Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 12, 1973
Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, June 12, 1973
[00.28.03] Senator GURNEY. This is the written report you are, talking about? Mr. PORTER, Yes, Sir. Senator GURNEY. Did Mr. Reisner say what, he did with it? Mr. PORTER. -NO, Sir, he did not. Senator GURNEY. Did you make, any report at all to till anyone in the White House? Mr. PORTER. 'NO, Sir. Senator GURNEY. Did not? Mr. PORTER. -NO, Sir. Senator GURNEY. Neither during your term with the Committee To Re-Elect the. President, or afterward? Mr. PORTER, You mean, Senator, on this particular subject matter or on all the things I was doing in My role as surrogate scheduling? Senator GURNEY. I am not talking "about the legal activities. I am talking about 11 Watergate coverup, surveillance sabotage all these activities Mr. PORTER. Sir, I did not know anything about the Watergate. The only part of' any so-called coverup that I was aware of' was the Part that I knew about, that I was scheduler -and I did not put it in the, context of the Watergate coverup but, there were no written reports, to knowledge, at all. Senator GURNEY. All right, thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Senator ERVIN. I understand Senator Inouye has a question. Senator INOUYE. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Porter, you have testified that you have been in charge of the scheduling of surrogate speakers. Did you schedule the appearance of the Acting FBI Director, Mr. Gray? Mr. PORTER, NO, sir, I did not. Senator INOUYE. Who did? Mr. PORTER. Mr. Gray's activities or scheduling were handled out of the White House, to my understanding, He was not a surrogate for the campaign, Senator INOUYE. Do you know who did the scheduling, sir? Mr. PORTER. I do not know firsthand. I have read in the newspaper reports that it was out of the White House speakers bureau. Senator INOUYE. Thank you very much, Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Senator ERVIN. The Bible bestows blessing on him who swears to his own word and changeth it not. I want to commend you on the forthrightness of your testimony before this committee. Thank you very much. Senator BAKER. Mr. Chairman, before the witness is dismissed, I want to join in that expression to the witness. I must say that he and I trod on delicate and painful ground on Thursday. And I think you were very manly in the way you reacted to probing and searching questions. It is not an easy job you have undertaken, And the committee is not here to sit in judgement on your guilt or innocence. But the committee is privileged. I would like to comment on your forthcoming testimony and spirit. So while we have used your testimony to probe and explore the atmosphere of campaigning, I hope we have not left the, impression that we have done so with an absence of sensibility for your own situation and your own private concerns. I think you are to be commended for appearing and testifying and the committee is grateful and I am grateful. Mr. PORTER. Thank you. Senator. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Senator ERVIN. Thank you very much. You are excused now subject to recall at some future date if the committee desires it. Mr. PORTER. Yes, Sir. [00.31.09--LEHRER in studio] LEHRER states that the testimony of PORTER, the last of the 'LITTLE FISHES' to testify, and that he is lead to wonder what will happen to PORTER now that he has admitted to perjury on national TV [PBS Network ID--title screen "SENATE HEARINGS ON CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES"] [00.33.47--LEHRER in studio] LEHRER introduces questioning of former CRP Finance Chairman, Maurice STANS, who is under indictment for involvement in another case, and will try to get his lawyer, Robert BARKER, to get the committee to drop the case. [00.34.16--ERVIN headshot]