This fallure conributed to the de
Griffin (Mich.), which deprived the Pre
'ike Senate GOP Leader Hugh Scott
leadership to steer his appointee throug
As a result, the job of defending
newcomers like GOP freshman Marlo
Dole (Kan.)
It was the Justice Department's failure
to conduct a thorough investigation of the
South Carolina judge's financial background
In the meantime, the opposition, l
which enabled opponents of the appointment Bayh (Ind.) and Republican Edward
to catch the judge's supporters flat-footed enjoyed massive and well coordinate
with damaging conflict-of-interest charges. groups and organized labor, two highl
Although Mitchell and White House aide Clark R. Mollenhoff tingents.
Haynsworth Reject
preme Court.
A major share of the blame for the defeat, which must be con-
sidered as a serious blow to Nixon's prestige, rests with the man
who was probably most responsible for the appointment, attorney
General John N. Mitchell.
AN
ANALYSIS
By
Washington, Nov. 21 (N
tion of Judge Clement F. Haj
vote of 55 to 45, dealing the
sio al setback. It was the fir
appointment to the court had
and
ents
Pr
inclu
The President, who tele-
phoned the judge at his mina
Greenville, S.C., office imme- betw
diately after the vote, later
issued a statement deploring
the Senate action and adding of th
that he believed that "a seat
majority of people in this was
nation regret it." Nixon said of t
he would nominate another joine
associate justice in January. oppo
confi
He indicated that his new
-all
nominee would be one who Sout
followed the same "construc-
tionist" view of the Consti- Sens.
E. G
tution as does Haynsworth.
Dodd
The judge issued a statement
(D-C
accepting the Senate's rejection
philosophically, although he said
it forced him to consider whether
he should resign from the 4th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
He said he would decide in about
two weeks.
Joi
N.J.)
Jr. (
Th
He expressed hope that the
long fight over his nomination,
while it was an "ordeal" for him,
"will prove to have been a cleans-
ing agent which will smooth the
way for the President's next and
later nominees."
UPI Telephoto
Federal Judge Clement C. Haynsworth Jr., talks with newsmen
in his Greenville, S.C., chambers prior to his rejection by Senate.
Nixon to Pick 2d Conservative
The vote came after a bitter,
week-long Senate debate and cul-
By PAUL HEALY
Washington, Nov. 21 (NEWS Bureau)-President Nixon expressed deep regret
at the Senate's rejection of Judge Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. for the Supreme Court
today, but he indicated that his next choice for the court-to come in January-would
be a man of the same legal convictions.
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