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| title: "House Oversight: Estate Documents (Nov 12) (HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015126)" |
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| Howard Hughes loan?" And it was Haldeman who consciously sabotaged |
| the research on the Hiss chapter in Six Crises. |
| On one occasion I was meeting with a group of blind veterans in the |
| Oval Office. I wanted to display my empathy with them, so I began |
| describing the Presidential Seal, which was woven into the carpet we |
| happened to be standing on. A blind veteran got down on his knees and |
| started feeling that design with his hands. I closed my eyes and proceeded |
| to do the same. It was perhaps the most spontaneous gesture of my life, |
| although I must admit I was grateful to hear the sound of cameras |
| whirring. I was pleased that this scene of my true humanity was being |
| recorded for posterity. But Haldeman ordered an embargo on that |
| photograph, ostensibly to protect the dignity of my image, because the |
| president should never be seen in a kneeling position. |
| Even a year after he resigned, there he was, old faithful Bob |
| Haldeman, backstage with me at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. He |
| chided Johnny Cash for that time he refused to sing "Welfare Cadillac" |
| at the White House, and Cash now replied, "Should I do it tonight and |
| dedicate the song to you now that you' re on welfare?" |
| Haldeman did not appreciate the humor in that. He was too |
| preoccupied with the betrayal of me that he had in mind. He handed me a |
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