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The original documents are located in Box 1, folder "Ford, Gerald R. - Vice Presidential Confirmation - News Clippings" of the Benton L. Becker Papers at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Copyright Notice The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Benton Becker donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid copyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Some items in this folder were not digitized because it contains copyrighted materials. Please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to these materials. Digitized from Box 1 of the Benton Becker Papers at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library The Washington Merry-Go-Round THE WASHINGTON POST Thursday, Dec. 28, 1967 E7 'Bugging' Data Links GOP Bigwigs paint By Drew Pearson When Government auditors there, and he said he didn't, to do, try to show that there and Jack Anderson began poking into the matter, so they said they found out is some stuff in here other AVCO's President James Kerr what he was telling was not than ordinary He was in- The famous FBI bug in and executive committee chair- correct, although it was par- vestigating certain aspects of Fred Black's Sheraton-Carlton man Earl "Red" Blaik hurried tially correct." the VRC-12 (Army terminolo- Hotel suite, which started the to Washington to see what It's interesting that Comp- gy for the vehicular radios. ney national uproar over eaves- could be done about side- dropping, picked up some tracking the investigation. Un- troller General Campbell is Kerr, at Blaik's side, said: happily for they stopped charged by Congress to invest- "I'll send him a transcript olsi Wid, Dec. 21,1967 Call came about 4:45 P.M. Ricytim it Corpetal 1411 at 7:58.8 mm office 2 came out tent to 2 was busy with Dick Prom of A,P. note given to me by Ann Konnstra to to all have lmh of have Undorwn call call Juch andrown ushed Paul mithsh me at home about TPM. Andreson inited about 3 pmat my home start conversation he had a transcript 7 Am in april, 1964 world m Frish Black hotel And it revented That Enrl Alaik had called me of had q telephone conversation mith me from Alack's sinte Indicated James room, Kenn of area wash The stated Bluth asked questions provident. about the VR412 any 2 Told anderoom that Blach had contrated me as an old friend Z 30 of more years because his Empay had lost out on the bradong for follow im contract the organial R&D. of initial provided 7the VRSIV. 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"luging in + getting bailed out I had long Company Ln the army technology the engineering understand This print & agreed with though Adwas - anderson failly my responsent 2 did check status 1 the contract whether new contractor was & army name company was Runny so, 2 Told Black of my infurn to The any X The answer That was matter and of mr contact m This 2 had no smowledge as to the place from which Black might have called me, Andreson did not tell me f any business relationship between Black - Kerr of Black! this was first relationship 2 had heard of any such mather spruttly 3% andresm ashed me of 2 and wal redden in area awarft I said no more than there times m the last In yours Andwon laughly said "that doesn't and when anderson didn't flights and any frother questions about thear be didn't know what Draw andrown concluded log saymy This Person was gring t do about with Anderson apologing for calling at hund me In my corporation GERALD district and they asked me to day the only two incidents in his House action on Ford' nomination in a months Amendment Is Urged by Sen. Griffin For Congress' OK of Vice President WASHINGTON - (AP) - him. He said that the nation Senate Republican: Whip can stand the trauma of Robert P. Griffin- proposed any idea or suggestion of Sunday that Congress have playing politics with this the final say in who will be nomination vice president in the future to assure that the nominees Byrd agreed there was no get more careful scrutiny. place for politics and He said he may propose a think that while we constitutional amendment to should act with dispatch I permit a vice president to be don't think we should act nominated after the presi- with haste think the dent is elected but before in important thing here is to as auguration. The president sure the American people would submit his nomination that Jerry Ford has the to Congress for confirmation character. and integrity to or perhaps give Congress. a Sen. Griffin Sen. Byrd serve the American people choice of three names. to rebuild the American con backs Ford wants 'scrutiny' fidence in the American po- MEANWHILE, he said, litical system noth parties can do a more the case, that only after a Griffin said Ford has such Both Byrd and Griffine careful job at their conven- tragedy has occurred in integrity. and honesty it agreed that Agnew received tions. American politics that the would be a reflection on adequate punishment under Griffin appeared the vice presidential candidate Congress itself if it did not the circumstances for evad undergoes careful scrutiny. ABC television program move speedily, to confirm ing income taxes. Issues and Answers with Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D., W.Va.), who also said a mechanism is needed to be sure vice presidential hominees get close scrutiny. "Both parties should cre- ate a mechanism where the Washing 10-13-73 1972 MICHIGAN RACE Ford Donors Kept Secret By James R. Polk were endorsed over to the President Nixon chose quirements, itemizing every Starr-News Staff Writer Congressiona Campaign Ford last night as his nomi contribution down to a $1 Gerald R. Ford, named Committee. A similar nee for vice president, to gift by one man. But the last night as President Nix- amount came from the succeed Spiro T. Agnew, reports embrace only the on's choice to be the next committee to his own cam- who resigned and did not period after the new law vice president, received half paign, Ford said, something contest charges of income took effect, and fail to detail the money for his last House that was "purely coinciden- tax evasion. The Justice the sources of the $38,216 campaign from a secret tal" and can be proved. Department said Agnew raised in Washington fun catun which took thousands of dollars in The secret, earlybird By James R. Polk the scandal that drove own committee was able to foundland last week, gave Star-News Staff Writer Spiro Agnew from the pass out about $22,000 in $3,000 Vice President-designate vice presidency, accused of donations to other Republi- Another $2,546 came from Gerald R. Ford says he is accepting payoffs for the can candidates for Congress Joseph M. Segel in merion, ready to face all questions past decade from Iowa to Utah, as well Pa. president of the Frank- on his campaign finances But Ford's 1972 campaign as to Michigan hopefuls lin Mint, which sold the and knows of nothing in his records reflect the outpour- back home About a third of commemorative medals for past that will embarrass ing of special interest his early money from the Nixon's last inaugural. And him. groups. secret D.C. FUND WAS hometown multimillionaire Ata new conference yes- His largetst donor was the USED THIS WAY LAST Edward J. Frey a Grand terday, Ford said he expect-. Marine Engineers Benefi- SUMMER Rapids bank chairman; ed the confirmation bear- cial Association (MEBA), Ford's success has been gave $2,000. ings to look into his han- which gave $7,500 through two political funds. The fed- maintained without tapping Frey, Shaheen and Segal dling of unreported cam- the home folks pocket- each had given more than paign checks in 1970, but eral government provides millions of dollars in ship- books In the last election, $100,000 for President Nix- denied any wrongdoing and ping company subsidies 90 percent of the money on's campaign last year. said, "It should be gone into identified on the reports Scaife had given $1 million. fully." that underwrite the higher came from beyond the dis- Frey was the only notice- The campaign money is- costs of American seamen's able donor inside Ford's THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1970 MUSKIE IS FIRST IN SPEECH PROFIT Rogers $80,183 for Writings and Talks Led Senate in '69 Peet WASHINGTON, May 16 (AP) Senator Edmund S. Muskie of Maine topped all Senators with promoner earnings from speeches and our THE EVENING STAR AV Extra Fees Paid Senators Exceed $600,000 Washington, D. C., Monday, May 18, 1970 ** Sen. Vance Hartke, D-Ind., both Eight book publishers paid members of the Senate Finance senators a total of $15,868 in Γoy- By ROBERT WALTERS form of individual payments of W. Packwood, R-Ore., received A third senator also equalled Sparkman, D-Ala., $14,000; Dan- higher because four senators Committee. alties and advances, while five Star Staff Writer $2,500 apiece to Senators Yar- $1,000; Senators Edward J. Gur- his congressional salary by re- el Inouye, D-Hawaii, $13,650; failed to file any reports in time Only five senators reported newspaper syndicates paid a to- Members of the Senate earned borough, Byrd, and Gale W. ney, R-Fla., and Thomas F. ceiving $39,300 on the lecture cir- Charles H. Percy, R-Ill., $13,940; to meet the May 15 deadline. payments, totaling $5,000, from tal of $5,570 for various columns total of more than $600,000 last McGee, D-Wyo. Receiving $2,000 Eagleton, D-Mo., each got $800; cuit. He is Bayh, who achieved and Fulbright, $13,176. They are Senators James O. Brimberg this year. McGovern and articles. Writing income year in lecture fees, book royal- from the union was Sen. Charles and Senators Bayh, Howard H. considerable national promi- Also Senators Packwood, Eastland, D-Miss.; Lee Metcalf, received $1,500, Sen. Frank E. from all sources was reported at Lies, payments for magazine ar- McC. Mathias, R-Md. Baker Jr., R-Tenn., and George nence after leading the success- $13,015; Joseph D. Tydings, D-Mont.; Joseph M. Montoya, Moss, D-Utah, got $500, and Sen- $41,165. ticles and newspaper columns, Another maritime union, the Murphy, R-Calif., received $500 ful fight against two of Presi- D-Md., $11,750; Scott, $11,550; D-N.M., and Richard B. Russell, ators Bayh, Goodell and Spark- Public speaking has become television appearances and re- Seafarers International Union, apiece. dent Nixon's nominees for Su- Harold E. Hughes, D-Iowa, D-Ga. man were paid $1,000 each for such a substantial sideline for For contenders for preme Court seats." $11,164; Strom Thurmond, An aide to Sen. Karl E. Mundt, addressing company luncheons. members of the Senate that nine Charles E Good- B-S.D. filed a letter saying that Reporting payments from different lecture bureaus were BE having A-8 THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. C., Menday, May 18, 1970 Abernathy Sets 100-Mile March AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - The Rev. Ralph David Abernathy rich nation, a nation that is mov- says a 100-mile march across ing toward institutionalized vio- WOODWARD &LOTHROP DRIVE MITCHELL TO MAKE SPEECH CAMBODIA New Line of Supply IN MISSISSIPPI DESPITE PROTEST Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell plans to keep a speaking Seen as Hanoi Goal New Thrust Begun Negro group in that etate engagement in Mississippi tomorrow despite protests by a By 10,000 Troops Continued From Page A41 by South Vietnamese river major provincial capital some boats sent there to pick up Continued From Page A-1 there's something in there he 40 miles down the river. Vietnamese refugees escap- stockpile of communications wants to protect. equipment in a complex of bunk- The area is more than 100 FULBRIGHT Envoy's Confirmation le Blocked hi, pable or carrying several tons Doats to support Cambodian IS DIOCKED by Senator Davison said his forces have cause 4,000 emmic Cambodians, of ammunition. troops operating on the banks. The Communist campaign in Some observers believed this "some pretty damned good most of them from towns over- run by American troops, and northern Cambodia fits in di- idea might have been designed Continued From Page A-11 activities of U.S. intelligence leads, and think we're confi- they would be returned to their rectly with renewed enemy at- to offset the disadvantages of understanding on this he said. agencies. dent that they're going to be homes "as soon as feasible.' tacks on important towns S e n n g South Vietnamese Some persons maintain that Although McClintock had been productive. The U.S. Command reported around the Bolovens Plateau, troops 50 deep into Cambodia. Congress and the committee "not entirely cooperative," Sym- "We started out with the 147 Americans killed in the Cam- bodian operations and 565 le wounded, a ratio of about 3.8 d wounded to each man killed, whereas the ratio in American t, operations in Vietnam during at the first four months of 1970 was about 7.5 wounded to each man 5, killed. U.S. officials attributed the lower ratio in Cambodia to a et searcity of booby traps and is mines. to SLOWDOWN a Continued From Page A-1 made late last week on one U.S. e infantry company cleaning out a e supply cache. e Whereas early resistance was di from rear-guard security forces, the enemy troops fighting now appear to be from regular infan- B try units, indicating the Commu- nist command is seriously con- testing the allied thrusts. . The monsoon weather "is just starting to hurt us," said Clarke. Particularly vulnerable to the fog and the heavy rain clouds are the Air Cavalry Division's "pink" teams of spotter helicop- ters and gunships spearheading the drive to locate supply caches. The tiny spotter helicopters fly at tree-top level, seeking move- allied campaign extends as far up from the south. They could AMOU" attempt a similar river-land land, nuclear matters and the McClintock, as he left the ed as U.S. forces probed into the ment and other evidence of south as Kompong Cham, the largest Cambodian city after attack on Kratie, which links hearing room, indicated puzzle- unexplored areas that Davison caches, while the high powered directly with the old base ment as to where his appoint- described as "the logistics reser- Cobra gunships hang in the sky the capital, Phnom Penh. areas in the Fishhook region ment now stands. voir" feeding three different 2,000 feet up, waiting to attack. North Vietnamese and Vist Relaxed Nixon "You'd better ask the chair- trail networks into South Viet- Often in recent days these Cong troops entered Kompong along Route 13. man. If you find out, let me nam. search missions have to be Cham over the weekend, but Garrison in Northeast Set to Return know," be said, refusing to say aborted because of the weather. nice retreated in the face of Cam- The three-star general said bodian air and ground attacks. Cambodian leaders are be- anything else on the matter. that in the past few days the Rainstorms are also hamper- After the brief encounter with enemy "is beginning to show ing supply missions. But ar- Cambodian commanders ap- lieved far too concerned with peared to regard Kompong the outer defenses of Phnom From Florida McClintock, the committee evidences of sort of getting mored operations in this area do little moved on to hear testimony Cham, only 60 miles northeast things. in hand and beginning to not appear much affected so far. of the capital, as absolutely Penh, ranging from Kompong By a Star Staff Writer from deputy under secretary of react on a more organized and The U.S. 11th Armored Regi- necessary to defend against Cham on the north, to Takeo, KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. state William B. Macomber Jr. orderly basis." ment has moved to high ground cover-up! 30 miles to the south, to want President Nixon, tanned and re- on a proposal to lower the man- "We've had several attacks on and escaped the clinging mud the enemy's advances. The to send their own troops to laxed after a long weekend un- datory retirement age for career some of our fire bases that give now building up in the Fishhook, Communists, if they overran such towns as Kratie and Stung Treng. The government der balmy Florida and Bahamas diplomats. But an exchange be- strice. tween Macomber and Fulbright every evidence of being the re- where the tanks first swept Kompong Cham, could then sult of reconnaissance, planning through. it's stretchknit terry from and then putting in the attack, The Easy Part Siren and it's essential he said. "In the area where we're experiencing this right Only about 30 percent of the for summer! now, I think the enemy is very sanctuary area has been COV- sensitive about our being there, ered so far, and that has been Sleep Tog Beach and I suspect that the reason the easy 30 percent. Many of the remaining areas have canopy Shift he's very sensitive is that After-Shower jungle, hills and heavy bunkers. Field commanders say there Put-On just is increasing evidence that the 175 Draft Protesters large supply dumps found in the the easiest thing to Arrested at Sit-In Fishhook region and adjoining zip up the front. areas were way stations on the NEWTON, Mass. (AP)-About trails into South Vietnam. Offi- Shocking Pink or Loud 175 demonstrators were arrested cers of the U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division said their forces were Loud Lemon, p-s-m-i, 11.00 today during . eit in at the Nighttime Lingerie, All Stores Except Eastover ORDER YOU COVER-UP BY CALLING 783-7600. 