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Page 2 College Station, Texas Friday, May 4, 1973 THE BATTALION Listen Up YRs Disown Sharborough Statements Editor: We the undersigned Young Re publicans who were not consulted by Beau Sharbrough prior to his intemperate and ill considered re mark, will reply here categorical ly- The Watergate affair was a “third-rate robbery” attempt by bungling incompetents. We think it appropriate for the President to be “appalled” that former members of the Committee to Re elect the President were involved in such a stupid and unethical endeavor. The President refused to allow his staff to be subpoenaed by the Congress because it is not a ju dicial body and it sought only to politically embarrass his admini stration. However the President has given full cooperation to the judiciary whose responsibility criminal matters are. In light of the President’s ini tiatives in reducing world tension, the Watergate affair is trivial and had consumed too much of his time. Unfortunately, it was nec essary for him to become involved because the aides in whom he had complete trust had failed to de serve the confidence. Contrary to Sharbrough’s com ments about Nixon’s insincerity, we have complete confidence in his integrity and his will to have all the facts made known about Watergate. Rus Miller Carol Moore Larry Hudson Doug Schwetke Bubba James Gorden Yan Pelt ★ ★ ★ Editor: Just a word from someone who was at the Spring Gas street dance and had a great time. Stump, formerly Phoenix, of Au stin put on an excellent display of their talent at one of the best programs I’ve seen here all year. In fact, a few more of these type dances would make me se riously consider spending more weekends here. A girl to dance with would really do the trick, but that’s another story. I was shocked to read in Listen- Up the other day that some peo ple thought a majority of the stu dents didn’t like the dance! Eve ryone I talked to and saw at the dance was thrilled to have some thing as fun as this to do on a Friday night. I can see, however, how anyone not caring for rock- and-roll would not have enjoyed the dance. But I can not see how anyone could object to the band drummer spending a maximum of three minutes (a lecture ?) out of a four hour program to com ment on an issue of current in terest. He was aware of the conservative nature of his audi ence and so merely pointed out that those who felt strongly about marijuana laws should express their opinion to legislature—fair enough ? I’m not sure who was respon sible for the dance but on behalf of those of us who loved it— Thanks! Do it again! ! Steve Hardman ★ ★ ★ Editor: When the starting gun sounded for the first event of intramural swim meet Thursday night, the four members of the Crocker Hall swim team were not in the line up. They had turned in one of their forms too late and were not allowed to enter. The “persons” talked to at the intramural office stated something to the effect that “if the Crocker team was al lowed to swim everyone would have to be allowed to swim.” But isn’t that the purpose of intra murals—to allow everyone to par ticipate in sports? We of the Crocker Hall swim team think so. We admit that we made a mis take in turning our form in late, but we also think that the intra mural office should completely re-evaluate its priorities. We def initely think that the student’s sports participation should have priority over paper work. Greg Geisler Scott Ward Robert Bynes Bob Ledlie ★ ★ ★ Editor: Each spring the campus comes alive with recruiters trying to talk students into selling dictionaries, Bibles, etc., in some other state during the summer. This is defi nitely an experience because we have all done it. However, there are some things we feel that those contemplating this type work this Ellsberg Trial Hunt Testimony Ordered To L. A. LOS ANGELES </P>—E. How ard Hunt’s testimony before a Washington D.C., grand jury about an alleged burglary of Dan iel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office was ordered turned over to the Pentagon papers trial judge Thursday. Chief U.S. District Court Judge John J. Sirica in Washington or dered the action after Judge Matt Byrne in Los Angeles demanded the government tell him anything Hunt told the Washington grand jury about the alleged burglary. Prosecutors told Judge Sirica during a brief hearing in Wash ington that Hunt, a convicted Watergate conspirator, had tes tified about the burglary. Sirica ordered relevant portions of the grand jury minutes forwarded to Judge Byrne. CADET SLOUCH by Jim Earle “I’m pooped! Can we call it a year and take today off?’ In Los Angeles, defense attor neys told reporters outside court their sources have told them Hunt told the grand jury that there was a burglary of psychiatrist I.ewis Fielding’s office and that Hunt and another Watergate conspira tor, G. Gordon Liddy, “participat ed in the burglary and were in Fielding’s office.” Byrne, who has repeatedly or dered the government to tell him everything about Watergate and White House involvement in the prosecution of Ellsberg, was obvi ously angered by a memo from Watergate prosecutor Earl J. Sil- bert in which Silbert refused to give the judge new information. Silbert, who broke the news last week that Hunt and Liddy may have burglarized Ellsberg’s psychiatrist’s office, said his in formation came from a “confiden tial source” he couldn’t reveal. “Silbert can’t say this is a con fidential source,” Byrne said. “If it’s a grand jury source, I want to know that.” The Silbert memo was written prior to Judge Sirica’s ruling. Byrne previously voiced sus picions that the Watergate pro bers in Washington were keeping information from him. The judge has said he will not let jurors deliberate a verdict in the trial until he has all data on whether evidence in the case was “tainted” by use of stolen records or any other illegally obtained in formation. Ellsberg, 42, and Anthony Rus so, 36, are charged with espionage, conspiracy and theft for copy ing the Pentagon study of the Vietnam war in 1969. The judge allowed testimony to proceed Thursday in the government’s re buttal case, but he has asked at torneys to give him legal briefs on possibility of mistrial and dis missal. Meanwhile, Los Angeles Dist. Atty. Joseph Busch told a news conference he will prosecute “if we can prove that a crime was committed involving the theft of documents from the office of Dan iel Ellsberg’s psychiatrist.” Busch said he met with Justice Department officials in Washing ton on Wednesday and “they as sured me that they will provide us with all information on this matter which they can properly release.” Material released in court by Byrne also will be re quested, but no grand jury probe is planned at this time, he said. 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. The Battalion is a non-profit, self-supporting enterprise operated by students as a University and Community newspaper. 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Address: The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Mail subscriptio ear: S6.50 per fu ( pe: Adv Texas 77843. reproduction of therwise credited vely to the use for The Associated Press is entitled exclusiv all news dispatchs credited to it or not in the paper and local Address correspondence to Listen Up, The Battalion, Room 217, Services Building, College Station, Texas 77833. paper and local news of spontaneous herein. Rights of republication of all other origin published matter herein are also reserved. Second-Class postage paid at College Station Members of the Student Publications Board are: Jim dsey, chairman ; Dr. Tom Adair, Dr. R. A. Albanese, Dr. E. Hierth, W. C. Harrison, J. W. Griffith, L. E. Kruse and Lindse H. B. B. Sears EDITOR MIKE RICE Managing Editor Rod Speer News Editor Ron Bento Sports Editor Kevin Coffey Assistant Sports Editor Ted Boriskie Women’s Editor Janet Landers summer should know. We feel most students who do this type of work are interested in making money. What is really important is not how much money you make but how much you are able to save. Our personal observ ation is that most students who do this work are not able to save much. It appears among Aggies that roughly 50 per cent who start this type work come home before the summer is over. Among those who stay the whole summer, many make enough to come home and that is about it. What really gripes us is that some students who are paying their way through school attenipt this type of work believing, as they have been told by the re cruiter (s), that the failui’e rate is approximately 5%. We person ally know of friends who were students at A&M who are not here now because they ddn’t make money in the summer in this type of work. We know of others who are enrolled only because they are working now, including some of us. These recruiters in the past have preyed predominantly on freshmen because they are consid ered “too dumb” to ask questions. Most upperclassmen generally are not willing to admit that they did this work and didn’t make money at it. We suggest that if you are considering this type of job this summer that you talk with some upperclassmen who have been— besides your recruiter(s). It may help you finalize your plans for this summer. Gary Grisbee David McKie Charles McCarty Bobby Eppeson Walker Paine ★ ★ ★ Editor: To those that criticize the crit- icizers of the goings-on of the Spring Gas dance: A dance is to have fun, not to solve the world’s problems. Do that later. Kurt Freiberger ’75 NEEDED USED BOOKS UNIVERSITY BOOK STORE “At the North Gate” They’re Here!! ALL THE UNIQUE Mother’s Day GIFTS AT Happy Cottage 809 E. 29th Bryan PAWN LOANS Money Loaned On Anything Of Value. Quick Cash For Any Emergency. See Us For Ready Cash Today. 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Unless yqu’re a speed reader, it should take you about 20 seconds to read this ad. Which is about 5 words per second. Forest fire, in that same amount of time, will have ravaged and burned over 200 trees. Which is about 2 trees for every word you read. Or by the time you finish this sentence, 118 trees. And does the damage add up! In a year’s time that’s over 420 million trees, over 4 million acres burned, and hundreds of thousands of animals left homeless. Not to forget the ecological havoc forest fire will have wreaked where it passed. And it’s all such a senseless waste too. Because with only a little time, most man-caused forest fires could be prevented. An extra second to grind out a cigaret, Another minute to pour more water on your fire, scatter the coals, cover it with dirt. A moment to refresh yourself on fire safety. A few extra minutes can save years of growth. And that’s time well spent on saving our forests. Just like reading this ad. 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