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VIGIL - Supporters of President Nixon continue
their fast and prayer session on steps of Capitol.
IWP Wirephoto
Conviction Risk Seen
if Nixon Defies Senate
BY JOHN H. AVERILL
Times Staff WriterWASHINGTON Sen-
ate Majority Leader Mike
Mansfield (D-Mont.) sug-
gested Tuesday that Pres-
ident Nixon would risk
conviction in a Senate im-
peachment trail if he de-
fied a Senate subpoena for
evidence.
If there is a Senate trial,
Mansfield said at a break-
fast meeting with repor-
ters, the Senate can ask
for any evidence it wishes,
including tape recordings
and other material Mr.
Nixon has refused to turn
over to the Watergate spe-
cial prosecutor and the
House Judiciary Commit-
tee.
Mansfield said it would
be more difficult for Mr.
Nixon to defy the Senate
than the House because in
the Senate he would be in
the "final court" that
would decide his fate.
"'It would be almost im-
perative that he come
forth with what is request-
ed," he said.
Conviction in an im-
peachment trial requires a
two-thirds majority vote
in the Senate, and Mans-
field said defiance of a
Senate subpoena "would
have a great influence" on
the way some senators
voted. '
This is particularly trueof Southern Democratic
senators "because many of
them are very constitu-
tional minded," Mansfield
said.
Mansfield said that if the
House voted i m p e a c h-
ment, the Senate would
give the President two to
three weeks to prepare his
defense, He expressed
hope a trial could be com-
pleted "in two months or
less," with the Senate sit-
ting six days a week
through t h e November
elections if necessary.
Mansfield insisted the
Senate would not have to
start the trial all over
again next year if it failed
to reach a verdict before
the present Congress
reaches its constitutional
expiration date next Jan.
0.
If the impeachment
trial runs past the Novem-
ber elections, Mansfield
said he would propose that
newly elected senators be
given seats in the gallery
"and if we don't finish
they could step in as alter-
nate judges."
He acknowledged such a
step would provoke in-
tense controversy but said
in an impeachment
proceeding "the Senate is
the sole master of what it
does."OVER 19,000 'WEAPONS'
SEIZED AT AIRPORTS
From the Newhouse News ServiceWASHINGTON - Se-
curity guards seized 576
guns and 19,000 other un-
authorized "w e a p o n s"
from passengers attempt-
ing to board airliners in
the last three months, ac-
cording to the Federal
Aviation Administration.
There were almost a
thousand arrests for these
and other offenses at U.S.airports during the same
period, the FAA reported,
and 874 passengers were
not permitted to board air-
craft for alleged security
violations.
An undetermined num-
ber of the 19,000 unauthor-
ized weapons taken were
later returned, the FAA
said. They included such
items as pocket knives,
scissors and other 'sharp
devices.
Under the category of
explosives, the FAA re-
ported taking 2,621 items,
including dynamite, fire-
worls, ammunition and
tear gas devices.
More ,passengers were
arrested for what the FAA
described as giving false
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