4-22-72 THE Naw KEPUBLIC Indiana with only Humphrey as competition. For weeks ahead. and there are hundreds of uncommitted Humphrey. who's never won a presidential primary people running around those conventions waiting to in his long career, Pennsylvania becomes critical after be wooed. his poor third place showing among his neighbors in- For: Muskie, wins in. Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin. He needs a good boost before heading for Pennsylvania could bring in dozens of delegates from his own double-header in Ohio and Indiana. other states, whereas only moderate showings will It's different for McGovern. He could survive mod- not shake many of them loose. Humphrey and Mc- crately poor showings in Pennsylvania and Massa- Govern have the same problems chusetts in the sense that his people will go on work- All the candidates share; to one degree or another, ing for him right up to the convention and will be one final worry-money, or the lack of it. A party picking off more than their share of delegates in the that's not only: broke but in debt can keep on ii- convention-states; as evinced. by last week's results nancing a half dozen major candidates. Already. the in Virginia and Kansas. In Virginia, the McGovern shortage is curtailing their activities, as in the case of forces claims third of the state convention dele- McGovern in Pennsylvania. Muskie's staff has gone gates: in Kansas, they claim control of two of five off the payroll already. Humphrey is scratching about congressional districts based on strong showings in Washington looking for people to raise money for him Wichita and Kansas City. and rumor has it Jackson has blown the $400,000 his The late April primaries are vital. A lot of delegates supporters advanced him and there isn't any more are going to be chosen- at state conventions in the where that came from Congressional Campaign Contributions Harder to Conceal by James R. Polk Congress is awakening suddenly, painfully to the im- one else in Washington. And if the issue is raised in a pact its new campaign reform law is going to have campaign before the voters back home, it can be a in opening up its own political pocketbooks to the touchy threat voter's views For the first time: candidates for the Alcongressmant doesn't have the broad fund-raising House and Senate face a- strict disclosure law that re- appeal of a presidential or senatorial candidate: It's quires public reports designed to catch all contribu- likely he paid much of the cost of his first campaign tions of more than $100 and to identify the donors not personally: With seniority, however, more and more of only by. full name and address, but by job title and his campaign contributions tend to come from special company. Many congressmen already are aghast over interests in industry, labor and Washington lobbying what they have wrought. "We may be entering a pro- circles. For investors in today's high-priced political hibition eral of politics-everybody trying to think up market, a check for a congressman is still a bargain, devices to: get around the law, says a Democratic whereas in a $30-million White House campaign, it is fund-raiser for the House. difficult for a donor to make a dent unless he can come From a congressman's perspective, there is good up with something like the $300,000 the dairy industry reason to be worried. House incumbents probably are piped into clandestine committees for President Nixon more susceptible to special-interest money than any. last year. In 2 House race where the average costimay be $50,000. a lobbyist's check for $500 or $1000 will be JAMES R. Polx is a former Associated Press investigative remembered, at least until the next election reporter. doing research on campaign funding on a grant What is at stake for congressmen in the new disclo- from the Fund for Investigative Journalism. sure law can be seen in the 1970 campaigns of two 16 THE NEW REPUBLIC Indiana with only Humphrey as competition For weeks ahead. and there are hundreds of uncommitted Hamphrey. who's never wonk a presidential primary people running around those inventions waiting to This long career, Pennsylvania becomes critical after be wooed. his poor third place showing among his neighbors in For: Muskie, wins in Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin. He needs a good. boost before heading for Pennsylvania could bring in dozens of delegates from his own double-header in Ohio and Indiana other states, whereas only moderate showings will it's different for McGovern. He could survive mod- not shake many of them loose. Humphrey and Mc- crately poor. showings in Pennsylvania and Massa- Govern have the same problem. chusetts in the sense that his people will go on work- All the candidates share, to one degree or another, ing for him right up to the convention and will be one final worry-money, or the lack. of it. A party picking off more than their share of delegates in the that's not only broke but in debt can keep on fi- convention states; as evinced by last week's results nancing a half dozen major candidates. Already. the in Virginia and Kansas. In Virginia, the McGovern shortage is curtailing their activities, as in the case of forces claims one third of the state convention dele- McGovern in Pennsylvania. Muskie's staff has gone gates:- in Kansas, they claim control of two of five off the payroll already. Humphrey is scratching about congressional districts based on strong showings in Washington looking for people to raise money for him, Wichita and Kansas City. and rumor has it Jackson has blown the $400,000 his The late April primaries are vital. A lot of delegates supporters advanced him and there isn't any more are going to be chosen at state conventions in the where that came from. Congressional Campaign Contributions Harder to Conceal by James R. Polk Congress is awakening suddenly, painfully to the im- one else in Washington. And if the issue is raised in a pact its new campaign reform law is going to have campaign before the voters back home, it can be a in opening uprils own political pocketbooks to the touchy threat voter's view For the first time, candidates for the A.congressman doesn't have the broad fund-raising House and Senate face a strict disclosure law that re- appeal of a presidential or senatorial candidate It's quires public reports designed to catch all contribu- likely he paid much of the cost of his first campaign tions of more than $100 and to identify the donors not personally. With seniority, however, more and more of only by full name and address, but by job title and his campaign contributions tend to come from special company. Many congressmen already are aghast over interests in industry, labor and Washington lobbying what they have wrought. "We may be entering a 'pro- circles. For investors in today's high-priced political hibition era of politics-everybody trying to think up market, a check for a congressman is still a bargain, devices to: get around the law,' says a Democratic whereas in a $30-million White House campaign, it is fund-raiser for the House. difficult for a donor to make a dent unless he can come From a congressman's perspective, there is good up with something like the $300,000 the dairy industry reason to be worried. House incumbents probably are piped into clandestine committees for President Nixon more susceptible to special-interest money than any- last year. In 2 House race where the average cost may be $50,000. a lobbyist's check for $500 or $1000 will be JAMES R. Polx is a former Associated Press investigative remembered, at least until the next election reporter, doing research on campaign funding on a grant What is at stake for congressmen in the new disclo- from the Fund for Investigative journalism. are law can be seen in the 1970 campaigns of 6 weeks 717 ahead, and there are hundreds of uncommitted 4-22-52 THE NEW REPUBLIC Indispaswilh only Humphrey as competition. For inphrey, who's never won a presidential primary people running around those conventions waiting to in his long career, Pennsylvania,becomes critical after be wooed. his poor third place showing among his neighbors in For Muskie, wins in Massachusetts, Ohio and Wisconsin. He needs a good boost before heading for Pennsylvania could bring in dozens of delegates from his own double-header in Ohio and Indiana. other states, whereas only moderate showings will It's different for McGovern, He could survive mod- not shake many of them loose. Humphrey and Mc- erately poor showings in Pennsylvania and Massa- Govern have the same problem. chusetts in the sense that his people will go on work. All the candidates share, to one degree or another, ing for him right up to the convention and will be one final worry-money, or the lack of it. A party picking off more than their share of delegates in the that's not only broke but in debt can't keep on 11- convention states, as evinced by last week's results nancing a half dozen major candidates, Already, the in Virginia and Kansas. in Virginia, the McGovern shortage is curtailing their activities, as in the case of forces claim one-third of the state convention dele- McGovern in Pennsylvania. Muskie's staff has gone gates; in Kansas, they claim control of two of five off the payroll already. Humphrey is scratching about congressional districts based on strong showings in Washington looking for people to raise money for him, Wichita and Kansas City, and rumor has it Jackson has blown the $400,000 his The late April primaries are vital. A lot of delegates supporters advanced him and there isn't any more are going to be chosen at state conventions in the where that came from. Congressional Campaign Contributions Harder to Conceal by James R. Polk Congress is awakening suddenly, painfully to the im- one else in Washington. And if the issue is raised in a pact its new campaign reform law is going to have campaign before the voters back home, it can be a in opening up its own political pocketbooks to the touchy threat. voter's view, For the first time, candidates for the A congressman doesn't have the broad fund-raising House and Senate face a strict disclosure law that re- appeal of a presidential or senatorial candidate. It's quires public reports designed to catch all contribu- likely he paid much of the cost of his first campaign tions of more than $100 and to identify the donors not personally. With seniority, however, more and more of only by full name and address, but by job title and his campaign contributions tend to come from special company. Many congressmen already are aghast over interests in industry, labor and Washington lobbying what they have wrought. "We may be entering a 'pro- circles. For investors in today's high-priced political hibition era' of politics - everybody trying to think up market, a check for a congressman is still a bargain, devices to get around the law," says a Democratic whereas in a $30-million White House campaign, it is fund-raiser for the House. difficult for a donor to make a dent unless he can come From a congressman's perspective, there is good up with something like the $300,000 the dairy industry reason to be worried, House incumbents probably are piped into clandestine committees for President Nixon more susceptible to special-interest money than any- last year. In a House race where the average cost may be $50,000, a lobbyist's check for $500 or $1000 will be JAMES R. POLK is n former Associated Press investigative remembered, at least until the next election. GERALD reporter, doing research on campaign funding on il grant What is at stake for congressmen in the new disclo- from the Fund for Investigative fournalism. sure law can be seen in the 1970 campaigns of two SENATORS REPORT OUTSIDE EARNINGS Bayh's Income of $44,331 for Speeches Is Highest WASHINGTON, May 15 (AP) Senator Birch Bayh, Demo- crat of Indiana, says he earned $44,331 from speches delivered across the nation last year, more than his $42,500 Senate salary. Mr. Bayh's out-of-Senate In- come was the highest amose THE NEW YORK TIMES, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1972 $15,683 for 7 Buckley Talks By RICHARD L. MADDEN es or articles, the largest of for all branches of the armed Special to The New York Times which were $2,000 each from forces," Mr. Biaggi contended. Bri WASHINGTON, May 19- Indiana State University and e Senator James L. Buckley of Contrary to the prevailing the University of Vermont. New York, who unseated a view that Congressmen don't Republican Senator in the Senator Lowell P. Weicker get involved in one anoth- 1970 election, received more Jr., Republican of Connecti- er's primary fights, especially than $15,000 last year for cut-$1,500 for two speeches. when two of their colleagues An exper making speeches, six of them The largest was $1,000 for a are running against each oth- of his way at Republican fund-raising speech to the National Envi- er, a group of Democratic something gatherings across the coun- ronmental Health Associa- House members has quietly tainly will erts more n try. Mr. Buckley, a Conserva- tion. given some personal and fi- tive - Republi- Senator Clifford P. Case, nancial support to Repre- a lesser pli Republican of New Jersey- sentative William F. Ryan of resigns him Notes On can and mem- that the eff ber of the $1,000 for a lecture and sem- Manhattan in his Democratic be wasted. Metropolitan Republican Sen- inar of the C.P.C. Internation- primary battle