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Show yWRf iW8 16 A MAY 3, 1973 DESERET NEWS, THURSDAY, mm Better press relations called for by Agnew WOODLAWN, Md. (L'PI) -- ready to participate in such a President Spiro T. Vice once the White Agnew, Houses leading news media critic, called Wednesday for an end to the unfortunate discussion. between the press hostility and the government, a good deal of which he said is the fault of the administration. said. It is of immense importance to the American public that information flow creditably and freely to them, he In candor, I cannot gloss over the unfortunate hostility that has existed for too long Agnew, whose role in develbetween the media and the oping administration policy Nixon administration. To say was expanded this week by that there is fault on the part President Nixon, freely admitof the administration would hosted his part in causing the probably be described by tility but did not apologize fo many in this room as the his criticism. understatement of the week, It could have been stated he told the Maryland Press less abrasively, he said. But Club here, where he was honin speeches this year, he said, ored as Man of the Year. he had intentionally adopted When I say unfortunate a different tone and one that hostility I mean deep feelings has bee much better received that run beyond the traditional by those who do not agree adversary berelationship with my conclusions. tween government office holders and members of the Agnew called on the government and the media to put press, he said. aside their visceral reactions There is unquestionably and engage in a productive, wrong and right on both sides intelligent discussion of their of this controversy," he sad. He said the differences. But there is also some Nixon administration was 1 Brave , tenacious f 0(JLL f e lit WASHINGTON (UPI) David K. E. Ambassador Bruce plans to leave Sunday for Peking to head the U.S. liaison mission launching for- relations. mal The office is expected to be open for business around May 14, U.S. sources said. A Chi nese mission has been in Washington for two weeks to set up a similar mission. I'll WASHINGTON Murray - Sen. and raised the possibility that the case may never go to the jury for a verdict. Ellsberg and Anthony both former researchon government projects ers for the Rand Corp., are concharged with espionage, for theft copying and spiracy the Pentagon papers, a top secret study of U.S. involvement . has stressed an Byrne what urgent need to find out in Hunt's found were papers White Rouse office and safe when they were searched by the FBI. But the only documents surrendered by the government reWednesday were three FBI interviews recent on ports with White House aides John gon papers. D. Ehrlichman, H R. Haldeman and Bruce Kherli. in Vietnam. more Byrne says he wants Liddv-Hun- t on the information operations in order to determine whether those actions interfered with the defendants constitutional rights to a fair trial. Byrne has expressed fears that tainted evidence obtained from the Liddy-Hun- t case. Byrne also demanded that the government give him more details about the alleged roles of Watergate conspirators G. Gordon Liddy and E. Ehrlichmans interview added only sparse details to a previous interview. Haldeman no .. Kherli and professed of Hunts arKt"; knowledge Liddys role in any Whiter; House probe of the Pentagon papers case or Ellsberg. mmm 9 of The Detroit work might have been used Writhe prosecution. Howard Hunt Jr. in the burWhile glary and in a special House investigation of the leak to news media of the Penta- U.S. District Court Judge Matt Byrne has said he will not allow jurors to begin deliberations until he probes all facts about a burglary of the office of codefendant Daniel Ellsbergs psychiatrist and alleged White House involvement in prosecution of the i China and U.S. liaison mission - The trial judge Pentagon papers has directed attorneys to give him legal briefs today on dismissal and mistrial motions LOS ANGELES (AP) sasE, he said, singling out media, CBS newsman Walter Cron-kitfor an article he has written for an upcoming issue of Agnew magazine. Playboy said Cronkite had written that the White House was conducting an active conspiracy against the press. I want to assure you that nothing could be further from the truth, he said. McG applauds vindication Cembtad AP, Pentagon papers case may never go to jury B8S8&. blame properly assessable to in the some individuals Agnew made only one direct reference to John Connally, his potential rival for the 1976 Republican Presidential nomination, who earlier in the day announced he had switched from the Democratic to the Republican party. Agnew said he wished Connally well. Judge requests briefs Free Press told the convention: George McGovern has Watergate looks like President Nixons Waterloo in his long war with the Free Press. For the press, certainly, Wais a watershed, tergate demonstrating for our generation, at least, the indispensibi-litof unfetto the nation tered Investigative reporting. South Dakota Democrat said He added that with strong is not, as the assists from people in ConWednesday, President seemed to Imply, gress and in the courts, the typical of the political proc- press has at least begun to ess. Our politics is better than focus the spotlight of truth on that. And Watergate is worse the n ethics than the tactics of any nation- of Mr. Nixons closest collaboal campaign in my memory rators, and the sorry after-mat- h or modern times. of the long coverup. Democratic Last years President Nixons counselor,. we presidential nominee told the Anne Armstrong, said American Society of Newspawere wrong on Watergate. per Editors: I take no satisTo you in the press I add faction from this sad affair. my apologies to those of Ron Indeed, since the election last Ziegler. Ziegler, the PresiNovember, I have repeatedly dents press secretary, apologrefused to respond to press ized to the Washington Post inquiries about Watergate. Tuesday for having denounced its Watergate reporting at a "And I take no joy today time when the administration from the Presidents difficulwas denying all charges. ties. With him, I hope they will be resolved soon so that But Mrs. Armstrong told the he and we can fight out the editors, We in the adminisfuture on other, better tration also will continue to issues. let you know when we thing ASNE President J. Edward you are wrong. the bravery and tenacity of those in Congress, the courts and the press who have given our system a few shining moments of vindication during the Watergate scandal. The Watergate affair, the applauded ... REALISTIC" ex-aid- es Coetinaed from Page I said the defense secretary had some reluctance about Waaccepting Nixons assignment to take command of the outside someone he because thought tergate investigation should do it. The Philadelphia Inquirer suggested that Richardson might select William T. Coleman Jr., a lawyer friend from Philadelphia, as special supervising prosecutor. Republican National Chairman George Bush called the Watergate affair ugly and grubby but said he did not think the party would suffer lasting damage from the scandal. Former GOP Chairman Robert Dole said the Republican National Committee which he headed at the time of the June 17, 1972, bugging of Democratic committee headquarters had no inkling of the plot. He also said he rejected as too rough some suggested campaign material about the several senators vying for the Democratic nomination Ehrlichman was linked to a possible mistrial in the Pentagon Papers trial of Daniel Ellsberg in Los Angeles, where presiding Judge Matt Byrne disclosed the former White House aide offered him the job of FBI director last April 7 ; The defense described it as an attempt to bribe the court. FBI agents Wednesday confiscated the personal files oi Haldeman, Ehrlichman and Dean from the White House and carried them to the nearby Executive Office Building. 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