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Date: 03 October 1975
By James Reston
James Reston
J Reston comment on vandalism of pressroom of Washington Post by striking pressmen; holds that act is of natl importance; says if sabotage can be used as instrument of collective bargaining in Washington, then concept of collective bargaining and 1st Amendment principle of free press are in serious trouble
Date: 03 October 1975
By BEN A. FRANKLIN Special to The New York Times
Ben FRANKLIN
Mark J Meagher, exec vp and gen mgr of Washington Post, says on Oct 2 that despite newspaper's inability for 2d day to operate its damaged presses, 550,000 copies of abbreviated Friday issue are being prepared using facilities of 6 nonunion printing plants outside Washington area; declines to identify plants in effort to protect them from same sabotage that ocurred at Post; US Atty Earl Silbert says members of pressmen's union responsible for damage to paper's presses, will be summoned before Fed grand jury; Post repts strikers did millions of dollars worth of damage to printing equipment and assaulted and threatened life of pressroom foreman; cooperating printing facilities were reptd to include Winchester, Va, Star; Meagher discloses that paper's attys had arranged extraordinary hearing before Judge George W Draper 2d and obtained injunction that limited to 3 number of pickets allowed at each of paper's entrances; police rept that as of mid-day more than 20 pickets had been arrested (M)
Date: 02 October 1975
Indian Govt, for 2d time in 2 mos, severs all communications of UPI's New Delhi bur on Oct 1 for violation of country's self-censorship rules; spokesman for censor's office says he cannot say when lines will be restored (S)
Date: 02 October 1975
By BERNARD WEINRAUB Special to The New York Times
Bernard Special
Lord Chief Justice of Eng, Lord Widgery, rejects Govt's plea to stop publication of volume of diaries by late Cabinet min Richard Crossman; decision could significantly alter relationship between press and Brit Govt; Govt's traditional claim that all Cabinet discussions are secret has been exploded; Govt says appeal will be considered; Harold Evans, editor of Sunday Times of London, which was barred from printing extracts of Crossman's diaries after publication of several installments, says 'great inhibition has been removed'; Crossman, who served in Prime Min Harold Wilson's Labor Govt between '64 and '70, made it clear before his death in '74 that he intended to publish his diaries, and his literary executors went ahead with publication plans; Atty Gen Samuel Silkin, with Wilson's consent, sought injunctions to prevent publication; contended that publication would be against public interest and that Govt matters could not be carried on unless confidential nature of Cabinet discussions was preserved; injunctions were sought against publishers Jonathan Cape and Hamish Hamilton, who intend to bring out 1st volume later in yr, and against The Times Newspapers, publishers of Sunday Times; defense lawyers argued that there was no legally enforceable obligation to thwart publication of Cabinet papers or proceedings except where natl security was involved; Widgery says 1st volume of diaries dealt with events that took place 10 yrs ago, and that 3 general elections intervened; says different considerations might apply to rest of Crossman diaries, dealing with recent events; orders Silkin to pay costs of ease, $143,000 (L)
Date: 02 October 1975
By WILLIAM BORDERS Special to The New York Times
William Special
Comment on strict news censorship in India since Govt imposed restrictive measures as part of state of emergency; many people associated with press feel that despite promises by Prime Min Gandhi that condition is temporary, press will never be free again; Information Min V C Shukla declared recently that even after press censorship is lifted 'there should be no confrontation in future between Govt elected by process of law and press in general' (M)
Date: 03 October 1975
ed holds agreement between White House and HR Select Intelligence Com barring unilateral release of classified information indicates that US's vital intelligence operations can be protected while Cong effectively investigates abuses, violations of law and efficiency of intelligence procedures; scores recent legis which requires 6 separate coms of Cong to be informed of every covert activity that CIA undertakes
Date: 02 October 1975
By BEN A. FRANKLIN Special to The New York Times
Ben FRANKLIN
ed scores vandalism of pressroom of Washington Post by striking pressmen
Date: 02 October 1975
By JOHN M. CREWDSON Special to The New York Times
HR Select Intelligence com agrees to abide by Pres Ford's insistence that it not unilaterally make public secret materials or testimony given to it by exec branch; agrees, 10-3, to accept some 50 pages of classified documents offered by CIA Dir William E Colby, who was under com subpoena to produce material; the 50 or so deleted words mostly concern identities of sensitive sources or unflattering characterizations of individuals; com chmn Repr O G Pike, who saw words in advance, says he believes they were 'properly excised'; agreement gives Pres Ford ultimate authority over whether a Fed agency can make particular excision from classified document or whether com can release such matter to public; com subpoenas classified materials from Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Natl Security Council (NSC) and Natl Security Agency (NSA); NSA has complied with subpoenas and DIA has started to comply; NSC has supplied some documents but State Sec Kissinger, in his role as natl security adviser to Pres, is understood to have barred providing some material sought by com; Repr R McClory says Ford assured him that jr State Dept officers will have 'right to correct any inaccuracies' in testimony by sr officials about conclusions and recommendations they passed to higher-ups (L)
Date: 03 October 1975
By JOHN M. CREWDSON Special to The New York Times
HR Intelligence Com votes, 9-2, to subpoena from State Sec H A Kissinger a memo that is reptd to criticize 'mismanagement' of US's diplomatic reaction to last yr's invasion of Cyprus; com's acceptance of Pres Ford's conditions on cooperation of exec branch with com revd; Kissinger is understood to be prepared to resist com's demand; sources say only com subpoenas that have not yet been 'substantially' complied with are the 1 for document from Kissinger and earlier subpoena sent to Kissinger in his role as Pres's natl security adviser; conflict between com and State Dept revd; White House press sec Ron Nessen says Ford is pleased by HR com's agreement not to publicize classified material over Adm's objections; Kissinger's reptd position on matter noted (M)
Date: 02 October 1975
By LESLIE H. GELB Special to The New York Times
Leslie GELB
High Adm officials on Oct 1 say that State Dept, before giving Cong secret documents about US assurances to Israel, had made stylistic changes to be able to trace future leaks to press; officials say documents, as published by various newspapers 2 wks ago, had numbering system and style that were unique to copies that had been confidentially provided to Cong coms; contended that therefore leak must have been on Capitol Hill; charge was denied by Jack Anderson who 1st obtained documents; high State Dept official acknowledges that documents, as leaked, were unique to Cong, but he insists that alterations were inadvertent and no effort had been made to trap Cong; Sen Dick Clark of Foreign Relations Com, comments (M)