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Court Rules in Favor of Nixon on Tapes
WASHINGTON (A*) — A fed
eral judge ruled Wednesday that
the Senate Watergate committee
has no authority to sue Presi
dent Nixon in an effort to obtain
White House tapes of presidential
conversations.
U.S. District Court Judge John
J. Sirica’s dismissal of the com
mittee’s civil suit marked the first
legal victory for the President in
his battle to withhold the tapes
from the committee and special
Watergate prosecutor.
Two court decisions have af
firmed the special prosecutor’s
argument that the President must
give the tapes to a federal grand
jury investigating the scandal.
But Sirica said the committee
had failed to get congressional
authority to sue the President.
A committee spokesman said
the decision would probably be
appealed.
Meanwhile, three corporations
which admitted making illegal
contributions to President Nix
on’s re-election, campaign pleaded
guilty to misdemeanor violations
of federal law.
In a brief order, Sirica said the
court lacked jurisdiction in the
tapes suit, an argument made by
the White House in its opposition
to the committee’s civil action.
“No jurisdictional statute
known to the court, including the
four which the plaintiffs name,
warrants an assumption of juris
diction, and the court is therefore
left with no alternative here but
to dismiss the action,” Sirica said.
Sirica’s decision followed by
less than a week the U.S. Court
of Appeals ruling upholding his
earlier order in the case involv
ing nine tapes subpoenaed by
special Watergate prosecutor
Archibald Cox.
In that case Sirica ordered the
President to give him the tapes
to hear in private so that he
could determine if Nixon’s claim
that they must be kept secret was
valid.
The President is expected to
carry his appeal in that case to
the Supreme Court. He has un
til Friday to ask the Supreme
Court to review the case.
The three companies charged
Wednesday with misdemeanors
over campaign contributions are
American Airlines, Goodyear Tire
and Rubber Co., and Minnesota
Mining and Manufacturing Co.
Charges were also filed against
the board chairmen of Goodyear
and Minnesota Mining.
Life Is A Long Lesson
SUPPLY
ssones
*ed Monday
arrow Street)
Persons under 18 must have
mts send permission and other
inent information to Ed Mor-
|in the Housing Office to have
r applications considered.
Allan M. Madeley, Housing
—jflice manager, said that “pa-
"['■tal permission does not guar-
| |tee approval and should not be
iterpreted as such.”
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Vol. 67 No. 301
College Station, Texas Thursday, October 18, 1973
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Companies Admit
llegal Contributions
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(WASHINGTON CP)/ _ Three
Iporations pleaded guilty today
Baisdemeanor violations of fed-
■ campaign contribution laws
Connection with donations to
sident Nixon’s re-election cam-
;n.
he board chairmen of two of
| companies also pleaded guilty
Similar charges.
he three firms gave a total
|fl25,000 to the re-election ef-
ipecial Watergate prosecutor
Ihibald Cox filed the charges
inst American Airlines, Good-
r Tire and Rubber Co., Minne-
Mining and Manufacturing
and the board chairmen of
dyear and Minnesota Mining,
merican Airlines entered a
|flty plea in federal court in
.hington and was fined $5,000.
uilty pleas from Goodyear and
board chairman, Russell de-
,ng, were entered in Cleveland.
I company was fined $5,000 and
(Young was fined $1,000.
|In federal court in St. Paul,
n., guilty pleas were entered
Minnesota Mining and its
irman and chief executive offi-
Harry Heltzer. Heltzer was
fined $500 and the company $3,-
000.
All were charged under federal
law which prohibits donations
from corporate funds to political
campaigns.
The firms previously had noti
fied special Watergate prosecutor
Archibald Cox of their illegal
contributions.
President Nixon’s campaign fi
nance committee has returned a
total of $425,000 in contributions
the committee said it learned
came from funds of six corpora
tions.
Cox said that no executives of
American Airlines were charged
because it was the first company
to come forward voluntarily.
“I believe that the example of
American Airlines had something
to do with prompting others to
come forward with voluntary dis
closures of corporate contribu
tions,” Cox said.
The charges carry a maximum
penalty of a $5,000 fine in the
case of corporations and a maxi
mum of a $1,000 fine and one year
in prison in the case of individ
uals.
The executives charged today
were Harry Heltzer, chairman of
the board and chief executive of
ficer of Minnesota Mining, and
Russell deYoung, chairman of the
Goodyear board.
Cox said that in the weeks to
come charges will be brought
against other companies and their
executives “both volunteers and
nonvolunteers.”
The prosecutor said it would
be the policy of his office, even
in the case of companies that
came forward voluntarily, to
charge the corporate officer pri
marily responsible.
In some cases, he said, where
the violators do not come forward
voluntarily, felony charges might
be brought especially if there are
indications that the contribution
was an attempt to influence some
government action.
