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    "ocrText": "8\nSimilarly UPI lead referred to Gross' charges that McG's recom-\nmendations are \"simplistic and naive. 11 He called McG's Mon. state-\nments \"really a disservice to the public\" and also pointed out Shriver\n\"clearly misunderstood the depth of the problem¹ and that Gov't.\nprogress didn't begin 'til Amb. Watson arrived in Paris after Sarge\nleft.\nNBC/CBS notes Ellsberg and Russo filed a $1 M damage suit,\ncharging the gov't. w/illegal wiretapping in the Pentagon Papers' case.\nThe suit, considered a \"test case, 11 was filed in Wash. and names the\nheads of 8 gov't. depts. and agencies and former AG Mitchell.\nCBS noted the former head of the FBI's LA office, Wesley Grapp,\nhas been suspended for a 2nd time and demoted to Minneapolis. Grapp\nhas been suspended for 30 days for equipping his office w/electronic\ndevices to record phone and other conversations. Earlier he was sus -\npended for countermanding Gray's order that agents be permitted to\ngrow mustaches, abandon white shirts and let their hair grow.\nBrinkley said it's the 1st duty of a gov't. to protect its citizens\nbut ours can't. Few street muggers are caught and those that do, soon\nget out, owing nothing. Their victims, tho, often get hospitalized and\nhave to face loss of income and huge debts. To say this is unfair is an\nunderstatement, he says, noting Senate passage of bill compensating\nvictims of crime. He said this would apply to federal territory, includ-\ning D.C. which has worst crime record in country. 7 states have such\ncompensation, 43 do not. It's a sad story for a civilized, democratic\ncountry, Brinkley said, but in time if there is no solution, the country\nwill be neither civilized nor democratic.\nSevareid's commentary dealt with Senate-passed bill to compensate\nvictims of violent crime, and good Samaritans who are hurt. Eric\nfavored the bill and said state has obligation not only to punish and pro-\ntect, but to compensate as well. It's a concept as old as Hammurabi,\nbut seldom followed, and it's based on premise that when state fails in\nits duty to protect citizen, he has a rightful claim. He said he agrees\nwith Mansfield who said the victim is as much entitled to protection of\nconstitutional guarantees as the perpetrator."
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