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Show 2A The Sait Lake Tribune, Sunday, June 21, 1373 By James M. Naughton New York Times Water - WASHINGTON There was an atmosphere of serenity, almost of seclusion, about the neat rectangular office with its white walls, blue carpeting and heavy blue draperies. The large, polished wooden desk was uncluttered save for two small stacks of papers and the four elephants and single walrus that adorned the marble base of a pen set. A I f wf 4,' one-hal- It was never what you might call difficult to get information if you knew what information you were looking for and sought it, he said. . not openly disloyal-toPresihe is said to have they! dent Nixon. shouted whde reading some revelations about "If there is one thing the recent vice president can back up," efforts of senior White House Sen. Barry Goldwater told officials to avoid an investigaTime magazine recently, its tion into the Watergate Enter on checklist: that he doesnt know what hell break-in- . is going on at the White No or.e was more surprised than Agnew to learn about the House." Apew Checklist Nobody has been bothering, exactly, to keep a checklist of the vice presidents association, or lack of it, with the scandal that has been consum-i"- g the attention of the capital and the country. But it is easy enough to gam the impression that Agnew would appreciate it: Watergate coverup. "This is not the easiest e Retime to be a publican in Washington, but it may well be the best time for Republican partisans to give evidence, in every appropnate way, of our party pnde and be told a luncheon loyalty, gathenng of senior Republican members of Congress and their aides. Enter on checklist: No one is going to outdo Ted Agnew in maintaining the partys innocence in the Watergate affair. high-profd- "The traditional, what you might say, oversight of the An pretzel jar vice president that has existed sat on the creden-zin executive government for e Two gargoyles stood direct guard over years and years, the fact that hes not in the flow of any The Book ui Presidents, direct line responsibilities, "Modern Guide to Synonyms, Bartletts Familiar Quota- sometimes make it difficult I dont know Mr. Dean and tions Websters Bio- for him to knew what information he ought to have, and personally, he pointed out graphical Dictionary. that situation, of course, will, last month to law students at The neat man with the always continue, I think. I graying hair and have no trouble whatever getFirst in a Series eyebrows accenting his sunClaims Confidence ting information Im seeking, tanned face might have been but sometimes Im not always the University of all of thi. Throughout Virginia. anywhere a corporate exec- as fully informed as I would has asserted and reason Enter checklist: no Apew contact utives office or a tycoons pri- like to be. and I think thats is he serted Presithat the with W. John Dean III, the vate sanctuary as he sat in of vice presidents. dents man, that he has seen deposed White House law yer. the leather armchair, the typical nothing at the prest.it time "Newsmen ask me quesmuted plaid suitcoat buttoned Right Place, Right Time to diminish my confidence in over his white shirt and gray tions about Watergate and His career in public the President, that Nixons know more about it than tie. He spoke softly. He spoke life, from P.T.A. piesident in they three denials of public I do, of a desire to "open it up, Apew reportedly told Towson, Md., to zoning comwrongdoing issued should be dozen state and local Remore than ever, to "try to be a missioner, to Baltimore Countaken at face value, and that a little more forthcoming, to publican leaders when he met Executive, io governor ty my position has been simply let the listener know more of with Clevethem in to vice president, privately we must wait until we see that land. Enter on checklist: No what was in his mind. has been a succession of how much fire is there amid inside of who did knowledge A New Tone cases of being in the right all the smoke thats evident what to whom or why. What seemed to be in the place at the right time. today. Yet he concedes that Agnew Would Resip mind of Spiro T. Agnew, vice the smoke has fouled the atNow, though, at age 54, If I found myselfunable mosphere, he acknowledges president of the United States, Agnews political future may to continue on the basis of the political peril that Waterwas a tone he would have to hinge on a convincing demon strike in order to be in a posi- stration that ne was not in the conscience, I wouldnt stay gate poses for his party in 1974 tion to become and 1976, and each time that Spiro T. wrong place at the wrorg here as vice president, and use this as a pulpit to criticize he has declared his confidence Agnew, president of the Unittime, that he had no part in ed States. If he had chosen, and no awareness of, the pothe President. I would have to in the integrity of Richard he could have turned from the litical espionage and the camhe told a poup of Nixon, he has managed to resign, Harvard Young Republicans point out that it is based on big desk, drawn back the paign sabotage that apparentfaith and not firsthand knowlwho visited his otfice April 25. sheer white curtains beneath ly stemmed from somewhere the blue draperies and gazed within the White House outEnter on checklist: No one is edge. from his second-floo- r window side Agnews window. Agnew going to corrupt Agnews prinHe is the man on the inin the old Executive Office is, in effect, trying not to walk ciples to salvage the admin-tratioside looking in. Although hes Building to the front door of on Watergate, to remain disthe second ranking officer of the White House. He did not. tinctly separate from, and yet God damn it, how could the government, he is appar 'i ; ' It was no more than a couple of hundred yards from his oblong office to the office of the President, but to hear Agnew