George Spater, former board
chairman of American Airlines,
had admitted that the company
gave $55,000 to the Nixon cam
paign out of corporate funds. The
charges said Minnesota Mining
contributed $30,000 and Goodyear
$40,000.
The money was donated in the
names of corporate executives.
The other companies which have
come forward are Gulf Oil, Phil
lips Petroleum and Ashland Pe
troleum.
In addition Braniff Airways has
admitted that corporate funds
were donated by its employes but
the corporation has said that the
money represented loans to the
individuals and has been repaid.
NOEL HARRISON (left) and Robert Jundelin, stars of “No Sex Please, We’re Brit
ish,” desperately attempt to get rid of pornography books in one scene of the interna
tional hit comedy. The London play will be presented at Bryan Civic Auditorium Mon
day at 8 p. m.
Blames Arab Reaction to Jewish Intrusion
Official Cites Arab-Israeli Rift Origins
OEM RIPE 1
orps Trip Planned
For TCU Saturday
(Football, waving flags, pretty
|j rls and parties will receive
, Kas Aggie emphasis Saturday
IFort Worth.
Irhe first of two fall Corps
will move 2,300 uniformed
ets into the city for the 2 p.m.
^QlSturday match of A&M and
f 7 fexas Christian.
|A 10 a.m. Corps parade will
Q? jhveil the Parsons Mounted Cav-
/fcA Iry in its first away-from-home
jW'bpearance, giving the event a
ttferent Corps Trip flavor.
WyifCadet Col. of the Corps Scott
- Erhard of Dallas will lead off
parade from Weatherford and
' » ’ \not i on es Street. Thirty-six com-
Aiirnnxp pies, squadrons and the Texas
Band will turn onto Hous-
8-o‘piy Courthouse, pass the
V * [piewing stand at the Conven-
6 -° ! - /flillon Center and return to the
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assembly area by way of Main
id First Streets.
Maj. Gen. Warren E. Myers,
mander of the 90th U. S.
y Reserve Comand at Fort
Houston, will review the
lorps including the 28-member
sjValry troop. Gen. Myers will
|| on the reviewing stand with
|S. John C. Calhoun Jr., vice
(tssident for academic affairs,
Ud Dr. John Koldus, vice presi-
•ent for student services.
?The Corps’ other trip this fall
■to the Nov. 17 A&M-Rice game
"-Houston.
|'We enjoy coming to Fort
forth,” noted Col. Thomas R.
’arsons, commandant of cadets.
It’s an enjoyable Corps Trip
lause of the courtesy and as-
,nce of the city and police.”
I’m particularly happy the
airy will make its first off-
ipus appearance here,” he
led. “The unit has received a
at deal of support from Fort
rth people.”
Conceived last fall after the
A&M-Army game, the Parsons
Mounted Cavalry consists of sen
iors commanded by Mike Collins
of Dallas. They provide their
own horses and transportation,
along with part of the funds to
maintain the organization. Horses
are stabled at the TAMU Re
search Annex, where the troop
practices.
The show unit named for the
commandant made its debut at
the A&M-Wichita State game
march-in. The troop also rode at
the Boston College game in Kyle
Field.
Darrell Williams of Bedford is
troop executive officer. Ernest
Wilson of Irving and Doug Lat
imer of Houston ride at platoon
leaders. Paul Hess of Dallas is
guidon bearer; Pete Starks of
Angleton, first sergeant.
The troop began from a two-
horse color guard at the 1972
game. Williams figured if two
horses were good, a full troop
would be better.
THE ISRAELI POSITION was defended by Adi Ben-
Svi, Israeli vice-consul for Houston, at Wednesday night’s
Political Forum presentation. Ben-Svi spoke on the history
of Israel and its relations with the Arab nations. A heated
question and answer period followed the ttalk. (Photo by
Gary Baldasari)
Limousine Service Begins
A Physical Plant stationwagon
will replace the night shuttle bus
beginning Monday.
The nine-passenger stationwag
on will service the regular route
6 p.m. to 11 p.m. weekdays by
taking passengers to and from
the campus when needed.
The feasibility of a substitute
vehicle on the night routes was
studied by a sub-committee of the
Shuttle Bus Committee and found
to be a more economical and serv-
icable alternative than operating
a bus.
Shuttle bus riders wishing
transportation in the evening
should call the Communication
Center at 845-4311 for service
anywhere on a regular route.
These persons must give their
names, shuttle bus pass numbers,
pick-up stations and destinations
to the operator.
If the person is an occasional
rider with a coupon he must indi
cate this to the operator.
The white wagon, with “Texas
A&M University” painted on both
sides, will then go to the on- or
off-campus location on establish
ed bus routes to pick up or deliver
passengers at the regular street
sites.
The wagon will have radio com
munication with the Physical
Plant operator and will be located
at the south entrance to the li
brary when not in transit.
