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Show Feb. 1, 1977 Signpost Abuse of power in Watergate "These mikes seem to pick me up very well; I!m accustomed to being picked up quite well by little mikes," said John Dean, Watergate criminal, as he began his lecture. He talked about Watergate, Nixon, ambitions and criminal justice last Thursday before a capacity crowd convocation. He said I think I feel like Liz Taylor's new husband: "I know what I'm supposed to do but how do I make it interesting?" Dean defined Watergate as "the abuse of power or misuse of power by high government officials for political purposes." He said that "the only way I could stay in this job was do what they asked me to do" and "that very kind of thinking got me into the trouble I got into." He said that his fall from presidential aid to prison started because "I compromised myself in my desires to please my superiors" and "got blinded by my own ambitions." He added that it was important to look ahead but not how he was getting there. Dean became involved when he was asked by a memo sent from the president to investigate the IRS. Not knowing whether it was lawful he sought counseling from Murray Chotiner, who said it was not illegal because the president as chief executive could do it. Dean was told that, "If you don't do this when you have been asked by the President, he will find someone who will." Dean said, "I tried internally in the White House to end the cover up." He told how he started drinking and finally decided that "it might be better to live in jail than work here." He said, "I really couldn't continue; I had to hold on to my ability to tell the truth." He said this time period in his life was the worst but maybe the best because "it changed my life." He said he realized that "you're being disloyal to your superiors if you're not being loyal to yourself." It was the self-loyalty that he had to sort out to "see where I was coming from," he said. While in prison Dean learned a lot about the criminal justice system and its unfairness. There were two men with identical offenses but one was in for five years and the other in for ten mi im urn i m j hi mmm m i .miiummp i . i. : ki It" t m i - -J ' Y ' . i' L. . i ' NOTICE ATTENTION: Ski classes will go on the same basis as last week. Lessons will be available at both Powder Mountain and Snow Basin. Attendance will not be taken. Auction Every Friday Night 7 p.m. Misc. Items Pubic Welcome 226Q Grant Ave. BUY YOUR jfr ll-r CALCULATOR YK Rent a TV for $10 I Mittv FRIDGE I I. I- 1 JOHN DEAN was candid and informative speech. ftote ty: Mm Shupe in his recent convocation Rent a Stereo $ 1 4 a mo FRIDGE Rent a Fridge $5 a mo. (3 CTfWCQ 3670 Wa II Ave. m (In K-Mart Plaza) fcl BROIHERS' ph. 621-8900 years because they were sentenced by different judges. Another example was one young man caught with an ounce of marijuana was sentenced to ten years while a young man caught with a marijuana cigarette was sentenced two years with 21 years probation. Dean said "the criminal system is not working." Nixon received his pardon while "I was in jail," said Dean. His major complaint to this was Nixon should have been pressed to give a "fair honest account" before getting a clean slate. He was surprised at Ford's timing but said "that trial would have probably been going on today." Dean said "had it not become public we would have someday had another Watergate that would have been a lot worse." It was "important for the country to get Watergate behind us." Before Watergate the president was always given "the benefit of the doubt," said Dean. Since Watergate the press has tried to capture the political scene as it is, not as it appears. Lessons were learned and now it is a thing of the past. Dean now lectures as a way to make his living. He turns down many of the speaking opportunities trying not to make the crime he committed pay too much. Organ concerts to begin at WSC A series of bi-monthly organ concerts will begin on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium. The programs are sponsored by the office of cultural affairs and will feature WSC organist Rulon Christiansen at the digital computer organ. The program will include light classical and classical selections and will give faculty, students and townspeople a chance to hear this unique new instrument. Everyone is invited. Wednesday's program will include "Hymn to the Sun" by Vierne; "Trumpet Tune" by Parcell; "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" by Bach, and others. Where Do The Most Discriminating Men Buy Their Rings? . - X-5 i - I ' ft a belliston 5 Norton "The Place To Buy Diamonds" iVT.v . Sjv. 393-4763 Page 3 |
