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Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark-whose personal disagreements with Hoover have flared openly in recent months-said that during his eight years in the Justice Department, he had no knowledge of the FBI's tapping Congressmen's phones. He added that it could conceivably be done without an Attorney General's awareness: "It's a relationship that depends on trust." Kleindienst outlined the procedures involved in authorizing a tap: Hoover must submit a request in writing, which is then reviewed by Mitchell. The signatures of both are required before the FBI can cut into a line...
While civil libertarians assail the invasion of privacy by federal agents and local cops who tap private telephones, it seems the snooping business is not a government monopoly. In this electronic age, the feds, too, can be kept under surveillance. Lawyers for Joseph A. Colombo Sr. proved that with rare candor last week. They called Justice Department officials in New York City to arrange for the surrender of the reputed underworld chieftain (TIME, April 5) on a charge of running a $5-million-a-year gambling operation-before the warrant for his arrest had been issued. How did Colombo...
...housing built in the U.S. Last year the production of subsidized units for low-and moderate-income families doubled to 470,000 dwellings. The Administration expects the total to increase to 500,000 this year. Builders are rushing to cash in on the enormous market that they can tap through subsidy programs. Under Section 235 of the 1968 Housing Act, the Government can pay all but 1% of the interest rate on each buyer's mortgage. Typical example: helped by the Government, a family of four with $375 a month pretax income can buy a $15,150 three-bedroom...
...union's general treasury are illegal.) Also indicted were two Boyle aides, James Kmetz, on the same charges, and John Owens, the union's secretary-treasurer, on charges of conspiracy and making an illegal campaign contribution. According to the indictment, checks were made out to "cash" to tap the funds of Labor's Non-Partisan League, the U.M.W.'s political arm created by John L. Lewis and Sidney Hillman. The funds were then allegedly transferred to political candidates in the guise of personal contributions. The biggest slice, $30,000, went to a 1968 Democratic fund-raising...
Respectable Business. New York's Republican Senator Jacob Javits thinks Lindsay's options are open for 1972: "He could lead a fourth party,* become a Democrat or remain a Republican." Nixon might even tap him for Vice President, Javits believes. Lindsay, however, sees things more narrowly. He is not likely to settle for running second to anyone, and the chance of his winning the No. 1 Republican nomination is small: his liberalism and his not infrequent self-righteousness have alienated him from many Republican leaders. If he switches to the Democrats, he must win enough primaries to convince...