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Date: 21 February 1973
ed on press censorship in Brazil calls some prohibitions ludicrous; notes that Pres Medici's well-entrenched regime has police censors visiting newspaper plants deciding which news stories and eds are printable; O Estado de Sao Paulo, country's leading newspaper, a main target
Date: 21 February 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Defense attys in Pentagon papers trial on Feb 20 demand that chief prosecutor D R Nissen be removed from case for misconduct and held in contempt on grounds that he had attempted 'to silence a witness', CIA analyst S A Adams, and that he has sought to supress evidence; demand comes as result of Adams's affidavit for CIA diputing testimony of Lt Gen W G DePuy concerning importance of disclosure of '68 Joint Chiefs of Staff memorandum that DePuy claimed could have been helpful to Hanoi during Vietnam war; Adams' job at CIA was to analyse and rept on statistics involved in Joint Chief's memo; Adams's affidavit details his exchs of memos with CIA gen counsel L Houston and with Justice Dept and his preparation of rept on his findings titled 'possible exculpatory evidence'; says he was assured that this would be sent to Nissen to be turned over to Fed Dist Ct Judge W M Byrne Jr, who is presiding over trial; says on Feb 9 he recd memo from J K Greaney, asst gen counsel to CIA, informing him that Justice Dept had discussed Adams's material with Byrne and that Byrne had ruled that it was not exculpatory; Byrne, on Feb 20, says he has never discussed Adams material with Nissen and that it could be exculpatory; orders Nissen to turn it over to defense but Nissen refuses to comply; Nissen on Feb 7 gave defense notice of information that it said ct 'may consider' exculpatory but did not inform defense that Adams worked for CIA; defense has subpoenaed Adams to testify; asks that Govt be precluded from offering any evidence on Joint Chiefs of Staff memo and that all of DePuy's testimony, and testimony pertaining to memo by Brig Gen P F Gorman be stricken from record; J Butler, Rand Corp employe who used to be co's top secret control officer, testifies on Feb 20 that copy of Pentagon papers that Ellsberg is accused of copying was not in regular Rand security system and that particular set of papers involved in case was listed in Rand's computer as being classified material controlled by corp
Date: 21 February 1973
Freelance journalist P Niesewand is seized on Feb 20 at his Rhodesian home and is taken to Gwelo jail under detention order signed by Justice Min D W Lardner-Burke alleging he was likely to commit or incite commission of act that would disturb or interfere with maintenance of public order; action taken under Rhodesian emergency laws; detention of former Prime Min Todd and his daughter in Jan '72 recalled; Govt refuses comment on reasons for action; Mrs Niesewand comments
Date: 20 February 1973
By MARTIN ARNOLDSpecial to The New York Times
Comment on pattern of tedium which seems to have developed during 32 trial days of Pentagon papers case; there are so far 12,670 pages of official trial transcript, few of which chronicle memorable events; Mrs P Ellsberg, wife of defendant D Ellsberg, and K Barkley, wife of defendant A J Russo, appear in ct each day; Barkley sells sandwiches she has made during ct recess to earn money since money Russo earns by writing and speaking goes into defense fund; appearance and courtroom manner of chief prosecutor D R Nissen and defense atty C R Nesson noted
Date: 21 February 1973
By DAVID K. SHIPLERSpecial to The New York Times
David SHIPLERSpecial
Sen S J Ervin, chmn of Sen Judiciary Com's Subcom on Const Rights, says on Feb 20 subcom hearing, that bill giving newsmen absolute immunity from forced testimony has no chance of getting through Cong; offers his own bill providing severely limited immunity for reporters who seek to protect identities of their confidential sources; measure would leave newsmen subject to subpoenas where they have 'acquired actual personal knowledge' of crime, either by witnessing it themselves of by receiving 'admission or confession of guilt' from alleged perpetrator; J C Landau (Newhouse Newspapers) and F P Graham (CBS), speaking for Reporters Com for Press Freedom, argue that judges 'have proved ingenious' at making such limitations apply to any case that comes before them; E Caldwell (NY Times) says that his extensive coverage of Black Penthers came to end on day that his subpoena was issued, because Panthers feared that he would become unwilling agent of Govt; Ervin praises Caldwell for resisting subpoena and risking contempt-of-ct citation, adding that he thinks Sup Ct ruling that Caldwell did not have right to refuse to reveal sources is wrong; columnist J J Kilpatrick says he would rather rely on Ct to reverse or soften 'the chilling impact of the Caldwell decision' than see Cong take responsibility; Sens E M Kennedy amd A Cranston call for absolute, unqualified immunity; Sen E J Gurney says that if Cong gives press right to immunity, it should also legislate 'responsibility for full and accurate reporting
