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two N't eeks as a result of a nationwide coal strike which began at QM a.m.
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Attempt to control FBI revealed
WASHINGTON AP --- Watergate
pro.ecut ors ye - sterday traced how
htrd M Nixon andhis aides tried to
:let top Central Intelligence Agency of
lit i.tl. rein in the FBI investigation of
iii break-in at Democratic National
'011110111(y Headquarters ,
That ettort failed, L Patrick Gray 111,
tormer acting head of the FBI, told the
Watergate cover-up trial, when Lt. Gen.
Vernon A Walters, deputy director of the
CIA. ‘‘ent to Gray and told him, "I'm not
);Ding to let those kids at the White House
kick me around "
15 alters and Gray testified at a session
ni Ilich a tape ;was played of Nixon
agreeing that the FBI probe had to be
brought under control.
At the same time, the Supreme Court
let stand a lower court decision rejecting
a motion by fornier White House staff
chid 11 R Haldeman to 'strike down the
indictments of the men charged in the
cover-up Haldeman had contended the
grand jury was not legally in existence
-\% hen the indictments were handed down.
The Watergate prosecutors - played
tape segments of three meetings between
Nixon and Haldeman on June 11.1972, six
days after the break-in.
Between the second and third
meetings. Haldeman and_ John D.
Gibson to ask bid withdrawal
WASHINGTON t UPI Andrew E.
Gibson will request President Ford to
withdraw his controversial nomination
as federal energy administrator in an
exchange of letters to be made public
today. it ‘‘ as learned yesterday
A White House official. who declined
to be identified said that Gibson in his
letter. to Ford will express regret if he
caused the President "any embarrass
ment" in the disclosure of his severance
contract with a Philadelphia oil trap=
sport company. which would have netted
him $BBO.OOO over a 10-year period.
The official made it clear that White
House pressure has been on Gibson to
voluntarily withdraw his nomination and
Last Issue
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Tocia's Collegian is the last issue
tor Fall Tenn.
Publication will resume December
Animals live in lap of luxury'
By DAVE KASZYCKI
Collegian Staff Writer
Cats. rats and tree shrews are among
the thousands of small animals used at
the I'niversity for research and teaching
purposes Guinea pigs. rabbits, mouse
opossums and dogs are also serving
University professors and students.
i These animals, housed in more than
halt a dozen buildings such as the Cen
tralize..d Biological Laboratory and the
Chemical Engineering Building, live
better than most people, according to
Penn State researchers.
'There's 1.000 per cent more concern
tor the lab animals than the people
working on them. — said Walter
Sapanski. coordinator of Laboratory
Animal Resources,
One University employe responsible
for the maintenance of 80 cats was more
blunt. "Hell. they get better care than
what you get '
Weather
Cloudy. breezy, and cool today with
periods of rain likely:high 48. Windy, and
turning colder tot ight. with rain
changing to snow flurries: low 36. Mostly
cloudy. windy and cold tomorrow. with
snow flurries likely, high 38.
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Ehrlichman met with Walters and
Richaid Helms, then CIA director, and
Haldeman instructed Walters to tell
Gray that FBI attempts to trace money
found on the Watergate burglers could
compromise covert CIA activities in
Mexico.
When defense attorneys tried to block a
portion of Gray's testimony about his
subsequent meeting with Walters,
prosecutor James F. Neal argued that
"these are the obstructive words ... there
is no other way you can show the clear
agency from Haldeman to the former
President of the United States to Ehrlich
man to Walters to Gray, and that is ob
structi6n. We've got to be able to show
the very words that obstructed the FBI
investigation for two weeks in this case."
Referring to the message Walters
carried to Gray, Neal said, "They (the
FBI) weren't about to uncover anything.
except a plot to bug Democratic National
Committee headquarters."
During his first meeting with Nixon, •
Haldeman advised the then president
that the FBI investigation of the break-in
"is now leading into some productive
areas, because they've been able to trace
the money."
He suggested that Gray be told that
there was CIA involvement that had to be
to save Ford from the embarrassment of
canceling an appointment he made with
such a fanfare at a news conference Oct.
Despite the mounting pressure for him
to quit, Gibson had hoped to clear
himself of possible conflict of interest by
taking the top energy post while he had a
tie with a top oil company. But the White
House apparently made it clear to
Gibson that his nomination would
cause a battle on Capitol Hill.
