Oregon daily emerald., May 22, 1973, Page 4, Image 4

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Oregon group presses
for impeachment trial
A group headed by a local man, Pete Jacobs, has been formed to
promote impeachment proceedings against President Nixon.
At a Monday morning news conference Jacobs and fellow
organizer David Gwyther announced the formation of “Oregonians to
Impeach Nixon Committee, Inc.” Jacobs said that “the reason for our
organization is to lobby Oregon congressmen to vote in favor of im
peachment.” ,
Members of the group explained that impeachment is not con
viction, but an indictment brought about by a simple majority vote of
the House of Representatives. Under Article Two, Section Four of the
Constitution, the Senate then determines whether the President shall
be removed from office, with the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme
Court presiding.
Spokesmen for the group admitted “it will be very difficult to
prove the President guilty,” but that “we are at one of those historic
moments when there is a possibility of high crimes and
misdemeanors.”
Jacobs said that the “function of the Oregonians to Impeach
Nixon is to help gather information and evidence relating to the
Watergate affair and other alleged criminal activities on behalf of
Richard Nixon’s 1972 election to the Presidency.” He added that “we’ll
be collecting evidence from now until June” so that the “organization
will strive to gain a broad base of support.”
Jacobs said that “the President is at least liable for his miscon
duct” although “we are not assuming his guilt.” He said that the
committee’s goal was one as much of education as anything else. “It’s
the possibility of the situation as much as the actuality of it,” he said.
“It would be a great shame if citizens did not respond to this abuse of
power.”
The group said that although they had just started operations they
intend to open offices in each of Dreg mi’s four CongressiMial districts.
“It’s not so much the people like Bella Abzug of New York and Ron
Dellums of Berkeley, but men like our own John Dellenback . . . men
with high moral standards whom we hope will set aside politics.”
Questioned as to the existence of similar groups in other parts of
the nation, Jacobs said that to the best of their knowledge the Oregon
group was the first of its kind to be organized on a state-wide basis. He
added that his group has been in contact with Anthony Russo, the
recently freed defendant in the Daniel Ellsberg-Pentagon Papers
trial, who has started a national “Impeach Nixon organization.”
The organizers said their funds are coming from private con
tributions and the sale of “Impeach Nixon” bumper-stickers.
Spokesmen for the committee stressed that “this is a unique point
in history,” and that the impeachment of Andrew Johnson in 1868 was
“strictly political,” but that the charges against President Nixon go
beyond politics.
ROTC grads hear officer
Lt. Gen. Patrick F. Cassidy,
commanding General of the Fifth
U.S. Army and 1937 ROTC
graduate of the University, ad
dressed the annual Army ROTC
graduation ceremony Sunday
afternoon at the Music Hall
Auditorium.
In making his introduction of
the general, University President
Robert Clark noted that Cassidy
is a highly decorated combat
veteran of World War II cam
paigns in Normandy and Holland
and has served in top ranks of
military leadership in the post
war period.
Cassidy focused his remarks on
the importance of the citizen
soldier tradition in this country.
He is convinced that the strength
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of this tradition and the army is
centra] to the survival of the
country as a whole. He quoted
Washington, saying “to be
prepared for war is an effective
way to maintain peace.”
Aside from considerations of
military preparedness, Cassidy
saw ROTC as being the “back
bone of the army.” This is
because graduates of the
program would retain a “civilian
outlook all through their military
careers.”
As far as personal rewards go,
Cassify looked back on his
“decision to take ROTC as the
best decision I ever made.” He
felt that ROTC instills honor and
integrity in those men and
women who complete the
program.
Cassidy noted with pride to the
audience of cadets and their
families that graduates “have
contributed to the country in war
and in peace... and comprise an
elite group of civilian and
military leadership.”
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