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Senate Committee Considers Legalization Of State Wiretapping
AUSTIN, Tex. <**> — The fed-
Iral government’s top wiretap
lawyer told the Texas Senate
ommittee Tuesday that defend-
ints always plead guilty when
as State Bared with wiretap evidence.
le d these B <‘The cases never go to trial,”
arl y la- Bgid John Bartels of the Justice
Common B)epartment. Since the accused
st work Binnot deny an admission in his
!S or face Bwn voice, he pleads guilty, Bar-
United Kris said.
'• restric- B In three years, Bartels got au-
Bjorization for 58 wiretaps, which
he said led the nation.
Bartels testified before the Sen
ate Jurisprudence Committee in
support of a bill by Sen. D. H.
Harris, R-Dallas, that would le
galize state wiretapping.
The bill was referred to a sub
committee after a three-hour
hearing that included many un
friendly questions by members of
the committee.
The committee also heard and
approved a bill by Sen. Oscar
Mauzy, D-Dallas, that would al
low a plaintiff’s percentage of
negligence to be subtracted from
the defendant’s in accident suits.
Under present law, if a jury
finds a plaintiff even 1 per cent
negligent, he gets nothing.
The legislature approved Mau-
zy’s comparative negligence bill
two years ago, but Gov. Preston
Smith vetoed it.
The bill now goes to the Sen
ate floor for debate.
Harris’ bill would permit a
prosecutor to go to zf state dis
trict court judge and get per
mission to tap a wire—or con
duct any other kind of electronic
surveillance—upon a showing that
a major crime has been, is being
or is likely to be committed.
Unauthorized wiretapping could
be punished by a $5,000 fine and
a 5-year prison term. The victim
of an illegal wiretap could file a
civil suit for up to $1,000, plus
punitive damages and court costs.
Russell Ormesher, Dallas assist
ant district attorney, said the bill
was needed because: “We’re try
ing and convicting the dummy, so
to speak. We’re not reaching the
top.”
Sen. Jack Ogg, D-Houston,
pressed Ormesher on what safe
guards there were to prevent a
prosecutor from saying: “This is
a bad guy, and, Judge, if you’ll
give us this, we’ll bring you back
some evidence if you’ll just give
us enough time.”
Ormesher said the prosecutor
and the judge were elected offi
cials, and he talked of other fea
tures of the bill, but he ended up
answering Ogg’s question by say
ing: “I think the district judges
can be trusted.”
The bill also would allow a
prosecutor’s assistant to authorize
a wiretap in “emergency” situa
tions involving organized crime.
A judge would have to approve
the action within 48 hours.
Sen. Charles Herring, D-Austin,
chairman of the committee, said
he did not like the assistant idea.
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“I want the man himself (the
district attorney). I want him to
go to the pen for five years for
a violation,” Herring said.
Mike Hinton, Houston assistant
district attorney, said: “We need
this bill very badly.”
Hinton works fulltime on or
ganized crime. “Houston, for in
stance, is wide open,” he said.
“ . . . They are coming. Indeed, I
can tell you they are already
there.”
Sam Houston Clinton, an Aus
tin lawyer representing the Texas
Civil Liberties Union, spoke
against the bill.
“This bill moves us one step
closer to 1984,” Clinton said. “This
is a wide open, pervading, per
missive electronic surveillance
bill.”
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Explained
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The dollar has been devalued.
What does it really mean to the
average American? Here are
some questions and answers:
Q. What is devaluation?
A. The dollar devaluation an
nounced Monday means a dollar
can be exchanged for 10 per cent
less currency of a foreign coun
try. If you go to Germany and
ask for change of a dollar, you
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stead of 3.2.
If you buy a Volkswagen there
or here, it will cost you more dol
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marks is the same.
Q. Does it affect American
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A. No. An American car or an
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same as before.
Q. Why was the dollar deval
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A. The United States lately has
run up major trade deficits by
importing much more than it ex
ported. This created a large sup
ply of dollars held abroad. In
vestors abroad began to worry
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balance. It will make foreign trav
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more expensive. But it might in
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opening up foreign markets.
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