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Show r r TTte i ? Salt Lake Tribune, Thnrsday, July 12. 1373 x i Watergate Investigation Begins to Boil Mitchell Holds Firm, Testy Under Fire Continued From Page One extended to Thursday. It W3S then that Mitchell made his comment about a great trial. The pleaded Mitchell, who has innocent to an indictment for perjury, obstruction of justice and con spiracy to defraud m a campaign-relatecase, appeared weary and testy after his long day under the televised questioning. The committee Is expected to finish with Mitchell Thursday and follow with White House aide Richard A. Moore and former Nixon lawyer Herbert W. Kalm-bacd Qutes From Digest In questioning Mitchell, Weicker quoted from a digest of testimony given by Frederick C. LaRue to the committee m dosed session. Mr. LaRue states that on March 30, 1372, when Mr. Magruder presented the Liddy plan to yon in Mr. LaRues presence, that rather than rejecting it you merely told Mr. Magruder that it did not have to be decided at that time," Weicker said. Is there any what that you can relate to Mr. LaRue's testimony? Said Mitchell: My recollection is very distinct The matter was rejected. And it was rejected on the basis that I was tired of hearing these things and I didnt want to hear about them again. The March 30 meeting was the last of three at which G. Gordon Liddy presented plans that included burglary, wiretapping, mugging, kidnaping and prostitution. Jeb Stuart Magruder, Mitchell's deputy, and LaRue, a top aide, were at that third meeting in Key Biscayne, Fla. Bug-Pro- Office Suite - In the last WASHINGTON (UPI) six weeks special Watergate prosecutor Archibald N. Cox has been building a f headquarters office, apparentto keep him from being vicdesigned ly timized by the same kind of spying and I leak-proo- sabotage that triggered the Watergate scandal. Cox and a staff of about 30 lawyers and 20 clerical workers have taken over most of the ninth floor of a new downtown building three blocks northeast of the White House. And while a persistent telephone caller could eventually find the number from information, there are few other ways the public would know of the location. The office is not listed on the directory in the lobby of the building, nor is a notice posted on the ninth floor itself. Tracked by Came-a- s But anyone emerging from one of four ninth floor elevators is immediately tracked en one of three obscure television cameras, monitored by two guards in a doorless and unmarked entryway off to the side. Any visitor who doesnt head for the entryway or to the only other private office on the floor is immediately approached by one of the guards. The guards also monitor an elaborate system of burglar alarms hooked up to doors and to tape wired on the windows. r I I ! ! i i f i ! i i i . Rarely Watches Visitors are screened and workers inside must wear badges at all times. But unlike other government offices, there is almost no television watching during the Senate Watergate hearings. There are only three sets in the offices and Cox, aides said, rarely watches, preferring instead to rely on transcripts provided by the committee. ov break-i- n to I.aos Senate Panel Blocks Appointee c To Policy Post Asian-Pacifi- WASHINGTON (UPI) The Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in a highly unusual move, Wednesday blocked the nomination of G. McGurthrie Godley as assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. By William Greider Washington Post Writer Now it can be told. WASHINGTON - According to official doenments ot tained by the Washington Post, Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr., chairman of the Senate Watergate committee, encountered the very same problem in his 1968 campaign that plagued President Nixon in 1972 too much money. The North Carolina senator, the documents reveal, had so much money he didnt know how to spend it afi. He fought off contributors who wanted to give him more cash. He gave away funds to other Democrats. He even made a pro rata refund to campaign donors, 29 cents on the dollar. But Ervin still wound up with extra Paper Reports Funds Source - WASHINGTON (AP) ganization operating out back room was nsed A dummy or- a basement by President rf former lawyer, Herbert W. Kalmbach, to funnel a secret $1.5 million in cashier's checks to 1979 Republican Senate campaigns, the Washington Star-Nesaid Wednesday. Some of the money, the newspaper said, went to the campaign of Sea. Lowa member of ed P. Weicker Jr.. the Senates Watergate cnmHee. After reading the newspaper report, Weicker left the bearing and called a news conference to say there was no improper conduct by him or his campaign finance committee in dealing with the Nixons n Chairman J. William Fulbright, said members felt Godley should not take the post because of his long association with the war in Indochina. As ambassador to Laos, Godley directed the U.S. air war against Communist insurgents and was often described as a virtual military proconsul in the country. Postpones Action more costly versions. The committee voted 9 to 7 to postpone action on the nomination indefinitely and to advise Secretary of State William P. Rogers to assign Godley to another post not related to Southeast Asia. Denies Magnate rs Claim LaRue, who has pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiring to obstruct justice in the Watergate coverup, denied It was the first time in the memory of veteran aides to the committee that a Foreign Sendee nomination has been stopped directly. Fulbright immediately notified Rogers d The committee voted 12 to 3 to confirm William H. Sullivan, another veteran Foreign Service officer of the Viet- nam war, as ambassador to the Philippines Fulbnght, Sen. George McGovand Sen. Stuart Symington, ern, voted against that nomination. Godley succeeded Sullivan as ambassador to Laos when Sullivan was named assistant secretary for East