THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1974
Supreme Court restricts prison officials
Censorship of inmates’ mail limited
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WASHINGTON (&) — The Supreme
Court has placed restrictions on prison
officials who want to censor mail to and
from inmates.
Without dissent, the court created guide
lines Monday that for the first time limit
censorship to what is necessary to further
“one or more of the substantial governmen
tal interests of security, order and rehabili
tation.”
IN OTHER ACTIONS, the court:
• Agreed to decide next term whether
Congress intended to grant President Nixon
the authority to withhold $9 billion intended
for water pollution control.
• Decided 6-3 that federal narcotics en
forcement law superseded a stringent Dis
trict of Columbia search warrant require
ment. The dissenters said the decision could
have national impact.
In the prison mail case, the justices
struck down the existing state regulations
in California, calling them an invitation to
prison officials and employes “to apply
their own personal prejudices and opinions”
to the detriment of free speech.
“PRISON OFFICIALS may not censor
inmate correspondence simply to eliminate
unflattering or unwelcome opinions or
factually inaccurate statements,” Justice
Lewis F. Powell wrote for the court.
“Rather, they must show that a regulation
authorizing mail censorship furthers one
or more of the substantial governmental
interests of security, order and rehabili
tation,” Powell said.
The court said the restrictions can be
no greater than absolutely necessary and
that prisoners are entitled to some form of
procedural safeguard such as an appeal to
a prison official other than the one who
acted as the censor.
Although Justices Thurgood Marshall,
William O. Douglas and William J. Brennan
Jr. concurred in the case, they said the court
should have reached the question of First
Amendment rights for prisoners.
INSTEAD, THE COURT found that
direct censorship infringed on the free
speech inherent in a communication between
prisoner and nonprisoner through the
mail.
The court will consider in October a
federal appeals court decision that struck
down the impoundment of water pollution
funds by the Nixon administration.
The government appealed the decision,
saying the court had “improperly cut into
a discretion Congress intended the Presi
dent to have.”
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Wiretapping laws
revision proposed
WASHINGTON (AP)-The FBI told a House panel Monday
that it is blocked under current law and court decisions from
wiretapping U. S. terrorist-type groups like the Symbionese
Liberation Army.
To solve this, Edward S. Miller, the No. 3 man in the FBI,
told a House Judiciary subcommittee the agency would propose
changes in the law to allow what he called domestic intelligence
taps.
The targets, Miller said, would be “people who are talking
about revolution, people who are talking about terrorism.
Bombings are in this category.”
The problem. Miller said, is that to get court or Department
of Justice authorization for taps, FBI agents must demonstrate
probable cause that a crime has been or will be committed.
Also, the taps must be continuous to be useful, Miller said,
and the law does not allow that either.
Criminal taps are easy to justify, Miller said, since there is
evidence that a crime is in progress.
But in domestic intelligence, Miller said, the telephone talk
and group activity is abstract, with no suggestion that a particular
crime is, or will take place.
In the warrant case, a six-member
majority ruled that the Federal Controlled
Substances Act was the governing law that
should be followed by District of Columbia
police in obtaining warrants for night-time
raids.
THE MAJORITY SAID the act super
seded the District of Columbia code which
requires a showing of special need before
warrants for night-time raids can be
authorized.
In dissent, Marshall said the majority
erred in not considering the constitutional
ramifications of night-time raids.
He said the Fourth Amendment prohibi
tion against unreasonable searches and seiz
ures operates to protect the citizen’s expec
tation of privacy and nowhere is that ex
pectation greater than at home at night.
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Batt review
Sam plays it again and again
By BRAD ELLIS
It was all dark at the beginning
but it sounded like there was a
movie on in the Theater.
Humphrey Bogart was giving
the hard, straight line to some
sap, but there was nothing to be
seen of him. He was on television,
that was it! The television was
on a hassock. The hassock was on
the stage.
The stage turned out to be the
New York apartment of Allan Fe
lix, film reviewer (how about
that!), who’s wife had just left
him and he couldn’t get any girls
(no indeed). He had acquired the
concept that he was unattractive;
some type of jerk, actually. He
just couldn’t get anyone to con
vince him otherwise. Such a
shame.
