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Show Don Bacon 4- - Wednesday Morning, May 30, ection 1973 Connally s Job Hints Conflict Page 12 'Yankee Ingenuity Preserves Skylab Potential Space-Ag- e Skylab has already reaffirmed the genius and Space Administration experts. Getting astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Joseph P. Kerwin and Paul J. Weitz aboard the troubled space station and well along with their delayed experiments has been an unprecedented achievement in itself. of National Aeronautics When launching npped heat shields from the laboratory and when a panel for converting sun ravs to electricity also failed to deploy, it appeared the $450 million space chamber might have to be abandoned. For ail the money spent, training conducted and expectations raised, the country would helplessly watch an oven passing overhead, too fiercely hot for human habitaearth-orbitin- g wasn't that helpless. From that agency's matchless pool of technical skill, management capability and innovative daring there developed a completely unscheduled repair and restart mission The astronauts went into an emergency training routine, adding to their already heavy work requirements, while an outer space parasol was swiftly designed and manufactured. It was a previously untested salvage attempt, put together under the most demanding circumstances. And it worked. tion Hut NASA all-ne- Earlier, cautious analysis led to speculaoverheating in Skylab could serious- tion that - Despite Denial damage the crafts equipment, even create dangerous gases. Apparently, astronauts Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz arrived soon enough to prevent such dangers. At least they have settled into their quarters for the enthusiunhindered y with stay expected asm. The question of John B. WASHINGTON interests were never business conflicting even discussed when President Nixon asked hun W lute House adto sign on as an unpaid, part-timviser. The three have performed with extraordinary competence. Not only did they quickly learn a new job well unfurling the sunshade they overcame a few midspace docking problems as well. Unsuccessful tries at unsticking the jammed solar panel should be added, considering the possible toll it might take on the crew's stamina. No such complication is yet in evidence. Skylab is an expensive undertaking rocketed into orbit for expanding man's knowledge about the planet he lives on and the forces that the solar system exerts on it. As crucial, it is supposed to determine how well and how crews can function efficiently long three-main the weightlessness of space. Much of the future rides with astronauts Conrad, Kerwin and Weitz aboard Skylab. The ingenuity of NASA and the heroism of the first Skylab occupants has earned the project instant fame for what went wrong. But its ultimate value will be in what, from now on, goes right. That should make NASA and the astronaut teams even more celebrated in the history of scientific exploration. It says something, perhaps, about the minimal concern" at the White House for avoiding the appearance of wrongdoing and protecting itself against potential embarrassment The White House was genuinely surprised, a key aide claims, when reporters quickly and vehemently criticized the Connally arrangement and called public attention to its potential for mischief. secreRonald Ziegler, the White House press to inform in Houston called Connally tary, finally him that questions of propriety had been raised and to seek Connallv's advice in answering them. ly high-flyin- Newho - e g Nixon didn't think about all those oil, corporate and transportation clients, who pay many thousands of dollars to be represented by Connallv's Houston law firm. Connally says he didn't think either about the propriety of accepting a White with all the power and influence that House job while continuing to draw full salary it with goes from his firm Matter's Now Settled Connally, who had already gotten wind of the Hell, if that's criticism, told Zeigler, in essence: the problem. 1 just take a leave of absence from the firm. He did. and as far as the White House is concerned, the matter is settled. 11 "Its Controlling Entrapment The already snarled subject of police twist recently entrapment demonwhen 17 detendants in an anti-wa- r stration case were found not guilty because a government agent helped encourage their vandalism. The verdict, as sensible as it may be, didnt coincide with an earlier one by the U.S. Supreme Court. took another Late last month, the Supreme Court held by a split that a defendant cant plead entrapment if he committed a crime he originally planned, even though an undercover policeman later helped lead him to the actual deed. The majority ruling turned on defining how much police lured the unsuspecting lawbreaker into the trap. New Jersey Federal District Judge Clarkson S. Fisher took a similar approach, but with different emphasis. 4 Judge Fisher, presiding over a trial of the Camden 28, told the jury that if the government had, indeed, "overreached itself while using an infiltrator to persuade the 28 they should break into a federal building and destroy draft files, a not guilty" verdict could be returned. Thats what the jury concluded. Understanding the entrapment questions is important since local and federal police obviously rely on the undercover method when it seems necessary. The old I Was A Communist For The FBI, is being updated to a new book tentatively titled. The Bombers: I Was A Weatherman For The FBI, written, if preliminary plans jell, by an informer planted with the Weathermen faction. Early stories identify the man as old Larry D. Grantwohl. who infiltrated the radicai, destructive student group known as Weathermen as an FBI contact. His testimony is currently being used against Weathermen members on trial. And its claimed he could penetrate the organization because he so effectively preached, planned and carried out random violence. whos guilty? The undercover agents who help dream up bombings and riots, or So those dumb enough to go along? One or the other or both? Judge Fishers answer is the most logical and appropriate. If someone or a group is capable of a crime, encouragement from the government to carry out such actions is uncalled for. And if undercover agents ignore the reasonable limits, possible convictions should be seriously jeopardized. The legal complications of entrapment are bound to persist. But by emphasizing the policemans responsibility in resorting to this potentially dangerous practice, courts can exert an essential measure of control.