [00.04.31-the ENEMIES LIST was mostly used by COLSON and HALDEMAN for ends unknown to DEAN] Mr. DEAN. They were principally used by Mr. Colson and -Mr. Haldeman and I don't know what they did with them. I know on one occasion I had a call regarding the fact that some of the President's friends--and these are in exhibits and I just think it, would be inappropriate now to mention the individuals' names-were having tax problems, and I was to look into those. I had Mr. Caulfield, who had--who was the person on my staff, who was the Only one, I know had a relationship with the Internal Revenue Service-because I could only deal with the Director. I did deal with one of his assistants from time to time on sensitive cases where they were just brought to our attention -if somebody in the administration was having a normal audit. just to alert the White House to the fact that such an audit was occurring. [00.05.23-DEAN discusses intervening to try to stop the IRS from auditing some Presidential friends] At any rate, as I was saying, I was told that I was to do something about these audits that were being performed on two friends of the President's They felt that they were being harassed and the like. There is a third instance there this occurred also. -Now, on the--finally, when I got around to checking on it, Mr. Caulfield sent me some information which I think is evidenced in the exhibit and a note went to Mr. Higby. Mr. Higby sent it in to Mr. Haldeman, and Mr. Haldeman wrote a note on the bottom, "'This has already ready been taken care of." So obviously, things were happening that I had no idea on. [00.06.05] Now, I would again like to defer from using names in this instance, but there was a request of an audit that was commencing on somebody who was close to the President and several people got involved in this. They said, John, you have got to do something about this, because the President is just going to hit the roof when he finds out about it. Well, I went to the Justice Department because it had already gone from Internal Revenue to the Criminal Division of the Justice Department I spoke with Mr. Erickson about it. He said, this man is just up to his teeth in the problem. I reported back to the people who were asking me. I said, just do not touch this, there is just no way; this man is in trouble and he has got to be told he is in trouble. So that was the way I handled these situations, and I thought that was the proper way the counsel's office should handle them. [00.07.01]
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Promo for The Porter Wagoner Show #214 featuring special guests Carl and Pearl Butler. Spot opens on wide shot of The Wagonmasters tearing it up on an instrumental, then camera pans over to Porter in his gold lame' Nudie suit, who announces the week's guests and invites us to tune in. Fade out over art card with colorful illustration of Porter.
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LS Soviet commercial jet airplane taxiing on tarmac. MS several still photographers with cameras, night. MSs Soviet Premier ALEXEI KOSYGIN and Foreign Minister ANDREI GROMYKO alighting plane at Kennedy airport. TLS flags of Israel, France, Ireland, Iraq flying from flagpoles outside United Nations building. MS Soviet historian Ludmila Gvishiani (who also happens to be Kosygin's daughter) and her husband Jermen Gvishiani speaking with press. MS United Nations emblem, zoom out. MS Alexei Kosygin and Andrei Gromyko shaking hands, sitting in U.N. General Assembly. TLS/LSs United Nations General Assembly in session. TLS/MS Premier Kosygin delivering speech to UN GA. Swish pan.
United Nations: Kosygin Dims Hopes For Early Peace
MS United States President LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON (LBJ) walking with Australian Prime Minister HAROLD HOLT and wife Zara Holt walking about Camp David, taking seats in sun. MS President Lyndon Johnson and President Harold Holt conferring.
United Nations: Kosygin Dims Hopes For Early Peace
Swish pan. High angle LS dividing wall separating Jewish and Arab sections in Jerusalem. TLS/MSs wall being torn down by Israeli tractors, demolition crews. TLS/MSs Jews (some Hasidic Orthodox rabbis, as well) on pilgrimage to Wailing Wall. MS young men wearing yarmulkes dancing arm in arm. LS large crowd at Wailing Wall. Jerusalem
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 214
Opening of Porter Wagoner show #214. Standard pre-recorded opening begins with CU of Porter s shiny red boots walking down hallway, which cuts to rear view of Wagoner s garish green Nudie suit festooned with rhinestone wagon wheels and cacti. Montage of smiling Porter happily walking through WSM-TV studio as stage hands and technicians prep show. Don Howser s voice over reads: "Direct from Nashville Tennessee, here s The Porter Wagoner Show!" Quick shots of regulars as Howser announces them: "Starring Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Mel Tillis, Speck Rhodes, Don Howser, The Wagonmasters, and today s special guest star." Momentary pause in VO (presumably left for Howser to read the guest star s name on air), then prerecorded segment ends with Howser s "and now, here s Porter." Cut to live portion as Porter, in gold lame' Nudie suit, plays guitar and sings "Another Day, Another Dollar" from 1965's "Thin Man From West Plains" LP, backed by Wagonmasters Buck Trent, Don Warden, Mack Magaha, George McCormick, and Speck Rhodes (all except Speck wearing matching blue western outfits).
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 214
Porter makes an obscure joke about his new cuff links, then introduces Mel Tillis who plays guitar and sings "Stateside," from his 1966 LP of the same name, backed by The Wagonmasters and accompanied on harmony vocals by George McCormick. Mel and George horse around a bit, pushing each other out of the way of the mic. Afterwards Mel talks about how he wrote that song while homesick overseas in the service.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 214
Backed by The Wagonmasters, Buck Trent plays us out of the commercial break, soloing on banjo on a quick instrumental.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 214
Porter introduces "one of the prettiest songs I've heard in quite a while," adding that "this little gal will sing it just as purty as the song itself is." Backed by The Wagonmasters, Dolly Parton plays guitar and sings "Walk Through This World With Me." CU of Don's steel guitar.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 214
Porter introduces perennial favorites Carl and Pearl Butler, who perform "Pretty Flowers" together backed by The Wagonmasters. The Butlers wear stunning, rhinestone-studded matching Nudie outfits.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 214
Porter says he likes some of the old songs real well, so to demonstrate he plays guitar and sings "Bride's Bouquet" from his "Thin Man From West Plains" LP, backed by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 214
Porter introduces "an ol' boy who gets a little squirrellier every week," gap-toothed comedian Speck Gilbert Rhodes, who enters in his traditional checkered suit and bowler hat. Speck tells a corny old joke, then sings the novelty number "Movin' On #2" backed by The Wagonmasters. Great guitar by Buck Trent during song. Near the end of the song the director sneaks in a goofy video trick that makes it look like Speck's torso is on Buck's legs.