Revised impeachment timetable now calls for a Judiciary Committee vote the end of July and a full House vote August 23, but a Supreme Court decision in favor of Jaworski’s subpoena for more White House tapes could wreck timetable. Committee would want to see the tapes, and procedural problems could delay delivery until September or later…. So far, Rodino has kept hearings closed. One reason: they appear boring; congressmen sit silently while the staff members present evidence. Another reason, as one Democrat said: “To someone watching on TV who has not seen our evidence, it would look like we had a very, very weak case.” However, some members, like William Hungate (D., Mo.), want the hearings opened: “We’re so damned secret, we’ll impeach him in secret and he’ll never know it.” (They could leak it.)… A member of the Judiciary Committee has offered one reason why Committee was able to fathom tapes the White House found unintelligible: the Committee hired a blind woman with super-acute hearing.
George McGovern is in fight for his Senate seat. His opponent, former POW Leo Thorsness, wants to talk about amnesty but McGovern dodges it, saying “amnesty is not within the responsibilities of a United States senator.”… Allard Lowenstein, founder of Dump Johnson movement, has withdrawn from Democratic Senate primary race in New York. Syracuse Mayor Lee Alexander now appears shoo-in for nomination. Ramsey Clark, however, is still circulating petitions to get his name on Democratic ballot…. Entrepreneur Glenn W. Turner is seeking nomination for Florida Senate seat now held by Republican Edward Gurney. Speaking from his Orlando mansion, Turner told reporters he was so broke from his recent battles on charges of mail fraud he plans to finance his campaign by asking Florida voters to mail him $1 apiece…. Even some Democrats don’t like the idea of a “veto-proof’ Congress. The Wall Street Journal reports that some House Democrats “actually fear gaining many seats next fall. They feel that the throng might be uncontrollable, Party ineptitude might show through.”… Young Americans for Freedom Annual Conference is set for Sheraton Palace in San Francisco, July 18-21. The conference will commemorate Barry Goldwater’s acceptance of GOP nomination and discuss options for ‘76.
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