- - Some people never get the message. The Internal Security Committee is a war while the nations major for preparing tow ard peaceful relations. are moves policy U.S. House With a vote, the committee recently approved legislation making it a federal crime for Americans to visit countries with which the U.S. is at war. Its an already discredited measure that lingers like a tinny echo from worst years of the Vietnam involvement. 4-- 1 Perturbed factions Vietnam by spokesmen from anti-wa- r who managed to reach North arranging token prisoner-of-wareleases and making propaganda broadcasts several congressmen turned to the most The Public Forum That Someone May Know I Editor. Tribune h;ie never written to a lift but would like you to print before in my paper a story so that someone who lives between 3H00 and 3800 South on Lee Maur or Market Street will know what he accomplished May 20. Saturday afternoon a beautiful white cat asked to be let outside. She hadn't been out for a couple of days. She was out less than an hour and never Forum Rules Public Forum letters must be submitted exclusively to The Tribune and bear writers full name, signature and address Names must be printed on political letters but may be withheld for good reasons on others. Writers are limited to one letter every 10 days. Preference will be given to short, typewritten (double spaced) letters permitting use of the writers true name. All letters are subject to condensation. went very far. When she came in she had been shot in the stomach with a pellet gun. The vet was unable to save her. Now this animal belonged to a young fellow who really loved her and has had a real rough time the last few months. My daughter, who blames herself for letting the animal out, has been very ill for the last year and never free from pain. It upset her so badly she was violently ill the rest of the night. The result of a pellet gun has left one cat dead, and hurt a young one young fellow broken-heartegirl who will never really be well the rest of her However, as late as last October, bills embracing the restrictions were being consistently defeated. And now that the U.S. is party to cease-fir- e agreements in Vietnam, reasons for dropping the matter are even more valid. Paradoxically, the committees measure would give the President authority to actually control travel in an enemy land. At a time when President Nixon is making every attempt to normalize relations with former adversaries abroad. The measure is not only its a foreign policy embarrassment. House leaders would do well to reassert their previously sound judgment and again reject the bill. out-date- will hapnen to our state and our country tomor- row? George Romney has always crusaded for the idea of citizen participation in our political process. His record in business and political life proves he is a man of great integrity, and has the capacity for tremendous leadership in business or politics. If we believe this kind of leadership is needed and in our country today, arent we exercising our citizen responsibility by trying to attract such men into our political process? I am personally very convinced our state and our country have a crying need for this kind of leadership, already demonstrated by Romney over the years. This is why I have tried to encourage grass-root- s political leaders to see this great neea. in Utah But the need really goes much deeper than this. All citizens have a vital stake m the political future of our state and our country. JOHN H. MORGAN JR. Critical Responsibility Editor, Tribune: If, in fact, the prevailing sentiment of a majority of the American television public concerning complete network coverage of the Senate hearings on Watergate (as the publicized reaction would indicate), reflects not only general disinterest and disregard toward the incredible disclosures being made but outrage at the disruption of routine program scheduling; I question whether we are aware that vital qualities of individual commitment and responsibility are intrinsic to a functional democracy. Do we have the concern to look beyond those shadows of apathy-- anonymity and noninvolvement that have too long sheltered us in a posture of vague complacence; a commitment to meet and endure the turbulance of truth as Sen. Weicker so aptly put it? , pray that God will forgive this person as I find it very hard to accept the wrong he has done. And please may he never harm someone else's I r convenient remedy a law agin it. They waited to make such travel a federal crime. GOT to crest soon! life. Outlandish Travel Ban - New s Sen ice pet. J. ANDERSON All for Romney Editor, Tribune: Utah and our country have been blessed with great economic and political leadership throughout our history Isn't this because good men have been willing to accept the leadership responsibility and perform in the best way for the public good? But as we read the newspapers and see one scandal after another make the headlines, it would tend to make good men think twice about going into public life. In fact, I have heard many people say recently that they wouldn't have anything to do with politics. It is too shady. However, if the good people and the great leaders won't try for political leadership today, what Responsibilities exist, and we must be willing to respond to them, in order that the rights and freedoms our Constitution was intended to set forth remain intact. But, perhaps the most critical of our personal responsibilities lies in the reassertion and reaffirmation of a continued capacity to dream, and believe in the hopes of our ideals, as people and Americans. LORI D. P1NDER In Meinoriam Editor, Tribune: Now that we are surfeited facts about the Watergate caper, let us not forget what the American news media did to: The American Indian, Herbert Hoover, Sherman Adams, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Thomas Eagleton, George McGovern. with DALE MOSIER One close White House observer who is not buying the Connally arrangement with or without is Samuel I. a leave of absence from his firm Rosenan, sometime special counsel to Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, former New York state supreme court judge and president of the New York City Bar Assn. I think the worst thmg that happened has been the idea of bringing John Connally into the administration as an unpaid adviser while he was the representing private interests, Rosenman said in an