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Thursday, June 7.1973
University Daily Kansan
Lack of Quorum in House Halts McCloskey Talk on Impeachment
BY WILLIAM F. ARBOGAST
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - The first formal House discussion of possible impeachment of President Nixon was halted on the day after only six minutes Wednesday night.
a speech on the subject by Rep. Paul N. McCloskey, R-Calif., was on demand of Rep. Earl L. Landgrebe, R-Ind, murmur that the House could not muster.
McCloskey said he believed "that time seems almost at hand" when the House must consider formal impeachment proceedings"unless the President makes a full and fair disclosure of everything he knows and when he learned it."
LANDGREEB said he had no vendetta against McCluskey and represented no wing campaign.
"I don't think any member of Congress Republican, Democrat or Socialist should be on the floor talking about impeachment without a quorum present."
Even before Landgreye's quorum call, it was clear that because the day's business had been completed, most House members had left.
MCLOSKEY, in the prepared text of the speech that he did not complete, said Nikon's disclosure should deal with any White House knowledge of the Watergate case, including its coverup and the financial tactics of his campaign organization.
It also should include, McCloskey said, "all actions of the executive branch relating to the prosecution of Daniel Ellsberg, and in particular the domestic security activities, legal and illegal, of the President's own special investigations unit."
Paul McCloskey
"I suspect," he added, "that none of us
wish to impach the President or even inquire into the matter if he will fairly lay before us the facts that will establish his right to honorable acquittal or the precise reasons for his inability to properly release such facts."
IN ADVANCE of his speech in the House,
McCloake had invited colleagues to participate.
He suggested that the House look into the possibility of instituting preliminary impo
McCloskey has opposed Nixon's Vietnam war policy and ran against him last year in the 1960s.
IF THE national security were truly involved, McCloskey said in his speech, "we can keep our proceedings secret. Our record in this regard is at least as good as
Laird Named Adviser . . .
Several weeks ago Laird had told newsmen that if Nixon were involved in the Watergate scandal he would not want to know about it.
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Laird said the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the government were investigating the scandal as they should, but truth will be known and it should be known.
HE TOLD THE news conference that these remain his personal views "because of my concern about the presidency." But he didn't say anything about his noninvolvement and I accept that."
LAIRD SAID HE would assume his new duties June 15 after an already-planned trip overseas and would give up his congressional pension.
Hiaq, who for a month has been acting as interim White House chief of staff, will retire from the Army Aug. 1 and will become presidential assistant responsible for the operation and supervision of the day-to-day operations . . . of the White House staff."
business of government."
As counselor to the President, the White House said Laird "will be responsible for the over-all formulation and coordination of domestic policy." Laird, who was defense minister when he took office, will again hold Cabinet rank and will at on the National Security Council.
During four years on Henry A. Kissinger's National Security Council, Haig rose rapidly from the rank of colonel and last January was promoted to four-star general and named deputy Army chief of staff, a post he will now give up.
SEVERAL HOURS before the White House announcement, Ralph Nader's Public Citizens, Inc., fitted suit in U.S. District Court to strip Haji of his military rank and privileges, citing a law saying that no military officer can hold a civilian office.
those in whom the President has formerly reposed his trust."
He expressed the hope that colleagues would defer the filing of an impeachment resolution or the appointment of a special inquiry committee "for a few more days" to examine the disclosure. There have been no reports, however, that such steps are planned.
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with introducing a Sky Alert, a 24-hour day helicopter patrol; Metro Squad, a joint city-suburban investigation team; Operation Barrier, designed to prevent criminal activity across the Missouri-Kansas border; and the use of computers to speed police response.
McCloskey said, "The issue before us is one of constitutional and legal import, not of economic importance."
Kelley apparently came to administration
K.C. Chief to FBI...
THE DICK TRACY comparison was a product of a police department press release that boasted, "Even with two-way radios and space cars, Dick Tracy has much more over the technology-wise Kansas City police department and its chief."
attention last year when he took a leave of absence to head a five-man board supervising security arrangements for the U.S. and Republican national conventions.
His supporters credit him with reducing crime in Kansas City by 25 per cent since 1969. However, black leaders were demanding his resignation after the city's critics accused him of six persons dead. Critics accused him of condoning indiscriminate use of tear gas.
STATING THAT the House is the "sole repository" of the power of impeachment, McCloskey said. "Neither the Senate nor the House is the real power," we are entitled to delegate it to them."
"This being so," he added, "the question before us is at what point of time does the evidence of guilt reach that degree of probable cause that we are bound by the Constitution to commence formal inquiry, or not. This is clearly unless the President makes a full and fair disclosure of everything he knows and when he learned it."
Kelley last year assigned 10 black policemen to full-time recruiting other blacks for the police. The 1,300-man force now includes 90 black policemen.
housed, the Regents again discussed Chalmer's effectiveness.
DOWNTOWN
Reportedly listed as one of the five potential candidates for the presidency of Ohio State University in January 1972, Mr. Greenfield's name be withdrawn from consideration.
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Criticism was aimed again at Chalmers in October 1969 when KU participated in the Vienna Open.
Chalmer's plans for the future were undecided when he resigns from what he had been a vice president.
Following the eruption of violence in July 1970, resulting in two fatal shootings, a motion was introduced by Regent Henry Bubb to oust Alcalmen. It was defeated 4-3.
Chalmers Marries ...
FOLLOWING THE BOMBING of a sairwheel in Summerfield Hall in December 1938, the bombing of St. Louis
CSW Distributes Booklet
Student unrest in May of that year following the shootings of students at Kent State, led to a nationwide call for the boycott of classes.
involved in the disruption of the ROTC review in April, 1969. Chalmers opposed Shults's request for the names of those involved in the incident.
Cancellation of the annual ROCT review and Chalimers' "plan of alternatives" drew criticism.
He was classified as a full professor on leave for six months prior to his appointment as president of the Chicago Art Institute in late September of 1972.
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CHALMERS SUGGESTED a "plan of alternatives," which was voted upon and approved in an all-University convocation. The accepted plan allowed students the
choices of finishing classes as usual, taking credit or no credit for a class, taking an incomplete or keeping the grades they had earned up to May 10.
A booklet outlining the purpose and activities of the KU Commission on the Status of Women was distributed to freshman women during summer enrollment.
The commission is currently attempting to deal with women's problems in obtaining
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