EHRLICHMAN FACING COAST DISBARMENT
Date: 14 July 1974
Amer Bar Assn pres Cleary S Cone says on July 13 that John D Ehrlichman's conviction on perjury and conspiracy charges will result in at least his temporary suspension from practice of law in Washington state; says assn's disciplinary bd could eventually recommend Ehrlichman's permanent disbarment to state high ct; under assn's procedures, Washington Sup Ct will issue order temporarily suspending Ehrlichman from practicing law once assn's disciplinary bd formally notifies it of conviction; next step would be for bd to order hearing by trial of several attys; com's recommendation would then be relayed to assn's disciplinary bd for further rev and possible amendment and finally passed to Washington Sup Ct (S)
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PETERSEN BACKS NIXON IN INQUIRY; Tells Panel He Never Got Any Information Involving President in Cover-Up Petersen Before Panel Backs Nixon on Watergate Cover-Up Five Witnesses Seemed in Awe
Date: 13 July 1974
By DAVID E. ROSENBAUMSpecial to The New York Times
David ROSENBAUMSpecial
Henry E Petersen, testifying on July 12 before House Judiciary Com, says that he does not believe that Nixon acted improperly by sounding out Judge William Matthew Byrne Jr, judge in Pentagon papers trial, about possible FBI directorship; says only possible impropriety on President's part was his initial instructions to withhold from Ellsberg trial information that Ellsberg's former psychiatrist Dr Lewis J Fielding's office had been broken into into
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M'CLORY SAYS NIXON IS HURT BY VERDICT
Date: 13 July 1974
Special to The New York Times
HR Judiciary Com member Repr Robert McClory says on July 12 that conviction of John D Ehrlichman will seriously damage Pres case in impeachment proceedings; puts hand over his face and begins to cry as he leaves group of reporters
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Nixon Reaffirms Support testimony Of Kissinger on Wiretaps; Nixon Reaffirms Support of Kissinger Followed Reports
Date: 14 July 1974
By BERNARD GWERTZMANSpecial to The New York Times
Sen Foreign Relations Com Chmn Sen J W Fulbright confirms that he recd lr from Pres Nixon supporting State Sec H A Kissinger and reaffirming his responsibility for wiretapping of 17 Govt officials and newsmen between '69 and '71; says lr is clear and 'positive statement' by Nixon justifying wiretapping program on ground of natl security and stating that he had ordered that project be instituted to get to source of news leaks; Nixon's May 22 '73 statement noted; Kissinger's position on charges noted (M)
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Impeachable Offenses...
Date: 14 July 1974
ed holds that decision on whether Pres Nixon should stand trial before Sen need not be predicated solely on his involvement in cover-up of Watergate burglary, but could equally well encompass other misdeeds including deliberate deception of Sen com in ITT investigation (S)
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EHRLICHMAN IN CONVICTED OF PLOT AND PERJURY IN ELLSBERG BREAK-IN;LIDDY AND 2 OTHERS ALSO GUILTY; APPEAL IS PLANNED Nixon's Ex-Aide Could Get 25 Years-Jury Meets for 3 Hours Charged by Gesell Cleared on One Count Ehrlichman Is Convicted in the Ellsberg Break-In Request on Reporters Fourth Amendment Cited Question on Motives Memos Removed Denial by Ehrlichman Request Is Reported
Date: 13 July 1974
By LINDA CHARLTONSpecial to The New York Times
John D Ehrlichman, Eugenio R Martinez, G Gordon Liddy and Bernard L Barker on July 12 are found guilty by jury of conspiring to violate rights of Daniel Ellsberg's former psychiatrist Dr Lewis J Fielding; Ehrlichman is also found guilty on 3 of 4 counts of making false statements; false statement charge of which Ehrlichman was acquitted concerns statement made to grand jury on May 14, '73, in which he said that he did not know who other than Egil Krogh Jr had files on plumbers' investigation of Ellsberg; 2 other grand jury charges of which Ehrlichman was found guilty involve his stating that he had not been aware before break-in of plan to obtain psychological profile of Ellsberg; Ehrlichman plans to appeal; White House press sec Ronald Ziegler tells reporters traveling with Pres Nixon to Calif that Nixon will have 'absolutely no comment' on Ehrlichman's conviction; adds that White House does not want to prejudice case because there will be appeals; Gesell schedules sentencing for July 31; Ehrlichman, speaking to newsmen, says that he is meeting with attys to rev matter; says he has been concerned about difficulty of obtaining fair trial 'in this district'; says for yrs he has had abiding faith in Amer judicial system and nothing that has happened has shaken his faith; says he looks for complete exoneration'; Daniel Shultz, atty for Martinez and Barker, expresses disappointment over verdict; illus of Ehrlichman and wife, Barker, Martinez and Shultz (L)
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Ehrlichman and Nixon; WASHINGTON
Date: 14 July 1974
By James Reston
James Reston
J Reston comment on conviction of John D Ehrlichman for conspiracy and perjury in case of Ellsberg break-in; holds that decision is regarded as significant because it rests in part on principle that official is responsible for acts of his subordinates if he approved covert plans that led to illegal acts, even if he did not approve specific burglary under that plan; holds decision sustained Judge Gerhard Gesell's principle that even good motives do not justify illegal acts; holds that these points bear directly on what govt official may or may not do and, if sustained, are likely to make White House aides much more cautious in future about authorizing dubious practices regardless of their motives; contends they bear indirectly on continuing impeachment inquiry of Pres Nixon; holds that distinction has to be made between Ehrlichman case and Nixon case, in that Ehrlichman approved in writing 'covert operation' to examine Fielding's files, while there is no such evidence that Nixon did same
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Letters; The theater and the media
Date: 14 July 1974
JOSEPH PAPP
Joseph PAPP
Lr by Joseph Papp, head of NY Shakespeare Festival, on Robert Brustein June 16 article on 'news theater,' in which Papp is named as celebrity who makes news for his own publicity; Brustein replies
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