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Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 29, 1973 (2/2)
[01.13.41-DEAN tries to make a closing statement] Mr. Chairman, just to close, and I will be very brief, I have sought to provide this committee---- Senator ERVIN. One question on this. Mr. DEAN. Certainly. Senator ERVIN. -You stated that there, was an attempt at the White House and the, Committee To Re-Elect the, President, to prevent, the Patman committee from investigating that? Mr. DEAN. That, is correct, Mr. Chairman. Senator ERVIN. And the Patman committee did, at least a majority of them did refuse to investigate it? Mr. DEAN. That, is correct. Senator ERVIN. So regardless of motives, it had the same effect as what the White House and the committee were trying to do? Mr. DEAN. That is correct. Senator ERVIN. But of course a Congressman has got a, perfect right to vote his convictions . That is his function. Mr. DEAN. I have sought to provide this information with all the facts and information that I know regarding this matter, to answer all of the questions that have been asked of me, and to hide nothing of my own involvement, in this matter, and Provide the truth as I know it. [01.14.55] This has been most difficult for me because I have had to speak against the President of the United States, some of my friends, and some Of my former colleagues, I attempted to end this coverup initially working within the White House, and when that didn't work, I took it, upon myself to work from without, and I earnestly pray that this committee reaches the truth in this entire matter and reaches it as quickly as possible because I think there is a terrible Cloud over this Government that must be removed so that so that we can have effective government. I thank the committee for the many courtesies that they have provided me in assisting me to get to and from the hearing room and Me available space during the breaks and the recesses and thoughtfulness Of the staff in that regard. Senator ERVIN. Without expressing any opinion about your testimony or the way of your testimony, I do think that you do deserve the thanks of the committee for the patience which you have exhibited. It, has been quite a trial, a trying time to you and also on the, committee because I think this is our fifth day on your testimony, and it and it is a very long time. Are there any other comments? Senator BAKER. Mr. Chairman, I would only associate myself with your remarks and express. I believe, the appreciation of the committee for Mr. Dean's patience and rather prolonged testimony. It's obviously not an easy task to testify on matters of this importance and delicacy, and I think Mr. Dean has provided us with a great deal of information and will-which will serve as a basis for the ongoing inquiry of this committee and we thank him for it. [00.17.00] Senator ERVIN. It might be at some later stage of the investigation the committee may want to recall you. Mr. DEAN. I understand, Mr. Chairman. Senator ERVIN. I understand you will be willing to return on proper notice under the same subpena. Mr. McCANDLESS. Mr. Chairman, a matter of procedure that perhaps you could give us some help with. In the last 2 or 3 hours we have had many requests from the media who have been so patient and who have been sitting through this, to have an interview with Mr. and Mrs. Dean as they leave here. You understand, of course, that we cannot provide those interviews for some legal reasons, and for the basic reason, 5 days, that they are exhausted. We ask their leave and their understanding and yours that we are going to leave the building immediately after this. Senator ERVIN. I would think, since Mr. Dean has testified under an order of immunity, and testified involuntarily, I would think that his counsel would be wise to give him the same advice that I used to give my clients and that is to keep his mouth shut [Laughter.] The committee will stand in adjournment until Tuesday, July 10, at 10 o'clock.
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 29, 1973 (1/2)
[00.26.37-THOMPSON continues to interrogate DEAN about his use of the funds entrusted to him] Mr. THOMPSON. Did I understand your testimony in response to Senator Gurney's questions that you took some money out, you don't really know how much, you put some back in and you don't really know how much? Mr. DEAN. I have. not sat down and tried to figure this out, no. Mr. THOMPSON. So you don't really know how much. Mr. DEAN. That is correct. Mr. THOMPSON. How did you know that you owed the fund $4,850? Mr. DEAN. Because I had -a check in there for that amount and I sat down and recounted it, and double checked that -before I turned the money over to my lawyer as -well. Mr. THOMPSON. Do -you still have that check incidentally? Mr. DEAN. Which check? Mr. THOMPSON. The $4,850 check placed in the safe. Mr. DEAN. No; I do not. When my lawyer and I discussed this he told me that we will have to negotiate a new check, an updated check because the old check would not pass with the old date. He said issue me a new check- and tear up the old one and get it over to me, which. I did. [00.27.38] Mr. THOMPSON. You tore up the check that you placed in the safe? Mr. DEAN. That is correct., Mr. THOMPSON,. Did you not consider this as possible evidence of your good intentions which you have relayed to us here? Mr. DEAN. Well, Mr. Thompson, if I was trying to be deceitful I could have very easily -written another check to put in but I am not trying to be deceitful, I tore up the first check and I didn't try to pretend there was--- Mr. THOMPSON. Well, you realized, I am sure you had -a problem--the reason you didn't place the money back, and in telling your attorney, was that you wanted to be completely truthful, but what you had done was realize it might be questionable; based on that statement would it not have been logical for you to have kept that check and say, yes, this is a check I placed in the safe at the very beginning? Mr. DEAN. -If you want to place something sinister on this YOU can because it was a very sort of incidental activity. Mr. Shaffer and I didn't really talk at length about it. He -wanted to get the information to the prosecutors, he said, "I will also need a new check." [00.28.42] Mr. THOMPSON. -An incidental activity at this time when you went to your attorney and explained the situation and, as you have said in your own testimony, you wanted to make sure the truth was out about this matter; you might be, questioned about it, and you wanted -to be truthful about it; you consider this an incidental matter at this time, the only evidence possibly that you had besides your own testimony that you had indeed placed your personal check in there? Mr. DEAN. I didn't feel it a major matter at that, moment I was prepared to reveal it and in fact develop it to the prosecutors. [00.29.13-DEAN testifies to the effect that he destroyed evidence that FAVORS his testimony about use of the campaign funds. THOMPSON is rather incredulous in questioning DEAN.] Mr. THOMPSON. You didn't feel it was necessary to have, any documentary evidence to support or bolster your testimony on this particular point, then? Mr. DEAN. No, I was perfectly willing to say everything I knew about the matter. Mr. THOMPSON. What about, a check stub? Mr. DEAN. I would surmise there is no check stub because I kept, the way my checkbook is composed there are no stubs to the cheeks, you slide new checks into the book and run the other, the stub section in another area of the book, and I would keep in my desk drawer a nonsequential numbered checks far down the line and when I wrote the check for cash I took one out of my desk drawer because my secretary would keep the sequential checks in her desk, and at the time, I don't recall her being in the office when I needed a check and I just wrote one out of my desk drawer. [00.30.05] Mr. THOMPSON. Are you saving you did not, stub this check at all? You did not make a stub? Mr. DEAN. No; I did not Mr. THOMPSON. I believe you previously testified that You stood ready to make, good this check at any time. Was it not necessary in keeping a record Of your account, did you consider this an obligation which you had covered, so to speak? Of course, you did not have enough money in your account to cover it. You have already testified that you only had $1,600 in your account at that time. Mr. DEAN. In my banking account, I certainly felt I had enough money to cover it through my brokerage account. Mr. THOMPSON. You had 20 something thousand dollars in your brokerage account? Mr. DEAN. I had over $20,000 in my brokerage account at that time. Mr. DASH. All right. And you took the money out on October 12, 1972? Mr. DEAN. Yes, sir. Mr. THOMPSON. And you placed the check in the trustee account when? Mr. DEAN. I do not recall the exact date the trustee account was set, UP, because as I say--- Mr. THOMPSON. In April? Mr. DEAN. Yes, in April. Mr. THOMPSON. From October 1972 to April 1973, you had this money in your stock account, and you never did take any money Out of the stock account and place it in the bank to cover this check? Mr. DEAN. That is correct, Mr. THOMPSON. When did you tear up this check? Mr. DEAN-. Shortly after my attorney told me he wanted me to issue a newer check. And he said in a manner that was without. to my knowledge, any sinister thoughts at all, that, merely issue me a new check and tear up the old check and bring the old one over here---- Mr. THOMPSON. I am not talking about sinister now. Of course, you have a right to do what you want to do with your own checks. There is nothing sinister about----- Mr. DEAN. We. had talked about this, Mr. Thompson, after the fact. I wish I had had the check. Mr. THOMPSON. I am sure you do, too. [00.32.00]