Deputy press secretary John Hushen
said Friday unname4White House aides
knew of Gibson's agreement with his
former oil company, but did not inform
the President before Ford nominated
him as federal energy administrator.
Gibson has acknowledged that he will
receive $BBO,OOO over the next 10 years
from the company he headed, but he has
resisted official pressure to withdraw
his nomination as successor to John
Sawhill.
Gibson was at the White House on
yesterday, as he was on Friday and
Saturday, meeting with various officials
According to Fred Ferguson, director
of the Central Biological Laboratory, all
research animals are protected by state
and federal regulations which specify
everything from the size-of cages to the
temperature of the air.
All animal cages are washed daily.
Some animals are even provided with
music to• help their adaption to
laboratory life, he said.
W.A. Dunson, professor of biology said
he thinks the emphasis on tire for
laboratory animals is extreme. "It
(Centralized Biological Laboratory) is
like a palace. The animals have it too
good." Dunson said the federal laws
have increased costs ten-fold.
Some animals, such as the mouse
possum, come from Colombia, while
tree shrews are from Cambodia and
Thailand. The latter look like mice but
are "evolutionally" closer to monkeys.
The University no longer uses
monkeys for experiments. The final
bunch of monkeys was sold last year to
Johns Hopkins University for their
breeding colony, Ferguson said.
Dogs,;.on the other hand, are being
used for the first time this year. Accord
ing to Sapanski, the dog's utility is
minimal because of their high cost and
the strict records requirements.
"Results can be just as good with rats
and mice," he said.
protected
Nixon agreed a told Haldem .
d
an,
"You call them in ... Play it tough ...
Don't lie, to them t t the extent to 'say
there is no involvement, but just say this
is sort of a comedy of errors ... and that
they should call the FBI in and say that
we wish for the country, don't go any fur
ther into this case, period."
A few minutes before the meeting with
Walters and Helms, Nixon and
Haldeman met again and the president
was heard to say on the tape, "It's likely
to blow the whole, uh, Bay of Pigs thing
which we think would be very un
fortunate for CIA and for the country at
this time, and for American foreign
policy, and he just better tough it and lay
it on them."
Immediately after the meeting,
Haldeman reported to Nixon that "it's no
problem."
Haldeman, Ehrlichman, former Atty.
Gen. John N. Mitchell, former Asst. Atty.
Gen. Robert C. Mardian, and Kenneth W.
Parkinson, one-time attorney for
Nixon;s re-election committee, are on
trial op charges of conspiring to obstruct
the Watergate investigation.
Nixon was named an unindicted co
conspirator by the 'grand jury that
brought charges against the other five.
"regarding his nomination," Hushen
said.
A White House spokesman said earlier
yesterday that Ford had not been told
about the severance pay when he nomi
nated Gibson.
Husben yesterday repeated news
secretary Ron Nessen's comment of Fri
day that "this nomination is under
review,".
Newsmen asked Hushen if the White
House knew of the separation
agreeinent before Ford announced
that Gibson was to replace the
controversial Sawhill.
"WeAnew orally that he had a separa
tion contract," said Hushen.
Did '!we" include the President?
"Not said,Hushen. Did aides know?
"Yes,'l the deputy news secretary said.
Was it is true that the aides did not tell
the Prqsident before the nomination was
announced? "That seems like a conclu
sion that could be drawn," Hushen
The Whiff
House has 4 refused to say
whether Ford still backs Gibson.
Ferguson said rats are the most pop
ular research animal, with mice a close
second.:
Roy Martin, associate professor of
animal Inutrition, said rats are p good
research animal because of their short
generation span and their relatively low
cost. 1
Martin is studying methods to regulate
fat and protein synthesis in rats and
pigs. 1
Accorirling to Lynn Brinkman, assis m
tant professor of nutrition science, the
digestive and metabolism systems of
rats are very similar to humans.
Working with rats in Human
Development, Brinkman is testing for
protein quality.
Other ;researchers in the field of nutri
tion are! working with r i alt, mineralland
vitamin;intakt. Brinkman said his work
is . geared to find combinations of foods
Which nutritionally compleMent each
other. '
Another research program involves
the study of brain-damaged animals.
Under the direction of John Warren,
professor of psychology, sections of
cats' brains are removed to find what
kinds of behavior is permanent and what
can be recovered.
