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action.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, in a copyright story in its
i. yesterday editions, said 19 U.S. Representatives and one U.S.
t E • Senator specified “whites only” or “no minorities” when
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department "will not investigate these allegations under any
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rejected minority applicants, but also had other ideas about
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Greek Cypriots
fleeing Nicosia,
Turks advance
By THE ASSOCIATEjp PRESS
Turkish troops occupied the village of
Pyroi. 10 -miles south of Nicosia,
yesterday and cut the main road be
tween the Cypriot capital and the
southern coastal town of La’rnaca, the
I’nited Nations command said.
The Turks previously had cut the road
between Nicosia and Limassol, and the
only remaining route to the south ap
peared to be a dirt rogd over the
mountains.
Earlier in the day, the Cyprus
government protested to U.N. observers
that Turkish troops had violated the
cease-fire, but Turkey denied the
charge.
In "Nicosia, the Cyprus government
radio denied .reports of fresh Turkish
troop movements to surround the city as
panic stricken Greek Cypriots began
fleeing the capital for the second time in
four days.
"The situation is under control,” the
radio declared.
Greek Cypriots earlier in the weekend
had begun to filter back to the deserted
capital after radio broadcasts appealed
for everyone to return.
House
end to
WASHINGTON House Speaker Carl
Albert and Republican Leader John J.
Rhodes agreed yesterday that the House
should not get involved in any more
impeachment proceedings against
Richard M. Nixon.
"As far as I am concerned, there will
be no impeachment proceedings ... Of
that I am sure,” Albert said on the ABC
program "Issues and Answers.”
"It would serve no useful purpose,” he
said. "The president is no longer
president. He is no longer a civil of
official...subject to impeachment.”
Last
issue
This is the last issue of The Daily
Collegian for Summer Term.
The Collegian will ptiblish its an
nual Orientation issue Sept. 4 and its
Fall Registration issue Sept. 6.
Regular daily publication will
resume Sept. 9.
A U. N. spokesman in New York said
the Turks occupied Pyroi Sunday
morning, but that fighting at Dhenia, 7W
miles west of the Nicosia airport, con
tinued into the afternoon.
AP correspondent Peter Arnett, who
drove along two miles of the Lamaca
road by way of Pyroi, reported seeing
Turkish tanks and armored trucks
moving southwest apparently towards
Louroujina, a large Turkish Cypriot
town four miles away.
Turkish Premier Bulent Ecevit said
last night in Ankara that Turkey would
take “all necessary measures to ensure
the safety of Turkish Cypriots” in areas
not controlled by Turkish tropps.
Turkish maps showed Turkish
in control of that part of the island north
of a 65-mile line from Lefka east to the
southeastern tip of the island, en
compassing more than a third of Cyrpus.
The Cyrpus Commerce Ministry
estimated that 80 per cent of the island’s
resources were under Turkish control. ■
In Washington, Secretary of Defense
James R. Schlesinger said the United
States would re-examine its position in
the Cyprus crisis in view of the “unex
pected" Turkish military advances.
leaders see
impeachment
Rhodes, on NBC’s “Meet the Press,”
said “I can’t see anything to be gained
by any further action” than for the
Judiciary Committee to file its report
this week.
Albert said he doesn’t know whether
he will recommend any action other than
just filing the report, however.
'“The report is there for posterity,”
Rhodes said. “There can be no doubt as
to how the House of Representatives, or
at least the Judiciary Committee, felt at
that time and I don’t believe that the best
. interests of the country would be served
,by any further proceedings.”
j Albert said he doesn’t want Congress
‘“to interfere" in whether Nixon should
ibe prosecuted, “it is a matter before the
courts, or might be before the courts.”
: Rhodes said he doesn’t believe Nixon
should be prosecuted because “our
system of justice is intended to be
flexible . . . Mr. Nixfri has suffered
enough as far as I am concerned.”
! “At this particular time in history the
most important thing we can do is to heal
the wounds caused by Watergate and to
feet on with the business and to prosecute
Mr. Nixon at this time to mej would be
further division of the country and would
hot be beneficial,” Rhodes said.
Discussing the charge, Johnson said: I have never ex
pressed myself on that point ever in my 1ife...1 haven’t had
any applications from minorities because I come from a dis
trict which is predominantly white. I have no minorities in my
district.”
