THE CRISIS: Nixon Digs In to Fight

There is a time to be timid. There is a time to be conciliatory. There is a time to fly and there is a time to fight. And I'm going to fight like hell.

Shifting stance once again, the President dropped into a fighting crouch, dukes-up on Watergate and the threat of impeachment. Conciliation having failed in Operation Candor, he and his defenders took the offensive, carrying out that pugnacious vow made last week at a private White House meeting with a group of Republican Congressmen. The themes were clear: he was innocent;...

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