with Repre- A case in Congressmen a torial Cam- al Plaza Club. sentative Bella S. Abzug. More than 20 liberal gramed de paign Commit- Senator Harrison A. Wil- weekend in liams Jr., Democrat of New Democratic House members tee, has been in demand on ter pair Jersey - $10,750 for 16 turned out last Tuesday the Republican dinner-speak- which night for a private fund- Philadelphia Granovetter A-8 THE SUNDAY STAR and DAILY NEWS Washington, D. C., February 25, 1973 100 Donors Gave Nixon's Campaign $14 Million in 1908. Now chairman of a Billionaire recluse Howard The milk money was one Sicily at the turn of the cen- go, who was selling milk- By JAMES R. POLK of the few special-interest tury, a fromer bricklayer, shake equipment in the mid- drug firm that bears his R. Hughes, also among the Star-Nows Staff Writer 1950s when he spotted a drive- name and makes St. Joseph's A handful of just 100 donors packages to surface on the tomato farmer and cab driver, fabled few, was a bit farther top list. Other sizable sums who eventually founded Trop- in restaurant with a good aspirin, Plough saw his stock down the list at $88,000. contributed $14 million to came from the Seafarers In- icana Products in Bradenton, idea. go up $39 million last year. U. $56 000 for Nixon. However, the real total for from the campaign's secret lead the super-givers in that the campaign money was pre-April drive. period. linked to an increase in milk Chicago insurance executive Three political funds for the price supports. EFFECT VE MONDAY FEBRUARY 26, 1973 Big Nixon Contributors BRING USE AS A AD Merion. partner, Loob, & Here is a list of the top 100 Mint, York City. Weleeeo! AP SHOPPING $62,000. WITH LIST $105,601 Lawrence YOU and Charles Williams, retired Mine- contributors to President Nix- chairman and rais, The Williams W. Tyler, retired on's re-election campaign, as John M. New York City. Natural The compiled from official filings Texas. and Mrs. with the General Accounting Office, court records and dis- Lake Fifty and Up $102,415. closures on pre-April dona- Landon, Frey, tions, and totals verified by Union Bank Lambert, EXTRA LOW PRICES! $102,000. various individual donors: H. Richmond, John M. Olin, New York City, ary chairman, Corp., $101,500. The Givern Chattanooga, ШЕО $60,122. and Daniel J. Terra, Kenilworth, IL., major $110,461. John L. Losb, York City, senior chairman, Lawter Chemicals. L and up J Sliced Bacon ALLGOOD BRAND 21 .89 lb. Nixon Bloc Takes Firm Hold Fancy Whitings DRESSED 5-1b. 1 .89 NONE PRICED HIGHER! pkg. á 39c Of Supreme Court Decisions A & P WEO Produce Dept Values! FROZEN FOOD SELECTIONS By FRED BARNES participate, the votes of Stew- month in which Powell and A&P Blax-News Staff Writer art and White allowed the Nix- Stewart joined the liberals The four conservative jus- on bloc to form the majority and ruled against an attempt anyway. by the government to hold down the compensation that HONEY TANGERINES CORN ON THE COB tices nominated by President A month ago, the court FORD R. GERALD LIBRARY WALL STREET E 1973 Dote Junes 3 Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. TION THURSDAY. JUNE 28, 1973 Sen. Montoy.1 declines requests for inter- Mexico-based Montoya for Senator Club. The Backers 'Laundered' views about his fund-raising, and his Washing- club did file a statement, but it was deceptive. ton-based treasurer. Jack Beaty. sounds reluc- tant to answer the sort of questions Mr. Mon- In a nine-page report to the secretary of state, '70 Campaign Gifts toya is asking Republicans on television these the club carefully listed the names of contribu- days. "There's no use wasting your breath any tors giving $5 to $50 opiece while owning up to To Watergate Prober further!" Mr. Beaty exclaims, slamming just two labor contributions totaling $759, or down the phone after rushing through a pre- less than 2% of the Senator's actual income pared statement. claiming compliance with "all laws governing senatorial campaign contribu- from union sources. The obvious intention was Montoya Donations by Unions tions at the time." to show that little people, but not labor bosses, And Other Interest Groups Sen. Montoya, of course, isn't the only can- were backing the Senator's candidacy. didate to conceal potentially embarrassing con- In fact, the Montoya organization was so Were Routed to Hide Source tributions. The old Federal Corrupt Practices eager to hide the Senator's labor support that it Act (which lapsed only on April 7. 1972 when failed to disclose even those contributions the tougher Federal Election Campaign Act made payable to the New Mexico-based club. By JERRY LANDAUER took effect) was so filled with loopholes as to The Meat Cutters' political fund, one of 19 Reporter of THE WALL STRUET he almost meaningless. So are similar laws in union funds that gave money to the Montoya WASHINGTON-Chairman Sam Ervin drew many states-and, indeed, some states have no campaign. sent $1,000 to the Senator's club on pplatise at a recent round of Watergate hear. disclosure law at all. Sept. 8, 1970, for example. The gift wasn't re- 123 when he observed that men holding high ublic office "should have their activities All Must File" ported to the secretary of state. But New Mexico does have a law. It re- uided by ethical principles higher than the Yet when it suited the Senator's purposes, quires fund-raising committees for a candidate his managers could read the New Mexico elec- minimidm Intent of the law." to report their receipts and expenditures with tion law as Seb: Ervin was looking straight ahead at the ritness Maurice Stans, the former I 1 The Queen returned Saturday from its trip to the Come- Chance) bundland, Come-By-Chances,Newfbmmidland; refinery being built by John M Shaheen, who chartered the ship for a week week-long long voyage, Elizabeth n GERAD R. FORD LIBRA Ford Pledges Disclosure Returns Ford Vows to Reveal Finances and Taxes I had anything in my back House press gallery a few By Spencer Rich Washington Poet Staff Writer ground" it would have come moments before walking out by now, Ford said. onto the House floor- House Republican leader The vice presidential nom- where he has been a popu- Gerald R. Ford, named by President Nixon to be Vice inee also said, "I have noin- lar member for 25 years-to President of the United tention of being a candidate the stormy applause of his for any political office, Pres- colleagues. States. pledged yesterday to Vice President any- Republicans and Demo- St. Petersburg Times, Sunday, October 28, 1973 3-D THE PUBLIC'S VIEW Sports Page Story Criticized By University Of Florida Frat ed: subjects Editor: Regarding "Gators All-Time the money we traditionally bring in and Mediocre," Times, Oct. 22. (5) this "makeshift elevated bathtub" No matter how hard a fraternity tries makes more omney than the entire cam- to change that 1950 stereotype image of pus effort combined. SELL' bothing alood house - date 1: that W The Search For A TATASS 400 New Freedom NH M wintis, This is the fifth of 20 essays in complex. Da, we increase electrical pro- the newspaper. university course, duction. until everyone has an air condi- "America and the Future of Man." tioner, for, example, or do we: declare that, no, one-may have an air condition- For information on how to enroll, er? It would certainly be un-American to seebelow. make a judgment that says that some can and can to But home decision By JAMES BONNER must be made, 1 ESS The portent is clear: We cannot con- What are the signs and portents for tinue tol increase oun-material affluence Americans today? Signs are everywhere forever; WBI inust York I and attain a about us: The traffic hassle, the parking steady wi state level of material affluence hassle, the health care delivery prob- and abundance/ lems, the difficulty of preserving quality. education for our children in the face of All of the above does not imply that rising educational costs, the crisis ok our culture cannot grow, change and be- water and air pollution, the problem of come enriched. It can in a myriad of the garbage disposal, and to top it off ways. the energy crisis, We could, if we wished, all become How can we provide electricity and well educated; we could, some all of gasoline to & growing population at a us, cultivate our artistic senses: we rate which increases 7 per cent per per- could go to meetings, church and even to son per year? These are what I will call work in many cases by telephone ory material signs with their attendant mate, closed circuit TV, in all instances saving rial partente and then amparate large amounts of energy. time and traf- Washington outlook November 10, 1973 / Edited by Bruce Agnew Speaking bluntly about Jerry Ford But he would also turn instinctively to old Cor If Richard Nixon is forced out of office, his chosen gressional friends. He would lean heavily on Whit successor, Gerald R. Ford, would make a better House Counselor Melvin R. Laird, who helped prc President than some of Ford's press notices sug- pel Ford to the House leadership in 1965 and whor gest. A Ford Administration would be unadven- Ford proposed to Nixon as Vice-President. Othe turous but solidly competent. old associates who might play prominent roles in To begin with, those who know him stress that he Ford Administration include former New York Sena isn't slow-as many early accounts implied. Repre- tor Charles E. Goodell and former conservative sentative Richard Bolling (D-Mo.), a leading House House members H. Allen Smith (California) and Wil liberal, scorns Lyndon Johnson's famous charac- liam C. Cramer (Florida). His old law partner and terization of Ford as having "played too much foot- close friend, Philip W. Buchen of Grand Rapids ball with his helmet off." Ford Mich., would be a confidant. is unimaginative, even pedes- trian in his thinking, but by no The Ex-Im Bank race heats up means unintelligent. He would The contest to succeed Henry Kearns as presiden be slow to embrace new ideas, of the Export-Import Bank is becoming a free-for-all. but nobody has to tell him any- At least six candidates are now in the running, with thing. twice. He is bighly in Well 500 signed over to GOP ep.Ford's unreported political gifts troversy over as pending bill on bank regula- preted over the years. that my action was By JAMES R. POLK within the laiv." He did not elaborate. Involuted Press Writer tim. ? A $3,000 check from John M. Shaheen. head in the 45-year history of the corrupt prac- !INGTON - House Republican Leader tices act the Justice Department has never of a New York City oil firm with refineries in hrought a court case against a congressman R. Ford, of Michigan, failed to report Canada, California and Arkansas. for campaign wrongdaing. in campaign contributions last fall from A $1,000 check from the political arm of the The $11,500 in Ford campaign contributions okers, an oilman, bankers, doctors and Builerm.ikers-Blacksmiths Union, with was turned over to the Republican Congres- national headquarters in Kansas City, Kan. sional Committee in a 10-day period just before art, group. the checks given to Ford were de- 9 A $500 check from the Michigan Doctors Po- and after the Nov. 3 election. through Re- litical Action Committee. A second group, the Republican National Fi- in headquar- Unlike most candidates, Ford acted as trease nance Advisory Committee, which is run by urer of his main campaign group, the "Ford the same man at GOP headquarters, sent four here while for Congress Committee. and therefore was checks totaling $6,760 to two other Grand hly the same bound by the corrupt practices act to file a Rapids committees, "Latvians for Ford" and $12,502 complete report of its money dealings. "Veterans for Ford," last Nov. 4 and Nov. 20. eing fed back However. Ford said, "I would say, under the interpretation of the law as it has been inter- (Concluded on Page ITA) Rep. Ford quizzed mittee was by far the largest "IF JERRY were not our Continued from Page One donation made by the brokers, congressman, we wouldn't be It also paid a $3,697 bill to running three times as high as getting the money." said Gary Insight Inc., in Grand Rapids, any single check given in a W. Maurina. a local Republ which handled Ford's cam- can staff official. a i gn advertising. And the Senate race. Clipped to one of the checks congressional fund paid a $1.- ,Ashed about the size, the was the calling card of the 775 " bill in Grand Fund's treasurer. Richard 0. union lobbyist. Rapids. Scribner, said, "I don't know Seamen's wages are paid Ford said he personally why. It may have been some partly through federal subsi- kigned over the checks that dies controlled by Congress. his "Food for Congress Com- longstanding friendship com- Ford had previous brush mittee" rerouted to the GOP. ing out." with campaign controversy in "After we reached the $10.- Ford said the check was 1986, when anjarm of the Sea- International Union 50 I to to is a 5 $ cet Stockbrokers A $1,000 check from the Bankers Political :used BALTIMORE, MD. con- SUN M - 177,087 E - 205,425 S - 344,023 'Within the Law' Congressman Ford, the Republi- can leader of the House of Repre- Non-Residents Influence I each to Reps. Garry Brown, R-School- By ROBERT LEWIS tritlt, and Marvin Esch, R-Ann Arbor. WASHINGTON - Richard Scaife, Pasce, the Washington vice president Nicholas Tasco and Donald Michigan. Hermann of Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., gave words in $500 to Rep. Ford mutual FORD GERALD LIBRARY Continued from Page One mittee was by far the largest "IF JERRY were not our the time that the union It also paid a $3.607 bill to donation made by the brokers, congressman, we wouldn't be group's report must have been insight Inc., in Grand Rapids, runaing three times 25 as getting the money," said Gary in error. which handled Ford's cam- any single check given in a W. Maurina, a local Republi- A donation for Ford also fig- paign advertising. And the Senate race. can staff official. ured in a Federal Court case a ongressional fund naid a $1.