Rep. James Delaney, D-N.Y., not only wanted a white typist
he wanted one who wouldn’t wear pantsuits. Delaney was
not immediately available for comment.
The Associated Press reached 15 of the 20 congressmen
- cited in the newspaper story. All denied the charges. In ad
i dition to Delaney, those not available for comment were Reps.
'Robert McEwen, R-N.Y.; Tom S. Gettys, D-S.C.; Robert
'Sikes, D-Fla.; and Bill Chappell, D-Fla.
Rep. Harold Froehlich, R-Wis., said he had no policy against
hiring minority staffers. “Last summer we had two blacks on
the payroll. This summer we have a girl of Chinese ancestry.
If there is any policy of that nature in my office, it will be
President Ford takes a day off
WASHINGTON (AP) President
Ford went to church yesterday morning,
spent the afternoon playing golf with
congressional friends and then unex
pectedly drove back to the White House
to do "a little work.”
He drove to the White House only a
short time after several thousand
pickets left. They had been protesting
U.S. policy in the Cyprus crisis.
Ford had no comment on the protest,
the first at the White House since he took
office.
It was a generally relaxed day for the
chief executive. He left his Alexandria,
Va., home jn early afternoon for a game
of golf
Joining him on the golf course were
former Rep. and Defense Secretary
Melvin R. Laird and Reps. Leslie C.
Arends, R-111., and George Mahon, D-
Tex.
The President said before the game
that his golfing partners would serve as
good advisers on a vice presidential
nominee.
He and Mrs. Ford went to 10 a.m.
services at the Episcopal Immanuel
PRESIDENT FORD relaxes with his pipe as he rides in his limousine Sunday. Throughout the week-
Ford dose-up end the President and his family continued their usual routine at their home in Virginia while pre
• paring fora more hectic life in the White House. See photos, page 3. $
stopped immediately." I ;
Rep. Tennyson Guyer, R-Ohio, who allegedly said “prefel
no minorities,” lhad this response: “Absolutely incorrect. We
have never hired anybody in that way. We hire people on the
basis of whether or not they can do the job.”
Guyer said that if he found anyone on his staff filled out a job
request form in such a way, he would be fired immediately:
Rep. Robert Leggett, D-Calif., said the newspaper story was
“without foundation. It sickens me.
“The employment records in my Washington office will
show that people of all races have been on my payroll, that I
am presently attempting to recruit a qualified secretary and
certainly we are interviewing people of all'races."
Donald W. Ruby, an administrative aide to Sen. William
Scott, R-Va., the only Senator on the Fort Worth Star-Tele
gram list, said: “We don’t have any discriminatory prac
tices. I go over to the personnel office. I tell them whether
we want a girl or a man. I’ve told them time and time again, it
doesn’t matter on minorities or anything else.”
Bill Phillips, administrative assistant to Rep. Wilmer
Mizell, R-N.C., who allegedly specified “white” or “white
only” on job forms, said of the charge: “You’re kidding. We
only hire on the basis of qualification. I have no idea of what
kind of records they keep over in the hiring office, so I don’t
know what’s on our requests, but we only look for qualifica
tions.”
Phillips said there were no nonwhite employes in Mizell’s
office at present. Asked if Mizell had ever hired a nonwhite
tor a legislative, administrative or clerical post, Phillips said
no and added that none had ever applied.
Mary Bly, administrative assistant to Rep. William J.
Randall, D-Mo., said she has been sent at least three black
women by the employment office. “I interviewed one very
recently and told her we had a conservative, rural district and
that we would expect her to respond to constituent mail,” Miss
Bly said. “She said, ‘Well, I’m sort of liberal so maybe I better
reconsider my application.’ And she ended the interview.”
The Star-Telegram said that on July 16, Randall personally
requested an administrative aide, specifying, “no minority.”
Rep. John Young, D-Tex., said he had “absolutely no policy
... against hiring blacks or other minorities.”
He said 35 per cent of the people in his district have Spanish
surnames and there are three. Mexican-Americans among the
nine staff members in his Washington, D. C., office.
