Advise & Consent

Will you excuse me, please? 628 00:45:07,695 --> 00:45:10,740 You don't like how this hearing is being conducted, do you? 629 00:45:10,907 --> 00:45:13,827 The chairman should stop these irresponsible questions. 630 00:45:13,993 --> 00:45:17,539 He doesn't want to. They're out to crucify Mr. Leffingwell. 631 00:45:17,705 --> 00:45:21,960 Senator, Senator Van Ackerman is accusing the committee of using smear tactics. 632 00:45:22,127 --> 00:45:23,837 Would you comment on this? 633 00:45:24,045 --> 00:45:28,675 If the senator has any complaints to make, he should write a letter to his congressman. 634 00:45:28,842 --> 00:45:32,178 Will you give Seab Cooley a free hand? Oh, come on. 635 00:45:38,059 --> 00:45:41,020 Do you believe war can be avoided, Mr. Leffingwell? 636 00:45:41,187 --> 00:45:46,484 I believe it must be avoided. But I don't think we can avoid it by rattling sabers. 637 00:45:47,444 --> 00:45:49,571 That's all, Mr. Chairman. 638 00:45:49,737 --> 00:45:54,200 Now, Mr. Leffingwell, it becomes necessary to turn you over to the tender mercies... 639 00:45:54,367 --> 00:45:59,456 ...of the senator from South Carolina. I'm girded for the occasion, Mr. Chairman. 640 00:46:00,123 --> 00:46:03,293 Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have no questions, Mr. Chairman. 641 00:46:03,460 --> 00:46:06,754 Then I don't see any reason why we can't adjourn the hearing. 642 00:46:06,921 --> 00:46:08,423 If there are no objections. 643 00:46:10,091 --> 00:46:15,221 Would the nominee mind staying with us for just a smidgen longer? 644 00:46:15,763 --> 00:46:20,226 I said I have no questions, Mr. Chairman. But I have a witness I would like to call. 645 00:46:20,810 --> 00:46:22,353 Call your witness, senator. 646 00:46:22,562 --> 00:46:25,064 Herbert Gelman. 647 00:46:32,363 --> 00:46:36,951 Will the photographers withdraw to the sidelines, please? 648 00:46:43,500 --> 00:46:46,628 Are you Herbert Gelman? That's my name. 649 00:46:47,462 --> 00:46:49,714 Raise your right hand, please. 650 00:46:51,090 --> 00:46:54,552 Do you swear the testimony you are about to give this committee... 651 00:46:54,761 --> 00:46:59,057 ...will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you God? 652 00:46:59,224 --> 00:47:02,185 Yes, sir, I swear. Take a seat, please. 653 00:47:06,481 --> 00:47:08,191 Where do you live, Mr. Gelman? 654 00:47:08,358 --> 00:47:13,446 At 2221 Grove Rlace Northeast, here in Washington. 655 00:47:13,655 --> 00:47:17,492 Your occupation? I'm a clerk in the Treasury Department. 656 00:47:17,659 --> 00:47:21,329 Did you send this telegram to Senator Velez? 657 00:47:23,957 --> 00:47:28,253 And, Mr. Gelman, would you mind speaking just a little bit louder, please? 658 00:47:29,295 --> 00:47:31,631 Yes. Yes. 659 00:47:32,340 --> 00:47:35,510 Why didn't you include your address so he could contact you? 660 00:47:35,677 --> 00:47:40,139 That was Senator Cooley's idea. What did Senator Cooley have to do with it? 661 00:47:40,348 --> 00:47:43,768 He suggested that I send a telegram to Senator Velez. 662 00:47:44,561 --> 00:47:47,313 Is this true, Senator Cooley? It is, Mr. Chairman. 663 00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:50,942 Why didn't you tell us when Senator Velez introduced the telegram? 664 00:47:51,109 --> 00:47:54,112 I was just giving the nominee enough rope to hang himself. 665 00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:58,575 I resent being used as a cat's-paw by the senator from South Carolina. 666 00:47:58,741 --> 00:48:01,661 I apologize to the senator from New Mexico. 667 00:48:01,869 --> 00:48:07,041 The senator will forgive me when he hears what this new witness has to say. 668 00:48:08,209 --> 00:48:10,878 Do you know Robert Leffingwell, Mr. Gelman? 669 00:48:11,588 --> 00:48:14,632 Yes, sir. Intimately? 670 00:48:15,049 --> 00:48:16,634 Well, not intimately. 671 00:48:16,801 --> 00:48:19,178 Well, how? On sight or how? 672 00:48:19,387 --> 00:48:22,181 Well, closer than that. 673 00:48:22,348 --> 00:48:26,352 I worked for the Federal Power Commission when he was chairman. 674 00:48:26,561 --> 00:48:28,354 In his office? 675 00:48:28,521 --> 00:48:31,232 No, sir, at a subsidiary agency. 676 00:48:31,399 --> 00:48:34,319 But I knew him before then in Chicago. 677 00:48:34,485 --> 00:48:37,238 I was in one of his classes at the university. 678 00:48:37,405 --> 00:48:39,657 I see. Does he know you? 679 00:48:39,991 --> 00:48:41,200 He ought to. 680 00:48:41,409 --> 00:48:44,370 He fired me from the Federal Rower Agency. 681 00:48:44,537 --> 00:48:48,207 For what reason were you fired? He wanted me out of the agency. 682 00:48:48,833 --> 00:48:51,502 I knew too much. About what? 683 00:48:51,669 --> 00:48:53,379 About him. 684 00:48:53,755 --> 00:48:55,548 What do you know about him? 685 00:48:55,757 --> 00:48:58