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Watergate will certainly not die down in 1974. Starting in January, three grand juries, which are considering evidence presented by Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski, are expected to issue indictments in the scandals of the milk producers' contributions to the Nixon campaign, the handling of the ITT antitrust case and the work of the White House plumbers. Egil Krogh, boss of the plumbers, has promised to tell all that he knows after he is sentenced in January-and he knows plenty. Former Cabinet Members John Mitchell and Maurice Stans are scheduled to go on trial Jan. 9 on charges stemming...
...fear that the new decision is a chill wind for class actions. Said Bill Butler, Washington counsel for the Environmental Defense Fund: "It's a severe blow to the unorganized, ad hoc groups that want action on particular offenses." Certain kinds of class actions, such as those involving antitrust and various kinds of civil rights, are not affected, since they have no $10,000 minimum. But the court has one other pending case on the subject, and the betting is now that when it rules, it will set forth even greater restrictions...
...preparing disclosures of information on specific issues, like his comprehensive statement last week on his personal finances (see following story). Presidential aides are expected to issue papers this week on the White House role in the milk-support controversy and the President's involvement in the ITT antitrust case. Undoubtedly, Nixon also will have more to say about the tapes, but not until Sirica decides what to do about the case of the mysterious...
...begin releasing detailed papers on such matters as his personal finances, tax deductions, and his intervention in settling antitrust cases against ITT, all that could be too late. Far more urgent for the President?if he can do it?is to explain why so many Watergate discussions have eluded a White House recording system that was once described as superefficient...
Curious on the other side was the fact that early in 1972 John Mitchell's Justice Department charged AMPI with antitrust violations in a 14-state area, a blow that brought Connally back into the picture. According to participants in a meeting at Connally's office on March 16, 1972, the Treasury Secretary telephoned Mitchell (who by then had left the Justice Department to run the Committee to Re-Elect the President) to warn that the antitrust suit might jeopardize further milk campaign contributions. Connally admitted talking to Mitchell about the suit but not in the presence...