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...unfriendly Republican Administration would overrule the wage decisions of a tripartite board, Meany had demanded that the Pay Board be completely independent of the Government. He had initially decided to cooperate with the program, but withdrew his support even as President Nixon was speaking Thursday night. Briefings of newsmen by White House aides had led Meany to believe that Connally's COLC would exercise veto power over the Pay Board...
Eloquent Ideologue. No, it is not an easy job to shepherd the flock following the wordsmith who, in his glacial contempt for newsmen, has included them among the "nattering nabobs of negativism." Says one Agnew intimate: "If someone were to advise the Vice President to close down his press office, leaving only a girl to answer the phone and say 'F- you' to every query, Agnew would be perfectly agreeable...
...compelling trial. The defendants had already performed their "crime" for newsmen and when they got to court they freely admitted their actions. The prosecution contended that they had destroyed government property worth over $100, obliterated Selective Service records, and interfered with the administration of the Selective Service Act of 1967. The Catonsville Nine refused to agree that they had committed a crime, and contended instead that they had performed an act of conscience. In the courtroom, the prosecutor and judge tried to limit the trial only to the issue of whether laws had been broken, while the defendants, calling...
Rather than keep her in prison as a continued embarrassment to the regime, some Athenians suspected the government might find it more expedient simply to deport her. Lady Fleming, who has dual Greek and British citizenship, told newsmen after she was sentenced that "I am Greek and I will stay." But there were reports that the regime might pack her on a London-bound aircraft after she has spent a while in prison and the case has faded from the headlines, then issue a decree depriving her of her Greek citizenship...
...Ervin's hearings are ostensibly to determine whether a Newsmen's Privilege Bill should be submitted to Congress. Its purpose would be to protect the reporter-informant confidential relationship. Ervin hopes its enactment will not be necessary and that the Supreme Court will provide a "ringing" reaffirmation of First Amendment protection that will serve the same purpose...