May 30, 1977 - Sam Ervin, former United States Senator from North Carolina and chairman of the Senate Watergate Committee, delivered the commencement address at St. John's University in Collegeville, Minnesota. Ervin also interviewed at the airport about his reaction to ex-President Nixon's interviews and his own opposition to gay rights and the Equal Rights Amendment.
April 11, 1973 - Senator Sam Ervin talks about his role in upcoming Watergate investigation hearing and how he would handle recalcitrant witnesses. Sen. Gurney talks about executive privilege and the political process. House Republican John Anderson reacts to yesterday?s testimony by Attorney General Kleindienst . He says extension and expansion of the doctrine of executive privilege offered byt the attorney general threw down the gauntlet to Congress to legislate and move faster than it thought.