Asian and Pacific affairs. Both are career Foreign Service officers. Fulbright had contended that the careers of both men had been so intertwined with the war that they would be ineffective in further diplomacy in the area. He said the committee, however, decided to act only against Godley, since his assignment was the more important a wonderful man and a wonderful grandfather. Light of Fancy For so apparently mamagmatiw a Jack man, the names of his children are quite a flight of fancy. and Jill They came, his daughter once said, from A Midsummer Nights Dream; Jack shall have Jill Nought shaB go ffl." Mitchell has never discussed the reason for the breakup of his first marriage, although a family fnend said they "juht drifted apart A week after Ids divorce, m 1957, Mitchell was married in Elkton, Md., in thore days a marriage mecca for pimple m a hurry, to a Tire Bluff, Ark., belle. Martha Beall Jennings, also a divorcee. Martha, as all thp world knows, wmnt on a lot of trouble on your hands." Mitchell replied: Senator, it never occurred to me anyone would carry out such activities, particularly without any authorization to do so. Sen. Sam J Ervin Jr, D N C chairman of the committee and the Senate's leading constitutional expert, challenged the boundaries of executive privilege and separation of powers invoked by Nixon, who has refused appearance before the committee and access to certain papers. Sometimes Other Considerations Said Ervin: From the psychological standpoint, dont you think a president who withholds material or papers about a matter being investigated takes the chance that it looks like he is withholding the material because it is unfavorable to him? Mitchell agreed that it did, but said that sometimes there are other considerations. Ervin said that since there is nothing the Constitution requiring a president 1 don't think executo run for tive privilege covers any political activities whatever." in An Associated Press poll showed the committee will not vote to subpoena Nixon as a witness, but may order him to release presidential papers. As the days bearing ended, the White House announced that former Nixon aides involved In the Watergate inquiries are barred from copying documents they worked on while theije. Deputy Press Secretary Gerald L. Warren, in response to questions, said that rule went into effect May 23. They can come in and peruse but they cant not even in notes " copy In any way Warren said. ... As recently as last Saturday press secretary Ronald L, Ziegler told some newsmen such former aides as Haldeman. Ehrlichman and Dean would copy their official papers in longhand. Interrupts Stroll Quick Nurse Saves Life InkJet Crash f cash. Some folks wouldnt take their money back. So he sent the leftover money to a church, a nursing home and abospitaL Of course, campaigning in North Carolina is inexpensive, especially if yonr name is Sam Ervin. The senators election financing, even counting the leftovers, came to $38,931.92. By Elias Antar Associated Press Writer No wonder las eyebrows wiggle when Watergate witnesses talk about secret suitcases stuffed with hundreds of thousands of dollars. No Shredding Here Sen. Ervin also did not shred the records after his 1968 campaign. Nor did he send his campaign treasurer on a long vacation abroad. ' I ran across the field to where the plane had fallen. By the time I got there, a farmhand had pulled out a crew member who was lying on the ground, Miss Dosreis said. Ripped Off Jacket Medics from a mobile rescue unit were near the wreckage and didnt see the man at first, she added. I put him on a nearby stretcher, ripped off his jacket and shirt and began pressing his chest to get him to breathe again. Overac counting In fact, the Ervin campaign of 1968 may he a classic case of ovoraccounting more information than the law requires or anyone wants to know. But a careful reading of the Ervin reports reveals certain insights into bow the successful politician operates. For instance: Another crew member staggered up. He seemed unhurt but was crying uncontrollably. I am Portuguese and I was able to speak to him to calm him down, Miss Dosreis said. Portuguese is Brazil's language. Miss Dosreis once was a night nurse at Longjumeau Hospital where some of the survivors were taken. They put the two men in an ambulance and I jumped in to continue administering artificial respiration, she said. On the way to the hospital, my crew member began breathing. The other man embraced him, kissed him and continued to cry. Sen. Ervin likes to start the day with a hearty breakfast. The one he ate at the Red Roam of the Hotel Sir Walter in Raleigh, N.C., on Aug. 18, cost $2, and he spent $2.69 for breakfast at the Lake Drive Motel m Chicago on Aug. 27 (where be was attending the Democratic National Convention). But he prefers a tight lunch. One cost 50 cents at the Howard Johnsons in Winston-Saleon Aug. 17, hardly enough to buy a soda. to become the most colorful figure in the otherwise drab Nixon administration. She win be 55 on Sept. 2. They met at a party in New York, and it 9eemed to be a case of instant attraction of oppoutes. Like most Southern girls of her class and time, Martha minored in scholastics and majored in the social graces, particislaily those that beguile men. Under her outgoing personality Mitchells chill reserve melted to the point of affability. My husband is NOT cold," Martha once snapped. Hes warm and cuddly. Her practice of shooting from the hip, conversationally, never seemed to ruffle Mitchells granitic dignity, llis public reaction, at least, remained one of tolerant amusement he called her his Gra-dett- Miss Dosreis, newsmen 35, told Wednesday at Longjumeau Hospital that she gave a heart massage to a crewman pulled out of the wreckage of the Varig Boeing 707 which crashed near here. Instead, he filed lengthy reports with flie proper authorities, the slate of North Carolina and the secretary of