Mike Allen, an aide to Rep. Ray Roberts, D-Tex., said he
had never even heard of the Office of Placement and Office
Church-on-the-hill near their home.
For lunch Ford came home, where a
delegation of neighbors came around for
a farewell to the departing Fords. The
family will move into the White House
today
Ford said Saturday that former New
Explosion demolishes LA area
LOS ANGELES (AP) An industrial
area looked like a war zone yesterday
after a giant explosion apparently
started by chemicals tore apart one
building and set three others on fire.
The explosion Saturday night sent up a
mushroom-shaped fireball as big as a 10-
story building and visible for 40 miles.
It ripped apart a warehouse owned by
the Interamerican Star Trucking and
Warehouse Corp. The blast caused an
Estimated $5 million in damages and
injured four persons
Shock waves rocked most of the city
Saturday night. Windows for blocks
were broken. Street lights were
demolished. A 10-foot crater was carved
by the blast. Twisted steel, broken glass
and hundreds of women’s shoes ap
parently stored in the warehouse
Authorities said there was no apparent littered the streets.
Management. He said a black was employed in Roberts’ office
"for long period of time." but added there were no blacks on
the staff at present.
iLoren Cox, an aide to Rep. A 1 Ullman, D-Ore., said he was
contacted by the Star-Telegram and told that as of November,
there was a job request form on file specifying “no-blacks.”
“Something got balled up somewhere,” Cox said. He said
there presently is a black woman on Ullman’s staff*
Alice Meyers, administrative assistant to Rep. James A.
Haley, D-Fla., said, “We’ve never put restrictions on em
ployment. We have a full-blooded Indian on our staff and one
or more who are Jewish. ”
The Star-Telegram said a photostat of a job order specified:
“only a white girl,” and expressed a preference for Floridians.
Rep. Vernon W. Thomson, R-Wis., said the report that he
asked for a “white Republican” clerk typist was “ridiculous,
absolutely ridiculous,” and added: "They must be smoking
marijuana down in Texas.” Asked if he had any minority
group members on his staff, Thomson said. “Well*, we've got
Swedes and Norwegians and Irish.”
Rep. Bill Nichols. D-Ala., said both blacks and whites were
interviewed for his staff. “We’ve had blacks on our staff in
the past and we would hire one again...lt could be that my for
mer administrative assistant made some sort of racial
specification, but I don’t know because he's no longer with
us.”
Rep. Otis Pike, D-N.Y., who, on March 13, allegedly asked
for a female clerk typist,‘specifying “no minorities," said he
never made such a request and thought it was “highly
unlikely” anyone on his staff did.
“I wish that the imbecile from the Fort Worth Star-Tele
gram who wrote that stupid story would drop by my office,”
he said. “The imbecile would see blacks, whites. Catholics,
Protestants, Jews, Republicans, Democrats and people whose
political affiliations and religious convictions I haven't the
slightest idea of.”
Rep. Edward Boland, D-Mass., said the report that he
sought a stenographer, through an assistant, specifying “no
southern accents, white only,” was "absolutely not true."
Boland said he didn’t do much of the hiring for his office,
“but I would never set such criteria and my administrative
aide, who has been with me 27 years, would be the last guy in
the world to set such criteria. '
“Even if I felt that way and I don’t I certainly wouldn’t
put it down like that on a job form. It’s asinine. And I’m not
that stupid.”
York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller remains
in the running for vice president.
The statement relayed by White House
Press Secretary Jerald F. terHorst
came after speculation that Rockefeller
had little of getting the
nomination.
link between the explosion and the so
called “alphabet bomber," the man
who claimed responsibility for the fatal
bombing last month at the city’s airport
and the placing of another bomb in a bus
terminal.
3 CP? lES
'TerHorst said Philip Buchen, a Ford
friend and adviser, was contacted Aug.
11 by a man who identified himself as
“Mr. Long” and said he had information
on the whereabouts and contents of
papers of Watergate conspirator E.
Howard Hunt.
A garage, coffee shop and another
warehouse were moderately damaged
by fire.
Weather
Today partly cloudy with a chance
of showers, high in the upper 70s to low
80s. Tonight fair, low in the mid-50s to
low 60s. Tomorrow warm and sunny,
high in the low to mid-80s.
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