G. Bradford Cook f
awaits court verdict j
Continued from p. 6 .
Nebraska Congressman Charles Thone; Marshall Field of i
Chicago; Richard Harnsberger, professor of law at NU; Henry M.
Grether, dean of Nebraska's law college, and Alan C. Mclntoshj L
editor and publisher of the Luverne, Minn., Star-Herald, who G
wrote, "I have known Brad since he was one week old. If I could I
have been destined to have a son instead
- . u uuuguiwi, 1 wuuiu a
have hoped to get a carbon copy likeness of Brad Cook. I saw him
work under an assumed name in a tough construction trucking job. f
He did that because he wanted no special favors, but wanted to be
treated as though he was Joe Doakes." 1
Dean Grether wrote, "I believe Brad Cook is a young man who
has learned a difficult but valuable lesson. He is probably a stronger
man because of his experiences."
"...Alan C. Mcintosh, editor and publisher
of the Luverne, Minn., Star-Herald, ...wrote,
1 have known Brad since he was one
week old. If I could have been destined to
have a son instead of a daughter, I would
have hoped to get a carbon copy likeness
of Brad Cook.' "
Most of the letters, sent as evidence for the disbarment hearing,
say that if Cook were disbarred, it would be, in effect, punishing
him for telling the truth, even though belatedly.
Jaworski support
A letter from Leon Jaworski, former Watergate special
prosecutor, said, "To prosecute an individual who corrects his
testimony and then continues to cooperate fully with the
prosecution would only discourage people from coming forward
with the truth and thereby deter efforts to uncover possible
criminal activity ... the speed with which he came forward with
the true story-we have determined not to pursue an indictment of
Mr. Cook for perjury."
But a grand jury did indict Mitchell and Stans.
When Cook found out they were acquitted and that Vesco had
flown to Costa Rica, he was disappointed, but he says, 'i know I
did the right thing and I will live with it and overcome it
eventually."
'Not raised that way'
In testimony at the disbarment hearing, Cook said, "Nobody
was hovering around over me, threatening me in any way. I am
convinced that I could have, to put it in the parlance of
Washington talk, stonewalled it, gutted it out and probably still
been a commissioner of the SEC or chairman. But that's not the
way I was raised."
So now Cook, who, with his wife Laura is raising four children,
waits in Washington, D.C., to find out what the Nebraska Supreme
Court decides.
And though Cook has no money problems-his wife is a member
of the Armour Meat Co. family of Chicago-the wait is depressing.
He has plenty of time to think, he says. To think about what
might have been and to think about the future.
"I hope that I can climb back up, and even higher," he says.
"I'm certainly not going into the desert. I'm not going to be beaten
that way."
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