- Clinced to-nne n! the checks VIIG ily acknowledged handling the political 01. Children and Youth. Mr. Oosterman was a conference delegate, Marine Engineers Beneficial additional checks. But he said Association (MEBA) sent a $2.000 check to the local party and as o discesan coordinator for the 2/17/ , he kept no account of the num- School her or amount. in mid-September A n 0 t h er $2.500 check from a second THE $5,000 from the Securi- arm of MEBA arrived just be- ties Industry Campaign Com- fore the election. Non-Residents Influence Elections By ROBERT LEWIS each in Reps. Garry Brown, R-School- election reports. (It is impossible hower- craft, and Marvin Esch, R-Ann Arbor. er, to determine 'the value of donated WASHINGTON - Richard Scaife, manpower that unions provide some Nicholas Pasco and Donald Hermann Pasco, the Washington vice president candidates.) of Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., gave hardiv household words in Michigan. Some Anonvmous state contributions of $100 er mere-in- Pardon Me, Would This Be A Good Time To Ask cluding $4,500 from a. "dummy" Ford for Congress Committee formed in the Dts- About Your Efforts To Impeach A Member trict of Columbia, which has no cam- paign reporting law, Of The Suprème Court?" The committee's chairman refuses to say who contributed the $4,500-which is his legal right, Out-State Sources Rep. Riegle reported $3,150 in out-of- state donations of $100 and up: Rep. CFRALD Esch, $1,000; Rep. Phili p Rupper, R-Houghton. $1,150, and Rep. John Din- Conchorn $2215 drove committee was-able to foundland gave Staff Spiro Agnewifrom the pass out. about: $22,000 in $3,000 ice President-designates vice presidency; accused of donations to other Repubii Another 52 516 came from Geraid K. Ford says he is accepting payoffs for the can candidates for Congress JosephaM Segel in merion, pady N face all questions past decade from iowa to Utah as well Pa: president or the Frank- on his campaign finances But Ford's 1972 campaign as to Michigan: hopefuls lin Mint which sold the and knows of nothing in his records reflect the outpour back home Abour a third of commemorative medals for past that twilk embarras ing of special interest histearly money from the Nixon's last inaugural And him. groups. secret D.C. FUND WAS hometown multimillionaire 1,413 new conference yes His largetst donor was the USED THIS WAY LAST Edward rey a Grand terday. Ford said he expect-, Marine Engineers Benefi- SUMMER Repids bank chairman, ed the confirmation bear- cial Association (MEBA), ings to look into his han- which gave. $7,500 through Ford's success has been gave 32,000. dling of unreported cam- two political funds. The fed maintained without tapping Frey, Shaheen, and Stnal eral government provides the home folks pocket- each had given more than paign checks in 1970, but millions of dollars in ship+ books: In the last election. $100,000 for President Nix- denied any wrongdoing and 90 percent of the money on's campaign last year. said, "It should be gone into ping company subsidies identified on the reports Scaife had given 51 million fully. that underwrite the higher costs of American seamen's came from beyond the dis- Frey was the only notice- The campaign money is- trict boundaries: able donor inside Ford's sue may be the only: sticky wages, district. The full total listed matter to slow Ford's rush The political arm of the to Hous and Senate approv- banking industry, known as AMID THE special inter- for-contributors who could BanPac, sent $2,500 for ests groups were several vote for him was only 55 at. 558 Ford. DRIVE; the fund for prominent multimillionaires Like many congressmen, the Teamsters, provided who back the Republican he has received most of his $2,000. Another fund, for the party nationally campaign funds form spe cial terest groups sugar, National Restaurant Asso Richard M. Scaife, the steel, shipping, banking ciations, sent $1,000 Mellon banking and Guif Oil restaurant and road con- heir in Pittsburgh, sent 52, struction industries and the IN THE money game, 500. John M Shaheen the Teamsters union. Ford proved to have & con New York City oilman who stituency of contributors chartered the Queen Eliza- IN HIS last race in Michi- that stretched far beyond beth- II on a to in eu LU to wanted for Many of the D.C. committees neither Ford nor the tions." said Ford. 500 signed over to GOP Ford's unreported political gifts troversy over d pending bill on bank regula- preted over the years, that my action was By JAMES R. POLK within the law." He did not elaborate. Associated Press Writer tion. INGTON - House Republican Leader ? A $3,000 check from John M. Shaheen, head is the 45-year history of the corrupt prac- tices act the Justice Department has never of a New York City oil firm with refineries in R. Ford, of Michigan, failed to report brought a court case against a congressman Canada, California and Arkansas,' campaign contributions last fall from for campaign wrongdoing. kers, an oilmán, bankers, doctors and A $1,000 check from the political arm of the The $11,500 in Ford campaign contributions Boilermakers-Blacksmiths Union, with was turned over to the Republican Congres- group. national headquarters in Kansas City, Kan. sional Committee in a 10-day period just before d, the checks given to Ford were de- A $500 check from the Michigan Doctors Po- and after the Nov. 3 election. through Re- litical Action Committee. A second group, the Republican National Fi- 1 headquar- Unlike most candidates, Ford acted as trease nance Advisory Committee, which is run by ere while urer of his main campaign group, the "Ford" the same man at GOP headquarters, sent four for Congress Committee. and therefore was checks totaling $6,760 to two other Grand ly the same bound by the corrupt practices act to file a Rapids committees, "Latvians for Ford" and nt $12.502 complete report of its money dealings. "Veterans for Ford," last Nov. 4 and Nov. 20. ing fed back However. Ford said, "I would say, under the I's district to interpretation of the law as it has been inter- (Concluded on Page 17A) postelection igh this two- rocedure, of the donors not listed on 's sworn cam- Rep. Ford quizzed report to Con- Rep. Ford although the "IF JERRY were not our Continued from Page One mittee was by far the largest flowed through his hands. donation made by the brokers, congressman, we wouldn't be public monev." said Gary used BALTIMORE, MD. trouble con- Salomon Brothers. SUN FORD'S STATEMENT to THE GOP's incoming list M - 177,087 the House listed only the first also shows 11 postelection $10,500 given to the "Ford for checks from Michigan ad- E - 205,425 Congress Committee." In fil- dresses, including a $100 check S - 344,023 ing it, Ford swore: from Ronald V. Paolucci, pres- "I hereby certify that the ident of one of the largest following is a correct and manufacturing firms in Grand itemized account of each con- Rapids. tribution received by me or by Paolucci said: "Mine was 'Within the Law' any person for me with my intended to be a contribution knowledge or consent. from to Jerry and 1 sent it directly any source, together with the to him here in the district. It Congressman Ford, the Republi- names of all who have fur- was not a contribution to the nished the same, for the pur- national party.' MΓ. ties Industry disclosed. reported to the House the maximum sum of contributions to his re-election campaign com- Non-Residents Influence F mittee that was permitted under the law of Michigan, his home state. each to Reps. Garry Brown, R-School- He received an additional $11,500 in By ROBERT LEWIS craft, and Marvin Esch, R-Ann Arbor. contributions from a number of WASHINGTON 1 Richard Scaife, Pasco, the Washington vice president sources. including stock brokers. in Nicholas Pasco and Donald Hermann of Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., gave foctors and a are hardly household words in Michigan. $500 to Rep. Ford. mulual Rep. Ford quizzed on gifts blic Continued from Page One mirtee was by far the largest "IF JERRY were not our the time that the union It also paid a $3,697 bill to donation made by the brokers, congressmah, we wouldn't be group's report must have been con- Insight Inc., in Grand Rapids, running three times as high as getting the money," said Gary in error. et 01 ist W: was filed by Ford at the court- Ford's humetown of Grand house in Grand Rapids. U.S. Representative Gerald R. Ford, Michigan, center, discusses with Rapids. Msgr. Joseph C. Walen, left, and Gordon Oosterman, right, some of In the interview, Ford read- One political fund for the the recommendations coming out of the 1970 White House Conference ily acknowledged handling the additional checks. But he said Marine Engineers Beneficial on Children and Youth. Mr. Oosterman was a conference delegate, Association (MEBA) sent a and Msar Walen attended as a diocesan coordinator for the confe he kept no account of the num- her or amount. $2.000 check to the local party Houston Name School 2/11/ in mid-September Another $2.500 check from a second THE $5,000 from the Securi- arm of MEBA arrived just be- ties Industry Campaign Com- fore the election. Non-Residents Influence Elections By ROBERT LEWIS each to Reps. Garry Brown, R-School- election reports. (It is impossible howev- craft, and Marvin Esch, R-Ann Arbor. er, to determine the value of donated WASHINGTON - Richard Scaife, manpower that unions provide some Nicholas Pasco and Donald Hermann Pasco, the Washington vice president candidates.) of Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., gave are hardlv household words in Michigan. state contributions or $100 or more-in- "Pardon Me, Would This Be A Good Time To Ask cluding $4,500 from a "dummy" Ford for Congress Committee formed in the Dis+ About Your Efforts To Impeach A Member trict of Columbia, which has no cam- paign reporting law. Of The Supreme Court?" The committee's chairman refuses to say who contributed the $4,500-which is his legal right. Out-State Sources Rep. Riegle reported $8,150 In out-of- state donations of $100 and up; Rep. CERALD Esch, $1,900; Rep. Philip Rupper, R-Houghton, $1,150, and Rep. John Din- Dearhorn $2.245 By James R. Polk the scandal that. drove own committee was able to foundland last week gave Staff Writer: Spiro Agnew from the pass out about. $22,000 in $3,000. Vice President designate vice presidency accused of donations to other Repubii Another. $2,546 came from Gerald R. Ford says he is accepting payoffs for the can candidates for Congress Joseph: M Segel in merion, ready to face all questions past decade from Iowa to Utah as well Pa. president of the Frank- on his campaign finances But Ford's 1972 campaign as to Michigan: hopefuls lin Mint, which sold the and knows of nothing in his records, reflect the outpour back home Abour a third of commemorative medals for past that will embarrass ing of special interest his-early money from the Nixon's last inaugurak And him. groups secret D.C. FUND WAS hometown multimillionaire. Ata new conference yes- His largetst donor was the USED THIS WAY LAST Edward J. Frey a Grand terday, Ford said he expect- Marine Engineers Benefi SUMMER Rapids bank chairman; the confirmation bear- cial Association (MEBA) which gave $7,500 through Ford's success has been gave $2,000. ings to look into his han- two political funds. The fed- maintained without tapping Frey, Shaheen and Steal dling of unreported cam- the home folks pocket- each had given more than paign checks in 1970, but eral government provides $100,000 for President Nix millions of dollars in ship- books: In the last election, defied any wrongdoing and 90 percent of the money on's campaign last year. said, "It should be gone into ping company subsidies that underwrite the higher identified on the reports Scaife had given S1 million fully. came from beyond the dis- Frey was the only notice- The campaign money is- costs of American seamen's trict boundaries. able donor inside Ford's sue may be the only: sticky wages.. district. The full total listed matter to slow Ford's rush The political arm of the AMID THE special inter- for-contributors who could to Hous and Senate approv- banking industry, known as ests groups were several vote for him was only S5 al. BanPac, sent $2,500 for 558 Like many congressmen, Ford. DRIVE, the fund for prominent multimillionaires he has received most of his the Teamsters, provided who back the Republican campaign funds form spe- $2,000. Another fund, for the party nationally cial terest groups sugar, National Restaurant Asso Richard M Scaife, the steel, shipping, banking, ciations, sent $1,000 Mellon banking and Gulf Oil restaurant and road con- heir in Pittsburgh, sent 52, IN THE Keeping Up...With Youth by Pamela Swift It Pays to Talk $2500 AND UP crowd-drawers, genuine box-office You can buy Ralph Nader for attractions, lecture stars in their own $2500 a night. Dick Gregory is right." cheaper. You can get him for $1250. The best way for an individual to Dionne Warwick comes high at break into the lecturing business is $8000. Theodore Bikel costs $3000 to write a book. The publishing Abbie Hoffman asks for $1200, Mar- house of Doubleday has organized garet Mead for half that amount. a special author-lecture bureau These are just a few of the price which takes a 25 percent commis- tags attached to lecturers and enter- sion, and offers, among others, Kate Wisdom is approved of Her Children! Cramer Won't Join Ford's VP Staff By CHARLES STAFFORD Times Bureau ment would likely be offered members of the House Judici- staff, and he said no, that he the Floridian's voting record when anti-war disturbances WASHINGTON - William man. the former Florida congress- ary Committee. The commit- simply couldn't afford to give on civil rights issues during were moking the country MC was deeply als- CIVIL Rights Act of 1966 Cramer was asked by a turbed by some of his asso- possible candidate for . high which later died in the Senate newsman during a hearing ciates. He specifically men- government appointment by - but be tagged to it an anti- break if he would join Ford's President Nixon, but none has tioned Cramer and noted that riot amendment at a time ever come to pass. thanks to Guerney FORD R. LIBRARY GERALD Wash. Star-News Cramer Viewed Candidate for Ford Team By Walter Taylor friend, saying at one point nomination by the House. across the country in the as a possible candidate to Star-News Staff Writer that he "would not hesi- Judiciary Committee, Rep. mid-1960s become Nixon's transporta- Former Florida Rep. Wil- tate" to name Cramer to John Conyers Jr., a liberal any post in government. Cramer gave up his seat tion secretary, head of the liam C. Cramer, often men- Democrat from Ford's in the House to run for the federal drug prevention of- tioned as a possible addition FORD TOLD the House home state of Michigan, Senate 'seat vacated by fice or Supreme Court jus- to the Cabinet of Richard told the vice president-des- tice Judiciary Committee last ignate that he was "deeply Democrat Spessard L. Hol- Nixon, now is being viewed week that he has promised disturbed" by some of his land. After defeating for- as a likely bet for the staff three jobs on the vice presi- of Vice President-designate "associates. mer Supreme Court nomi- dential staff, but no mem- Gerald R. Ford. He specifically mentioned nee G. Harrold Carswell in ber of the panel asked to Cramer as a former House the GOP primary, Cramer "There also has been some whom those pledges had quiet speculation about colleague whose voting rec- was upset in November by gone. where Cramer, a conserva- ord on civil rights issues Lawton Chiles, a 40-year-old Asked by newsmen later ran contrary to his own for Democratic state legislator tive leader in the House for if he was one of the three, said be "could nine years. from Lakeland. 16 years might fit into a not Since then. Cramer's

