Deliverers Union and The Times Get Court Order
Date: 12 July 1973
Judge C E Stewart Jr on July 11 signs temporary restraining order preventing Newspaper and Mail Deliveres Union from issuing any new membership cards as result of charges filed by J R Patterson that union, with acquiescence of employers, discriminates against job applicants because of their race; order also enjoins NY Times from filling any permanent posts for deliverymen until hearing; Patterson asserts that he has been able to obtain only day-to-day work under 'shape-up' system and since '72 has been refused regular employment at Times; Patterson's complaint also names NY Daily News, NY Post, LI Press and Publishers Assn of NYC; holds that union has, thorugh 'father-son' arrangement, prevented blacks and other minority-group members from working as deliverymen on regular basis
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Stereotypers Halt Parleys On a Newspaper Contract
Date: 12 July 1973
Stereotypers Union Local 1 repts on July 11 that it has broken off negotiations with Publishers Assn of NY on new contract to replace 1 that expired on March 30; union sec K Kahn says meeting will be held on July 22 to decide on future action involving contracts with NY Times, NY News and NY Post
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Newsman Privilege Backed
Date: 11 July 1973
Delaware Gov S W Tribbitt on June 10 signs bill that gives newsmen absolute privilege to refuse to name their sources in any judicial or investigative proceedings
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NO ONE IS ACCUSED IN 'LEAK' ON BIAGGI; Seymour Study Finds 'No Basis' for Criminal Charges on Release of Testimony Obtained Affidavits Sources Withheld Reporter Criticized
Date: 11 July 1973
By ARNOLD H. LUBASCH
Arnold LUBASCH
official rept has concluded that there is no basis to bring criminal charges against anyone known to be involved in leak of Repr Biaggi's grand-jury testimony; 9-page rept on special investigation of 'news leaks' about Biaggi's secret testimony is signed by former US Atty W N Seymour and released on July 10 by Judge H J Friendly of US Appeals Ct for Second Circuit; Seymour's rept vehemently denies charges by Biaggi, Conservative party mayoral candidate, that Fed prosecutor's office was source of news stories that touched off major pol controversy over grand-jury testimony; rept was submitted to Appeals Ct, which directed Seymour to investigate news leaks about testimony; testimony became issue in Dem mayoral primary, in which Biaggi finished 3d, because he repeatedly denied having invoked Fifth Amendment although he had done so; rept notes that Seymour had asked editors of newspapers that reptd Biaggi testimony if they would disclose sources of their stories and that each of papers declined, citing need to maintain confidentiality of news sources; rept about testimony appeared first in NY Times and later in Daily News; rept alleges that 'an investigative reporter engaged in improper and potentially illegal conduct' in attempting to obtain information about testimony from Fed prosecutors; does not mention reporter or newspaper by name but refers to first story published Apr 18 disclosing that Biaggi had taken Fifth Amendment despite his repeated denials; first story in NY Times of Apr 18 disclosing that Biaggi refused to answer grand-jury questions was written by N Gage
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Ehrlichman Account Links Election Aides to Break-In; Ehrlichman Account Links Election Aides to Break-In Money for Defendants Get to Bottom of It' Shift on Privilege
Date: 11 July 1973
By DAVID E. ROSENBAUMSpecial to The New York Times
David ROSENBAUMSpecial
former White House aide J D Ehrlichman, in May 4 int with staff of Sen Watergate com, says soon after Watergate burglary occurred he began to believe that J S Magruder, deputy dir of Pres's re-election com, and perhaps other high officials of campaign, had been involved in burglary; refuses to say whether he told Pres of his belief, citing doctrine of exec privilege; denies any role in planning or covering up facts about burglary; acknowledges following suggestion of then-White House counsel J W Dean 3d and making conscious effort 'to get as little knowledge as possible' in mos after Watergate burglary in anticipation of having to testify at resultant civil proceedings; says he approved payments to Watergate defendants in July '72, but did not know payments came from