He had help, though. His best
friend’s wife, went to great
lengths to fix him up with girls
she knew. None of them clicked.
So she went to great lengths to
get him out around town to meet
new girls. Fantastic girls. Fascin
ating girls. Beautiful girls. Half-
naked girls. None of them got off
to him at all. But she got off to
him. Only she didn’t quite realize
it.
Bogart knew. Bogart (Harry
Gooding) flashed in and out of the
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the right, place the names of the pro
fessors and courses you are taking
during the current spring semester.
Write the letter of your response to
each question in the box at the right,
under the proper column. Please
write additional comments on the back
side of this sheet.
1. Why did you take this course?
A. Requirement B. Directed Elective
C. Elective
2. For whom is this course appropriate?
A. Freshmen B. Upperclassmen in this
field C. Someone in ja different major
D. Everyone E. No one
How valuable were the lectures to your
understanding of the course?
A. Very valuable B. Valuable C.
D. Of little value E. Of very little value
Acceptable
How was the lecturer's delivery?
A. Excellent B. Good C. Mediocre D. Poor
10.
11.
12.
13.
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16,
17,
How was the lecturer's organization?
A. Excellent B. Good C. Mediocre D. Poor
How many hours per week did outside
assignments require? A. More than
B. 4-6 C. 2-4 D. Less than _2
What % ofassignments did you complete?
A. 75-100% B. 50-75 C. 25-50 D. 0-25
How valuable was the time that was spent
to do the otside work that you completed?
A. Very valuable B. Valuable C. Of average
value D. O^f little E. Of very little
Were the texts useful?
A. Very useful B. Useful C. Acceptable
-OIL little use E. Useless
How many papers were required?
How valuable were the required papers
to your understanding of the course?
A. Very valuable B. Valuable C. Of
Average value D. ()f little value
E* .Of. very little value
How many major exams were there?
How well did they cover the course material?
A. Very well B. Well C. Too general
D. Too specific
Were they fairly graded?
A. Marked too easily B. Fairly graded
C. Marked too stiffly
How many pop quizzes were given?
A. j) B. 1-3 C. 4-6 D. more than 6
What grade do you expect to receive
in the course?
Do you consider this course a valuable
educational experience?
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whole show advising Felix (Carl
Childress) on how to manage the
dames. Bogart knew when Linda
(Karen Miller) was ready and let
us all know.
Making a comedy funny involv
es a lot of complicated stuff. And
what, exactly, do you care what
the details are? If the show is
funny, you laugh. If it ain’t, you
don’t. They laughed at the open
ing night of “Play It Again,
Sam,” in the University Center
Theater last night. They were
heard to laugh quite often, as a
matter of fact.
If you must know, it’s the tim
ing that makes comedy success
ful. The most outrageous stuff
happens quickly; too quickly to
accept all the unbelievable goings
on. The fastest and most out
rageous bit, part of a series of
bits perpetrated by an actor, was
the scene in which Linda’s hus
band, Dick, (Tom Bond), con
fronts Felix in a jealous, Italian
rage. Much too weird! And all
part of many interesting and com
ic changes Bond put his char
acter through. Quite nice.
There are eight other girls in
the show, directed by Theater
Arts Section Chairman C. K. Es-
ten, and to critique all their per
formances would require a lot
more parapraphs. There are still
five more performances of “Play
It Again, Sam!” (written by
Woody Allen, by the way) every
night at 8. You can see all these
girls (which is much better than
reading about them) in the Uni
versity Center Theater for $1.
This is an Aggie Players pro
duction.
Rate
your
profs
Students can evaluate their
professors by completing- the
form at left and returning it
to one of several locations on
campus by Friday afternoon.
Forms can be picked up at
the Registration Center, the
Library and the Academic
Building or the above ques
tionnaire can be clipped and
used.
Additional comments can
be attached to the form. They
can be returned to the Zach-
ry Engineering Center, Sbisa
and Duncan Dining Halls,
Krueger-Dunn Commons, the
Library, the Academic Build
ing and the Student Govern
ment Office.
Student Government, which
is conducting the survey,
hopes to publish the results
by fall registration.
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