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...TIME completely misrepresents my position on the connection between the union election and the Yablonski murders [Jan. 19]. What I actually stated was that I was "convinced that the top leaders of the U.M.W.A. did not direct the brutal murders, but the sordid record of the union, the venom they spread during the campaign, and the possible fear of some lower union officials that Mr. Yablonski might report illegal activities, all contributed to this pattern which led to this heinous crime...
CRIME A Deadly Venom Jock Yablonski aroused strong feelings wherever he went in the traditionally violent coal fields. In December, the burly 59-year-old former miner challenged President W. A. ("Tony") Boyle in an election to head the United Mine Workers Union. Yablonski lost, but not before he had made fiery speeches accusing union leaders of mismanagement and worse. Yablonski was the sort of man who inspired either ardent loyalty or deep enmity. Last week the enmity caught up with him. Yablonski, his wife and daughter were found shot to death in their secluded home in Clarksville, Pa., south...
...information leading to the murderers. He received some support from West Virginia Congressman Kenneth Hechler, a friend of Yablonski's, who said: "I'm sure that officials of the union had nothing to do with this." Hechler speculated, however, that the murders were prompted by "the venom that was generated during this campaign...
Yablonski was no stranger to venom. Reports TIME Correspondent Mark Sullivan: "Joseph A. Yablonski was a rasp-voiced man with bushy eyebrows and a kind of wild glint in his eye. He did not by his presence establish an air of calm and reasonableness. He was a man haunted by many demons. It is not surprising that he died violently, reaching for his gun. He was in and around violence much of his life...
...speech had a special venom for Averell Harriman, former negotiator at Paris, who has consistently criticized Nixon's war policies. ABC had lined up Harriman for an interview after the Nixon speech. The choice was biased in a sense; it clearly indicated that ABC meant to criticize the President. Yet Agnew spoke not merely of Harriman's being "trotted out" to offer "gratuitous advice," but sharply impugned his peace efforts. While he was in Paris, said Agnew, the U.S. "swapped some of the greatest military concessions in the history of warfare for an enemy agreement on the shape...