THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1981
State
Narcotics wiretaps costly, says Texas House criminal stud
United Press International
AUSTIN — Wiretapping is a high-
cost, low-yield crime fighting techni
que in narcotics cases, and its use
had steadily declined since 1973, a
report by the House Criminal Juris
prudence Committee says.
The report published today says
the use of electronic surveillance has
been less favored in recent years
than in the 1972 boom period, and its
Clements
no response
United Press International
AUSTIN — Gov. Bill Clements
has brushed aside biting criticism
directed at him by six Democratic
legislators, saying he does not con
sider the comments to be partisan
and isn’t interested in starting a fuss
early in the legislative session.
Sen. Lloyd Doggett, D-Austin,
made his criticisms of Clements in a
personal privilege speech to the Sen
ate, and five House Democrats cal
led a news conference to issue what
they termed a response to the gov
ernor’s state-of-the-state address.
Both Dqggett and the House
members accused Clements of pur
posely omitting from his address to
the Legislature recommendations on
such state problems as interest rates,
utility rates and care of the elderly,
and said Clements dropped or re
duced earlier recommendations for
$1 billion in tax relief and a reduction
in the number of state employees.
“If he had done as much as he has
S talked, the state of Texas would be
_ paying us taxes,’ Doggett said. “He
does have a plan to cut back some
thing, and that something is cam
paign promises, which have been cut
back at least 50 percent.”
The House members participat
ing in the news conference to re
spond to Clements’ speech were
Reps. John Bryant, D-Dallas; Ron
Coleman, D-El Paso; Jerry Be
nedict, D-Angleton; Gonzalo Bar
rientos, D-Austin; and W. S. Heatly,
D-Paducah.
Asked if he considered the attacks
partisan, Clements replied, “I don’t
look at it that way. It depends on who
| you talk to. As usual there are strong
{ feelings to do what is right for Texas,
‘ but let’s don’t start any fusses at this
point.”
Clements declined to comment
on specifics in the detailed statement
drafted by the House members.
“I wouldn’t want to impinge on
their comments, they can give you a
whole book full,” he said.
“I’ve never known of anything yet
that John Bryant said that I agreed
with.”
The statement by the House
members said Clements “has shown
absolutely no leadership in the critic
al issues facing Texas.
“The governor of Texas should
strive to see that Texas ranks first not
in oil company profits, but in public
< education, employment, free enter-
! prise competition and real tax relief
| for its citizens. The current governor
! has failed to provide any leadership
! in any of these areas, or in terms of
| service to the elderly, handicapped,
| ill or needy. We appeal to the gov-
, ernor of Texas to serve the people
Iwho elected him and their needs,
rather than the desires of his wealthy
cronies and the industries they and
|their lobbyists represent.”
Man sues city
for reverse
favoritism
United Press International
HOUSTON — A white male for
mer municipal employee has filed
suit accusing the City of Houston of
reverse discrimination by favoring
blacks over whites in employment.
William F. Kelly, now in private
industry, filed a federal court suit
Monday charging the city “has main
tained a policy of relegating white
employees to less remunerative and
less responsible jobs.”
The suit seeks an injunction halt
ing allegedly reverse discrimination
by the city, back pay for Kelly and a
job comparable to a public transpor
tation position Kelly charges he was
denied illegally.
The suit charges in May 1974 John
Molden, then city civil service direc
tor, tried twice to fire Kelly because
of his race. The suit said efforts to fire
Kelly were abandoned “when no
valid reason could be found to ter
minate” him.
In November 1976, the suit
charges Kelly’s job as a training spe
cialist ostensibly was abolished and
he was demoted, but the suit charges
a black replacement for Kelly was
hired after he was gone.
Kelly said he resigned two months
later “when he could no longer toler
ate working in an atmosphere
charged with racial hostility.”
U.S. District Judge Ross Sterling
has been assigned the case.
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use in drug cases has declined signifi
cantly in each of the last six years.
By 1973, 22 states had approved
wiretap legislation, and no state
since that date has legalized wire
taps, the report said.
“Even more significant is the fact
that law enforcement agencies in
those 22 states have steadily and sub
stantially decreased their reliance on
electronic surveillance in the last six
years.”
Prior to 1973, wiretapping was
used heavily in gambling investiga
tions, but since that date has been
used primarily in drug investiga
tions.
“Because narcotics surveillance
appears to be relatively less produc
tive and unquestionably is more ex
pensive than gambling surveillance.
law enforcement agencies have be
come more selective in the use of
wiretapping and bugging, thus
bringing about a trend of decreased
usage overall,” the report said.
The report said about 15 percent
of all telephone conversations inter
cepted in narcotics survillance are
incriminating, and about one-third
of state and federal wiretaps fail to
result in any arrests.
Federal wiretaps in drug cases
during 1979 cost an average of
$75,372 per installation, while the
cost in Florida of state wiretaps in
drug cases was $22,180 per installa
tion.
tap legislation, but said if a state law
is passed it should include stringent
safeguards to prevent abuse.
director Wilson E. Speir, (nj
whom said legalized wiretap
essential to the state’s fi '
The committee, chaired by Rep.
Lynn Nabers, D-Brownwood, made
no recommendation concerning
whether Texas should approve wire-
The 156-page report was pub
lished to provide House members
information on both sides of the
wiretap issue. It includes transcripts
of the testimony before the commit
tee of Department of Public Safety
Director Jim Adams and former DPS
increasing narcotics traffic.
The wiretap bill has been a
part of Gov. Bill Clements'
crime program in the 1979and
Legislatures. The bill passed
Senate in 1979, but died in fol
House committee.
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