-hursday, January 23, 1975 THE MICHIGAN DAILY rage Three I * THE MICHIGAN DAILY rage Three ., LAIMS STRICT REGULATIONS: Kelley defends FBI Swiss bankers move to halt influx of foreign currency Poetry Reading li information g atbering WASHINGTON (1P) - FBI Di- ctor Clarence Kelley said sterday that the agency has ed reason for filing unsub- antiated allegations about the rsonal lives of congress mem- rs and other citizens. Kelley said such raw ma- rial can often pr ve helpful a background cheek or other gitimate investigation of the dividual becomes necessary. WHEN ASKED if there were rogatory materials regarding rsonal habits, he replied "I ve been told there is and erefore I say there must be." "I haven't gone up there and ficials under Hoover. read a file which says Congress- CHAIRMAN Don Edwards (D- man So-and-So is a bum and Calif.), has said the judiciary drinks heavily and on and on," subcommittee on civil and con- he said. stitutional rights will summon Asked if he would support several Hoover-era FBI offic- legislation restricting the col- ials during the hearings. lection of unsubstantiated alle- Edwards suggested that Kel- gations, the director replied, "I ley failed to disclose the full can only say we abide by the extent of the FBI's files of per- law and will abide by any re- sonal allegations against mem- strictive legislation. I'm will- bers of Congress during hear- ing to do what's good for the ings last year. country - that may sound trite Kelley said he was referring but that's exactly the way I to that type of information when feel about it." he testified that the files con- HE CONCEDED that the tamn "incidental information FBI, like many other govern- which is supplied' us from time ment and private agencies, to time which is filed as a mat- faces a ticklish problem in ter of fact." drawing the line between what it needs to keep and what it THE MICHIGAN DAILY should discard. Volume LXXXV, No. 93 But "we try to maintain a Wednesday, January 22, 1975 very tight lid on information is edited and managed by students very at the University of Michigan. News which does come to our atten- phone 764-0562. Second class postage tion, he said. 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BERN, Switzerland (P) - Swiss authorities, moving to halt a rush on the Swiss franc, yester- day raised from 12 to 40 per cent the annual penalty charge of new deposits from abroad by nonresidents. They also halted interest pay- ments on foreign bank deposits. The idea .behind the announcement by the Swiss National Bank is to cut down the heavy influx of foreign currencies, including dollars, that are exchanged for Swiss francs and de- posited in banks here. Bank Vice President Alexandre Hay said foreign transfers of funds to Switzerland had reached such a proportion as The Swiss took the action after the dollar hit a record low against the franc. Dollar holders were rushing to buy the Swiss currency, betting! that the value of the franc would go even higher. In the past three years, the floating Swiss franc has been revalued upward by more than 40 per cent. THRE ACTION was taken after the dollar hit an early afternoon record low of 2.4800 Swiss francs. It rallied to close at 2.497 francs, down from 2.5105 francs Tuesday. The previous low trivding rate for the dollar had been 2.5025 reg- istered Dec. 30. with STEPHEN BLOS and JAMES ROBINS READING FROM THEIR WORKS THURS., Jan. 23-7:30 p.m at GU I LD HOUSE, 802 Monroe ADMISSION FREE UI UuL2 dipper cancdes rrl~w~d e(.ias to jeopardize Swiss porters and the tourist in- A senior analyst of one of the largest Swiss dustry. commercial banks said he doubted that increas- BECAUSE OF THE upward pressure on the ing the penalty would halt the inflow of foreign Swiss franc, Switzerland's exports are becoming funds. more expensive and are in danger of being "I am very skeptical," Hans Mast of the priced out of the competitive market. Tourism Swiss Credit Bank said. "I believe that nonresi- also has registered a sharp decline because of dents most probably have found means to cir- the high price of the Swiss franc to foreigners. cumvent the negative interest." 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