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 29, 1973 (1/2)
[00.32.00-DEAN tries to explain his position with regard to the personal use of campaign funds in his care-it complicates his position that he has destroyed evidence that supports his own position, that he was not trying to steal the money] Mr. DEAN. If I were not perfectly candid with this committee, it would not be very difficult to manufacture another check. Mr. THOMPSON. I assume you would not do that, Mr. Dean. Mr. DEAN. I would not do that, no, sir. Mr. THOMPSON. I do not think we will even discuss possible further perjury or any activity of that nature. [00.32.20] Mr. SHAFFER. I object to the -word "further," Mr. Chairman. Mr. THOMPSON. That Objection, if the Chair will allow me to comment on it, is well taken. But it was your intent and what -was in your mind at the time, that puzzles me, Mr. Dean. Under ordinary circumstances, I -would say that a man of your dealings, dealing in stock--if I might finish--with personal affairs involving great sums of money, that even in ordinary circumstances, it would be highly unusual for anyone to tear up a check, for any reason. Maybe not. But it would seem that way to me. But under these circumstances, when you knew in your own mind that there might be some question about it, to the extent that you went through these gyrations to set up this trustee account, when you realized there might be some question, that you would destroy the only documentary evidence that might substantiate that testimony. [00.33.33] Mr. DEAN. Well, let me repeat something that I think should be very clear on the record. I at no time thought there was any way in the world that I would not have to account, in full for that, money. Too many people were aware of it. Mr. Howard was aware that it had come to me. Mr. Strachan was aware that it had come, to me. I had told Mr. Fielding that, I had it in my possession. I assume that they had possibly told other people about it, the fact that the money had ended up in my safe. The first occasion that it came to my mind, the point where I thought it ought to be revealed to the Government, -was after I went to my attorney. I -revealed it as it -was. We discussed back at that time that after we made the moves to open up the trustee accounts that really, through inadvertence rather than serious thought, I had destroyed the first check based on an accounting that my attorney had made. He said, tear up the first check and issue me a new check; it will be negotiable able. Now, that is the way the facts are. Mr. THOMPSON. Had you already started preparing your statement that you were going to use here today? Mr. DEAN. No, sir: I was not preparing the statement then. I was trying to go over at that time just my chronology of my knowledge as to the sequence of events. I was having meetings with the prosecutors some of this was just by, you know, trying to give them the facts as I knew them. [00.34.09] Mr. THOMPSON. Maybe I got, the wrong implication or impression a minute ago in response, to a question of Mr. Dash. The impression I got was that you were stating, in effect, that you never would have had to return that money, but you came, forward and did it anyway because nobody -would have known about it, something to that elect. Now you state that, correctly, Mr. Howard knew about it, Mr. Strachan knew about it, you assumed that they had told others about it. So--- [00.35.38] Mr. DEAN. What I am saying is not that no one would have ever known I had taken out, the, money. I could have put, the cash back in. That was not, my intention. When I, in fact, knew that I had handled that money, I felt I ought to state I had handled that money. I raised it with my lawyer, told him what I had done, and that is the, way it occurred. [00.35.59] Mr. THOMPSON. At, the, time, you went to your lawyer. you were, of course, shall we say estranged from the White House? I believe you said you got a different impression when you got back from Camp David. You said you were not going to play the coverup. game any longer and you got a different, impression from Haldeman as to his relationship with YOU and what he thought, about, you, that sort of thing. Did it ever occur to you that they might have access to your safe, or that they might be talking to Mr. Howard, they might be talking to Mr. Strachan, and they could go to the safe at any time? Mr. DEAN. At that, point, they were on their way to California. There was no problem with that, happening. Mr. THOMPSON. So there were, other people At the White House you still assumed were friends at that time? Mr. DEAN. There was only one person who had a combination to that, safe and it would been an extraordinary act, if they had come, in at that point when they were still dealing with me and trying to solicit my testimony as to what it was going to be for suddenly one night my safe to disappear. So I do not think that that Is a fair assumption. [00.37.07]
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 29, 1973 (1/2)
[00.37.07-THOMPSON continues to ask DEAN about the finances of the COVERUP and DEAN'S dealings with the money] Mr. THOMPSON. Let me ask you about this entire fund. I think this merits some questioning with regard to the remaining money that was there: $10,350 that you said was not used. So you took $4,850 because you did not want it to be used in coverup activities or used to perpetuate the coverup. [00.37.35-THOMPSON tries to suggest that DEAN'S dealings with the funds were related to DEAN'S activities in the rest of the coverup, including taking materials from HUNT'S safe] Let us place this in context with Your own situation at, that time. Is it, not true that on October 11, Mr. Hunt had filed a motion to suppress in the criminal case in which he was involved at that time, alleging in an affidavit as part of its motion that certain documents or certain materials had not been turned over to the authorities when his safe was cleaned out? Mr. DEAN. I do not, recall the date when he had filed that motion, whether it was October 11. I recall there, was a motion filed to that effect. In fact, I recall that we received a letter at the White House. that it 'was a draft letter by Mr. Bittman to Mr. Colson that I received from Mr. O'Brien indicating the fact that such a motion might be filed and in that letter, the question was raised as to where given items that were in the safe were located. This immediate raised to me the problem of the fact that materials, had not one directly to the FBI, but rather had gone directly to Mr. Gray. So I was aware. of the fact that that motion was in the works and was going to be filed. [00.38.59] Mr. THOMPSON. And the basis of that motion was, at least One of the points, as I understand In the affidavit was that certain materials had not been turned over from his safe, had been withheld, and something had happened to them, is that not correct? Mr. DEAN. That is correct. Mr. THOMPSON. All right, and you -were one, Of the Ones involved. I believe you said Mr. Ehrlichman told you to see, that the safe, was cleaned out. You were the one who, I believe, held a suitcase for a while, carried it around in the trunk of your car? Mr. DEAN. That is correct. Mr. THOMPSON. YOU were the one who turned over documents to Mr. Gray? Mr. DEAN. That is correct. Mr. THOMPSON. In order that they would not be leaked, I believe you said. Did you -not consider when this motion was filed, -when this affidavit was filed, that there was some amount of