Thursday, July 19, 1973
THE SUMMER DAILY
Page Three
LaRue testimony
casts doubt on
itchell claims
WASHINGTON (5)-Frederick LaRue, a
former Nixon re-election campaign aide,
testified yesterday that former Atty. Gen.
John Mitchell neither rejected nor ap-
proved the Watergate bugging plan in his
presence.
His testimony challenges two key de-
nials made by Mitchell before the Senate
Watergate committee last week.
LaRUE SWORE he never heard' Mitchell
veto the Watergate wiretapping, and said
that Mitchell suggested campaign deputy
Jeb Stuart Magruder should destroy wire-
tap files after the wiretappers were
caught.
Mitchell's testimony now conflicts with
that of LaRue * and Magruder on both
points.
The trio held a meeting on March 30
last year when the bugging opperation
was discussed. Mitchell said he dis-
approved it. Magruder said Mitchell
okayed it.
"I DID KNOW of the existence of a
proposal to conduct political espionage by
electronic surveillance," LaRue told the
committee. LaRue claimed he recom-
mended against the plan and had "no
personal knowledge of its approval by
anyone."
Latue, a wealthy real estate investor,
has pleaded guilty to one charge of con-
spiracy to obstruct justice-the first per-
son involved in the Watergate cover-up
to be charged and to plead.
Preceeding LaRue's testimony the com-
mittee was treated to some comedy relief
as Anthony Ulasewicz amused the sena-
tors with tales of telephone calls, secret
codes, and confusion surrounding his dis-
tribution of more than $200,000 to Water-
gate defendants and lawyers last summer.
LEANING INTENTLY forward over his
double chin and speaking in an arche-
typical New York accent, the retired cop
outlined his assignments during the last
two and a half years as a secret agent
for the White House.
His pet projects included investigating
the sexual activities, domestic problems
and drinking habits of top political figures,
whom he did not name.
See EX-AIDE, Page 9
. AP Photo
Frederick LaRue testifies before the Watergate committee.
war power
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ANTHONY ULASEWICZ: "I carried it
($75,000 cash) in a brown bag, you know,
the ordinary type, with a little string
around it."
City travel group
to pay kids$3,800
ROYAL OAK (UPI) - The attorney
for 135 Royal Oak high school seniors
whose class trip to Jamaica fell through
said Wednesday the travel agency which
was supposed to arrange the trip has
agreed to pay the students $3,800.
Attorney Harvey Geller said the money
from Vacationers International Agency of
Ann Arbor represents the difference be-
tween what the trip to Jamaica would
have cost and what the trip to Nassau
they took instead cost.
Celler said the students will continue to
pursue their case in Oakland County Cir-
cuit Court against the travel agency. They
are seeking $3,500 in actual damages and
$150,000 in punitive damages.
Bumper crop
While most of the visitors to the city's
art fair have come with artistic thoughts
in mind, they have apparently brought
along their politics as well. A spokesman
for the Human Right's Party reported
yesterday that bumper stickers reading,
"Honk if you think he's guilty," sold out
in four hours. If the air is filled with the
sound of blasting horns in the next few
days, we'll know why.
Bye-bye love
The Everly Brothers, giants of the Rock
World for nearly 20 years, have called it
quits. The authors of such great hits as
Wake Up Little Susie, Dream, Kathy's
Clown and Bye-bye Love have ended their
partnership because, as Don Everly put
it, "I'm tired of being an Everly Bro-
ther."
Happenings..
. . are of course led off by the con-
tinuation of the various fairs going on
around town . . . the Artists and Crafts-
men Guild will do a chamber music per-
formance tonite at 8:30 p.m. in the Union
Ballroom - . . the 'U' Players will pre-
sent their version of Shakespeare's "Com-
edy of Errors" at 8 p.m. in the Power
Center . . . those interested in working
on PIRGIM's price survey should attend
a meeting at 8:00 p.m. in room 4114 of
the Union.
A2's weather
Skies will become increasingly cloudy
throughout the afternoon with a possible-
shower or two starting towards evening.
Highs should be in the upper 80s.
iuces veio
WASHINGTON (R') - President Nixon
has notified the House he will veto a bill
- it is considering to -restrict a president's
war power.
His telegram was read yesterday as
the House opened debate on the measure
to impose a 120-day limit on the power of
a president to commit U. S. forces abroad
without congressional approval.
"I AM UNALTERABLY opposed to and
must veto any bill containing the danger-
ous and. unconstitutional restrictions in
the bill," said the telegram dated June
26.
However, it said "I fully support the
desire of members to-assure Congress its
proper role in national decisions of war
and peace and I would welcome appro-
- priate legislation. providing for an effec-
tive contribution by the Congress."
House Republican Leader Gerald Ford,
who read the telegram to the House, said
he did not know specifically what bill the
President would accept. But he said he
believed that Nixon would go along with
a proposal by Rep. David Dennis, (R-
Ind.), requiring that Congress either ap-
prove or disapprove a war commitment
by the President within 90 days,
DENNIS ARGUED to the House that
the 120-day deadline could require a Presi-
dent to halt a justifiable war action in that
period if Congress drifted along and took
no action.
Other opponents to the House bill have
an entirely -different argument: That it
would authorize the president to wage war
on his own for up to 120 days.
Rep. Clement Zablock, (D-Wis.), floor
manager for the bill, predicted both
sides would finally line up behind the 120-
day deadline as the way to reassert Con-
gress' control over war commitments.
Regen7ts to delay
tuition hike talk,
OK appointmrents
By REBECCA WARNER
The Board of Regents is in town again
today and tomorrow for its monthly clus-
ter of meetings.
Although University officials had pre-
dicted the Regents would approve at this
session a tuition rate increase necessi-
tated by the new residency requirements,
a tie-up in state appropriations has forced
postponement of the vote, according to
Vice President for Academic Affairs Al-
lan Smith.
"We are very reluctant to get defini-
tive before the legislature acts," Smith
said yesterday. The state House has yet
to vote final approval for the allocation
of funds to the state's colleges and univer-
sities. Action is expected on the House-
Senate compromise budget bill next week.
MEANWHILE, Smith has the responsi-
bility for formulating the new tuition rate
on the basis of predictions of in-state to
out-of-state enrollment ratios under the
new residency policy. The recommended
figire must be approved by the Univer-
sity's executive officers before it is sub-
-l to the Regents.
Smith said the Regents will hold either
a special meeting or a telephone vote on
the rate hike after the legislature final-
izes the University's budget. Normally
the Regents do not meet in August.
Administration sources have so far re-
fused to estimate the extent of the tuition
hike, but unofficial reports set the in-
crease as high as 25 per cent for in-state
tuition.
INSTEAD OF discussing the tuition rate
this week, the Regents will discuss as-
pects of the state's appropriation to the
University.
See TUITION, Page 9