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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 1, folder \"Ford, Gerald R. - Vice Presidential\nConfirmation - News Clippings\" of the Benton L. Becker Papers at the Gerald R. Ford\nPresidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Benton Becker donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nSome items in this folder were not digitized because it contains copyrighted\nmaterials. Please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to\nthese materials.\nDigitized from Box 1 of the Benton Becker Papers at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nThe Washington Merry-Go-Round\nTHE WASHINGTON POST\nThursday, Dec. 28, 1967\nE7\n'Bugging' Data Links GOP Bigwigs\npaint\nBy Drew Pearson\nWhen Government auditors\nthere, and he said he didn't,\nto do, try to show that there\nand Jack Anderson\nbegan poking into the matter,\nso they said they found out\nis some stuff in here other\nAVCO's President James Kerr\nwhat he was telling was not\nthan ordinary\nHe was in-\nThe famous FBI bug in\nand executive committee chair-\ncorrect, although it was par-\nvestigating certain aspects of\nFred Black's Sheraton-Carlton\nman Earl \"Red\" Blaik hurried\ntially correct.\"\nthe VRC-12 (Army terminolo-\nHotel suite, which started the\nto Washington to see what\nIt's interesting that Comp-\ngy for the vehicular radios.\nney\nnational uproar over eaves-\ncould be done about side-\ndropping, picked up some\ntracking the investigation. Un-\ntroller General Campbell is\nKerr, at Blaik's side, said:\nhappily for they stopped\ncharged by Congress to invest-\n\"I'll send him a transcript olsi\nWid, Dec. 21,1967\nCall came about 4:45 P.M.\nRicytim it Corpetal 1411 at 7:58.8\nmm office 2 came out tent to\n2 was busy with Dick Prom of A,P.\nnote given to me by Ann Konnstra to\nto all have lmh of have Undorwn call\ncall Juch andrown ushed Paul mithsh\nme at home about TPM.\nAndreson inited about 3 pmat\nmy home\nstart conversation\nhe had a transcript 7\nAm in april, 1964\nworld m Frish Black hotel\nAnd it revented That Enrl\nAlaik had called me of had q\ntelephone conversation mith me\nfrom Alack's sinte Indicated\nJames room, Kenn of area wash The\nstated Bluth asked questions\nprovident. about the VR412 any\n2 Told anderoom that Blach\nhad contrated me as an old friend\nZ 30 of more years because his\nEmpay had lost out on the bradong\nfor follow im contract the\norganial R&D. of initial provided\n7the VRSIV. And I Andrem\nthat Black to me his empary\ncould not deliver according\napplacations., on time of at the\nlad price.\n\"luging in + getting bailed out\nI had long Company\nLn the army technology the engineering\nunderstand This print & agreed with\nthough Adwas - anderson failly\nmy responsent\n2 did check status 1 the\ncontract whether new contractor\nwas & army name\ncompany was Runny so,\n2 Told Black of my infurn to\nThe any X The answer That\nwas matter and of mr contact m This\n2 had no smowledge as to\nthe place from which Black might\nhave called me,\nAndreson did not tell me f\nany business relationship between\nBlack - Kerr of Black! this was\nfirst relationship 2 had heard of any such\nmather spruttly\n3%\nandresm ashed me of 2 and\nwal redden in area awarft\nI said no more than there times\nm the last In yours Andwon\nlaughly said \"that doesn't and\nwhen anderson didn't\nflights and any frother questions about thear\nbe didn't know what Draw\nandrown concluded log saymy\nThis Person was gring t do about\nwith Anderson\napologing for calling at hund\nme In my corporation\nGERALD\ndistrict\nand\nthey\nasked\nme\nto\nday the only two incidents in his House\naction on Ford' nomination in a months\nAmendment Is Urged by Sen. Griffin\nFor Congress' OK of Vice President\nWASHINGTON - (AP) -\nhim. He said that the nation\nSenate Republican: Whip\ncan stand the trauma of\nRobert P. Griffin- proposed\nany idea or suggestion of\nSunday that Congress have\nplaying politics with this\nthe final say in who will be\nnomination\nvice president in the future\nto assure that the nominees\nByrd agreed there was no\nget more careful scrutiny.\nplace for politics and\nHe said he may propose a\nthink that while we\nconstitutional amendment to\nshould act with dispatch I\npermit a vice president to be\ndon't think we should act\nnominated after the presi-\nwith haste think the\ndent is elected but before in\nimportant thing here is to as\nauguration. The president\nsure the American people\nwould submit his nomination\nthat Jerry Ford has the\nto Congress for confirmation\ncharacter. and integrity to\nor perhaps give Congress. a\nSen. Griffin\nSen. Byrd\nserve the American people\nchoice of three names.\nto rebuild the American con\nbacks Ford\nwants 'scrutiny'\nfidence in the American po-\nMEANWHILE, he said,\nlitical system\nnoth parties can do a more\nthe case, that only after a\nGriffin said Ford has such Both Byrd and Griffine\ncareful job at their conven-\ntragedy has occurred in integrity. and honesty it agreed that Agnew received\ntions.\nAmerican politics that the would be a reflection on adequate punishment under\nGriffin appeared the\nvice presidential candidate Congress itself if it did not the circumstances for evad\nundergoes careful scrutiny.\nABC television program\nmove speedily, to confirm\ning income taxes.\nIssues and Answers with\nSen. Robert C. Byrd (D.,\nW.Va.), who also said a\nmechanism is needed to be\nsure vice presidential\nhominees get close scrutiny.\n\"Both parties should cre-\nate a mechanism where the\nWashing 10-13-73\n1972 MICHIGAN RACE\nFord\nDonors Kept Secret\nBy James R. Polk\nwere endorsed over to the\nPresident Nixon chose quirements, itemizing every\nStarr-News Staff Writer\nCongressiona Campaign\nFord last night as his nomi contribution down to a $1\nGerald R. Ford, named\nCommittee. A similar\nnee for vice president, to gift by one man. But the\nlast night as President Nix-\namount came from the\nsucceed Spiro T. Agnew, reports embrace only the\non's choice to be the next\ncommittee to his own cam-\nwho resigned and did not period after the new law\nvice president, received half\npaign, Ford said, something\ncontest charges of income took effect, and fail to detail\nthe money for his last House\nthat was \"purely coinciden-\ntax evasion. The Justice the sources of the $38,216\ncampaign from a secret\ntal\" and can be proved.\nDepartment said Agnew raised in Washington\nfun catun which\ntook thousands of dollars in The secret, earlybird\nBy James R. Polk\nthe scandal that drove own committee was able to foundland last week, gave\nStar-News Staff Writer\nSpiro Agnew from the pass out about $22,000 in $3,000\nVice President-designate\nvice presidency, accused of donations to other Republi- Another $2,546 came from\nGerald R. Ford says he is\naccepting payoffs for the can candidates for Congress Joseph M. Segel in merion,\nready to face all questions\npast decade\nfrom Iowa to Utah, as well Pa. president of the Frank-\non his campaign finances\nBut Ford's 1972 campaign\nas to Michigan hopefuls lin Mint, which sold the\nand knows of nothing in his\nrecords reflect the outpour-\nback home About a third of commemorative medals for\npast that will embarrass\ning of special interest\nhis early money from the\nNixon's last inaugural. And\nhim.\ngroups.\nsecret D.C. FUND WAS hometown multimillionaire\nAta new conference yes-\nHis largetst donor was the\nUSED THIS WAY LAST\nEdward\nJ.\nFrey\na\nGrand\nterday, Ford said he expect-.\nMarine Engineers Benefi-\nSUMMER\nRapids bank chairman;\ned the confirmation bear-\ncial Association (MEBA),\nFord's success has been\ngave $2,000.\nings to look into his han-\nwhich gave $7,500 through\ntwo political funds. The fed-\nmaintained without tapping\nFrey, Shaheen and Segal\ndling of unreported cam-\nthe home folks pocket-\neach had given more than\npaign checks in 1970, but\neral government provides\nmillions of dollars in ship-\nbooks In the last election,\n$100,000 for President Nix-\ndenied any wrongdoing and\nping company subsidies\n90 percent of the money\non's campaign last year.\nsaid, \"It should be gone into\nidentified on the reports\nScaife had given $1 million.\nfully.\"\nthat underwrite the higher\ncame from beyond the dis-\nFrey was the only notice-\nThe campaign money is-\ncosts of American seamen's\nable donor inside Ford's\nTHE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, MAY 17, 1970\nMUSKIE IS FIRST\nIN SPEECH PROFIT\nRogers\n$80,183 for Writings and\nTalks Led Senate in '69\nPeet\nWASHINGTON, May 16 (AP)\nSenator Edmund S. Muskie of\nMaine topped all Senators with\npromoner\nearnings from speeches and\nour\nTHE EVENING STAR\nAV\nExtra Fees Paid Senators Exceed $600,000\nWashington, D. C., Monday, May 18, 1970\n**\nSen. Vance Hartke, D-Ind., both\nEight book publishers paid\nmembers of the Senate Finance\nsenators a total of $15,868 in Γoy-\nBy ROBERT WALTERS\nform of individual payments of\nW. Packwood, R-Ore., received\nA third senator also equalled\nSparkman, D-Ala., $14,000; Dan-\nhigher because four senators\nCommittee.\nalties and advances, while five\nStar Staff Writer\n$2,500 apiece to Senators Yar-\n$1,000; Senators Edward J. Gur-\nhis congressional salary by re-\nel Inouye, D-Hawaii, $13,650;\nfailed to file any reports in time\nOnly five senators reported\nnewspaper syndicates paid a to-\nMembers of the Senate earned\nborough, Byrd, and Gale W.\nney, R-Fla., and Thomas F.\nceiving $39,300 on the lecture cir-\nCharles H. Percy, R-Ill., $13,940;\nto meet the May 15 deadline.\npayments, totaling $5,000, from\ntal of $5,570 for various columns\ntotal of more than $600,000 last\nMcGee, D-Wyo. Receiving $2,000\nEagleton, D-Mo., each got $800;\ncuit. He is Bayh, who achieved\nand Fulbright, $13,176.\nThey are Senators James O.\nBrimberg this year. McGovern\nand articles. Writing income\nyear in lecture fees, book royal-\nfrom the union was Sen. Charles\nand Senators Bayh, Howard H.\nconsiderable national promi-\nAlso Senators Packwood,\nEastland, D-Miss.; Lee Metcalf,\nreceived $1,500, Sen. Frank E.\nfrom all sources was reported at\nLies, payments for magazine ar-\nMcC. Mathias, R-Md.\nBaker Jr., R-Tenn., and George\nnence after leading the success-\n$13,015; Joseph D. Tydings,\nD-Mont.; Joseph M. Montoya,\nMoss, D-Utah, got $500, and Sen-\n$41,165.\nticles and newspaper columns,\nAnother maritime union, the\nMurphy, R-Calif., received $500\nful fight against two of Presi-\nD-Md., $11,750; Scott, $11,550;\nD-N.M., and Richard B. Russell,\nators Bayh, Goodell and Spark-\nPublic speaking has become\ntelevision appearances and re-\nSeafarers International Union,\napiece.\ndent Nixon's nominees for Su-\nHarold E. Hughes, D-Iowa,\nD-Ga.\nman were paid $1,000 each for\nsuch a substantial sideline for\nFor contenders for\npreme Court seats.\"\n$11,164; Strom Thurmond,\nAn aide to Sen. Karl E. Mundt,\naddressing company luncheons.\nmembers of the Senate that nine\nCharles\nE\nGood-\nB-S.D. filed a letter saying that\nReporting payments from\ndifferent lecture bureaus were\nBE\nhaving\nA-8\nTHE EVENING STAR\nWashington, D. C., Menday, May 18, 1970\nAbernathy Sets 100-Mile March\nAUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - The\nRev. Ralph David Abernathy\nrich nation, a nation that is mov-\nsays a 100-mile march across\ning toward institutionalized vio-\nWOODWARD\n&LOTHROP\nDRIVE\nMITCHELL TO MAKE SPEECH\nCAMBODIA\nNew Line of Supply\nIN MISSISSIPPI DESPITE PROTEST\nAtty. Gen. John N. Mitchell plans to keep a speaking\nSeen as Hanoi Goal\nNew Thrust Begun\nNegro group in that etate\nengagement in Mississippi tomorrow despite protests by a\nBy 10,000 Troops\nContinued From Page A41 by South Vietnamese river\nmajor provincial capital some\nboats sent there to pick up\nContinued From Page A-1 there's something in there he\n40 miles down the river.\nVietnamese refugees escap-\nstockpile of communications\nwants to protect.\nequipment in a complex of bunk- The area is more than 100\nFULBRIGHT\nEnvoy's Confirmation\nle Blocked hi,\npable or carrying several tons\nDoats to support Cambodian\nIS DIOCKED by Senator\nDavison said his forces have\ncause 4,000 emmic Cambodians,\nof ammunition.\ntroops operating on the banks.\nThe Communist campaign in\nSome observers believed this\n\"some pretty damned good\nmost of them from towns over-\nrun by American troops, and\nnorthern Cambodia fits in di-\nidea might have been designed\nContinued From Page A-11\nactivities\nof\nU.S.\nintelligence\nleads, and think we're confi-\nthey would be returned to their\nrectly with renewed enemy at-\nto offset the disadvantages of\nunderstanding on this he said.\nagencies.\ndent that they're going to be\nhomes \"as soon as feasible.'\ntacks on important towns\nS e n n g South Vietnamese\nSome persons maintain that\nAlthough McClintock had been\nproductive.\nThe U.S. Command reported\naround the Bolovens Plateau,\ntroops 50 deep into Cambodia.\nCongress and the committee\n\"not entirely cooperative,\" Sym-\n\"We started out with the\n147 Americans killed in the Cam-\nbodian operations and 565\nle\nwounded, a ratio of about 3.8\nd\nwounded to each man killed,\nwhereas the ratio in American\nt,\noperations in Vietnam during\nat\nthe first four months of 1970 was\nabout 7.5 wounded to each man\n5,\nkilled. U.S. officials attributed\nthe lower ratio in Cambodia to a\net\nsearcity of booby traps and\nis\nmines.\nto\nSLOWDOWN\na\nContinued From Page A-1\nmade late last week on one U.S.\ne\ninfantry company cleaning out a\ne\nsupply cache.\ne\nWhereas early resistance was\ndi\nfrom rear-guard security forces,\nthe enemy troops fighting now\nappear to be from regular infan-\nB\ntry units, indicating the Commu-\nnist command is seriously con-\ntesting the allied thrusts.\n.\nThe monsoon weather \"is just\nstarting to hurt us,\" said Clarke.\nParticularly vulnerable to the\nfog and the heavy rain clouds\nare the Air Cavalry Division's\n\"pink\" teams of spotter helicop-\nters and gunships spearheading\nthe drive to locate supply\ncaches.\nThe tiny spotter helicopters fly\nat tree-top level, seeking move-\nallied campaign extends as far\nup from the south. They could\nAMOU\"\nattempt a similar river-land\nland, nuclear matters and the\nMcClintock, as he left the\ned as U.S. forces probed into the\nment and other evidence of\nsouth as Kompong Cham, the\nlargest Cambodian city after\nattack on Kratie, which links\nhearing room, indicated puzzle-\nunexplored areas that Davison\ncaches, while the high powered\ndirectly with the old base\nment as to where his appoint-\ndescribed as \"the logistics reser-\nCobra gunships hang in the sky\nthe capital, Phnom Penh.\nareas in the Fishhook region\nment now stands.\nvoir\" feeding three different\n2,000 feet up, waiting to attack.\nNorth Vietnamese and Vist\nRelaxed Nixon\n\"You'd better ask the chair-\ntrail networks into South Viet-\nOften in recent days these\nCong troops entered Kompong\nalong Route 13.\nman. If you find out, let me\nnam.\nsearch missions have to be\nCham over the weekend, but\nGarrison in Northeast\nSet to Return\nknow,\" be said, refusing to say\naborted because of the weather.\nnice\nretreated in the face of Cam-\nThe three-star general said\nbodian air and ground attacks.\nCambodian leaders are be-\nanything else on the matter.\nthat in the past few days the\nRainstorms are also hamper-\nAfter the brief encounter with\nenemy \"is beginning to show\ning supply missions. But ar-\nCambodian commanders ap-\nlieved far too concerned with\npeared to regard Kompong\nthe outer defenses of Phnom\nFrom Florida\nMcClintock, the committee\nevidences of sort of getting\nmored operations in this area do\nlittle\nmoved on to hear testimony\nCham, only 60 miles northeast\nthings. in hand and beginning to\nnot appear much affected so far.\nof the capital, as absolutely\nPenh, ranging from Kompong\nBy a Star Staff Writer\nfrom deputy under secretary of\nreact on a more organized and\nThe U.S. 11th Armored Regi-\nnecessary to defend against\nCham on the north, to Takeo,\nKEY BISCAYNE, Fla.\nstate William B. Macomber Jr.\norderly basis.\"\nment has moved to high ground\ncover-up!\n30 miles to the south, to want\nPresident Nixon, tanned and re-\non a proposal to lower the man-\n\"We've had several attacks on\nand escaped the clinging mud\nthe enemy's advances. The\nto send their own troops to\nlaxed after a long weekend un-\ndatory retirement age for career\nsome of our fire bases that give\nnow building up in the Fishhook,\nCommunists, if they overran\nsuch towns as Kratie and\nStung Treng. The government\nder balmy Florida and Bahamas\ndiplomats. But an exchange be-\nstrice.