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10 some advisers feared a black candidate might mean trouble for the MC, no black has announced yet. While Rodino stresses his civil rights record, he also "carefully reminds" voters of impchment inquiry. And he undergoes what Culhane described as "exquisite torture" -- despite pressing natl problems, Rodino must deal w/ constituent problems, talk w/ voters and pose for pics. Trib's Kelly says Easter recess w/MCs back home probably couldn't come at a worse time for RN. While "on surface" there's "desultory debate on whether RN's abrupt decision to pay taxes would help or hurt, " says Kelly, "under the surface there seemed to be little debate. 11 Dems and GOPs seemed to agree w/ Hays that "the average citizen understands tax business more than W'gate. I don't see how it can help. 11 Kelly finds "RN balancing on a thin wire w/ a wind beginning to gust around him. RN's problems seem to pile up. 11 Trib says Buzhardt hasn't returned transcript of secret testimony before Armed Services re: alleged DOD spying, thus "holding up disclosure" of his testimony. Buzhardt was given transcript "to delete any natl security matters and to make minor editorial changes" on 3/8 and tho "it was to be returned in a day or 2, 11 he hasn't sent it back. "Buzhardt says he'll send it asap;" notes Trib. Bryce Nelson of LA times reports Woodward-Berstein, because of communication mistake w/source Sloan, wrote just before election that he'd told G-J that HRH authorized expenditures from secret fund in Stans' office. "They considered resigning because of their mistake. Sloan told the reporters he'd never been asked about HRH in G-J session. 11 After that, the reporters say, there were "no new breaks, no more big stories and Post's rep suffered. Bradlee "pressed" them to "come up w/ something fresh. to salvage the paper's credibility. Bernstein and Woodward became desperate for new info. 11 They undertook a course they later regretted. They eventually decided to seek info by approaching grand jurors. 11 Bradlee, they say, overcame "private doubts about such a seedy venture, 11 because he was "desperate for a story and reassured by

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