pressure on you, that you might be called in a hearing in the criminal case in order to explain what might have happened to those documents? Mr. DEAN. Indeed, I was quite, aware -when the motion was filed and I was called down to visit with the prosecutors, with the fact that I was going to be called to testify. That is -what compelled me to go and tell Mr. Petersen that in fact, the documents had not all been turned over directly to the agents. Mr. THOMPSON So you -were concerned about that at that time? Mr. DEAN. I was concerned about what? Mr. THOMPSON. The fact that this motion had been filed and you knew that, you had been actually the one who had, in effect, diverted some of those materials. Mr. DEAN,. Let us understand this. I had been asked to deep six and shred documents. Mr. THOMPSON. You testified as to that. [00.40.27] Mr. DEAN. I did not want to deep six and shred documents. As far as I was concerned, I had been prepared to testify -when my name became known that in Mr. Gray's testimony my name was going to come out. Mr. THOMPSON. You had been prepared to testify that you had given him certain documents and that they were extremely sensitive and I believe you said you did not, tell him that they should never see the light of day. Mr. DEAN. That is not what I remember. I believe I testified yesterday that I said they were not to be made public. [00.40.55] Mr. THOMPSON. Were you prepared to testify that you carried the suitcase around in your car for a few days to decide -whether or not you would deep six it? Mr. DEAN. If I had been called, that would have come out. Mr. THOMPSON. Would that not have been a certain amount of pressure on you, coming in and testifying truthfully is one thing but wanting to do that or in trying to prevent yourself from being placed in a situation where you would have, to do that--you did not want to go down there? [00.41.19] Mr. DEAN. Mr. Thompson, you cannot believe the amount of pressure that, came on me after the Gray hearings by people not wanting we to testify. It became inevitable that I might have to testify. [00.41.31-IS THOMPSON suggesting DEAN wanted to take the cash and skip the country to avoid testifying? What is his point?] Mr. THOMPSON. I am talking about the specific point. I am talking about 'whether or not, on the, day before you took this money out, and, of course, the records speak for themselves--I believe it, was October 11 of that year--that the day before you took the, money out, this motion was filed and in your mental condition at the moment, whether it was a matter of great concern to you? Mr. DEAN. I would not, testify it was a matter of great concern; no, sir. Mr. THOMPSON. Would you carry a suitcase around with documents in it- Mr. DEAN. That was a long way off and let, me tell you the interviewing events. After the letter came to my attention before the motion was filed, I had conversations with Mr. O'Brien about this. I told him that if the motion were filed by Mr. Bittman that a lot of problems might be created for the White House. Mr. THOMPSON. When was this conversation? Mr. DEAN. Well, it was well in advance of the filing of the motion. Mr. THOMPSON. Was it well after October--before the motion was filed? Mr. DEAN. Yes, it was. Mr. THOMPSON. And what was the substance of the conversation? Mr. DEAN. I told him that, it would create real problems for the White House if it was. I didn't get explicit with him. [00.42.39]
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 29, 1973 (1/2)
[00.42.39-THOMPSON is trying to link DEAN'S personal use of the campaign money in his care to his status as a potential witness at that time, seems to suggest DEAN was trying to rip off the CRP] Mr. THOMPSON. And possibly problems for you, would it not? It would be at least embarrassing. would it not, that you were trying to decide whether or not to deep six those materials? Mr. DEAN. Well, it was not, you know, embarrassment to me in the sense that, it might have embarrassed others more seriously and it would have unraveled the coverup, if that is what you are saying; yes. Mr. THOMPSON. You were only concerned not to embarrass others and not yourself? Mr. DEAN. No, sir; I am sailing I was concerned that It might start, unraveling the coverup. [00.43.04] Mr. THOMPSON. Did you ever give Mr. LaRue any money for him to distribute to the defendants? Mr. DEAN. Directly? Mr. THOMPSON. Yes, sir. Mr. DEAN. No, sir. Mr. THOMPSON. Was any money ever, passed in your office when Mr. LaRue and Mr. Kalmbach -were present to give to defendants in order to keep them silent? Mr. DEAN. That is possible. I don't recall. It could have happened when Mr. LaRue and Mr. Kalmbach met for -Mr. LaRue to get his instructions regarding or Mr. Kalmbach got the instructions from Mr. LaRue as to the disposition of the money. [00.43.42] Mr. THOMPSON. Did Mr. Kalmbach ever come in and in effect, make an accounting of the money he had received and the money he had disbursed when he had some notes in his hand? Do you recall that, in your office? Mr. DEAN. I recall that he told me that he had destroyed the copy Of the distribution, but he said that he had take care of it and there may have been some sort of accounting. I don't -recall it precisely. It was not something we talked about with great frequency. [00.44.12] Mr. THOMPSON. Did you ever burn notes Mr. Kalmbach had had concerning his distribution? Mr. DEAN. Oh, yes; I did. 'Mr. Kalmbach gave me a small slip of paper. He was burning it and I gave him my ash tray and it was placed in my ashtray on my desk and burned up, one of these little notepads I think I testified to in my earlier testimony, where he had transcribed larger notes into smaller notes and it was burned up in an ash tray in my office. I do recall that; yes. Mr. THOMPSON. When did that occur? Mr. DEAN. Sometime after the delivery, I gather, had been made. Mr. THOMPSON. Was anyone else present besides you and Mr. Kalmbach? Mr. DEAN. NO; there was not. [00.44.54] Mr. THOMPSON. As to whether or not you in fact told Mr. Kalmbach that you wanted Ulasewicz to be the one to distribute this money? Mr. DEAN. I did not tell Mr. Kalmbach. Mr. Kalmbach requested Mr. Ulasewicz' number from me because he told me he was the only one he would trust to do the job. Mr. THOMPSON. Did you know who Ulasewicz was? Mr. DEAN. Indeed I did. I knew that. from the time, that Mr. Caulfield had been put on my staff; shortly thereafter, I learned that he had done countless assignments for Mr. Caulfield and Mr. Caulfield had regaled me at times with Mr. Ulasewicz ability. [00.45.32] Mr. THOMPSON. Getting back to the money in a different light, and I hope my pursuit is not being completely irrelevant. I am concerned with that fund and the possibility of whether or not there might have been distributions of that fund other than the one you have related to us. As I understand your statement, the reason you took the $4,850 primarily was to cover the expenses that you would incur on your honeymoon. Is that correct? Mr. DEAN. That -was the original purpose, but as I have, I think, the committee, I later used it for personal expenditures. Mr. THOMPSON. But that was the original purpose,? Mr. DEAN. That was the, original purpose; that is correct. Mr. THOMPSON. And you were questioned, I believe, as to why it would take that much money for a honeymoon. I believe your statement is that you planned to spend several weeks on your honeymoon. Mr. DEAN. I had hoped to spend about 10 days to 2 weeks in Florida if I could get it. I didn't know if I could get it. Mr. THOMPSON. 10 days to 2 weeks? Mr. DEAN. I didn't know how long I was going to stay. I was going to fight off the office as long as I could. I hadn't had a break in some time. [00.46.56-THOMPSON is trying one last time to pin DEAN on something improper] Mr. THOMPSON. You testified on more than one occasion that you were very careful in making your statement, that you -went over your statement in detail. Now the 10 days, this is the first time I have, heard of the 10 days. Mr. DEAN. No, sir; if you will check the transcript, that also came out in the questioning at one Point. Mr. THOMPSON, That you have testified? Mr. DEAN. Yes. Mr. THOMPSON. If I am in error, I will apologize- I am going back to your prepared transcript, your prepared statement, where you say on page 116: On Friday, the 13th, I had left Washington to go to Florida to spend several weeks on a honeymoon. I was abruptly called back on the 15th, after 2 days. Mr. DEAN. That correct. Mr. THOMPSON. I assume it was your intention when you left here to spend Several weeks Mr. DEAN. That was my--- Mr. THOMPSON. If possible Mr. DEAN. Yes.
