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...long as the inmates held any hostages, officials were in an impossible position, they say. Moreover, dealing with prisoners in this situation only encourages more such seizures. Some uprisings have been quelled when authorities simply refused to negotiate with inmates until hostages were released. Last February, Maryland Governor Marvin Mandel rushed to a state prison where inmates had seized two guards and threatened to kill them. He faced the rebels and said: "We've shown our good faith by coming here; now you show your good faith by releasing them. If you don't, I'm leaving." After 20 minutes...
Following the reversal by Mitchell, Mandel filed suit against him and Rogers in conjunction with eight U.S. citizens...
Rogers' request was denied by Attorney General Mitchell on the day Mandel was scheduled to speak at City Hall in New York City...
...McCarran Act had been waived twice before during the Kennedy and Johnson administrations to allow Mandel entry into the country...
...Mandel came to the U.S. as a journalist in 1962, and completed an extensive speaking tour of American and Canadian universities in 1968. He was the keynote speaker at the 1968 Socialist Scholars Conference at Rutgers University...