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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Sunday, December 8, 1974
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Sirica averts court battle
over ex-president's testimony
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Democrats abolish quotas,
agree on party constitution
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WHEN H. R. "Bob" Halde-
man, Nixon's former chief of
staff, was on the stand last
week, the questioning got so
hot that Haldeman's lawyer
asked, "Are we trying Mr.
Nixon here or Mr. Haldeman?"
Prosecutor Richard Ben-Ven-
Paul Anderson of Georgia
lifted the greatest weight in his-
tory in 1957. The 364-pound giant
raised 6,270 pounds in a back
lift.
iste replied, "Mr. Haldeman,"
but Sirica said "I really don't
know."
And later the same day,
Frates objected that "we are
not trying the President of the
UnitedStates," although he
said he would have no objection
to that either.
SIRICA SAID then: "I object
to trying him in this courtroom
because he is not a defendant
in this case."
day, an hour at a time.E
He worried about keeping the
jury locked up through Christ-
mas and possibly weeks there-
after with nothing to do, wait-
ing for the Nixon testimony.
"WE'RE TRYING to finish
this trial by Christmas," he
told the jury and offered to
hold longer court days and sit
on Saturdays to meet that dead-
line.
The jury's reaction to that
was somewhat surprising. In a
letter to Sirica, signed "the
Watergate jury panel," the 12
jurors and five alternates said:
"While they would, of course,
enjoy spending Christmas at
home, it is not an overriding
concern among them. Much
time and effort has already'
a
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be toying with the idea of some-
how delaying the trial until af-
ter Jan. 6--the earliest that the
court panel of doctors said Nix-
on would be well enough to an-
swer questions-two hours a
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been expended and should the
trial extend through the holi-
days and beyond they are quite
prepared to accept that fact.
Thank you, but no Saturdays,i
the jurors said, adding: "Somet
jurors . . . are also of the opin- December gloom may1
ion that even with Saturday this Ann Arbor couple,i
sessions the trial will not oe Undaunted by yesterda
concluded by Christmas." the arthritis sufferer'sr
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KANSAS CITY (P) - Avert-
ing a threatened black walk-
out, Democrats shouted their
approval yesterday of a final
crucial compromise, scrapped
their controversial quota sys-
tem and passed the first writ-.
ten charter of any major U. S.
political party.
The final compromise, a pro-
duct of marathon negotiations
between the party's governors,
blacks and women, was ham-
mered out in a trailer just off
the convention floor as nearly
2,000 delegates sought to end the
internal feuds that have con-
sumed Democrats in recent
years.
"WE CAN'T ask the Ameri-
can people to trust us unless
we can trust each other," said
Ohio Gov. John Gilligan, a key
mover in the drive by the gov-
ernors to assert themselves as
leaders in unifying the party.
For the most part, the char-
ter takes the party's current
practices and embodies them
in a constitution that will gov-
ern its activities in the years
after 1976.
But on the question of dele-
gate selection rules, the final
compromise removed language
that blacks and women feared
would make future credential
challenges more difficult. It has
already been adopted for 1976,
but yesterday's action removed
it from post-1976 rules.
IT ALSO bans mandatory
quotas while putting the bur-
Kissinger
urges OK
for pact,
(Continued from Page 1)
accurate missiles.
KISSINGER called t h r o w
weight an unreal issue. He said
throw weight was significant
when translated into number of
warheads and if the warheads
were accurate enough to threat-
en the opposing side's missile
system.
He said the United States
could increase its throw weight
and also reduce the vulner-
ability of its forces by reducing
reliance on land-based missiles
and increasing submarine-based
missiles.
He said that over the 10 years
of the agreement land-based
missiles deployed by both sides
were likely to become vulner-
able because of an increase in
both missile accuracy and ex-
plosive power.
den on state Democratic parties gonner (D-La.)
to take steps to assure full par- California AFL - CIO Presi-
ticipation of women, minorities dent John Henning denounced
and young people. national c h a i r m a n Ro-
Some party regulars and bert Strauss and said, "Union
AFL-CIO officials complained labor will no longer suffer so-
bitterly about the change.; phisticated denial and discrimi-
"You're headed down another nation in the high councils of the
road to '72," said Rep. Joe Wag- Democratic party."
Govt. nationalszes;iron
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billion it would have earned if
it had exploited the mines it-
self.
Perez said Orinoco Mining
Co., owned by U.S. StPAl, and
Iron Mines Co., a Bethelehemr
subsidiary, will receive com-
nensation not to exceed net
hook value of the holdings. He
did not mention a snecific
figre, bt other officials said
earlier that Orinoco would re-
ceive $93.7 million and Iron
Mines $17.6 million.
Goernment nfficials baye ex- of an arrangement u
ressed hone that the takeover the companies would
will serve not only to develon supply technology fo
the national s+ l industry b"t of two years.
also as a model for the national-
ization later next year of the
h'ige oil industrv, which ro-re
dces thre million barrels a orab e
day and hsbrought in about
10 billion this vear. The iron
is the nation's second advisers
lareo-st-blut well behind oil
an,4 brings in about $150 million
a year.
THE IRON mining takeover confer~'i
"onens"very favorable perspec-
tives for the more diffirni't and (Continued from P
nder which
continue to
or a period
L on
co'untries will not look upon the
nationalization of our basic re-
sorces as hostile acts, but in-
stead as a dynamic expression
of a new world and as a mani-
festation of maturity," Perez
told the nation.