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Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 29, 1973 (1/2)
[00.47.56-THOMPSON takes one last stab at questioning DEAN, seemingly trying to suggest that DEAN attempted to rip off the CRP and skip town to avoid being called to account for the coverup] Mr. THOMPSON. What were your campaign duties, Mr. Dean? Mr. DEAN. I don't know what you mean by campaign duties. Mr. THOMPSON. You were counselor to the. President, and I believe you mentioned in the past, that Mr. Haldeman in effect realized what your duties would be during the campaign. I assumed you would have slightly different role, perhaps, during a campaign than you would in a nonpolitical year? [00.48.20] Mr. DEAN. That is right. I certainly was not involved in any political aspects. I would say the basic, thing, a number of filings required by the President required research of the State laws to define and describe, exactly what the President himself would have to sign as a candidate for the Office of President of the United States. These could not be handled by the reelection committee. They would require a notarized Presidential signature. The President -was traveling around the country from time to time, we would have to send them with a military aide, We would have, to be not only aware of what the 50 States required we would have to be aware Of when they required it. That was probably the most consuming of the campaign activities. [00.49.05] I would say that my largest campaign activity was the coverup of the Watergate. Mr. THOMPSON. Let, me ask you if this would. be correct and I am reading from page, 38 of the transcript Of our executive session. [READING] My principal area of concern would be that the white. House itself would stay in full compliance with election laws. And I can say from that point on, we didn't miss one thing regarding the election laws themselves which was a rather voluminous and time-consuming task because as the candidate the President had a lot of filings that required his signature itself and were handled in the White House. Mr. DEAN. I think that is saying in another way what I have just said. Mr. THOMPSON. You left on October what 13th? Mr. DEAN. That is correct. Mr. THOMPSON. Well, several weeks would have had you returning after the election Mr. DEAN. That is correct. Mr. THOMPSON. Would not that have presented a little problem for you considering there was a required filing on the 15th, 6 days next Preceding the election? Mr. DEAN. At, that time. we had a routine system set, up for filing. Mr. Wilson had devised a calendar with all the check dates. There was not a daily filing period. I can't recall any particular filing period in that time, there may have been, I don't have the calendar in front of me. These would be forwarded by that time routinely to the President for signature. He was used to them by that time. He would sign them, they would come back notarized and he. would forward them back to the appropriate State requiring it. In fact, I would say the weeks, preceding the, election -were some, of the slowest weeks during my time at the White House. [00.50.47] Mr. THOMPSON. Was It Slow in terms of campaign contributions that were coming in? Mr. DEAN. We didn't receive campaign contributions at the White House. Mr. THOMPSON. Were you ever called upon to interpret the propriety of accepting such campaign contributions, foreign contributions, anything of that nature? Mr. DEAN. Yes; that periodically, came up, yes, indeed. [00.51.06-THOMPSON questions DEAN, trying to insinuate that DEAN was preparing to skip town in October of 1972] Mr. THOMPSON. But you were going to go on a honeymoon, from which you would not return, if you had your preference, until after the election? Mr. DEAN. Let me explain when I went to Florida, what the situation is in Florida. There are two villas that are set aside, for White House staff. I had to retain that privately rather than take it at Government expense, obviously, being on a honeymoon. That runs $100 a day. I also said that because when I am in Florida, you have the entire signal telephone system. As I think my -wife can attest, while I was at the White House, there was virtually no time, that I was out of contact with the remainder of the staff at any time. And as you well know, you can conduct business by telephone and get staff doing things as easily as you being present in the office, and that is how, often, you operate in the office. I also had a very trusted deputy who could handle things in my absence and if he had a judgment he wanted my attention drawn to, I certainly was available for him to call and reflect on that judgment. Mr. THOMPSON. So then you were planning to be gone for several weeks? Mr. DEAN. I had hoped to. That had been our intention; yes. [00.52.23] Mr. THOMPSON. That -was your intention. Did you know anyone when you were working at the White House, have contact with any one whose first name is Jane? Mr. Did I know anybody at the White House by the name of Jane? Mr. THOMPSON. Yes. Mr. DEAN. I know several Mr. THOMPSON. Start closest to you, if you would. Mr. DEAN. Yes; I have a secretary by the name of Jane Thomas. Mr. THOMPSON. That is the name, I think, that I am interested in. If I am not, we will go back to it. Do you have a travel office, or did you have a travel office, at the White House that sometimes made accommodations for you for the trips that you would take? Mr. DEAN. Yes; I generally had my secretary make travel accommodations through the travel office. Mr. THOMPSON. Do you recall whether or not -you had Jane Thomas make travel accommodations for this particular honeymoon trip? Mr. DEAN. I do not have the foggiest recollection. [00.53.20]
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[00.53.20-THOMPSON continues to examine DEAN, trying to insinuate that DEAN planned to skip town with CRP funds in October, 1972 to avoid being called to account for the COVERUP, with a honeymoon as a cover story] Mr. THOMPSON. There is a document here, Mr. Dean, that I would like to present to you for your examination I ion. It is entitled "Request for Transportation.--- If I might read it, as it is being presented to you. Dated October 11, ".Contact, Jane. Traveler, Mr. and Mrs. John Dean. Extension 241, from D.C. to Miami, two seats. Carrier, Eastern Airlines, Flight 185. Date, October 14." You went down I assume you returned. "National Airlines, Flight 102, October 18. Payment, American Express. Fare, $336." The word "tickets" is stamped across it. First of all, is this a form that is used by the travel office? Mr. DEAN. I have no Idea. I have never seen the form before, and I have no idea if in fact that was paid for by American Express. I think that is something that will have to be checked as the auditors go back through my records. Mr. THOMPSON. I agree with you. If there is any question about it, obviously, the person in charge of these documents, the person in custody of these documents will be brought down here and placed under oath to explain these documents in full. It is my understanding that since your testimony was begun pursuant to committee request, this request, this document has been furnished by the travel office, It does indicate to me that the request was made on October 11. 1972, by someone named Jane for a flight leaving on the 14th to return on the 18th, a trip of 4 days. Do you have any further comment on it. -Mr. Dean? Mr. DEAN. Well. as, I said, it was my intention to go down there and spend 2 weeks. Mr. THOMPSON. THOMPSON. Two weeks or several weeks Mr. DEAN. Several weeks. I very frequently, and you can check my other travel records, when I went, places, I took the immediate turnaround ticket for the hold purpose and often stayed beyond that date. A bird in the hand, in traveling back and forth through main routes, is something I always felt was wise to do. I think if you -will check my records, in the travel office, you will find I did that on other occasions. [00.56.14-THOMPSON questions DEAN about his use of campaign funds and his travel plans at that time] Mr. THOMPSON. So you are stating that this document could be correct and you could have. requested your secretary to make accommodations for you to return on the 18th after 4 days. Mr. DEAN. It is nay recollection I did not pay for that by American Express, as a matter my Of fact, Often, when my secretary would go down and set, something like this, up, a subsequent phone call would change an arrangement, something like that. I think you can check that also. Mr. THOMPSON. I thought you just testified you did not know whether or not your secretary had made a request for this