Date: 20 February 1973
By JAMES P. STERBASpecial to The New York Times
James STERBASpecial
J P Sterba article on careful planning developed by mil pub relations men to have return of POWs from Vietnam take place in atmosphere of unchallenged patriotism and to restore status of mil men to their honored place; notes careful programming and control of repatriation effort to insure that all POWs would be retrieved without a hitch, and that nothing was said or done to tarnish the POWs' image and that everything was said and done to enhance it; efforts require keeping a safe distance between POWs and newsmen; distrust of press among the mil made these efforts relatively easy; directives have gone to 26,000 airmen and their families against expressing opinions to newsmen on the war, the cease-fire or the POWs; article says Vietnam war had neither heroes nor a sympathetic press until now
Date: 21 February 1973
By C. L. Sulzberger
C. Sulzberger
C L Sulzberger, in comment on attempts of various democratic govts to breach gap between public freedom and natl security, notes that US Govt is making new effort to solve problem through exec branch's interagency com, representing Depts of Defense, State and Justice, White House, AEC, CIA and Natl Security Agency; com's ideas are to be included in complex legal reform bill which, if drafted in time, is to be presented to Cong in March; Justice Dept wants to simplify existing proceedures by having less official information classified, insisting on swifter declassification procedures, and creating adm set-up to deal with violations of classification; Sulzberger hopes that when legislature has acted, US will find it is leaning neither toward excessive restrictions not toward excessive total license that could destroy freedom's capacity to defend itself
Date: 21 February 1973
By JOHN SIBLEY
John SIBLEY
W M Kunstler, defense atty in H R Brown trial, on Feb 20 presents subpoena to NY Magazine directing editors to produce all of magazine's records relating to Oct 23 '72 R Daley article entitled The Man Who Shot Rap Brown; tells newsmen that he hopes subpoena will produce notes Daley used to write article; says he would not be surprised if magazine decided to fight subpoena; charges that article contained 'demonstrably untrue allegations that were calculated to prejudice prospective jurors' against Brown; says he hopes that subpoena will produce materials that might lend support to his suspicion that article was written with deliberate intention of helping prosecution of Brown and co-defendants; NY Magazine editor-publisher C Felker says pub will comply willingly with subpoena; indicates that it does not have notes used by Daley; says magazine recd 'finished piece of writing'; Asst Dist Atty J T Litman, prosecuting case, says he wrote to pub urging it not to print article; says his opposition to printing of article derived from his 'sincere desire to choose fair and impartial jury' for trial
Date: 21 February 1973
By WILLIAM ROBBINSSpecial to The New York Times
Agr Sec Butz discloses on Feb 20 that food prices rose between 2 and 3% in Jan, largest monthly rise in 20 or 25 yrs, speech at agr econ conf; makes disclosure from food component of Consumer Price Index that will be published in few days; charges press with misleading public about prices, noting that rise will be used by some writers to project annual rate; claims food prices are subject to seasonal fluctuations and changes due to weather conditions; Agr Dept had previously predicted rise of food costs of about 6% for '73, compared to food price rise of 4.7% in '72; previous record high food increases noted; Butz claims that food prices represent less than 16% of spendable personal income; notes that figure is avg, subject to misinterpretation on any individual basis; asserts that public has not been informed that food costs have risen less than prices in gen; says that wholesale food prices are only presently getting back to levels of 20 and 25 yrs ago, despite sharpest rise in food index during past few yrs
Date: 21 February 1973
White House Telecommunications Policy Office Dir C T Whitehead, under intense questioning on Feb 20, adheres to his proposal that broadcasters be made responsible for content of network newscasts, Sen Commerce (Pastore) subcom on communications hearing; says he should have explained proposal better and used less colorful language when he first presented it; contends broadcasting legis that Nixon Adm will propose soon is aimed at lessening Govt control, not increasing it; says citizen who has complaint about TV programing has no place to go under present system; says broadcasters must take responsibility for their programing; maintains that Adm's legis will be 'clarification of the process' under which FCC hears complaints and renews licenses; indicates there will be extensive clarification of Fairness Doctrine, which requires broadcasters to give equal time for dissenting views