The library entrance was chos
en as the home station for the ve
hicle, since as the library provides
telephone facilities and a central
ized location. The wagon will pick
up passengers at other places on
campus as long as they are on es
tablished routes.
The vehicle will also service
route four whereas the shuttle
bus on the night route did not.
By KATHY MORGAN
Israeli vice-consul Adi Ben-Svi
attributed the initial problems
with the Arabic countries to “the
Arab refusal to accept a Jewish
state in the middle of an Arab
world,” when he lectured Wednes
day at a Political presentation.
“I am here to explain what’s
going on,” he said. “It is difficult
for outsiders to understand why
people are fighting, and why we
go from one war to another.
Adi Ben-Svi described the con
flict as one “loaded with emotion,
feelings and this changes the na
ture of those who deal with the
conflict. It is difficult for one to
keep cool.”
The conflict, he continued, is
on a political, strategical, relig
ious and cultural basis yet it is
hard for a Jew to iron out the
situation from just a political
point of view along a realist’s the
ory.
“This is the Holy land for
them,” he explained.
Adi Ben-Svi gave a brief his
tory of the Jewish movement to
further explain the main con
flicts between the peoples.
He referred to the Jews as
“wandering animals” with no real
roots being constantly persecuted.
“They were the subjects of har
assment. They went from Eastern
Europe to Western Europe to the
gas chamber,” he said.
The Jews had to change their
fate in some manner, Adi Ben-Svi
continued, yet at the time a state
was out of the question.
“In order to form a state one
has to get a government and I
can’t see one Jew ruling over an
other,” he said.
“An army is against the reli
gion because it is a tool for kill
ing people,” the vice consul ex
plained. “Soldiers are trained ani
mals to kill another human be
ing, nothing else.”
The Zionist movement grew out
of this situation, he said, to pre
serve the physical existence of the
Jewish people. This was accom
plished by setting around Zion
and developing communes to
form one large state. There was
no central government or army
to defend the people.
“We wanted to be independent
and we are not ashamed of our
manual work achievements.”
The first confrontation with
the Arabs was on a socio-econom
ic basis and the Jews were
thought of as merely inhabitants
or tenants of a territory.
Adi Ben-Svi said the two peo
ples shared a co-existence on the
land, buying, selling and learning
each others language until the
second migration of Jews.
“The Arabs saw the movement
as thousands of white Europeans
who might deprive them of what
they have and they became sus
picious.”
The Jews were suddenly dan-
groups to protect what they had.
Jewish settlements were attacked
as a result with Jews organizing
grousp to protect what they had.
In 1936, the Jewish state was
becoming a reality. Jews were
occupying large cities, over 100
settlements were formed and
many Jews were expected to mi
grate to the country.
The British, who ruled over
that country at the time, decided
to create a Jewish state and call
it Palestine. The proposal went
before the United Nations in No
vember of 1947 and received every
vote except the Arab states.
“I say the main cause of the
friction was the Arab refusal to
accept a Jewish state.”
After the 1948 war, Jewish
borders gained 10 per cent but
between 1948 and 1956, over 3,000
lives were lost in border clashes.
1956 also marked the second
war which the Israelis won with
not one week of peace, he said.
Adi Ben-Svi also claimed that
many Israeli refugees were kept
in concentration camps by the
Arabs to serve as “living monu
ments” to the Jewish state.
“We cannot afford to fight
another war,” he said. “The Arabs
claim that they fight for the sake
of getting back territory (Sinai
Desert). You will have to excuse
me for this word, bullshit.”
Frosh Posts
In Student
Open
Senate
Filing for eight freshman stu
dent senator at-large positions
begin Monday and will continue
through Oct. 29.
Students must have a 2.25 mid
term GPR and are elected by a
plurality vote. The senators are
selected on a one to 500 ratio
with 4,209 students in the fresh
men class.
Applicaton for freshman class
officers are also available. The
positions of president, vice pres
ident, secretary-treasurer and
social secretary require a 2.0
GPR and will be chosen by a ma
jority.
Filing for the junior class re
presentative to the Memorial
Student Center Council will also
be done at this time. The open
ing is left over from spring elec
tions when the results were ruled
unfavorable by the Judicial
Board.
Junior class representatives are
elected at-large and require a
2.5 cumulative GPR or a 2.5 GPR
for the spring semester.
“Each candidate is required to
familiarize himself with para
graphs 67 and 68 of the Univer
sity Rules and Regulations hand
book,” said Barry Bowden, elec
tion board chairman.
Bowden said candidates could
not begin their campaigns until
all filing procedures were com
pleted.
Applications are also being tak
en for the student senator from
the Graduate College of Agri
culture.
The position had been held by
Sam Bayes, who is parliamentar
ian for the Senate.
Students applying for the posi
tion must have at least a 2.25
GPR. Applications will be avail
able in the Student Government
office in the MSC through 5 p.
m. Monday.
University National Bank
“On the side of Texas A&M.”
Adv.