tell it in our interview May 30, they had been light years distant for much of the f last four and years. half-empt- y a. wight-marbl- Agnew Treads Lightly in Tough Times white-flecke- d a rank outsider to its circle. inner ax-nVice presidents the as accepted automatically logical successors of presidents, and 1 hope they never will be, Agnew said May 30. Its important, for the welfare of the party that the party seek the strongest candidate, and a candidate that it feels is best representative of its and best principles equipped to carry out those ently t pnnciples." Mind Not Set No, he insisted, he had not made up his mind whether to be a candidate for president the next time around, and would not make such a determination at least untJ after the congressional elections next year. No, he maintained, he couldnt begin to discuss what he might do as President to shore up public confidence in government if circumstances were to elevate him before 1976. ful There really isnt any useresult to be obtained by conjecturing on what would happen if I were president. Everyone knows that from the takes ofday a fice he could become, under certain ' circumstances, the president. Thats what hes there for, among other things, to be backup equipment, and I that every suppose has, at some time or another, turned the matter over in his mind. But it would be a ternble waste of the opportunities he has to be a if all he good was doing was considering what would happen if he suddenly had to become president. It is an old Agnew refrain, less persuasive today than before. Late in 1970, after he had been through the unsuc cessful rock em - sock em campaign fur control of Congress which some now believe was a proving ground for techniques used to undercut Democratic presidential contenders, Agnew said he was not sure he wanted to seek as t. Tones Similar The tone was not much different in that conversation, two years before his as vice president, from the tone Agnew sought to set May 30 during our interview, m which he said that when he did get around to about making a judgment seeking the presidency. Im going to be governed by reality, not by individual ambition. If I feel that conditions are better for another Im candidate, Republican certainly not going to rush out and attempt to become the candidate, he said. Perhaps the profession of detachment was less convincing the second time around. Perhaps the vice presidents listener was more cynical. But the style, the stance, the statements of Spiro T. Agnew in 1973 all seem designed to guarantee, at the very least, that he will have first dibs on the Republican presidential nomination in 1976. I wish him all the luck in the world, Agnew joked on May 2, the day that John B. Connally declared himself a Republican and took position as a possible savior of the party at its next national nominating convention. May his dreams come true, Agneft said. "May he reach for his star and grasp it firmly just as John Lindsay has. 1973, James M. Special Features, York Times Maga- (Copyright, Naughton, The New zine) Monday: A Job with Built-I- n Frustrations. New Watergate Prosecutors Work Under Guarded Conditions New York Times Service - WASHINGTON The complex on the ninth floor of a modem building is guarded by closed-circutelevision, burglar alarms on its windows, electronic sensors and other unidentified safety devices. five-roo- it The offices house the burgeoning staff of Archibald Cox, the special Watergate prosecutor. He and his aides formally began work there last week. The address is 1425 K Street, N.W., in the heart of downtown Washington. It also houses other government and private offices. Security is dominant. In a case that has often revolved around stolen documents, xeroxed papers, shredded memorandums and leaks to the press, the specially appointed prosecution is determined to protect the secrecy of its work. The guard on the street floor of the building readily informs visitors that Coxs office is on the ninth floor and visitors are free to take an elevator. But once on the ninth floor, there is no indication of an entrance to the suit. Off to one side of the ninth-floo- r lobby, across from the Grocery Manufacturers of America, is a large metal door with a small sign reading Push bell. numbered identification badge that is worn around the neck on a chain. The visitor also is escorted to the office to be visited. Some badges are yelThe bell is answered by a low, others are green. The buzzing that releases the lock. cards are returned to the It is similar to the arrange- guard when the visitor leaves. ment found in many apartThe green badge, bearing a ment buildings. Inside is an photo of the staff member, armed guard at a desk. The signifies a permanent position. visitor identifies himself. To get such a card, all personAfter checking with the offinel must undergo an intensive cial the visitor wishes to see, security check by the Federal the guard supplies him with a Bureau of Investigation. But even with such a badge, access to some of the offices myriad fdes is limited. "Within the permanent staff, security levels are built in, says Dean St. Dennis, a spokesman access is very seand I verely restricted mean very restricted. Doors leading from the stairwell of the building are locked on all floors. A special code opens the combination locks on rest room doors. These stringent measures QZrAaS (QZAd) . QZmAZ QZeAdi . were taken under strict instructions to insure that the offices are as secure as the most secure FBI offices, Mr. St. Dennis said. At a news conference June 15, James Vorenberg, a Harvard law professor and special assistant to Cox, carefully avoided revealing any secunty information. We think security is essen- tial so that witnesses and the public in general have confidence in the information fur Zueldacd nished to the special prosecutor, he said. 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