particular honeymoon trip not. Mr. DEAN. I am saying that the name "Jane" here would indicate to me that, she had. Mr. THOMPSON. YOU just said that you did not recall whether or not this was paid for by American Express. Mr. DEAN. That is the reason I say that. I recall that there was not time to pay for it by American Express and I had to go to the airport and pick the tickets up at the "will call." so I had the tickets In hand. The White House could not process the tickets fast enough, I think if you will check the records, you will find out that is what happened. Mr. THOMPSON. The White House could not process the tickets fast enough? Mr. DEAN. That is correct. Mr. THOMPSON. Would that indicate, that you did make a request through the travel office of the White House? Mr. DEAN. As I say, I generally made all the requests through the travel office--through my secretary, I mean. I asked her to arrange them. There were occasions when she went directly to outside lines and made my travel requests as well. Mr. THOMPSON. Did you subsequently get to Miami to spend a few more days on your honeymoon? Mr. DEAN. As I recall, we made several trips to Miami to try to have a honeymoon and were called back. Mr. THOMPSON. Did you leave for Miami on October 20, if you recall? Mr. DEAN. That is very possible. As I told -you when we started this line of questioning, I have not sat down and tried to reconstruct this. I am perfectly willing to reconstruct it for the committee and turn it all over to the committee for the committee's use. I just have not entered this area of reconstruction and I am sure---- Mr. THOMPSON. You will not test your memory on these particular points, is that what you are saying? Mr. DEAN. I think I would like to have the opportunity to check my own calendar, particularly my wife, who does keep a calendar of these types of events. It would be very helpful in reconstructing this for the committee. [00.58.39]
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[00.58.39-Fred THOMPSON interrogates DEAN about his use funds and his travel plans at that time] Mr. THOMPSON. I have a document here that I would like to present to you, which is a similar document indicating a, request, the contact being Mr. Dean this time, dated October 19, 1972, for flight to Miami on October 20, to return October 23. There are several markings down here. Evidently, there was some confusion as to the airlines. That is the only thing I can tell. Mr. DEAN. No; this probably indicates, as I recall-it is 10-19--- they could not find a flight, they tried to get a flight, they could not find a flight and they had me, on the wait list. I see there is a wait list indication down here--W.L. I assume, is wait list. The only thing I can assume is that this is some sort of form that the travel office uses which I have never seen before, so I cannot explain it. Mr. THOMPSON. But you do remember the occasion, you do remember the trip? Mr. DEAN. On the 19th? Mr. THOMPSON. You would have been leaving on the, 20th, I believe, Mr. Dean. Mr. DEAN. On the 20th--that is correct. Mr. THOMPSON. And returned on the 23d? Mr. DEAN. That is correct. Mr. THOMPSON. Were you called back Mr. DEAN, Do I recall that? As I say, I recall several efforts to get to Florida but not -with success. Mr. THOMPSON. What I asked you, and I think you misunderstood me, was were you called back on the 23d? Mr. DEAN-. Yes; I have testified that after I got to Florida, I was Virtually On the phone the whole time 'me, and suddenly was called back, to come back on Sunday. I went to this meeting in the Roosevelt room which I have described in my testimony and turned around again as soon as I thought I could get off to Florida again and tried to get to Florida again. This must be the trip that evidences that. I would assume that indicates that trip. [01.00.38] Mr. THOMPSON. All right. Mr. Dean, my point again is as to the significance of the points I have been going over. I know they seem rather minute in comparison with Presidential involvement, but I think when you state in your statement that you planned several weeks and if one wanted to put a theory afloat that, possibly you were trying to seek to justify your taking this money out for some reason other than you have given us today, that trip, that is an extended honeymoon this would be very relevant. Mr. Chairman, I would like to either have, these for identification or made part of the record, I would suggest and hope that we would get the proper people in charge of the custody of these documents to come down here and verify them for us. Mr. DEAN. As I indicated to the committee. I am perfectly willing to provide all my materials, all my records, and this can be gone over in the greatest detail the committee Wishes. MR. THOMPSON. That will be done, Mr. Dean. Thank you. Senator ERVIN. Let the documents be appropriately numbered by the, reporter. [01.01.54] Mr. SHAFFER. Mr. Chairman. I would like to make a request of the Chair, and I think Mr. Thompson ought to be aware of something that I do not think he is aware of. That is that in the files, there is -a Xerox copy of all the currency that Mr. Dean transmitted to me and that I transmitted to the bank before that currency cleared. That, was made in my office by me to my secretary, who is in this room and I still consider myself under oath, and turned over to this committee voluntarily and not pursuant 'to a subpena. So by looking at the, serial numbers on that currency you can establish whether or not More than $4,850 was taken out and some other currency put back. Because, my recollection of that currency is the serial numbers, while from the first bill to the last are not in sequential order, there are a Series of sequential numbers that meant something to the prosecutors. With reluctance, I also would like to say that when Mr. Dean first spoke to me, about, the cash and his check, the cash and the check were not then open to view. I have never seen this missing check, we never discussed destruction of the missing check with the committee, before. On the next day, when I had decided what we were a going to do with go the check and the documents, I said. I -will need a currently doted check--he had told me the one was old--and the, currency, which he Provided me at, another location. I am sorry as an officer of the court, and also analogously as an officer of this committee. that we do not have, here today for you that check, and I assure each and every one of you under oath that there, was no intention on my part, or Mr. Dean's to destroy that document and keep it, from you. Thank you. Mr. THOMPSON. We might just put one question--- Mr. DASH. I think it should go on the record that it is true that we, did receive the photostatic copies of currency and Mr. Thompson does know about it, because I have shown him that file. Mr. SHAFFER. I am sorry. I did not know whether he knew about it or not. Mr. THOMPSON. I received some of these documents belatedly and much later than Mr. Dash, quite frankly---- [01.04.07-TAPE OUT]
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[01.03.51-IN to Sam DASH discussing documentation of DEAN'S trusteeship of campaign funds, related to Fred THOMPSON'S questioning of DEAN] Mr. DASH.----it is true that we, did receive the photostatic copies of currency and Mr. Thompson does know about it, because I have shown him that file. Mr. SHAFFER. I am sorry. I did not know whether he knew about it or not. Mr. THOMPSON. I received some of these documents belatedly and much later than Mr. Dash, quite frankly---- Mr. SHAFFER. I have no problem with it. [01.04.13--Sen. ERVIN has had enough of this B.S. about the money!] Senator ERVIN. If I could ask a question or so here, I might shorten some of this. Mr. Dean, did anybody know that you had taken out the $4,850 out of this money except yourself? Mr. DEAN. No, sir, they did not. [01.04.31] Senator ERVIN. If you had wanted to deceive anybody about it, what would have prevented you from getting $4,850 and replacing it? Mr. DEAN. Nothing Senator ERVIN. And the, first man that knew that you had used the $4,850 was your lawyer? Mr. DEAN. That is correct, and I told him that, I wanted to reveal that fact to the government also. Senator ERVIN. And your lawyer advised you to issue a, new check. Did he give as a reason the fact that banks sometimes refuse to cash checks unless they are presented within a reasonable time after they are dated? Mr. DEAN. That is precisely the reason that he gave me. [01.05.08] Mr. SHAFFER. I object to that. The reason I gave him was that he told me the check was made to cash and it had to be made to me and Hogan as trustees. Mr. DEAN. You also said