Research has found that removal of
part of the cerebellum in cats disturbs
their affect reasoning. Warren- is also
Miners begin strike;
may last , -2 weeks
WASHINGTON ( UPI ) Miners
struck the soft coal industry at midnight
last night, beginning a production stop
page of at least two weeks that appeared
likely to worsen the nation's economic
plight for some industries and public ser
vices.
Negotiations for a new contract to
replace the old one that expired at ipid
night continued through yesterday
without success, and Arnold Miller,
president of the United Mine Workers of
America, said it was a "virtual cer
tainty" the strike would stretch at least
two weeks. Mine owners operators
shared that estimate.
The strike, which was foreordained
two weeks ago, will be a day longer for
each day without settlement. UMW con
stitutional rules require contract
ratification a. 10 day to two-week
AP wire
Gray testified — that_ he received a
telephone call on June 23 from -
Dean HI, then White House counsel, who
told him, "It was pretty important I talk
to Gen. Walters, that he had something to
tell me."
Gray testified that the evening before
he had briefed Dean on the progress of
the FBl's investigation, including its suc
cess in tracing $4,300 found on the
Watergate burglars.
Gray said he told Dean, "We are going
to pursue these leads with vigor because
we want to discover where these monies
had come from."
Gray said the first White House aide he
talked to about the break-in was Ehrlich
man, who told him that "John Dean was
going to be conducting an investigation
for the White House into the Watergate
matter, and that I should deal directly
",with John Dean."
Gray was named acting director of the
FBI upon the death of J,Edgar Hoover in
May 1972. He resigned on April 27, 1973,
after- it had become apparent that
because of his handling of the Watergate
investigation the Senate would not con
firm his appointment.
Walters described the White House
meeting on June 23 in which he quoted
Haldeman as saying, "The bugging of
Watergate case was making a lot of noise
and the Democrats were trying to
maximize it, the investigation was
leading to a lot of important people and it
was getting worse."
PLO here under strict
NEW CORK (UPI) A delegation of
the Palestine Liberation Organization
arrived in the United States yesterday
under one of the heaviest security
arrangements ever mounted , for
visiting foreigners.
Although Yasser Arafat,
chairman of the controversial PLO, was
not wiih the advance party, officials
coordihating the complex security.
details said neither the visit by Soviet
leader Nikita Khrushchev nor that of
Cuba's Fidel Castrol in the 1960 s created
as much of a headache.
Arafat and nine other PLO delegates
were expected to arrive here from
Cairo sometime. today. Arafat, who
was issued an American visa in Cairo,
was expected to lead off the Palestine
debate Wednesday morning.
His advance men said he planned to
studying the "scaredy cat" phenomena
in which certain cats are born unusually
anxious.
Warren said one of the main purposes
of his research is to reduce the effect of
brain damage in young children.
Penn State has its own breeding colony
for rats, cats and mice.
Rabbits in South Frear are being used
in immunizatizi experiments because
they preduce; good antibody formation,
Ferguson said.
Walter Ceglowski, associate professor
of microbiology, is using mice to study
possible cure for leukemia. Robert
McCarl, professor of microbiology, has
successfully kept mice heart cells alive
and beating in a glass jar.
Since. University funds for animal
reoearch have been cut back, some
pr grams have been reduced in size.
Funds for research come primarily from
grants from the National Institute of
Health, the Atomic Energy Commission
and government agencies.
All new laboratory animals first must
enter the .ventral Biological Laboratory
where they are thoroughly examined and
records kept of their genetic
background.
The laboratory animals are used in the
Intercoliege Program Research and
Facilities as well as specific t esearch
programs in the colleges of Agriculture,
Science and Human Development.
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process before work can be resumed
With 120.000 miners idled and 'p per
cent. of the nation's soft, coal production
disrupted, secondary effects ranging
from layoffs to plant closings promised
to further weaken the limping economy
with higher unemployment and lower
productivity.
Government officials kept close watch
as talks continued but intervention
seemed unlikely so long as there ap
peared to be progress, however small.
Both sides have shunned government
mediation.
The law provides that President Ford
can, after inquiry, declare a strike to be a
"national emergency" and seek a court
ordered 80-day return to work while the
labor dispute is negotiated. But miners
traditionally have been unresponsive to
injunctions, and there appeared little
likelihood Ford would go that route.
The nine-week-old talks 'recessed
yesterday shortly before 11p.m.
Guy Farmer, chief; negotiator and
general counsel for the Bituminous Coal
Operators of America, said he thought an
agreement could be reached "by the end
of the week," adding, "One person does
not control or determine the results.