\ntween Macomber and Fulbright\nevery evidence of being the re-\nwhere the tanks first swept\nKompong Cham, could then\nsult of reconnaissance, planning\nthrough.\nit's stretchknit terry from\nand then putting in the attack,\nThe Easy Part\nSiren and it's essential\nhe said. \"In the area where\nwe're experiencing this right\nOnly about 30 percent of the\nfor summer!\nnow, I think the enemy is very\nsanctuary area has been COV-\nsensitive about our being there,\nered so far, and that has been\nSleep\nTog\nBeach\nand I suspect that the reason\nthe easy 30 percent. Many of the\nremaining areas have canopy\nShift\nhe's very sensitive is that\nAfter-Shower\njungle, hills and heavy bunkers.\nField commanders say there\nPut-On\njust\nis increasing evidence that the\n175 Draft Protesters\nlarge supply dumps found in the\nthe easiest thing to\nArrested at Sit-In\nFishhook region and adjoining\nzip up the front.\nareas were way stations on the\nNEWTON, Mass. (AP)-About\ntrails into South Vietnam. Offi-\nShocking Pink or Loud\n175 demonstrators were arrested\ncers of the U.S. 1st Air Cavalry\nDivision said their forces were\nLoud Lemon, p-s-m-i, 11.00\ntoday during . eit in at the\nNighttime Lingerie, All Stores\nExcept Eastover\nORDER YOU COVER-UP\nBY CALLING 783-7600.\n4-22-72\nTHE\nNaw\nKEPUBLIC\nIndiana with only Humphrey as competition. For\nweeks ahead. and there are hundreds of uncommitted\nHumphrey. who's never won a presidential primary\npeople running around those conventions waiting to\nin his long career, Pennsylvania becomes critical after\nbe wooed.\nhis poor third place showing among his neighbors in-\nFor: Muskie, wins in. Massachusetts, Ohio and\nWisconsin. He needs a good boost before heading for\nPennsylvania could bring in dozens of delegates from\nhis own double-header in Ohio and Indiana.\nother states, whereas only moderate showings will\nIt's different for McGovern. He could survive mod-\nnot shake many of them loose. Humphrey and Mc-\ncrately poor showings in Pennsylvania and Massa-\nGovern have the same problems\nchusetts in the sense that his people will go on work-\nAll the candidates share; to one degree or another,\ning for him right up to the convention and will be\none final worry-money, or the lack of it. A party\npicking off more than their share of delegates in the\nthat's not only: broke but in debt can keep on ii-\nconvention-states; as evinced. by last week's results\nnancing a half dozen major candidates. Already. the\nin Virginia and Kansas. In Virginia, the McGovern\nshortage is curtailing their activities, as in the case of\nforces claims third of the state convention dele-\nMcGovern in Pennsylvania. Muskie's staff has gone\ngates: in Kansas, they claim control of two of five\noff the payroll already. Humphrey is scratching about\ncongressional districts based on strong showings in\nWashington looking for people to raise money for him\nWichita and Kansas City.\nand rumor has it Jackson has blown the $400,000 his\nThe late April primaries are vital. A lot of delegates\nsupporters advanced him and there isn't any more\nare going to be chosen- at state conventions in the\nwhere that came from\nCongressional Campaign Contributions\nHarder to Conceal\nby James R. Polk\nCongress is awakening suddenly, painfully to the im-\none else in Washington. And if the issue is raised in a\npact its new campaign reform law is going to have\ncampaign before the voters back home, it can be\na\nin opening up its own political pocketbooks to the\ntouchy threat\nvoter's views For the first time: candidates for the\nAlcongressmant doesn't have the broad fund-raising\nHouse and Senate face a- strict disclosure law that re-\nappeal of a presidential or senatorial candidate: It's\nquires public reports designed to catch all contribu-\nlikely he paid much of the cost of his first campaign\ntions of more than $100 and to identify the donors not\npersonally: With seniority, however, more and more of\nonly by. full name and address, but by job title and\nhis campaign contributions tend to come from special\ncompany. Many congressmen already are aghast over\ninterests in industry, labor and Washington lobbying\nwhat they have wrought. \"We may be entering a pro-\ncircles. For investors in today's high-priced political\nhibition eral of politics-everybody trying to think up\nmarket, a check for a congressman is still a bargain,\ndevices to: get around the law, says a Democratic\nwhereas in a $30-million White House campaign, it is\nfund-raiser for the House.\ndifficult for a donor to make a dent unless he can come\nFrom a congressman's perspective, there is good\nup with something like the $300,000 the dairy industry\nreason to be worried. House incumbents probably are\npiped into clandestine committees for President Nixon\nmore susceptible to special-interest money than any.\nlast year. In 2 House race where the average costimay\nbe $50,000. a lobbyist's check for $500 or $1000 will be\nJAMES R. Polx is a former Associated Press investigative\nremembered, at least until the next election\nreporter. doing research on campaign funding on a grant\nWhat is at stake for congressmen in the new disclo-\nfrom the Fund for Investigative Journalism.\nsure law can be seen in the 1970 campaigns of two\n16\nTHE NEW REPUBLIC\nIndiana with only Humphrey as competition For\nweeks ahead. and there are hundreds of uncommitted\nHamphrey. who's never wonk a presidential primary\npeople running around those inventions waiting to\nThis long career, Pennsylvania becomes critical after\nbe wooed.\nhis poor third place showing among his neighbors in\nFor: Muskie, wins in Massachusetts, Ohio and\nWisconsin. He needs a good. boost before heading for\nPennsylvania could bring in dozens of delegates from\nhis own double-header in Ohio and Indiana\nother states, whereas only moderate showings will\nit's different for McGovern. He could survive mod-\nnot shake many of them loose. Humphrey and Mc-\ncrately poor. showings in Pennsylvania and Massa-\nGovern have the same problem.\nchusetts in the sense that his people will go on work-\nAll the candidates share, to one degree or another,\ning for him right up to the convention and will be\none final worry-money, or the lack. of it. A party\npicking off more than their share of delegates in the\nthat's not only broke but in debt can keep on fi-\nconvention states; as evinced by last week's results\nnancing a half dozen major candidates. Already. the\nin Virginia and Kansas. In Virginia, the McGovern\nshortage is curtailing their activities, as in the case of\nforces claims one third of the state convention dele-\nMcGovern in Pennsylvania. Muskie's staff has gone\ngates:- in Kansas, they claim control of two of five\noff the payroll already. Humphrey is scratching about\ncongressional districts based on strong showings in\nWashington looking for people to raise money for him,\nWichita and Kansas City.\nand rumor has it Jackson has blown the $400,000 his\nThe late April primaries are vital. A lot of delegates\nsupporters advanced him and there isn't any more\nare going to be chosen at state conventions in the\nwhere that came from.\nCongressional Campaign Contributions\nHarder to Conceal\nby James R. Polk\nCongress is awakening suddenly, painfully to the im-\none else in Washington. And if the issue is raised in a\npact its new campaign reform law is going to have\ncampaign before the voters back home, it can be a\nin opening uprils own political pocketbooks to the\ntouchy threat\nvoter's view For the first time, candidates for the\nA.congressman doesn't have the broad fund-raising\nHouse and Senate face a strict disclosure law that re-\nappeal of a presidential or senatorial candidate It's\nquires public reports designed to catch all contribu-\nlikely he paid much of the cost of his first campaign\ntions of more than $100 and to identify the donors not\npersonally. With seniority, however, more and more of\nonly by full name and address, but by job title and\nhis campaign contributions tend to come from special\ncompany. Many congressmen already are aghast over\ninterests in industry, labor and Washington lobbying\nwhat they have wrought. \"We may be entering a 'pro-\ncircles. For investors in today's high-priced political\nhibition era of politics-everybody trying to think up\nmarket, a check for a congressman is still a bargain,\ndevices to: get around the law,' says a Democratic\nwhereas in a $30-million White House campaign, it is\nfund-raiser for the House.\ndifficult for a donor to make a dent unless he can come\nFrom a congressman's perspective, there is good\nup with something like the $300,000 the dairy industry\nreason to be worried. House incumbents probably are\npiped into clandestine committees for President Nixon\nmore susceptible to special-interest money than any-\nlast year. In 2 House race where the average cost may\nbe $50,000. a lobbyist's check for $500 or $1000 will be\nJAMES R. Polx is a former Associated Press investigative\nremembered, at least until the next election\nreporter, doing research on campaign funding on a grant\nWhat is at stake for congressmen in the new disclo-\nfrom the Fund for Investigative journalism.\nare law can be seen in the 1970 campaigns of\n6\nweeks 717 ahead, and there are hundreds of uncommitted\n4-22-52\nTHE NEW REPUBLIC\nIndispaswilh only Humphrey as competition. For\ninphrey, who's never won a presidential primary\npeople running around those conventions waiting to\nin his long career, Pennsylvania,becomes critical after\nbe wooed.\nhis poor third place showing among his neighbors in\nFor Muskie, wins in Massachusetts, Ohio and\nWisconsin. He needs a good boost before heading for\nPennsylvania could bring in dozens of delegates from\nhis own double-header in Ohio and Indiana.\nother states, whereas only moderate showings will\nIt's different for McGovern, He could survive mod-\nnot shake many of them loose. Humphrey and Mc-\nerately poor showings in Pennsylvania and Massa-\nGovern have the same problem.\nchusetts in the sense that his people will go on work.\nAll the candidates share, to one degree or another,\ning for him right up to the convention and will be\none final worry-money, or the lack of it. A party\npicking off more than their share of delegates in the\nthat's not only broke but in debt can't keep on 11-\nconvention states, as evinced by last week's results\nnancing a half dozen major candidates, Already, the\nin Virginia and Kansas. in Virginia, the McGovern\nshortage is curtailing their activities, as in the case of\nforces claim one-third of the state convention dele-\nMcGovern in Pennsylvania. Muskie's staff has gone\ngates; in Kansas, they claim control of two of five\noff the payroll already. Humphrey is scratching about\ncongressional districts based on strong showings in\nWashington looking for people to raise money for him,\nWichita and Kansas City,\nand rumor has it Jackson has blown the $400,000 his\nThe late April primaries are vital. A lot of delegates\nsupporters advanced him and there isn't any more\nare going to be chosen at state conventions in the\nwhere that came from.\nCongressional Campaign Contributions\nHarder to Conceal\nby James R. Polk\nCongress is awakening suddenly, painfully to the im-\none else in Washington. And if the issue is raised in a\npact its new campaign reform law is going to have\ncampaign before the voters back home, it can be a\nin opening up its own political pocketbooks to the\ntouchy threat.\nvoter's view, For the first time, candidates for the\nA congressman doesn't have the broad fund-raising\nHouse and Senate face a strict disclosure law that re-\nappeal of a presidential or senatorial candidate. It's\nquires public reports designed to catch all contribu-\nlikely he paid much of the cost of his first campaign\ntions of more than $100 and to identify the donors not\npersonally. With seniority, however, more and more of\nonly by full name and address, but by job title and\nhis campaign contributions tend to come from special\ncompany. Many congressmen already are aghast over\ninterests in industry, labor and Washington lobbying\nwhat they have wrought. \"We may be entering a 'pro-\ncircles. For investors in today's high-priced political\nhibition era' of politics - everybody trying to think up\nmarket, a check for a congressman is still a bargain,\ndevices to get around the law,\" says a Democratic\nwhereas in a $30-million White House campaign, it is\nfund-raiser for the House.\ndifficult for a donor to make a dent unless he can come\nFrom a congressman's perspective, there is good\nup with something like the $300,000 the dairy industry\nreason to be worried, House incumbents probably are\npiped into clandestine committees for President Nixon\nmore susceptible to special-interest money than any-\nlast year. In a House race where the average cost may\nbe $50,000, a lobbyist's check for $500 or $1000 will be\nJAMES R. POLK is n former Associated Press investigative\nremembered, at least until the next election.\nGERALD\nreporter, doing research on campaign funding on il grant\nWhat is at stake for congressmen in the new disclo-\nfrom the Fund for Investigative fournalism.\nsure law can be seen in the 1970 campaigns of two\nSENATORS REPORT\nOUTSIDE EARNINGS\nBayh's Income of $44,331\nfor Speeches Is Highest\nWASHINGTON, May 15 (AP)\nSenator Birch Bayh, Demo-\ncrat of Indiana, says he earned\n$44,331 from speches delivered\nacross the nation last year,\nmore than his $42,500 Senate\nsalary.\nMr. Bayh's out-of-Senate In-\ncome was the highest amose\nTHE NEW YORK TIMES, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1972\n$15,683 for 7 Buckley Talks\nBy RICHARD L. MADDEN\nes or articles, the largest of\nfor all branches of the armed\nSpecial to The New York Times\nwhich were $2,000 each from\nforces,\" Mr. Biaggi contended.\nBri\nWASHINGTON, May 19-\nIndiana State University and\ne\nSenator James L. Buckley of\nContrary to the prevailing\nthe University of Vermont.\nNew York, who unseated a\nview that Congressmen don't\nRepublican Senator in the\nSenator Lowell P. Weicker\nget involved in one anoth-\n1970 election, received more\nJr., Republican of Connecti-\ner's primary fights, especially\nthan $15,000 last year for\ncut-$1,500 for two speeches.\nwhen two of their colleagues\nAn exper\nmaking speeches, six of them\nThe largest was $1,000 for a\nare running against each oth-\nof his way\nat Republican fund-raising\nspeech to the National Envi-\ner, a group of Democratic\nsomething\ngatherings across the coun-\nronmental Health Associa-\nHouse members has quietly\ntainly will\nerts more n\ntry. Mr. Buckley, a Conserva-\ntion.\ngiven some personal and fi-\ntive - Republi-\nSenator Clifford P. Case,\nnancial support to Repre-\na lesser pli\nRepublican of New Jersey-\nsentative William F. Ryan of\nresigns him\nNotes On can and mem-\nthat the eff\nber of the\n$1,000 for a lecture and sem-\nManhattan in his Democratic\nbe wasted.\nMetropolitan\nRepublican\nSen-\ninar of the C.P.C. Internation-\nprimary battle with Repre-\nA case in\nCongressmen a torial Cam-\nal Plaza Club.\nsentative Bella S. Abzug.