interview with Robert J.. I Donovin of the Los Angeles Times. Connallv's promise to take leave from his law practice, said Rosenman, "is even more insultingto my intelligence than the original idea. Further. Rosenman said: Not the Slightest Difference. Does anyone have any doubt that if he is going to practice law. he is going right back to his old firm, who will have all the same clients they have now plus additional ones who will want to take advantage of Connallys advance prestige with the administration? The fact that Connally is not going to take a few thousand in legal fees right now does not make the slightest difference. as the . To my mind this is just as bad Watergate, and it would seem to be the worst way to try io any confidence in Nixon s determination to change his methods of administration. . A month after Nixon asked Connally to join him at the White House as an adviser, it remains unclear just what he had in mind for Connally to do. As of Friday, they had met just one time since a session, Connallys appointment which focused briefly on the economic situation before drifting into other general subject areas. White House aides insist that Connally has had no part in advising Nixon o,n a Watergate response. No Formal Assignments "He said he needed me. the former treasury secretary and Texas governor has told friends privately. Connally has received no formal assign-- ' ments from the President and doesnt really expect any. He sees himself primarily as someone with practical political experience, with whom Nixon can comfortably discuss problems m that crucial period before decisions are made and when ideas are being sharpened. Connally has told friends that he used to seek out confidants for the ' same purpose when he was governor. Although he has yet to use it. Connally has been given an office in Room 131) of the Executive Office Building, adjacent to the White House. To those who believe proximity is power and take note of such things as office location in relation to the President's. Connallys quarters are not particularly impressive. Connally, who expects eventually to spend about two days a week here, is due to meet again with the President soon, presumably to learn more about his role. After the initial flurry over Connallys appointment by Nixon, neither he nor the President seems in any particular rush to define his responsibilities. Joseph Kraft Interlaiuli Kissinger Achieves Diplomatic Accomplishment With China, Russia Publishers Hall Svndicate It does not disparage that achievement to point that it rested on three special conditions. For one thing, there was the position of President Nixon. As early as IRtlT, Mr. Nixon had clearly sensed the wisdom of trying to play off China against Russia. Whatever differences may have separated the President from his chief foreign policy adviser. Dr. Kissinger had total support for the central objective of a new approach to Peking and Moscow. out Large, impersonal forces determined long ago that Henry Kissinger could not repeat the virtuoso performance he has put in on the world's stage during the past four years. So the bugging of his staff merely provides an ugly coda to an act that was playing out anyway. But he has done some, service to the state. As hej marks his 50th birthday, it is worth taking the measure of his achievement. The achievement lies iu the normalization of relations between this country on the one hand and China and Russia on the other. The immediate payoff is American exit from the war in Southeast Asia. The larger consequences are a transformation in the structure of world power as yet incalculable. It is a diplomatic accomplishment comparable in magnitude to the feats of Castlereagh and Bismarck A second condition is that Dr. Kissinger was dealing with Communist regimes run from the top down. As the President's agent, it was possible to tie up secret agreements of a binding nature with a single foreign leader. When he engaged Premier in China and First Secretary Leonid i Chou Brezhnev in Russia, they could deliver the goods. A third condition is that the web of ties between this country and the two Communist giants was thm to nonexistent. Against that background, the making of a very few agreements took on historic proportions. An exchange of diplomatic missions with Peking, a lid on strategic weapons these were first steps in a journey marked by destiny. Eii-la- New agreements with Russia and China will surely be made perhaps in the very near future. But they will not be as dramatic. They will be building on a foundation already laid. Moreover, now that communications with the Communist leaders have been opened, the center of diplomatic interest shifts elsewhere. Western Europe and Japan now exert the foremost claim to American attention. But secret diplomacy at the summit cannot deliver those countries. For better or worse they are democracies, and foreign policy decisions have to be cleared with a broad reach of officials and interest groups. Economic issues of a messy technical nature are involved. It is a case of needlepoint, not architecture. Abundant signs already reflect the inevitable wanting of the Kissinger influence in these circumstances. The Europeans and Japanese have been cool, to put it mildly, to Dr. Kissinger's plea that they subordinate immediate economic interests to a new Atlantic charter. In this country he has been increasingly obliged to share foreign poli cy primacy with the economists of the treasury and the professionals at the State Department. this is lost on Dr. Kissinger. He has long been talking of institutionalizing the extraordinary powers concentrated in his person. It would have made sense for him, provided he could not become secretary of state, to bow out after about a year s favorable service. He would have left covered with honors, and in a position to serve other presidents. None of So this 50th birthday should have been a happy occasion. It is not, and the reason lies in Dr. Kissingers part in the bugging of his subordinates on the national security staff. Maybe, just maybe, there was a case for the bugging. But not on" the plane argued by Dr. Kissinger. When confronted with questions about what he did, he did not reply in a straightforward way. He offered evasions and then outright lies. So the achievement has been dimmed. The occasion is sad. even tragic. For Dr Kissinger has not been betrayed by enemies, still less, a- - he now seems pleased to believe, by friends. He has been betrayed bv what is false within r |