campaign funds and were meant as hush money; says when he learned about break-in at office of Dr D Ellsberg's psychiatrist in Sept '71, he expressed dismay and disapproval but did not rept incident to anyone else; says he attended meeting at which 'sensitive' documents from White House safe of Watergate conspirator E H Hunt Jr were turned over to then-FBI Acting Dir L P Gray 3d; says he later learned that Gray burned files, but says he did not himself instruct Gray to do so; says he received $20,000 personal loan within last yr from H W Kalmbach, Pres Nixon's former personal lawyer, who raised money to give to Watergate defendants; insists he urged that 'we should get to the bottom of it' at meetings with top Pres advisers; says his view was rejected because of opposition of former Atty Gen Mitchell, who was Pres campaign dir until July 1, '72, and C MacGregor, who replaced Mitchell; MacGregor terms Ehrlichman's assertion 'utterly ridiculous' and 'divorced from reason or vestige of truth'; Mitchell, in testimony before Sen Watergate com, says it was his view that no information about Watergate affair be offered voluntarily and officials should 'keep the lid on' so previous covert White House operations would not be disclosed
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Regime Arrests Foes as Uruguay's Crisis Intensifies; Two Reported Killed
Date: 11 July 1973
By MARVINE HOWESpecial to The New York Times
Govt arrests: L Seregni, head of Resistance Front; H Murdoch, pres of Natl party; J P Cardozo, leader of Socialist party; Gen V Licandro and Col C Zufriategui of Broad Front; 6 member of dissolved Cong also arrested; officials also rept 300 arrested in July 9 demonstration in Montevideo; independent comm is set up to reach truce between Front and Govt
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MITCHELL SAYS HE CONCEALED WATERGATE FROM NIXON TO PREVENTELECTION DAMAGE; CHARGES MAGRUDER LIED. DISPUTES DEAN; WITNESS RELAXED He Denies Authorizing Any Scheme That Led to Break-In Tried to 'Limit Impact' Seeks to Minimize Role No Discussion with Nixon Mitchell Says He Concealed Watergate From Nixon to Prevent Election Damage Charges Magruder Lied And Also Disputes Dean Other Meetings Action Explained Calls Plan 'Mishmash' March, 1972 Testimony Testimony Disputed
Date: 11 July 1973
By JAMES M. NAUGHTONSpecial to The New York Times
former Atty Gen J N Mitchell testifies before Sen Watergate com on July 10 that he deliberately withheld information from Pres Nixon about Watergate bugging, cover-up and 'White House horror stories' to prevent any damage to Pres's bid for re-election and, later, to Nixon's Presidency; denies he authorized pol intelligence-gathering scheme that led to Watergate break-in; concedes he joined in efforts to 'limit the impact' of Watergate; calls testimony by J S Magruder that he saw information obtained from illegal wiretap at Watergate 'a palpable, damnable lie'; concedes 'maybe in retrospect I was wrong'; says he had no firsthand knowledge to support his suspicion that White House officials had pressed for approval of bugging of Dem hq at Watergate complex; says when 5 men were arrested at Watergate complex 'we all had an innate fear' that criminal investigation would uncover prior questionable activities conducted on behalf of White House, including such 'horror stories' as involvement of White House officials in '71 burglary of office of Dr D Ellsberg's psychiatrist, 'spiriting' out of Washington of ITT lobbyist Mrs D D Beard, 'extracurricular' eavesdropping, and writing of false cable purporting to link Pres Kennedy to death of South Vietnamese Pres Diem; says he withheld such information from Pres Nixon because he knew actions Pres would take to expose and punish wrongdoers would be detrimental to his pol campaign; asked if he put 'expediency of election' above his responsibility to the Pres, he says he felt that re-election of Nixon 'compared to what was available on the other side' was more important than other considerations; illus of Mitchell and spectators
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News Summary and Index; The Major Events of the Day Watergate Investigation National Metropolitan International CORRECTION Quotation of the Day The Other News
Date: 11 July 1973
correction on July 9 story on NZ frigate Otago; ship will not sail in French territorial waters off Mururoa atoll; is sailing in internatl waters only
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