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Aoffwt EDWARDSVILLE INTF.LLIGENCER Page 7 Text of House Judiciary Committee Articles of Impeachment Following are the texts of all three articles of impeachment that the House Judiciary Com- tnittee passed and sent to the full House ol Represent ARTICLE I In his conduct of the office of Richard M. Nixon, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, a obstructed, and impeded the Administration of justice, in that: On June 17. 1972. and prior thereto, agents of the Committee for the Re-election of the President: Committed unlawful entry of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee In Washington, District of Columbia, for the purpose of securing political intelligence. Subsequent thereto, Richard Nixon, using the powers of his high office, engaged personally and through his subordinates and agents in a course of conduct or plan designed to delay, impede, and obstruct the investigation of such unlawful entry, to cover up.

conceal and protect those resoonsible: and to conceal the existence and scope other unlawful covert activities. The means used to implement this course of conduct or plan have included one or more of the following: (1) Making or causing to be TWO ARE MEMBERS OF HONOR SOCIETY Frances Francis, Route 6, Ed- wardsvilte, and Kathie Meikamp. 828 Madison are charter members of the Alpha Chapter of Illinois in Lambda Alpha recently established at Southern Illinois University at Edwards ville. A national collegiate honor so- Oiety for anthropology, Lambda Alpha encourages scholarship and research in anthropology by recognizing superior achievement among undergraduate and graduate students and faculty. The SIU-E chapter is the first in the state of Illinois.

Nationally, the organization publishes "The Journal of Man." which includes student publications. made false or misleading statements to lawfully authorized investigative officers and employes of the United States. (2) Withholding relevant and material evidence or information from lawfully authorized investigative officers and emoloyes of the United States. States. (3) Approving, condoning, acquiescing in, and counseling witnesses with respect to the giving of false or misleading statements to lawfully authorized investigative officers and employes of the United States and false or misleading testimony in duly instituted judicial and Congressional proceedings.

(4) Interfering or endeavoring to interfere with the conduct of investigations by the Department of Justice of the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the office of Watergate Snecial Prosecution Force, and Congressional committees. (5) Approving, condoning and acquiescing in the surreptitious payment of substantial sums of money for the purpose of obtaining the silence or influencing the testimony of witnesses, potential witnesses or individuals who participated in such Illegal entry' and other illegal activities. (6) Endeavoring to misuse the Central Intelligence Agency, an agency of the United States. (7) Disseminating information received from officers of the Department of Justice of the United States to subjects of investigations conducted by lawfully authorized investigative officers and employes of the United States, for the purpose of aiding and assisting such subjects in their attempts to avoid criminal liability. (8) Making false misleading public statements for the purpose of deceiving the people of the United States into believing that a thorough and investigation had been conducted with respect to allegations of misconduct on the part of personnel of the executive branch of the United States and Personnel of the Committee for the Re-election of the President, and that there was no involvement.

of such personnel in such misconduct: or (9) Endeavoring to cause prospective defendant and individuals duly tried and convicted, to expect favored treatment and' consideration in return for their silence or false testimony, or rewarding individuals for their silence or false testimony. In all of this, Richard M. Nixon has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of.the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States. Wherefore Richard M. Nixon, by such conduct, Warrants impeachment and trial, and.

removal from office. ARTICLE II Using the powers of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States, and to the best of his ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United State's, and in disregard of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has repeatedly engaged in conduct violating their constitutional of citizens, impairing due' and proper administration of justice in the conduct of lawful inquiries, or contravening the law of governing agencies of the executive branch and the purposes of these agencies. This conduct has included one or more of the following: (1) has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavored to-obtain from the Internal Revenue Service in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, confidential information contained in income tax returns for purposes not authorized by law; and to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be initiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner. (2) He misused the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secret Service and other ex- SYMPATHY TAKES MANY FORMS FLOWERS FROM Woodlawn Gardens 1407 St.

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ONE COUPON PI CUSTOMEt Kt VISIT. Awi. I I ecutive personnel in violation or disregard of the constitutional rights of citizens by directing or authorizing such agencies or personnel to conduct or continue electronic surveillance or other Investigations for purpose unrelated to national security, the enforcement of laws or other lawful.function of his office. He did direct, authorize or permit the use of information obtained thereby -for purposes unrelated to national security, the enforcement of laws or any other lawful function of his office. And he did direct the concealment of certain records made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation of electronic surveillance.

(3) He has acting personally and through his subordinates, and in violation or disregard of the constitutional rights of.citizens, authorized and permitted to be maintained a secret investigative unit within the office of the President, financed in part with money derived from campaign contributions which unlawfully utilized the resources' of the Central Intelligence Agency, engaged in covert and unlawful activities and attempted to prejudice the constitutional right of an accused to a fair trial. "(4) He has failed to take care that the laws were faithfully 'executed by failing to act when he knew or had reason to know that his close subordinates endeavored to impede and frustrate lawful inquiry by duly constituted executive, judicial and legislative entities concerning the unlawful entry into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee and the cover-up thereof and concerning other unlawful activities including those relating to the confirmation of Hichard Klein" dienst as 1 Attorney General of the United States, electronic surveillance of private citizens, the break-in into the offices of Dr. Lewis Fielding and the campaign financing practices of the Committee to He-Elect the President. (5) In disregard of the rule of law he knowingly 'misused, the executive power by interfering with agencies of the executive branch including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Criminal Division and the 'office of Watergate special prosecution forces of the Department of Justice, and the Central Intelligence Agency, in violation of his duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed. In all of this Richard M.

Nixon has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States. Wherefore, Richard M. Nixon' by such conduct warrants impeachment and trial and removal from office. ARTICLE III In his conduct of the office of President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, contrary to bis oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has failed without lawful cause or excuse to produce papers and tbings as directed by duly authorized committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on Aprfl 11, 1974, May 15,1974, May 30, 1974, and June 24, 1974, and willfully disobeyed such subpoenas.

subpoenaed papers and things were deemed necessary by the Committee in order to- resolve by direct evidence fundamental, factual questions relating to presidential direction, knowledge or approval of actions demonstrated by other evidence to be substantial grounds 'for im- peachment'of the President. In refusing to produce these papers and things Richard M. Nixon, substituting his judgment as to what materials were necessary for the inquiry, interposed the powers of the Presidency against the unlawful subpoenas of the House of Representatives, thereby assuming to himself functions and necessary to the exercise of the sole power of impeachment vested by the Constitution in the House of Representatives. In all of this, Richard M. Nixon has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice, and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.

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