that it had to be a current check. Mr. SHAFFER. Well, all right, you remember that. Senator ERVIN. If you had the desire to deceive anybody, all you would have had to do was get the $4,850 in cash and taken and added the, money to the balance that you had in the safe. Mr. DEAN. That is correct, Mr. Chairman. Senator ERVIN. But the first man you told that, you had used the money was Mr. Shaffer? Mr. DEAN. That is correct. [01.05.43] Senator ERVIN. Instead of concealing the transaction by restoring the cash, you gave him a check paid to him and he deposited it in a trust account? Mr. DEAN. That is correct. Senator ERVIN. Together with the other money? Mr. DEAN. That is correct. Senator ERVIN. Making the amount of money the total amount, that was originally delivered to you? Mr. DEAN. That, is correct, I was quite aware of the, fact that obviously this is a great personal embarrassment and a rather unwise move, but I didn't want to hide. the, facts from this committee on what, I had done. Mr. THOMPSON. Mr. Dean, if I might ask you one more question with regard to the, checking account on which you drew this cheek; you drew the check on April 12, would that be correct? Mr. DEAN. I believe there were two checks. I don't have, those records in front, of me now. Mr. THOMPSON I have here in your bank account an indication that April 12 was the first day for some time, evidently, that you had enough money in your checking account for this check to clear? Mr. DEAN. When I realized it, I called him and had my broker send down the amount Of money necessary to cover the check. Mr. THOMPSON. You were, not, advised by anyone that, it would either be wise or the thing to do with regard to the destruction Of your check, is that correct? You did that of your own Volition? Mr. DEAN. As I say, I told- Mr. THOMPSON. I am sorry, 'Mr. Dean, you can explain in as great detail as you would like. Mr. DEAN. No, no one told me it, would be, wise or Mr. THOMPSON. All right. That is all. Senator ERVIN. Any other questions of any members of this committee? [No response.] Senator ERVIN. -Mr. -Dean. the committee has a rule that a witness can make a, closing statement. We will afford You that, opportunity just as we afforded it, to other witnesses. [01.07.52] Senator BAKER. Let me do this first, Mr. Chairman. It might be that Mr. Dean would want to comment on it before he makes his closing Statement. Senator ERVIN. OK, fine. Senator BAKER. I indicated earlier in the hearings that Congressman Garry 'Brown had written a letter to the committee and was preparing to submit a Sworn statement, I did not at that time. have in hand the letter from Congressman Brown. It had been inadvertently misplaced. I now have a copy and if there, is no objection, 'Mr. Chairman, I'll read it. Also, if there is no objection, we will. receive the, Statement under oath of Mr. -Brown as to the letter. Dear Mr. Chairman: Late Yesterday afternoon upon learning of the statement given to your committee by John W. Dean, III in which he implicated me and members of the Banking and Currency Committee in what he has alleged was a "coverup" of the Watergate matter and other improper conduct, I immediately dictated a letter to You demanding That I be given an opportunity to appear before your committee mid respond to, deny, and rebut Mr. Dean's allegations. [01.09.05]
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[01.09.05] Senator BAKER. I might depart from the letter to say that the chairman and I have indicated to Mr. Brown that we would be happy to have this letter as Part Of the record, his statement as part of the record. If he still wished to testify, of course, we would provide him that opportunity. [01.09.21] Mr. DEAN. Mr. Vice Chairman, I -wonder if I might comment on something? I think that in my testimony, I have explained that often, What was happening at the White House was one motive. The person On the, other end wasn't always aware of that motive. and I don't mean to impute to other people the fact that one person had one desire, the motive to the other person who was doing a normal, what they was as helpful thing to the White House in a general election year and not understanding the implications of all the facts and circumstances. Senator BAKER. Thank you, Mr. Dean. I am. aware of that situation, and what I would really like to do is read this letter now so that before you conclude your testimony and make your closing statement, if you choose to do that you would have an opportunity to comment on that as well. To continue with the letter, the second paragraph: Before I had an opportunity to get the letter off to you, I was pleased to be contacted by a member of your committee's majority staff who indicated an interest in talking with me relative to the allegations set forth and involving me in Dean's statement. I met with your Mr. Dorsen and Mr. Parr and believe that this conference was mutually beneficial. I thank you for providing me with this opportunity to at least apprise your committee staff of my position relative to Dean's charges. Although I think I have satisfied your Committee staff members that Dean had no factual justification to link the House. Banking and Currency Committee action with what he has testified were White House coverup activities, his irresponsible or false statements with respect thereto have caused me and other members of the Banking and Currency Committee grave harm. Without equivocation , I can state it was not known to me, nor to any other member of the Committee to my knowledge, that our opposition to the granting of subpoena power to Chairman Patman was in any way, nor could be claimed to be, in any way, a part of the coverup about which Mr. Dean is testifying. I, personally, vehemently deny the truth of Mr. Dean's statement that my letter of September 8, 1972 to the Attorney General was in fact, drafted by Parkinson for Congressman Brown.' This is an untrue statement, the letter having been dictated by me and having contained my work product. [01.11.43] Although I am preparing a chronological statement of my whole participation in the successful effort to deny Chairman Patman subpoena power in October of last year, the mere filing of such a statement with your Committee and even the giving of the same to the media will not counteract and repudiate the publicity given to Mr. Dean's testimony, I, therefore, respectfully request and insist that I be given an opportunity to appear before your Committee and respond to the allegations made by Mr. Dean. The granting of this request, Mr. Chairman, is the least your Committee should do, It seems to me, to attempt to correct The unwarranted and unjustified damage that has been done. Your prompt and favorable response to this request will be greatly appreciated. Signed GARRY BROWN. Congress. [01.12.32] Senator BAKER. Mr. Chairman, I reiterate this letter has been accepted for the record and is being read now for the, -record at the request of Congressman Brown. Mr. DEAN-. Yes and I might just say--- Senator BAKER. Mr. Dean, I wanted to read it now in an abundance of fairness both to Congressman Brown 'and to you, so you can make any further comment, Now, on the question, on the request., that Mr. Brown makes, as stated earlier, the chairman and I have discussed this matter and clearly if Mr. Brown wants to testify as a Member of Congress he, is entitled to do that but by the same, token, we Understand that he is submitting a sworn statement as an addendum to this letter and I would propose, Mr. Chairman, that we take under advisement the matter of whether any further testimony should be, received or not. [01.13.21] Mr. DEAN-. I might just, add on, -with regard to Mr. Brown, Congressman Brown's letter, this is in the area of hearsay, of course, that I had heard that the letter by Mr. Parkinson was, Mr. Parkinson assisted Mr. Brown in Preparing the letter for the Attorney General, [01.13.41]
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Robert MacNEILL states that that is the complete story of John Dean, and the committee will not meet again until July 10, when John Mitchell will testify, and Mitchell's lawyers have already indicated that Mitchell will not implicate the President. States that it will be interesting to see what the White House does in the interim, since Fred Buzhardt's attempt to enter the fray was such a disaster that the White House had to state that Buzhardt's position was not an official White House one. States that next week, Americans will celebrate the second July 4th holiday since the Watergate, and it is still not clear "how many new techniques those under investigation have added to the American Political system."
