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1 Page 2 College Station, Texas Wednesday, May 2, 1973 THE BATTALION News Analysis Watergate Query Leaves Questions WASHINGTON <A>)_President Nixon’s claim that his investi gators hid the truth from him in the Watergate wiretapping leaves a lot of questions await ing answers. The Watergate scandal long ago spread beyond the mere break-in at Democratic head quarters last June 17. It now embraces secret cam paign funds, hidden documents, links connecting the White House and the Nixon campaign to a mutual-fund scandal, and alleged crimes by White House employes against the man who leaked the Pentagon papers. The President mentioned none of these in his address Monday night, except for a reference to “alleged improper actions” for which Nixon said he shoulders full responsibility. Here are some subsidiary scandals in the con glomerate now collectively called “Watergate.” MONEY: Two secret cam paign funds have been found, and a third is reported in news accounts. The Watergate bur glars were paid from a secret cash fund in the President’s re- election headquarters. A former aide to presidential chief of staff H. It. Haldeman has been quoted in transcripts of grand jury testimony as saying Haldeman kept $350,000 more in campaign cash in his White House safe, purpose as yet un known. News reports say investigators turned up a $500,000 fund in a California bank, used by the President’s personal lawyer to pay a political saboteur, among other things. Government auditors have urged that Nixon’s campaign treasurer, Hugh Sloan, be prose cuted for failing to report pay ments used to give a phony im pression of public support for Nixon’s war policies. Nixon hasn’t said whether he knew of these dealings. RECORDS: Although the Pres ident promises there will be no “whitewash,” his campaign or ganization continues to keep se cret its spending, reportedly in volving around $10 million, from before last April 7. That is the date a new law required public reporting. Nixon’s campaign finance chairman, former Commerce Sec retary Maurice Stans, faces a threat of a contempt citation for dragging his feet in turning over cartons full of records to court officials, as promised last No vember. A campaign lawyer has said these documents contain payroll records of at least two of the Watergate conspirators. Campaign officials have resist ed a lawsuit by Common Cause seeking disclosure of secret fi- Listen Up— Caps And Gowns ‘Worthless’ Editor: In honor of Consumer Informa tion Week, I can’t help but won der about the current graduation policies and practices. Why do we have to buy a cap and gown when it is common knowledge that no body really wants to keep it? Why doesn’t some campus or ganization collect and rent (or loan) used caps and gowns? Con sidering the benefits that would occur, I would be willing to do nate mine free, knowing others wouldn’t be stuck with an ugly black rag and a rather poor frisbee. In addition, I wonder about the inflation that has taken place in graduation pictures. The $4.95 package “deal” appears to be about the same as the $3.25 deal we had last May. In December we had two 8x10s for $2.75. It would appear that two businesses are trying to get rich at the students’ expense. D. R. Beeson ’72 ★ ★ ★ Editor: I have been questioning myself since the Christmas holidays about the fact that Texas Tech holds classes exactly two weeks less than A&M. Tech was out at Christmas one week before we were allowed to leave, and now that it is the end of school, they get out still another week ear lier. I was truly amazed that we went back to school after the Christmas holidays at the same time, and even had the same length of time for spring break, by the way the pattern was be ing set. My question is: What do the extra two weeks contain here in the land of packed suitcases and abundant gas that Tech does not have to put up with ? Or can it be said that we are simply getting a bargain, since both schools are comparatively priced, and we get two whole weeks extra with our package deal ? Perhaps it is just the basis of another Aggie Joke. How about, “Do you know why Aggies have two extra weeks of school?” Jon McMenamy Prince Of Watergate In the Italian Renaissance Niccolo Machiavelli wrote The Prince, which has been recognized as the foremost tract on political power. President Richard Nixon, intentionally or unintentionally, used a Machiavellian principle to maintain power in 1972. Machiavelli’s technique is simple. When a king needed control of his populace Machiavelli suggested appointing a relatively amoral prime minister with unrestrained power. The prime minister whips the populace into order justifying any means by the end accomplished. If a public outcry is raised against the government, the king then tags any criminal acts on his dubious prime minister and has him publicly executed. The results are the people are brought under control and the king becomes their liberator. Nixon’s “prime minister” was his re-election committee. As he said in Monday night’s speech, he was too busy playing President to worry about “the day-to-day decisions of a presidential campaign” and delegated this authority to his underlings. Among these day-to-day decisions was the hiring of electronics experts to conduct political espionage on the Democratic National Headquarters at the Watergate. The scandal came into public notice despite attempts to stifle the issue. When top Presidential aides and campaign officials were implicated, Nixon denied any knowledge of the incident and publicly sacrificed those involved. At this point, Nixon stands behind the facade that he is the one man striving to maintain the integrity of the executive office. “The first impression that one gets of a ruler and of his brains is from seeing the men he has about him”—Machiavelli. nances, arguing that donors gave money before last April 7 with the understanding that their names would be kept confidential. This explanation wouldn’t pre vent disclosure of how much the campaign spent, where the mon ey went, and for what purposes. Nixon didn’t explain why these spending records are being kept secret. VESCO: Financier Robert L. Vesco is accused in a lawsuit by the Securities and Exchange Commission of looting $224 mil lion from mutual funds he con trolled. Several links already have been established between his dealings and Nixon associ ates. A representative delivered $200,000 in cash to the Nixon campaign last year, and report edly asked for “help.” Campaign chairman John N. Mitchell, the former attorney general, then told Vesco’s lawyers they could meet with SEC Chairman Wil liam J. Casey. Eventually government audi tors accused the Nixon campaign of illegally failing to report the gift, the SEC went ahead with its suit, and the campaign re turned the money two months later. Other ties to Vesco go back to 1971. Mitchell called the U.S. embassy in Switzerland Dec. 1 of that year when Vesco had been arrested on a shareholder’s complaint. Vesco was freed on bail. The complaint was dropped. A few days after that affair, Dec. 20, 1971, Nixon’s domestic adviser John D. Ehrlichman met with two representatives of Ves co who were seeking help in a Lebanese bank deal. News ac counts say Ehrlichman promised to help, but Ehrlichman denies it. He says he cabled the U.S. em bassy in Beirut to disclaim any White House interest in the deal when he found Vesco’s men were claiming White House backing. Nixon didn’t mention the Ves co campaign gift, which his brother Edward reportedly helped channel to the re-election committee. A New York grand jury is expected to return indict ments soon, according to news accounts. AJLLEN Oldsmobile Cadillac SALES - SERVICE “Where satisfaction is standard equipment” 2401 Texas Ave. 823-8002 WHEN YOU SELL YOUR BOOKS REGISTER FOR FREE By JA> Women’ Most stimulus miliar s emotion; There is the fun and exc or apai seniors : job in £ With ment of like the problem back to that apj AM/FM STEREO TAPE PLAYER Texas Aggie Bookstore North Gate 327 University DEb MONTE GARDEN SHOW Cbe Battalion Opinions expressed in The Battalion are those of the editor or of the writer of tne article and are not necessarily those of the University administration or the Board of Directors. 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