Official sources have said
that the government and the
companies may sign a contract
under which the companies
would remain as : operators
through a 1975 transition period
in exchange for a continuing
supply of ore. Officials also
have mentioned the nossibility
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telligence gathering unit in 1969
before the first known White
House contact on the matter.
Before the IRS disbanded the
unit, first known as the Activist
Organizations Committee a n d
later as the Special Service
Staff, the unit had collectedI
more than 11,000 files on per-
sons ranging from radical right-
ists and leftists to youths w h1 o
attended rock festivals.
The most recent batch of doc-
uments was turned over to the
Associated Press after the IRS
claimed it had surrendered all
relevant files on the subject un-
der a Freedom of Information
Act suit filed by Ralph Nader's
Tax Reform Research Groap.
THERE REMAINS a pk:en-
tialy critical gap in the docu-
ment series because files that
might show what role the White
House played at the IRS appar-
ently have been destroyed.
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secret investigating unit t )ok
shape July 2, one day after
White House aide Tom Charles
Huiston contacted IRS offiial
Robert Barth to discuss then-
President Richard Nixon's de-
sire to use the tax laws against
leftist organizations.
Although the latest documents
don't prove there was no White
House influence, they do show
the first step toward gathering
the 99 names from various IRS
divisions was taken on June 25,
1969.
LEON GREEN, now an IRS
regional commissioner in Cin-
cinnati, said in an interview that
the Activist Organizations Com-
mittee was set up on his re-
commendation because the tax
agency was under fire from Con-
gress for not taking action
against radical groups that paid
no taxes.
The newly revealed docu-
ments indicate that many mo-
derate political and religiousj
groups were put on the list be-
cause they already were being
investigated by the IRS in con-
' nection with a continuing pro-
gram to check on tax-exempt
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"I categorically, unequivocal-
ly state that to my knowledge
there was no White House in-
tervention, and I say that with-
out any reservation as to the
establishment of that Special
Service staff," Green said.
IRS OFFICIALS said t h e y
learned shortly after the crea-
tion of the special unit that
Barth, a former Nixon cam-
oaign aide, was funneling in-
formation regarding the special
unit and other IRS activities to
Heston at the White House.
The officials suggest t h i s
could account fora striking sim-
iliarity in language used in two
White House memos on the sub-
ject and in the various organi-
zational memoranda in IRS fil-
es. The documents available
earlier appeared to indicate the
similarity was a result of the
IRS following White H o ri se
Some congressional investi-
gators are still convinced that
the White House played a role
in setting up the unit to spy on
organizations opposed to Nixon
administration policies.
w onthe st eaon wn temnex if we're willing to pay the
f'~w m-onths when we terminate price, to meet almost any
the oil concessions." Perez said. need."
A score of foreign oil com- A REPORTER asked if Presi-
nanies, including Exxon. Shell, dent Ford was now willing to
Gilf. Mobil. Sun and Texaco, dmt holutar nerg co
ceirrently operate Venezuela,' ths voluntary energy con-
cIurrnty oper Veneuelas servation system was not work-
oil industry under concessions igadta ewsrayt
scheduled to begin expiring in ing and that he was ready to
scede bite the bullet on some kind of
1983. mandatory controls.
Although local newspapers had
Predicted that Perez would an- Zarb and Greenspan replied
nounce both the iron nationaliza- it Vas stillootearlytet any
tion and re-establishment of Judgment on the voluntary ap-
diplomatic relations with Cuba, proach, that at least two or
broken off 13 years ago, the three months was needed.
president made no announce- However, Zarb said that there
ment regarding Cuba. , was a lengthy discussion with
PEREZ SAID negotiators for the President on how to explain
his center-left government had the dimension of the problem
reached agreement with repre- and solutions to American peo-
sentatives of both Orinoco and ple.
Iron Mines under which the And he said the Presidents
U.S. subsidiaries would volun- gave instructions that his.ener-
tarily renounce mining conces- gy policy makers find some
sions originally granted through way "of describing in candid,
the year 2000. Perez said they clear, honest form" the prob-
will be paid over a 10-year '-ems and the options available
period in government bonds at to the government to solve
seven per cent interest. them. Ford's advisers will be
"We hope that the multina- meeting throughout the next
tional companies and govern- week as they zero in on energy
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grew into an effort to g> out; (ContinuedfromPage1)
and investigate the organiza- .
tions in question," said a :,taf' quit because it was too compet-
member of the Senate constitu- itive and so disgusting."
tional rights subcommittee. She attributes much of her
"The impetus for that expan- "rebellious nature" to her par-
sion may well have come from ents. "They're hip to what I do
the White House and very likely because they've suffered, too.
on July 1," the congressional They still tell us stories about
stiff member said. their coming to this country as
The subcommittee, headed by Armenian immigrants and see-
retiring Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr., ing signs in store windows read-
D-N.C., is preparing to oublish ing, 'No dogs or Armenians,'
this month the results of it: 18- or 'Help wanted, Armenians
month investigation of the IRS need not apply.'"
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in sings for women
illusionment with the women's
movement. "There's a lot of
backbiting going on in the move-
ment," she says. "A lot of crap.
I guess life isn't always what
it's cracked up to be."
Avedikian says her music is'
often disturbing. "I try to pull
things out from within that are
suppressed and that can be
threatening in a way. I try to
tell women, 'You're strong and
you're wise,' and that can be
a struggle because there's a
conflict between what society
says and what that little person
inside says."
After the tour, Avedikian
plans to found a women's re-
cording company "that caters
to black and ethnic music on
the avant-garde, soulful side."
But, she adds, "Until we get
the money, that's a long, long
ways off."
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