Bernie Howard Commercials I
1) Merchants Bank Town & Country Charge Card (B&W, sound)-- Great achival footage circa 1920's of an old jalopy jumping a shack only to crash when it lands (fairly famous shot); tracking shot of a Roman feast (orgy, anyone?); tight LS of a biplane crashing into the side of a house; MS of a man wearing a toga getting into forced and funny fisticuffs with two other men; LS and MS of the US cavalry charging through a Great Plain. (ONLY #1 MERCHANTS BANK TOWN AND CHARGE CARD IS ON MASTER 1018) 2) Merchants Bank Town & Country Charge Card (B&W, sound)-- shorter ad but similar in construction to last one. Features archival footage circa 1920's of a man standing on a speeding passenger car, then climbing the rope ladder of a biplane flying just above. NIce stunt. 3) Alberto Silken Rinse (B&W, sound)-- A blond model stands with product in a TV studio, dispensing wit and wisdom as it pertains to the wares. There are some culturally ironic lines here, as well as a funny demo of "Milky" and "Gooey" hair products. 4) Goldblatt's Home Center in Downer's Grove, Illinois (color, sound)-- Good interior shots of the large store's home furnishing departments. Boutique area, water fountain, carpeting, home decorating, lamps, chandeliers, TV sets and so on. A duplicate ad proceeds this one. 5) Lennox (B&W, sound)-- Opens with an awful still animation spoof of "Dragnet" as off-screen detectives vow to unravel the mysterious identity of "Mr. Builder". Of course, this turns into a sales film for Lennox representatives. The first speaker, a nervous young man, reads carelessly from a cue card. The second speaker, a bullish older man, reads rather animatedly from a convenient script. But before he can get too far the sequence ends. 6) Dermafresh Medicated Hand Lotion (B&W, sound)-- There are several spots, in the following order. Note, they repeat, in order. A) Short, rather amusing skit involving two female florists, one of whom is handstripping roses. B) A young woman sits in a kitchen and talks to the camera about Dermafresh. C) A woman gives another woman a body massage, using Dermafresh. 7) Patricia Stevens Cosmetics (B&W, sound)-- There are several spots, in the following order. A) Opens on a commercial set for PS as the director talks to the camera about the product, the product model (on set), then introduces his loyal and loving wife who happens to be a PS glamor subscriber as well. Cut to MS of his glamorous housewife (pearl necklace and all) talking to the camera, hocking the goods. Cut to products shots of their lipstick line, then to CU of another model applying it. B) Same format as the last but featuring a print photographer snapping a PS model before introducing his PS glamorous wife. C) Same format as the last but featuring the mused stylings of an oil painter painting a PS model's portrait before introducing his coincidentally PS glamorous wife. 8) Marhoefer Meats (B&W, sound)-- There are several spots, in the following order. A) Animation of a cowboy, a cowgirl and a cook singing and dancing in front of a covered wagon. They don't write jingles like this anymore. Cut to live action CU of several hot dogs boiling in a pot of water. Cut to CU of a plate of cooked hot dogs being served (presented) to an empty kitchen table. ONLY THIS MARHOEFER MEATS COMMERCIAL IS ON MASTER 109. B) Same format as the last but about smoke-cooked bacon. Good CU of several strips of bacon frying in a pan, then being served. C) Same format as above but about luncheon meat. Good CU's of their luncheon meat line, all pre-packaged. D) Same format as above but about pre-cooked pork sausage. Good CU of several hearty morsels bioling in a pot, then served as the breakfast table with a pot of coffee.
Bernie Howard Commercials II
ON PREVIEW CASSETTE 98010 1) Patricia Stevens Cosmetics: Creme Makeup (B&W, sound)-- There are several spots, in the following order. A) Opens with MS of a film set as the director stands near a PS model. He talks to the camera about the greatness of PS models and products, then introduces his wife who happens to be PS glamorous as well. Cut to MS of his lovely and loyal wife standing in a kitchen, talking to the camera. Cut to product shot, then to CU of yet another PS model applying the creme makeup. B) Same format as above but opens with a print photographer on set with PS model. C) Same format as above but opens with an oil painter painting the portrait of a PS model. 2) EZ Pop Instant Drink Mix (B&W, sound)-- There are two spots for this, in the following order. A) Great CU of a young boy and girl eagerly watching their mother mix a sweet, sugary quart of their favorite drink. CU of MOM pouring it into glasses. B) Strict MS of Mom mixing and pouring EZ Pop. 3) Lykette Deordorant (B&W, sound)-- There are several spots for this using the same images but at various lengths. Basically an animation of Lykette's golden sponge applicator clogging those pesky sweat glands. Cut to products shot and animation of an adorable fairy flying around, wearing a very skimpy dress. 4) Jewish United Fund (color, sound)-- There are several spots here, using the same footage but of various lengths. Opens with CU's and MS's of kids and adults sitting at accounting machines, typing their hearts out, followed by stills of the fund's services and outreaches: social service, welfare, classroom education, physical therapy, counseling, rescueing refugees, etc. 5) Manhattan Motors Used Car Lot (B&W, silent)-- There are two ads using the same footage but in different sequence. CU of a gambler's hand as he shows he has four 2's. Cut to neon sign, reads, "This is 2222". MS's of the store's Blue Ribbon autos in the showroom. Good panning tight LS of the dealership at night, all aglow in neon glitz and bustle. 6) Louis Miller Auto Sales (B&W, silent)-- There are two ads using the same footage but in different sequence. Panning tight LS of a dealership as car drives from the lot and into the sunny street. MS of cars packed in the showroom.. Tight LS of the dealership at night. The second spot segues into a car pulling into their service center where the mechanic and the owner shake the driver's hand. Followed by more showroom and establishing shots.