\nMore than 20 liberal\ngramed de\npaign Commit-\nSenator Harrison A. Wil-\nweekend in\nliams Jr., Democrat of New\nDemocratic House members\ntee, has been in demand on\nter pair\nJersey - $10,750 for 16\nturned out last Tuesday\nthe Republican dinner-speak-\nwhich\nnight for a private fund-\nPhiladelphia\nGranovetter\nA-8\nTHE SUNDAY STAR and DAILY NEWS\nWashington, D. C., February 25, 1973\n100 Donors Gave Nixon's Campaign $14 Million\nin 1908. Now chairman of a\nBillionaire recluse Howard\nThe milk money was one\nSicily at the turn of the cen-\ngo, who was selling milk-\nBy JAMES R. POLK\nof the few special-interest\ntury, a fromer bricklayer,\nshake equipment in the mid-\ndrug firm that bears his\nR. Hughes, also among the\nStar-Nows\nStaff\nWriter\n1950s when he spotted a drive-\nname and makes St. Joseph's\nA handful of just 100 donors\npackages to surface on the\ntomato farmer and cab driver,\nfabled few, was a bit farther\ntop list. Other sizable sums\nwho eventually founded Trop-\nin restaurant with a good\naspirin, Plough saw his stock\ndown the list at $88,000.\ncontributed $14 million to\ncame from the Seafarers In-\nicana Products in Bradenton,\nidea.\ngo up $39 million last year.\nU. $56 000 for Nixon.\nHowever, the real total for\nfrom the campaign's secret lead the super-givers in that the campaign money was\npre-April drive.\nperiod.\nlinked to an increase in milk\nChicago insurance executive\nThree political funds for the price supports.\nEFFECT VE MONDAY FEBRUARY 26, 1973\nBig Nixon Contributors\nBRING\nUSE AS A\nAD\nMerion.\npartner,\nLoob,\n&\nHere is a list of the top 100\nMint,\nYork\nCity.\nWeleeeo!\nAP\nSHOPPING\n$62,000.\nWITH\nLIST\n$105,601\nLawrence\nYOU\nand\nCharles\nWilliams,\nretired\nMine-\ncontributors to President Nix-\nchairman\nand\nrais,\nThe\nWilliams\nW.\nTyler,\nretired\non's re-election campaign, as\nJohn\nM.\nNew\nYork\nCity.\nNatural\nThe\ncompiled from official filings\nTexas.\nand\nMrs.\nwith the General Accounting\nOffice, court records and dis-\nLake\nFifty\nand\nUp\n$102,415.\nclosures on pre-April dona-\nLandon,\nFrey,\ntions, and totals verified by\nUnion\nBank\nLambert,\nEXTRA LOW PRICES!\n$102,000.\nvarious individual donors:\nH.\nRichmond,\nJohn\nM.\nOlin,\nNew\nYork\nCity,\nary\nchairman,\nCorp.,\n$101,500.\nThe Givern\nChattanooga,\nШЕО\n$60,122.\nand Daniel J. Terra, Kenilworth, IL.,\nmajor\n$110,461.\nJohn\nL.\nLosb,\nYork\nCity,\nsenior\nchairman, Lawter Chemicals.\nL and up J\nSliced Bacon\nALLGOOD\nBRAND\n21\n.89\nlb.\nNixon Bloc Takes Firm Hold\nFancy Whitings\nDRESSED\n5-1b.\n1\n.89\nNONE PRICED HIGHER!\npkg.\ná\n39c\nOf Supreme Court Decisions\nA & P WEO Produce Dept Values!\nFROZEN FOOD SELECTIONS\nBy FRED BARNES\nparticipate, the votes of Stew-\nmonth in which Powell and\nA&P\nBlax-News Staff Writer\nart and White allowed the Nix-\nStewart joined the liberals\nThe four conservative jus-\non bloc to form the majority\nand ruled against an attempt\nanyway.\nby the government to hold\ndown the compensation that\nHONEY TANGERINES\nCORN\nON\nTHE\nCOB\ntices nominated by President\nA month ago, the court\nFORD R. GERALD LIBRARY\nWALL\nSTREET\nE 1973 Dote Junes 3 Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.\nTION\nTHURSDAY. JUNE 28, 1973\nSen. Montoy.1 declines requests for inter-\nMexico-based Montoya for Senator Club. The\nBackers 'Laundered'\nviews about his fund-raising, and his Washing-\nclub did file a statement, but it was deceptive.\nton-based treasurer. Jack Beaty. sounds reluc-\ntant to answer the sort of questions Mr. Mon-\nIn a nine-page report to the secretary of state,\n'70 Campaign Gifts\ntoya is asking Republicans on television these\nthe club carefully listed the names of contribu-\ndays. \"There's no use wasting your breath any\ntors giving $5 to $50 opiece while owning up to\nTo Watergate Prober\nfurther!\" Mr. Beaty exclaims, slamming\njust two labor contributions totaling $759, or\ndown the phone after rushing through a pre-\nless than 2% of the Senator's actual income\npared statement. claiming compliance with \"all\nlaws governing senatorial campaign contribu-\nfrom union sources. The obvious intention was\nMontoya Donations by Unions\ntions at the time.\"\nto show that little people, but not labor bosses,\nAnd Other Interest Groups\nSen. Montoya, of course, isn't the only can-\nwere backing the Senator's candidacy.\ndidate to conceal potentially embarrassing con-\nIn fact, the Montoya organization was so\nWere Routed to Hide Source\ntributions. The old Federal Corrupt Practices\neager to hide the Senator's labor support that it\nAct (which lapsed only on April 7. 1972 when\nfailed to disclose even those contributions\nthe tougher Federal Election Campaign Act\nmade payable to the New Mexico-based club.\nBy JERRY LANDAUER\ntook effect) was so filled with loopholes as to\nThe Meat Cutters' political fund, one of 19\nReporter of THE WALL STRUET\nhe almost meaningless. So are similar laws in\nunion funds that gave money to the Montoya\nWASHINGTON-Chairman Sam Ervin drew\nmany states-and, indeed, some states have no\ncampaign. sent $1,000 to the Senator's club on\npplatise at a recent round of Watergate hear.\ndisclosure law at all.\nSept. 8, 1970, for example. The gift wasn't re-\n123 when he observed that men holding high\nublic office \"should have their activities\nAll Must File\"\nported to the secretary of state.\nBut New Mexico does have a law. It re-\nuided by ethical principles higher than the\nYet when it suited the Senator's purposes,\nquires fund-raising committees for a candidate\nhis managers could read the New Mexico elec-\nminimidm Intent of the law.\"\nto report their receipts and expenditures with\ntion\nlaw\nas\nSeb: Ervin was looking straight ahead at\nthe\nritness Maurice Stans, the former\nI\n1\nThe Queen returned Saturday from its trip to the Come- Chance) bundland, Come-By-Chances,Newfbmmidland; refinery\nbeing built by John M Shaheen, who chartered the ship for a week week-long long voyage,\nElizabeth n\nGERAD R. FORD LIBRA\nFord Pledges Disclosure Returns\nFord Vows to Reveal\nFinances and Taxes\nI had anything in my back\nHouse press gallery a few\nBy Spencer Rich\nWashington Poet Staff Writer\nground\" it would have come\nmoments before walking\nout by now, Ford said.\nonto the House floor-\nHouse Republican leader\nThe vice presidential nom-\nwhere he has been a popu-\nGerald R. Ford, named by\nPresident Nixon to be Vice\ninee also said, \"I have noin-\nlar member for 25 years-to\nPresident of the United\ntention of being a candidate\nthe stormy applause of his\nfor any political office, Pres-\ncolleagues.\nStates. pledged yesterday to\nVice President any-\nRepublicans and Demo-\nSt. Petersburg Times, Sunday, October 28, 1973 3-D\nTHE PUBLIC'S VIEW\nSports Page Story Criticized\nBy University Of Florida Frat\ned:\nsubjects\nEditor: Regarding \"Gators All-Time\nthe money we traditionally bring in and\nMediocre,\" Times, Oct. 22.\n(5) this \"makeshift elevated bathtub\"\nNo matter how hard a fraternity tries\nmakes more omney than the entire cam-\nto change that 1950 stereotype image of\npus effort combined. SELL' bothing alood\nhouse - date 1: that W\nThe Search\nFor A\nTATASS\n400\nNew\nFreedom\nNH\nM\nwintis,\nThis is the fifth of 20 essays in\ncomplex. Da, we increase electrical pro-\nthe newspaper. university course,\nduction. until everyone has an air condi-\n\"America and the Future of Man.\"\ntioner, for, example, or do we: declare\nthat, no, one-may have an air condition-\nFor information on how to enroll,\ner? It would certainly be un-American to\nseebelow.\nmake a judgment that says that some\ncan and can to But home decision\nBy JAMES BONNER\nmust be made, 1 ESS\nThe portent is clear: We cannot con-\nWhat are the signs and portents for\ntinue tol increase oun-material affluence\nAmericans today? Signs are everywhere\nforever; WBI inust York I and attain a\nabout us: The traffic hassle, the parking\nsteady wi state level of material affluence\nhassle, the health care delivery prob-\nand abundance/\nlems, the difficulty of preserving quality.\neducation for our children in the face of\nAll of the above does not imply that\nrising educational costs, the crisis ok\nour culture cannot grow, change and be-\nwater and air pollution, the problem of\ncome enriched. It can in a myriad of\nthe garbage disposal, and to top it off\nways.\nthe energy crisis,\nWe could, if we wished, all become\nHow can we provide electricity and\nwell educated; we could, some all of\ngasoline to & growing population at a\nus, cultivate our artistic senses: we\nrate which increases 7 per cent per per-\ncould go to meetings, church and even to\nson per year? These are what I will call\nwork in many cases by telephone ory\nmaterial signs with their attendant mate,\nclosed circuit TV, in all instances saving\nrial partente and then amparate\nlarge amounts of energy. time and traf-\nWashington outlook\nNovember 10, 1973 / Edited by Bruce Agnew\nSpeaking bluntly about Jerry Ford\nBut he would also turn instinctively to old Cor\nIf Richard Nixon is forced out of office, his chosen\ngressional friends. He would lean heavily on Whit\nsuccessor, Gerald R. Ford, would make a better\nHouse Counselor Melvin R. Laird, who helped prc\nPresident than some of Ford's press notices sug-\npel Ford to the House leadership in 1965 and whor\ngest. A Ford Administration would be unadven-\nFord proposed to Nixon as Vice-President. Othe\nturous but solidly competent.\nold associates who might play prominent roles in\nTo begin with, those who know him stress that he\nFord Administration include former New York Sena\nisn't slow-as many early accounts implied. Repre-\ntor Charles E. Goodell and former conservative\nsentative Richard Bolling (D-Mo.), a leading House\nHouse members H. Allen Smith (California) and Wil\nliberal, scorns Lyndon Johnson's famous charac-\nliam C. Cramer (Florida). His old law partner and\nterization of Ford as having \"played too much foot-\nclose friend, Philip W. Buchen of Grand Rapids\nball with his helmet off.\" Ford\nMich., would be a confidant.\nis unimaginative, even pedes-\ntrian in his thinking, but by no\nThe Ex-Im Bank race heats up\nmeans unintelligent. He would\nThe contest to succeed Henry Kearns as presiden\nbe slow to embrace new ideas,\nof the Export-Import Bank is becoming a free-for-all.\nbut nobody has to tell him any-\nAt least six candidates are now in the running, with\nthing. twice. He is bighly in\nWell\n500 signed over to GOP\nep.Ford's unreported political gifts\ntroversy over as pending bill on bank regula-\npreted over the years. that my action was\nBy JAMES R. POLK\nwithin the laiv.\" He did not elaborate.\nInvoluted Press Writer\ntim. ? A $3,000 check from John M. Shaheen. head\nin the 45-year history of the corrupt prac-\n!INGTON - House Republican Leader\ntices act the Justice Department has never\nof a New York City oil firm with refineries in\nhrought a court case against a congressman\nR. Ford, of Michigan, failed to report\nCanada, California and Arkansas.\nfor campaign wrongdaing.\nin campaign contributions last fall from\nA $1,000 check from the political arm of the\nThe $11,500 in Ford campaign contributions\nokers, an oilman, bankers, doctors and\nBuilerm.ikers-Blacksmiths Union, with\nwas turned over to the Republican Congres-\nnational headquarters in Kansas City, Kan.\nsional Committee in a 10-day period just before\nart, group. the checks given to Ford were de-\n9 A $500 check from the Michigan Doctors Po-\nand after the Nov. 3 election.\nthrough Re-\nlitical Action Committee.\nA second group, the Republican National Fi-\nin headquar-\nUnlike most candidates, Ford acted as trease\nnance Advisory Committee, which is run by\nurer of his main campaign group, the \"Ford\nthe same man at GOP headquarters, sent four\nhere while\nfor Congress Committee. and therefore was\nchecks totaling $6,760 to two other Grand\nhly the same\nbound by the corrupt practices act to file a\nRapids committees, \"Latvians for Ford\" and\n$12,502\ncomplete report of its money dealings.\n\"Veterans for Ford,\" last Nov. 4 and Nov. 20.\neing fed back\nHowever. Ford said, \"I would say, under the\ninterpretation of the law as it has been inter-\n(Concluded on Page ITA)\nRep. Ford quizzed\nmittee was by far the largest\n\"IF JERRY were not our\nContinued from Page One\ndonation made by the brokers,\ncongressman, we wouldn't be\nIt also paid a $3,697 bill to\nrunning three times as high as\ngetting the money.\" said Gary\nInsight Inc., in Grand Rapids,\nany single check given in a\nW. Maurina. a local Republ\nwhich handled Ford's cam-\ncan staff official.\na i gn advertising. And the\nSenate race.\nClipped to one of the checks\ncongressional fund paid a $1.-\n,Ashed about the size, the\nwas the calling card of the\n775 \" bill in Grand\nFund's treasurer. Richard 0.\nunion lobbyist.\nRapids.\nScribner, said, \"I don't know\nSeamen's wages are paid\nFord said he personally\nwhy. It may have been some\npartly through federal subsi-\nkigned over the checks that\ndies controlled by Congress.\nhis \"Food for Congress Com-\nlongstanding friendship com-\nFord had previous brush\nmittee\" rerouted to the GOP.\ning out.\"\nwith campaign controversy in\n\"After we reached the $10.-\nFord said the check was\n1986, when anjarm of the Sea-\nInternational Union\n50\nI\nto\nto\nis\na\n5\n$\ncet Stockbrokers\nA $1,000 check from the Bankers Political :used\nBALTIMORE, MD.\ncon-\nSUN\nM - 177,087\nE - 205,425\nS - 344,023\n'Within the Law'\nCongressman Ford, the Republi-\ncan leader of the House of Repre-\nNon-Residents Influence I\neach to Reps. Garry Brown, R-School-\nBy ROBERT LEWIS\ntritlt, and Marvin Esch, R-Ann Arbor.\nWASHINGTON - Richard Scaife,\nPasce, the Washington vice president\nNicholas Tasco and Donald Michigan. Hermann\nof Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., gave\nwords\nin\n$500 to Rep. Ford\nmutual\nFORD\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\nContinued from Page One\nmittee was by far the largest\n\"IF JERRY were not our\nthe time that the union\nIt also paid a $3.607 bill to\ndonation made by the brokers,\ncongressman, we wouldn't be\ngroup's report must have been\ninsight Inc., in Grand Rapids,\nrunaing three times 25 as\ngetting the money,\" said Gary\nin error.\nwhich handled Ford's cam-\nany single check given in a\nW. Maurina, a local Republi-\nA donation for Ford also fig-\npaign advertising. And the\nSenate race.\ncan staff official.\nured in a Federal Court case a\nongressional fund naid a $1.-\nClinced to-nne n! the checks\nVIIG\nily acknowledged handling the\npolitical\n01. Children and Youth. Mr. Oosterman was a conference delegate,\nMarine Engineers Beneficial\nadditional checks. But he said\nAssociation (MEBA) sent a\n$2.000 check to the local party\nand as o discesan coordinator for the 2/17/\n,\nhe kept no account of the num-\nSchool\nher or amount.\nin mid-September A n 0 t h er\n$2.500 check from a second\nTHE $5,000 from the Securi-\narm of MEBA arrived just be-\nties Industry Campaign Com-\nfore the election.\nNon-Residents Influence Elections\nBy ROBERT LEWIS\neach in Reps. Garry Brown, R-School-\nelection reports. (It is impossible hower-\ncraft, and Marvin Esch, R-Ann Arbor.\ner, to determine 'the value of donated\nWASHINGTON - Richard Scaife,\nmanpower that unions provide some\nNicholas Pasco and Donald Hermann\nPasco, the Washington vice president\ncandidates.)\nof Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., gave\nhardiv household words in Michigan.