the state. The reports are available for inspection, if anyone cares to know that Mr. and Mrs. E. Russell Midkiff of Mount Airy, N.C., sent $5, or that Harry Lee Orders of Glen Alpine, N.C., gave $2 (and got 40 cents back, in postage stamps), and so forth. Enin campaigns mostly by automobile, accompanied by his staff aide, Rufus Edmisten, as driver. They tike to stop for gas at Stuckeys roadside stations (the ones that sell toe pecan pralines). - e FRANCE LONGJUMEAU, Dos re is was out for an afternoon stroll. Suddenly, a flaming plane fell out of the sky and within minutes she was working hard to save a mans life. Not the Captain Miss Dosreis said the man she saved was about 40 years old and was not the Associated Press Wireohoto A engine ties near crashed Brazilian Varig Boe- burned-oa- t Nixon Lures Anonymous Lawyer into Perils of Robert Hall, the clothing firm. The Suykers live in a apartment on the third floor of a modest, building in Port Washington, L.I . two blocks from the railroad station and across the street from a funeral parlor and a filling station. The apartment house is not particularly posh, although it does have an indoor swimming pool. When a reporter from the New York News called on her last week, Mrs. Suyker would not buzz open the door, explaining through the intercom that she had just stepped out of the shower. Nor would she discuss her plight except to say, somewhat nervously: "All I will say about John is that he is of the committees decision. Asked what the secretary planned to do, the chair--, man said he expected the nomination would be withdrawn and Godley would be assighed elsewhere. Envoy Confirmed Spartan Best Describes Sen . Ervins Campaign Star-New- cent retirement, chairman of the board "Here is a man who is standing before you as chief counsel to the committee," Weicker said of Liddy. "Didn't it occur to you to call the President and say, Look I've got some pinwheel here m my office who is the counsel to your campaign and I think I ought to warn you youve got 9 Cox expects to add another 25 persons White House fund. to his staff, but already he has formed Quoting sources dose to the Waterfive task forces covering the main points s said the proceedings, gate the Watergate of his investigation: a dummy name, The used Kalmtach ; cover-upbreak-iitself and subsequent Public Institute," to distribute the money. the activities of the White House plumbSenate investigators have been told, ers" formed to plug security leaks, and the role they played in the burglary of the article said, that the Kalmbach the office of a psychiatrist for Daniel money was distributed for about two Ellsberg; campaign contributions; dirty dozen candidates under the direct supertricks and sabotage; and the ITT anti- vision of former White House chief of staff H. R. Haldeman. trust case. Continued From Page One The former attorney general, who quit as Nixon's campaign director two weeks after Watergate, said he wished he had thrown Liddy not only out of his office, but out of the w indow. Why His Eyebrows Wiggle r of were convicted of conspiracy, burglary and wiretapping. , of Democratic Party headquarters m the Watergate was some 2 months later. Liddy and six others The testified that Mitchell the plan signed off approved March 30 after rejecting the earlier and Magruder Probers Use Magnifier's claim that he, too, approved the wiretapping. He said when he entered his plea last June 27: "At that meeting this proposal was discussed. I recommended against the plan. It was not approved in my presence and I have no personal knowledge of its approval by anyone. Thus, the committee now has three diffenng versions of that meeting. Mitchell said he flatly threw out the plan and assumed that ended the matter. Strength to Survive At this low point in his life, fnends say, Mitchell is finding in Martha the strength to survive the wreck of his career. For all her reputation as a scat- terbrain, she has the basic common sense and toughness of the pioneer stock she came from, and is fiercely protective old of her husband ami their i: hfiilv. daughter, Marty. She he- ' n't and cryptically, that her lw u ..e mi be the fall guy for anybody help it Since his fall from the swats of the mighty, the Mitchells have lived quietly -- fag 707. Twelve of 134 per-- a sons aboard were reported alive. of Public Exposure "unguided missile and once referred to the two of them as the "Washington 2. He has essayed no quips lately. V-- . I captain. The captain was not hurt much but was in the hospital, she said. Hospital officials refused to allow newsmen to see survivors. in their Fifth Avenue apartment, seeing only a few close friends and seldom going out. He is said to be extremely depressed, even morose, his armor of confidence pierced, and bitter at what he feels is his abandonment by those he helped to power. If he is drinking more than he should, as the story goes, it is not difficult to find a reason. Two stones are current about his rethe President. lationship with his One is that he has remained in close private contact with Nixon, who m this version is said to be sympathetic. The other has it that he is shunned by the White House as the major embarrassment to a humiliated administration. There remains the haunting question: How did it happen to Jonn Newton Mitch ell, symbol of integnty, the man who always played the game hard but strictly within the rules? It remains to be proven that he is guilty of any wrongdoing, but should he be, the reason why might be simply that basically he was the wrong man m the wrong job. In politics, he was subjected to pressures he had never encountered in uneventful career in bonds. his Perhaps he lost his head. low-ke- in All he can do now is best summed up of another proud man. Em- the words peror Hirohito, who said while waiting lor the victorious Allies to take over the mins of Japan: There romes a time when one must bmr the unbearable s T |