Bernie Howard Commercials III
ON PREVIEW CASSETTE 98011 1) Jewish United Fund (color, sound, faded red)-- There are three spots using the same footage but at different lengths and sequences. CU's and MS's of kids and adults sitting at an accounting machine, typing their hearts out. Followed by series of stills representing the fund's outreaching programs: social service, classroom education, physical therapy, marital counseling, rescuing refugees and so on. 2) Old Reliable Custom Blend Coffee (B&W, sound)-- Opens with fireworks in night sky a la Honeymooners as a superimposed product image flies to forefront. Cut to CU of coffee cups being filled from a classy silver decanter. Cut to panning CU of 25 filled coffee cups. 3) Chicken Bones Candy (B&W, sound, low levels)-- Great low angle MS of a showroom model bursting through the top of a large Chicken Bones can. Excellent MS's of people giddily eating the sweet confection. 4) Mount Vernon, Virginia (color, silent)-- Excellent color footage of George Washington's historic homestead and final resting place. Tight and wide LS's of the grounds. CU of stone plaque announcing George's tomb, zoom out to MS of same as 2 kids pose in front of it. 5) Hollywood Builders (B&W, sound)-- MS of a sultry young lady talking coyly on a telephone to her friend Gladys. Doesn't help matters the model is wearing some of the most casual wear this side of film noir. And yet she is talking about tract homes in Wilmette, Illinois. Cut to LS's of the suburban homes, then MS's of the homegenous interiors. 6) Homko Lawn Mower (color, sound)-- Great color outtakes from a Bernie Howard of the same name. MS's and CU's of an old man starting a bright orange lawnmower on the front lawn of his suburban home. Great CU's and MS's of the man cutting the top of an exposed water pipe, spray spewing into the air (oops!). Rich color, ultimately silly material. 7) Elegant Touch Nail Hardener (color, sound)-- CU's of elegant and unelegant fingernails (women's); CU's of nails being polished in a TV studio. Spot ends with great MS's of women polishing their nails in the most unlikely (and downright shallow) of places: a grocery store, passenger seat of a convertible and a busy downtown street. 8) Melody Hill Wine Cooler (B&W, sound)-- There are two spots, in the following order. A) MS of a young married couple sweating and tyring to relax in their living room. n animated Melody Hill grape (well, he might be a grape but he looks like an orange) slides a tray of Wine Coolers to them. Cut to animation of several Melody Hill fruit talking to the camera about the product. B) MS of an older couple happily watching TV in their living room. Cut to an excellent MS of them staring into the camera, a TV screen border framing the shot. MS of the wife walking to the liquor cabinet upon the TV's subliminal instructions, revealing a shelf full of Melody Hill wines. 9) Coco Wheats (B&W, sound)-- animation of a character named Mr. Magic (yes, he is a magician) hocking this cocoa-flavored hot cereal. Mr. Magic is adept in some seriously demented trickery as he twists his neck several times and produces big bunnies from his hat before serving breakfast to an overly eager boy. Cut to a product shot of a cup of hot chocolate, a slice of chocolate cake and a sliver of pudding pie; the point is to show what Coco Wheats tastes like. 10) Roman Meal Bread (B&W, sound)-- Several quick animated spots with cloying jingle. 11) Green Giant Mushrooms (color, sound)-- Classic animation of the Jolly Green Giant, lil' Giant and Mr. Mole selling canned mushrooms in colorful Green Valley.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 408
Porter Wagoner "Y'all Come" Stonewall Jackson "Torn From the Pages of Life" ? "Cheyenne" (Instrumental) Dolly Parton "You Can't Reach Me Anymore" Porter Wagoner "Katy Did" Speck Rhodes "Banjo bit" Porter Wagoner "Just Like Years Ago" (gospel) Stonewall Jackson "Smokin' on the Track"
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 410
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 410 - Special Guest The LeFevres (Lefevre family)
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 411
Promo for The Porter Wagoner Show No 411 with special guests Bob Harrington, Dolly Parton, Speck Rhodes and the Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 414
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 414 Live at Opryland
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 415
Porter Wagoner "What Ain't To Be Just Might Happen" Anthony Armstrong "Statue of a Fool" ? "Rufus Tibideaux" Dolly Parton "Joshua" Porter Wagoner/Dolly Parton "Take Away" (duet) Speck Rhodes "How Much is that Hound Dog" Porter Wagoner "Brother Harold Dee" (Gospel) Anthony Armstrong "Proud Mary"
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, July 10, 1973
[00.02.00-John MITCHELL testifying] [00.02.06-MacNEILL in studio] MacNEILL announces a break for station ID [PBS ID-title screen "SENATE HEARINGS ON CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES] [00.05.45-MacNEILL] MacNEILL states that Sam DASH is going to compare the testimony received from Maurice STANS to MITCHELL'S version of the payments of money to LIDDY] [00.05.56-DASH] Mr. DASH. Now, shortly--and I think again this is a restatement of what occurred, shortly after the March 30 meeting in Key Biscayne, Mr. Liddy in April did ask for an initial payment from Mr. Sloan on a quarter million dollar budget. Mr. Sloan has so testified that Liddy asked that the initial payment be $83,000. Were you aware of that request of Mr. Liddy's? Mr. MITCHELL. I am not aware Of the, request, Mr. Dash, with respect, to the dollar amount, and I am sure that the committee recalls the, dialogue from Sloan to Stans to -Mitchell to Stans to Sloan with respect to it in which amounts were, not discussed. It was a question of did Magruder have continuing authorization to authorize expenditures and of course. the answer was, yes. [00.06.50] Mr. DASH. Well. It is more in direct disagreement with Mr. Sloan's testimony or Mr. Stans' testimony, but according to Mr. Sloan's testimony, he was quite concerned about the sizable amount, $83,000, and went to Mr. Stans to see if Mr. Magruder had such authority and then Mr. Stans want to you. According to the testimony of Mr. Stans, on page 1644, for the record- just paraphrasing it--Mr. Stans, although not meaning a particular amount. asked whether, if any amount that Mr. Magruder wanted to give Mr. Liddy would be all right, and that, you had Said Yes. Mr. MITCHELL. I said that Magruder had continuing authority to authorize expenditures of money. Up until that time, I guess he, had expended $3 or 3 1/2 million. 0 [00.07.46]
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, July 10, 1973
[00.12.40-DASH interrogates MITCHELL about the state of MITCHELL'S knowledge about NIXON'S knowledge of the Watergate and COVERUP] [00.12. Mr. DASH. But that statement is not made on any information the President told you or you told the President or anybody told you about what the President knows? Mr. MITCHELL. Would you repeat that again? Mr. DASH. I say that statement you have just made, is not based on anything the President told you specifically, anything you fold the President, anything anybody told you that he had told the President? Mr. MITCHELL. I understand the thrust of your question. That is correct. It is based solely on my association with the President and not conversations on the affirmative side of the subject matter. Mr. DASH. I have no further questions. Senator ERVIN. The committee will stand in recess until 2 o'clock. [00.13.20-SENATORS stand to leave, photographers and reporters go into action] [00.13.25-LEHRER in studio] LEHRER states that the latest attempt to determine the PRESIDENT'S knowledge of Watergate has ended. [PBS network ID-title screen "SENATE HEARINGS ON CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES] [00.16.55-LEHRER] LEHRER states that Fred THOMPSON will ask MITCHELL about government intelligence operations] [00.17.07-shot of ERVIN and DASH conferring, ERVIN bangs gavel] AFTERNOON SESSION, TUESDAY, JULY 10, 1973 Senator ERVIN. The committee, will come to order. Mr. Thompson. Mr. THOMPSON. Mr. Mitchell, you have testified concerning the so-called 1970 plan or the Huston plan or the Huston project, and then in answering questions from Mr. Dash you went Into talking about -what is known as the Plumbers project in the White House. [00.17.49] Would, You say that the Plumbers in the White House. as you know them to be was a logical extension of this 1970 plan which was evidently rescinded? Mr. MITCHELL. I would not say so. Mr. Thompson. because of the time frame intervening and also the consideration of the Interagency Evaluation Commission--Committee in the meantime. I think that Was Somewhat of a self-starter, later on caused used by events and if I would have to guess, without knowing it was probably generated about the time of the Pentagon Papers. Now, these are opinions I am giving to you, I have no knowledge on it. [00.18.35] Mr. THOMPSON. You mentioned a field for, need Of coordination between the intelligence-gathering agencies, is that correct? Mr. MITCHELL. Yes, sir, I do. Mr. THOMPSON. Was this just in the White House or was this also in the, intelligence community. Mr. MITCHELL. Well. it was In parts Of the intelligence community and it certainly was in the Justice Department. We, as I think I mentioned this morning, found that we were receiving intelligence from headquarters where we might not have expected it in connection with anticipation of violent acts in connection with demonstration and at other times just pure violent acts. I mentioned the Alcoholic Tax and Firearms Bureau which had, I thought, quite a very competent intelligence Capacity, certainly, in connection with some of the problems that we had In the Justice Department. [00.19.30]