'Tin disappointed that we didn't get an
agreement before I.We — strike—officially
began. We've been trying as hard as we
can."
He said the negotiators are "writing an
entire contract from page one to the
end," but that the strike did not slow the
talks' pace or create "any real animosity
on either side."
Miller said, "I am disappointed with
the progress we are making. There has
been some but I'm not satisfied."
Labor Secretary Peter J. Prennan said
in a . television interview that the.collec
tive bargaining system should be allowed
to work before government intervention.
"If we get into a battle or the govern
ment steps in before time and tries to dic
tate the policy, we're stepping into a real
mess that could go on even longer,"
Brennan said.
Interior Secretary Rdgers C.B. Morton
made no predictions of how long the
strike would last, but expressed hope for
an early settlement.
AFL-CIO President George Meany, at
tending a White House meet of the
President's labor-management com
mittee, commented only that the strike
would probably last 10 days.
Miller said talks were continuing but
"we are not close enough to reach
agreement" and a strike of two weeks'
duration was a "virtual certainty."
Miller, noting that each day's delay in
reaching a settlement for union con
hold a news conference and attend a
reception given by Egypt's U.N. mission
in his honor Wednesday evening.
Security officials expected Arafat to
leave soon after addressing the General
Assembly. The rest of the PLO delega
tion planned to stay for the full•week of
the debate.
The advance group of about 20, the
first formal PLO delegation to enter
the United States, was driven to the
Waldorf Astoria in Manhattan in five
limousines sandwiched in between
police cars.
More than 200 police officers, some on
horseback and others wearing blue riot
helmets kept reporters and spectators
across the street from the hotel.
At Kennedy International Airport,
Secret Service and State Department
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sideration adds a day to the strike. said
that although there was some progress.
"some progress is not enough to undo 40
years of indifference and neglect
";The 120,000 working members of our
union will mine no coal until they have a
contract they can work safely and live
under with decency," he said.
"I hope for the nation's sake that the
end comes soon. The coal industry in 1974
has never experienced a greater demand
for coal or a more profitable future."
Earlier Miller and Farmer had re
ported Or two sides were closer to an
agreement but did not say by hamuch
But after an afternoon session, Farmer
said "we're all disappointed that this is
the last day of the contract but we don't
have an agreement. The problems left
over to the very end those are the
toughest problems."
Asked whether a strike could be held to
two weeks, Farmer said "I feel that it
can and I hope that it will but I wouldn't
want to mislead you."
Interior Secretary Rogers C.B. Mor
ton, overall head of the government's
energy program, issued a statement ex
pressing hope for an early contract set
tlement.
Morton's statement' said he also was
hopeful "the collective bargaining ..
process will continue to operate on its
own, as the law-contemplates; and that
the parties will continue to make
progress,'S an apparent indirect refer
ence to the government's only tool to deal
with a strike.
A three-week strike iti the union mines,
which account for about 70 per cent of the
nation's coal, is expected to cause some
hardship, particularly in schools anti
hospitals in the states, where coal is
mined.
Cutbacks are expected in the operation
of coke ovens, essential to steel manufac
ture, to stretch out coal stock. Most elec
trical-utilities using coal have a supply
averaging about just under BO days.
Mine workers, who have been
preparing for the strike for weeks, have
no strike fund to draw on. In addition, the
union's top officials and their staffs, in
cluding the negotiators, go off union
payrolls' when the strike begins. The
Washington headquarters payroll is
$250,000 a month for 166 employes.
The UMW headquarters building is
heated by coal but a union spokesman
said, "We have enough to go to next Om
mer. We've got the whole damned
building filled up with coal."
The negotiations, which have been un
der way since Sept. 3, have focused on
fringe benefits and quality-of-life issues,
safety in particular.
security
security agents were assigned to
the arrival of the plane. The Air France
747 jumbo jetliner from Paris touched
down at 2:55 ice helicopters hovered
directly above the jet which was ringed
by other police. And police helicopters
monitored the caravan's motor trip into
Manhattan.
The entire 235-member U.N. guard
force was on duty and the heavy iron
gates were open only to official
visitors.
New York City and U.N. Security
Forces combined to handle a peaceful
demonstration yesterday when some 50
anti-PLO youths burned an efigy, spat
tered red paint on the sidewalk and
chained them - selves to the fence.
The demonstrators were driven away in
a police bus.
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