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We'll have to name a subcommittee | and let it go at that.

- Who do you have in mind to chair it? | - I thought Powell Hanson.

It'll look like you're rigging it | for Leffingwell.

Put him on the committee, | but not as chairman.

It's got to be somebody | who can handle Cooley.

What would you think | of Fred Van Ackerman?

Caught you too, huh?

- Got me out of bed this morning. | - Well?

I don't know.

The man has no tact.

Of course, he could cope with Seab.

So could Brig Anderson over there.

I thought of Brig.

But he's Fred Van Ackerman's junior. | Fred would split a gut.

Let him split. Brig knows | how to be a senator.

All right. Let's tag him and get organized.

- Brig, may we interrupt for a moment? | - Sure.

Brig, how would you feel about handling | the subcommittee on Leffingwell?

- I'd feel fine. | - Bob.

Orrin Knox is up on Leffingwell, | and Seab is warming up.

Here we go, gentlemen.

The president must have known | the reaction would be adverse...

for the name Leffingwell | is synonymous with arrogance...

and an eggheaded | determination to ignore...

When have you let somebody | else do your dirty work?

You mean Orrin Knox, Bob?

You find Orrin doing somebody else's | dirty work, and that'll be a pretty do.

- The office of federal power committee... | - This was a complete surprise.

Which he now administrates.

And in each of these, he has, | under the protection of the president...

gone his own way without consultation...

with the appropriate committee | of the Senate.

Mr. President, will the senator yield?

I will yield when I complete | the text of my statement.

Mr. President, I only wish to ask the senator | how long he intends to speak.

Was the senator planning to speak | for about 15 minutes?

Nice try, Robert.

Mr. Rresident, the esteemed majority leader | is trying to trap me into a time limit.

Well, since he has trotted out | this wheezy device...

he must expect the usual wheezy answer.

I certainly expect to speak | longer than 15 minutes.

- Indeed, I may speak 15 hours. | - Attaboy, Orrin.

I might also say that I do not need any | coaching from the sidelines...

from the esteemed senator | from South Carolina.

I would like to make it plain | that my opinions are my own...

and they do not reflect those | of the senator from South Carolina.

Now, if I might continue | without interruption.

This nomination is being handled | with an underhanded attempt...

to press the senator into silence and | railroad this nomination through Senate.

Mr. President, | will the senator yield for a question?

I have no intention of yielding to | the majority leader or the majority whip.

They have no purpose but to block | criticism of Leffingwell.

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