\nSome Anonvmous\nstate contributions of $100 er mere-in-\nPardon Me, Would This Be A Good Time To Ask\ncluding $4,500 from a. \"dummy\" Ford for\nCongress Committee formed in the Dts-\nAbout Your Efforts To Impeach A Member\ntrict of Columbia, which has no cam-\npaign reporting law,\nOf The Suprème Court?\"\nThe committee's chairman refuses to\nsay who contributed the $4,500-which is\nhis legal right,\nOut-State Sources\nRep. Riegle reported $3,150 in out-of-\nstate donations of $100 and up: Rep.\nCFRALD\nEsch, $1,000; Rep. Phili p Rupper,\nR-Houghton. $1,150, and Rep. John Din-\nConchorn $2215\ndrove committee was-able to foundland gave\nStaff\nSpiro Agnewifrom the pass out. about: $22,000 in $3,000\nice President-designates\nvice presidency; accused of donations to other Repubii Another 52 516 came from\nGeraid K. Ford says he is accepting payoffs for the can candidates for Congress JosephaM Segel in merion,\npady N face all questions\npast decade\nfrom iowa to Utah as well Pa: president or the Frank-\non his campaign finances\nBut Ford's 1972 campaign as to Michigan: hopefuls lin Mint which sold the\nand knows of nothing in his\nrecords reflect the outpour back home Abour a third of commemorative medals for\npast that twilk embarras\ning of special interest histearly money from the Nixon's last inaugural And\nhim.\ngroups.\nsecret D.C. FUND WAS\nhometown multimillionaire\n1,413 new conference yes\nHis largetst donor was the\nUSED THIS WAY LAST\nEdward rey a Grand\nterday. Ford said he expect-,\nMarine Engineers Benefi-\nSUMMER\nRepids bank chairman,\ned the confirmation bear-\ncial Association (MEBA),\nings to look into his han-\nwhich gave. $7,500 through\nFord's success has been\ngave 32,000.\ndling of unreported cam-\ntwo political funds. The fed\nmaintained without tapping\nFrey, Shaheen, and Stnal\neral government provides\nthe home folks pocket-\neach had given more than\npaign checks in 1970, but\nmillions of dollars in ship+\nbooks: In the last election.\n$100,000 for President Nix-\ndenied any wrongdoing and\n90 percent of the money\non's campaign last year.\nsaid, \"It should be gone into\nping company subsidies\nidentified on the reports\nScaife had given 51 million\nfully.\nthat underwrite the higher\ncosts of American seamen's\ncame from beyond the dis-\nFrey was the only notice-\nThe campaign money is-\ntrict boundaries:\nable donor inside Ford's\nsue may be the only: sticky\nwages,\ndistrict. The full total listed\nmatter to slow Ford's rush\nThe political arm of the\nto Hous and Senate approv-\nbanking industry, known as\nAMID THE special inter-\nfor-contributors who could\nBanPac, sent $2,500 for\nests groups were several\nvote for him was only 55\nat.\n558\nFord. DRIVE; the fund for\nprominent multimillionaires\nLike many congressmen,\nthe Teamsters, provided\nwho back the Republican\nhe has received most of his\n$2,000. Another fund, for the\nparty nationally\ncampaign funds form spe\ncial terest groups sugar,\nNational Restaurant Asso\nRichard M. Scaife, the\nsteel, shipping, banking\nciations, sent $1,000\nMellon banking and Guif Oil\nrestaurant and road con-\nheir in Pittsburgh, sent 52,\nstruction industries and the\nIN THE money game,\n500. John M Shaheen the\nTeamsters union.\nFord proved to have & con\nNew York City oilman who\nstituency of contributors\nchartered the Queen Eliza-\nIN HIS last race in Michi-\nthat stretched far beyond\nbeth- II on a to\nin\neu\nLU\nto\nwanted\nfor\nMany\nof\nthe\nD.C.\ncommittees\nneither\nFord\nnor\nthe\ntions.\"\nsaid\nFord.\n500 signed over to GOP\nFord's unreported political gifts\ntroversy over d pending bill on bank regula-\npreted over the years, that my action was\nBy JAMES R. POLK\nwithin the law.\" He did not elaborate.\nAssociated Press Writer\ntion.\nINGTON - House Republican Leader\n? A $3,000 check from John M. Shaheen, head\nis the 45-year history of the corrupt prac-\ntices act the Justice Department has never\nof a New York City oil firm with refineries in\nR. Ford, of Michigan, failed to report\nbrought a court case against a congressman\nCanada, California and Arkansas,'\ncampaign contributions last fall from\nfor campaign wrongdoing.\nkers, an oilmán, bankers, doctors and\nA $1,000 check from the political arm of the\nThe $11,500 in Ford campaign contributions\nBoilermakers-Blacksmiths Union, with\nwas turned over to the Republican Congres-\ngroup.\nnational headquarters in Kansas City, Kan.\nsional Committee in a 10-day period just before\nd, the checks given to Ford were de-\nA $500 check from the Michigan Doctors Po-\nand after the Nov. 3 election.\nthrough Re-\nlitical Action Committee.\nA second group, the Republican National Fi-\n1 headquar-\nUnlike most candidates, Ford acted as trease\nnance Advisory Committee, which is run by\nere while\nurer of his main campaign group, the \"Ford\"\nthe same man at GOP headquarters, sent four\nfor Congress Committee. and therefore was\nchecks totaling $6,760 to two other Grand\nly the same\nbound by the corrupt practices act to file a\nRapids committees, \"Latvians for Ford\" and\nnt $12.502\ncomplete report of its money dealings.\n\"Veterans for Ford,\" last Nov. 4 and Nov. 20.\ning fed back\nHowever. Ford said, \"I would say, under the\nI's district to\ninterpretation of the law as it has been inter-\n(Concluded on Page 17A)\npostelection\nigh this two-\nrocedure,\nof the donors\nnot listed on\n's sworn cam-\nRep.\nFord quizzed\nreport to Con-\nRep. Ford\nalthough the\n\"IF JERRY were not our\nContinued from Page One\nmittee was by far the largest\nflowed through his hands.\ndonation made by the brokers,\ncongressman, we wouldn't be\npublic\nmonev.\" said Gary\nused\nBALTIMORE, MD.\ntrouble\ncon-\nSalomon Brothers.\nSUN\nFORD'S STATEMENT to\nTHE GOP's incoming list\nM - 177,087\nthe House listed only the first\nalso shows 11 postelection\n$10,500 given to the \"Ford for\nchecks from Michigan ad-\nE - 205,425\nCongress Committee.\" In fil-\ndresses, including a $100 check\nS - 344,023\ning it, Ford swore:\nfrom Ronald V. Paolucci, pres-\n\"I hereby certify that the\nident of one of the largest\nfollowing is a correct and\nmanufacturing firms in Grand\nitemized account of each con-\nRapids.\ntribution received by me or by\nPaolucci said: \"Mine was\n'Within the Law'\nany person for me with my\nintended to be a contribution\nknowledge or consent. from\nto Jerry and 1 sent it directly\nany source, together with the\nto him here in the district. It\nCongressman Ford, the Republi-\nnames of all who have fur-\nwas not a contribution to the\nnished the same, for the pur-\nnational party.'\nMΓ.\nties\nIndustry\ndisclosed. reported to the House\nthe maximum sum of contributions\nto his re-election campaign com-\nNon-Residents Influence F\nmittee that was permitted under\nthe law of Michigan, his home state.\neach to Reps. Garry Brown, R-School-\nHe received an additional $11,500 in\nBy ROBERT LEWIS\ncraft, and Marvin Esch, R-Ann Arbor.\ncontributions from a number of\nWASHINGTON\n1\nRichard\nScaife,\nPasco, the Washington vice president\nsources. including stock brokers. in\nNicholas Pasco and Donald Hermann\nof Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., gave\nfoctors\nand\na\nare hardly household words in Michigan.\n$500\nto\nRep.\nFord.\nmulual\nRep. Ford quizzed on gifts\nblic\nContinued from Page One\nmirtee was by far the largest\n\"IF JERRY were not our\nthe time that the union\nIt also paid a $3,697 bill to\ndonation made by the brokers,\ncongressmah, we wouldn't be\ngroup's report must have been\ncon-\nInsight Inc., in Grand Rapids,\nrunning three times as high as\ngetting the money,\" said Gary\nin error.\net\n01\nist\nW:\nwas filed by Ford at the court-\nFord's humetown of Grand\nhouse in Grand Rapids.\nU.S. Representative Gerald R. Ford, Michigan, center, discusses with\nRapids.\nMsgr. Joseph C. Walen, left, and Gordon Oosterman, right, some of\nIn the interview, Ford read-\nOne political fund for the\nthe recommendations coming out of the 1970 White House Conference\nily acknowledged handling the\nadditional checks. But he said\nMarine Engineers Beneficial\non Children and Youth. Mr. Oosterman was a conference delegate,\nAssociation (MEBA) sent a\nand Msar Walen attended as a diocesan coordinator for the confe\nhe kept no account of the num-\nher or amount.\n$2.000 check to the local party\nHouston Name School 2/11/\nin mid-September Another\n$2.500 check from a second\nTHE $5,000 from the Securi-\narm of MEBA arrived just be-\nties Industry Campaign Com-\nfore the election.\nNon-Residents Influence Elections\nBy ROBERT LEWIS\neach to Reps. Garry Brown, R-School-\nelection reports. (It is impossible howev-\ncraft, and Marvin Esch, R-Ann Arbor.\ner, to determine the value of donated\nWASHINGTON - Richard Scaife,\nmanpower that unions provide some\nNicholas Pasco and Donald Hermann\nPasco, the Washington vice president\ncandidates.)\nof Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc., gave\nare hardlv household words in Michigan.\nstate contributions or $100 or more-in-\n\"Pardon Me, Would This Be A Good Time To Ask\ncluding $4,500 from a \"dummy\" Ford for\nCongress Committee formed in the Dis+\nAbout Your Efforts To Impeach A Member\ntrict of Columbia, which has no cam-\npaign reporting law.\nOf The Supreme Court?\"\nThe committee's chairman refuses to\nsay who contributed the $4,500-which is\nhis legal right.\nOut-State Sources\nRep. Riegle reported $8,150 In out-of-\nstate donations of $100 and up; Rep.\nCERALD\nEsch, $1,900; Rep. Philip Rupper,\nR-Houghton, $1,150, and Rep. John Din-\nDearhorn $2.245\nBy James R. Polk\nthe scandal that. drove own committee was able to foundland last week gave\nStaff\nWriter:\nSpiro Agnew from the pass out about. $22,000 in $3,000.\nVice President designate vice presidency accused of donations to other Repubii Another. $2,546 came from\nGerald R. Ford says he is accepting payoffs for the can candidates for Congress Joseph: M Segel in merion,\nready to face all questions\npast decade\nfrom\nIowa\nto\nUtah\nas\nwell\nPa.\npresident\nof\nthe\nFrank-\non his campaign finances\nBut Ford's 1972 campaign as to Michigan: hopefuls lin Mint, which sold the\nand knows of nothing in his\nrecords, reflect the outpour back home Abour a third of commemorative medals for\npast that will embarrass\ning of special interest his-early money from the Nixon's last inaugurak And\nhim.\ngroups\nsecret D.C. FUND WAS hometown multimillionaire.\nAta new conference yes-\nHis largetst donor was the USED THIS WAY LAST Edward J. Frey a Grand\nterday, Ford said he expect-\nMarine Engineers Benefi\nSUMMER\nRapids bank chairman;\nthe confirmation bear-\ncial Association (MEBA)\nwhich gave $7,500 through\nFord's success has been\ngave $2,000.\nings to look into his han-\ntwo political funds. The fed-\nmaintained without tapping\nFrey, Shaheen and Steal\ndling of unreported cam-\nthe home folks pocket-\neach had given more than\npaign checks in 1970, but\neral government provides\n$100,000 for President Nix\nmillions of dollars in ship-\nbooks: In the last election,\ndefied any wrongdoing and\n90 percent of the money\non's campaign last year.\nsaid, \"It should be gone into\nping company subsidies\nthat underwrite the higher\nidentified on the reports\nScaife had given S1 million\nfully.\ncame from beyond the dis-\nFrey was the only notice-\nThe campaign money is-\ncosts of American seamen's\ntrict boundaries.\nable donor inside Ford's\nsue may be the only: sticky\nwages..\ndistrict. The full total listed\nmatter to slow Ford's rush\nThe political arm of the\nAMID THE special inter-\nfor-contributors who could\nto Hous and Senate approv-\nbanking industry, known as\nests groups were several\nvote for him was only S5\nal.\nBanPac, sent $2,500 for\n558\nLike many congressmen,\nFord. DRIVE, the fund for\nprominent multimillionaires\nhe has received most of his\nthe Teamsters, provided\nwho back the Republican\ncampaign funds form spe-\n$2,000. Another fund, for the\nparty nationally\ncial terest groups sugar,\nNational Restaurant Asso\nRichard M Scaife, the\nsteel, shipping, banking,\nciations, sent $1,000\nMellon banking and Gulf Oil\nrestaurant and road con-\nheir in Pittsburgh, sent 52,\nIN\nTHE\nKeeping Up...With Youth\nby Pamela Swift\nIt Pays to Talk\n$2500 AND UP\ncrowd-drawers, genuine box-office\nYou can buy Ralph Nader for\nattractions, lecture stars in their own\n$2500 a night. Dick Gregory is\nright.\"\ncheaper. You can get him for $1250.\nThe best way for an individual to\nDionne Warwick comes high at\nbreak into the lecturing business is\n$8000. Theodore Bikel costs $3000\nto write a book. The publishing\nAbbie Hoffman asks for $1200, Mar-\nhouse of Doubleday has organized\ngaret Mead for half that amount.\na special author-lecture bureau\nThese are just a few of the price\nwhich takes a 25 percent commis-\ntags attached to lecturers and enter-\nsion, and offers, among others, Kate\nWisdom is approved of Her Children!\nCramer Won't Join Ford's VP Staff\nBy CHARLES STAFFORD\nTimes Bureau\nment would likely be offered members of the House Judici- staff, and he said no, that he the Floridian's voting record when anti-war disturbances\nWASHINGTON - William man.\nthe former Florida congress- ary Committee. The commit- simply couldn't afford to give on civil rights issues during were moking the country\nMC was deeply als-\nCIVIL Rights Act of 1966\nCramer was asked by a\nturbed by some of his asso-\npossible candidate for . high\nwhich later died in the Senate\nnewsman during a hearing\nciates. He specifically men-\ngovernment appointment by\n- but be tagged to it an anti-\nbreak if he would join Ford's\nPresident Nixon, but none has\ntioned Cramer and noted that riot amendment at a time\never come to pass. thanks\nto Guerney\nFORD R. LIBRARY GERALD\nWash. Star-News\nCramer Viewed Candidate for Ford Team\nBy Walter Taylor\nfriend, saying at one point nomination by the House. across the country in the as a possible candidate to\nStar-News Staff Writer\nthat he \"would not hesi-\nJudiciary Committee, Rep.\nmid-1960s\nbecome Nixon's transporta-\nFormer Florida Rep. Wil-\ntate\" to name Cramer to\nJohn Conyers Jr., a liberal\nany post in government.\nCramer gave up his seat\ntion secretary, head of the\nliam C. Cramer, often men-\nDemocrat from Ford's\nin the House to run for the\nfederal drug prevention of-\ntioned as a possible addition\nFORD TOLD the House\nhome state of Michigan,\nSenate 'seat vacated by\nfice or Supreme Court jus-\nto the Cabinet of Richard\ntold the vice president-des-\ntice\nJudiciary Committee last\nignate that he was \"deeply\nDemocrat Spessard L. Hol-\nNixon, now is being viewed\nweek that he has promised\ndisturbed\" by some of his\nland. After defeating for-\nas a likely bet for the staff\nthree jobs on the vice presi-\nof Vice President-designate\n\"associates.\nmer Supreme Court nomi-\ndential staff, but no mem-\nGerald R. Ford.\nHe specifically mentioned\nnee G. Harrold Carswell in\nber of the panel asked to\nCramer as a former House\nthe GOP primary, Cramer\n\"There also has been some\nwhom those pledges had\nquiet speculation about\ncolleague whose voting rec-\nwas upset in November by\ngone.\nwhere Cramer, a conserva-\nord on civil rights issues\nLawton Chiles, a 40-year-old\nAsked by newsmen later\nran contrary to his own for\nDemocratic state legislator\ntive leader in the House for\nif he was one of the three,\nsaid\nbe\n\"could\nnine years.\nfrom Lakeland.\n16 years might fit into a\nnot\nSince then. Cramer's"
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