PARDON OF RICHARD M. NIXON, AND RELATED MATTERS

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS THAT SEEK TO INSURE PUBLIC
ACCESS TO INFORMATION RELATIVE TO WATERGATE AND
ITS RELATED ACTIVITIES

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SEPTEMBER 24, OCTOBER 1 AND 17, 1974

Serial No. 60

Printed for the use of the Committee on the Judiciary

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

PETER W. RODINO, JR., New Jersey, Chairman

HAROLD D. DONOHUE, Massachusetts
JACK BROOKS, Texas

ROBERT W. KASTENMEIER, Wisconsin
DON EDWARDS, California
WILLIAM L. HUNGATE, Missouri
JOHN CONYERS, JR., Michigan
JOSHUA EILBERG, Pennsylvania
JEROME R. WALDIE, California
WALTER FLOWERS, Alabama
JAMES R. MANN, South Carolina
PAUL S. SARBANES, Maryland
JOHN F. SEIBERLING, Ohio
GEORGE E. DANIELSON, California
ROBERT F. DRINAN, Massachusetts
CHARLES B. RANGEL, New York
BARBARA JORDAN, Texas
RAY THORNTON, Arkansas
ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN, New York
WAYNE OWENS, Utah

EDWARD MEZVINSKY, Iowa

EDWARD HUTCHINSON, Michigan
ROBERT MCCLORY, Illinois
HENRY P. SMITH III, New York
CHARLES W. SANDMAN, JR., New Jersey
TOM RAILSBACK, Illinois

CHARLES E. WIGGINS, California

DAVID W. DENNIS, Indiana

HAMILTON FISH, JR., New York

WILEY MAYNE, Iowa

LAWRENCE J. HOGAN, Maryland
M. CALDWELL BUTLER, Virginia
WILLIAM S. COHEN, Maine
TRENT LOTT, Mississippi

HAROLD V. FROEHLICH, Wisconsin
CARLOS J. MOORHEAD, California
JOSEPH J. MARAZITI, New Jersey
PAUL N. MCCLOSKEY, JR., California

JEROME M. ZEIFMAN, General Counsel
GARNER J. CLINE, Associate General Counsel
HERBERT FUCHS, Counsel

WILLIAM P. SHATTUCK, Counsel
H. CHRISTOPHER NOLDE, Counsel
ALAN A. PARKER, Counsel
JAMES F. FALCO, Counsel
MAURICE A. BARBOZA, Counsel
ROBERT J. TRAINOR, Counsel
ARTHUR P. ENDRES, Jr., Counsel
DANIEL L. COHEN, Counsel
WILLIAM P. DIXON, Counsel
JARED B. STAMELL, Counsel
FRANKLIN G. POLK, Counsel
THOMAS E. MOONEY, Counsel
MICHAEL W. BLOMMER, Counsel
ALEXANDER B. COOK, Counsel
CONSTANTINE J. GEKAS, Counsel
ALAN F. COFFEY, Jr., Counsel
KENNETH N. KLEE, Counsel

Prepared statement...

McKinney, Hon. Stewart B.

Bingham, Hon. Jonathan.

Danielson, Hon. George E.

Prepared statement..

Ford, Hon. Gerald R., President of the United States_

Gude, Hon. Gilbert___

Koch, Hon. Edward I..

Prepared statement_.

Stark, Hon. Fortney H..

Prepared statement..

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"The Pardon of Nixon Was Timely, Legal, Jaworski Believes" article

from the Wall Street Journal_

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U.S. Supreme Court in Ex Parte Garland, 4 Wallace 333; U.S. Supreme
Court in Burdick v. United States, 236 U.S. 79--

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Appendixes:

Appendix 1:

Buchen, Philip W., Counsel to the President, letter with en-

closures, October 15, 1974, to Hon. William L. Hungate,

chairman, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice__

189

Hungate, Hon. William L., chairman, Subcommittee on Criminal

Justice, letter dated September 17, 1974, to Hon. Leon

Jaworski...

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Ford, Hon. Gerald R., President of the United States, letters to

Hon. William L. Hungate, chairman, Subcommittee on Criminal

Justice:

Hungate, Hon. William L., chairman, Subcommittee on Criminal

Justice, letters to President Gerald R. Ford:

Jaworski, Hon. Leon, Special Prosecutor, letter dated Septem-

ber 24, 1974, to Hon. William L. Hungate, chairman, Subcom-

mittee on Criminal Justice____

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Press conference of President Gerald R. Ford on September 16,

1974 ..