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It's Time FBI Had Free
Hand In Violence Probes
Subversive groups in the United States known to con-
done violence may not be able to operate as freely as they
have been now that the FBI has been given more leeway
in probing activities of such organizations.
Attorney General William French Smith has handed the
FBI greater authority in dealing with these groups, which
will make it easier for agents to infiltrate and monitor
groups that advocate violence to accomplish social and
political change.
For years such organizations have operated without
much direct interference by government agencies. Some
groups have built up tremendous, and often dangerous,
potential for civil distruption while claiming immunity
under the constitution from federal intervention.
New guidelines have been formulated by Attorney
General Smith for use by the FBI in domestic terrorism
investigations, replacing certain restraints instituted by
Attorney General Edward Levi in 1976.
Levi said he issued the regulations to stop abuses un-
covered by congressional committees. These probers
found that during the 1960s and early 1970s the FBI in-
filtrated anti-Vietnam War groups, civil rights organiza-
tions and the women’s liberation movement, and tried to
disrupt their activities and discredit their leaders.
Smith said the new guidelines, which, become effective
March 21, resulted from eight months of study and con-
-sultation with Congress. He said they should clarify stan-
dards regulating these investigations and reaffirm the
importance of gathering criminal intelligence about
violence prone groups, while keeping adequate
safeguards for lawful and peaceful political dissent.
Some groups, operating within constitutional boun-
daries in exercising political dissent, have been exploited
by subversive elements using these groups as fronts.
It has been difficult for the FBI to ferret out subversives
without violating rights of citizens to protect what they
perceive to be injustices.
The new operating procedure should remedy this to a
large extent.
- For the first time, the Justice Department has authoriz-
ed full investigations into public advocacy of crimes or
violence where there is apparent intent to carry out such
threats.
Also, the FBI will now be allowed to investigate
members of front or support groups knowingly- helping
criminal objectives of a violence-prone group already
under investigation.;
This will allow the FBI to investigate people who
establish safe houses for fugitives without opening a new
^vestigatu)^ .
The new guidelines bring rules for domestic security irf-
vestigations more in line with general FBI criminal pro-
bes and clarify rules for field agents who had been reluc-
tant to open such inquiries under the Levi rules.
Regardless of objections by advocates of civil liberties,
these new guidelines should be allowed to stand. They
give the FBI a much-needed weapon in its ceaseless bat-
tle against the criminal element in our society.
Jack Anderson ^
'Watt7 A Power Grab
Cabinet Council, minutes and
other documents that make dear
what Watt’s self-aggrandizement
means.
For example, in a memo to the
president, Watt recommended
establishing new guidelines for
determining how much of a water
project’s cost should be borne by
the federal government,
and cleaning*up'existing water Agricultural water projects - for (, policy - in other word* a resur-
the administration’s Republican rection of the Water Resources
WASHINGTON - Far from
hunkering down defensively, em-
battled Interior Secretary James
Watt has launched a power grab
that makes him boss of the ad-
ministration’s politically sen-
sitive water policies.
Decisions on just who would get
federal help in developing the na-
tion’s limited water resources
specific water projects.” Right
again. Watt has already run into
flak on Capitol HiU.
Some members of Congress are
convinced that Watt is determin-
ed to make himself the “water
pzar.” Legislation has been in-
troduced in both the House and
Senate that would re-create a
group of experts to set water
supplies used to be made by a con-
gressionally mandated inter-
agency group called the Water
Resources Council. Its meetings
were open to press and public.
Watt changed all that. The deci-
sions on who gets how much
federal aid are now made by the
Cabinet Council on Natural
Resources and Environment,
which Watt heads. And the deci-
sions are made in secret. Cabinet
Council meetings are closed;
they’re not even announced.
, Stripped of its power, the Water
Resources Council no longer
holds meetings, instead, “action
memos” are prepared and hand-
ed around among the represen-
tatives of the various agencies on
strongholds in the West — would
get up to 65 percent of the costs
paid by Uncle Sam; but
municipal water projects — in the
largely Democratic cities of the
Northeast - would get zilch.
The memo shows that Watt also
favors requiring the non-federal
money to be provided “up front”
— that is, before the federal
government antes up its share.
In his memo to the president,
Watt warned that “the presump-
tion of up-front cost sharing may
be viewed as discriminatory
against states with limited fiscal
capacity.” Indeed it may: Critics
charge that the guidelines mean
that those who can pay will be
able to get water projects
Council that Watt has
eviscerated.
An Interior Department official
denied that Watt is a water-policy
czar. So did an official of the En-
vironmental protection Agency
who works with the Cabinet Coun-
cil. He did acknowledge that the
administration views the Water
Resources Council as “un-
necessary and inefficient.”
But Watt himself gave the
game away in a memo to Presi-
dent Reagan. Cost-sharing
guidelines will be prepared by the
Interior Department through the
Water Resources Council and
published “after clearance by the
Cabinet Council.” In other words,
Watt will have the final say both
-Fair In \ybo
From The Baytown Sun files,
this is the way it was 40 mid 30 and
20 years ago:
MARCH 18,1943
Soloists, novelty numbers and
special features will be presented
today in Robert E. Lee High
School auditorium by the REL
Band under the direction of W.M.
Turner. Sidney Jewell Palmer,
talented young pianist, and Royal
Wood, director of the Baytown
Junior High School, will be
soloists.
Ray Henderson and Cleo Bon-
ner Jr., who left today for the Ar-
my, were honored with a dinner
party by Cleo’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. C.T,. Bonner.
MARCH 18,1953
Dr. C.L. Liggett announces
plans for a medical building at the
corner of Polly and Lobit.
J.D. Walker is appointed chair-
man of the newly created Pre-
cinct 250 in McNair.
George Gamer writes a review
of the concert by opera singer
Jerome Hines. This was the final
concert of the season sponsored
by the Baytown Civic Music Asso-
ciation.
Mrs. J.W. Timmons is re-elect-
ed president of the Highlands
Parent-Teacher Associatipn.
Mrs. J.D. Cathey i$presidentof
the newly organized DeMolay
Mothers Club in Highlands.
MARCH 18,1963
Pictured on the front page is
Paul Quinton with his project that
won first, place in the Greater
Houston Science Fair. His project
is called “Separation of Transi-
tion Metal Ions by Ion Ex-
change.”
T.E. “Tommy” Cook, can-
didate for councilman, says he
hopes a tract of land between
Sterling Muniqipal Library and
Texas Avenue “can be made
available to the city at a reason-
able sum and on long-term small
payments so it can be developed
in the future to complement the
$300,000 library.”
Ben Shirey, school board candi-
date, favors a slight school tax
hike.
Readers'
ri’A’S'S • - ■Vlow'c
shuffling paper. unable to get federal aid for water Footnote: At the Cabinet Coun- ▼ • C VY O
shuffling paper
What difference does it make
whether water policy is set by an
inter-agency panel of experts in
open session or a group headed by
an unabashed political partisan
like Watt; acting behind closed
doors? My associate Vicki War-
ren has obtained copies of secret
projects no matter how great cil’s meeting on Jan. 18, the
their need.
Another problem with the
guidelines, according to the Watt
memo to the White House, is that,
they “could create political pro-
blems by reducing expected
levels of federal support for
Fimv a §eQueL
JHufS 6aTreR
Bob Wagman
Speaker Wants To Avoid House
Divided Against Itself In '84
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Leon Brown
............................................Editor and Publisher
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..........................................Assistant to Publisher
Fred Hortmon
.................................Editor ond Publisher, 1950-1974
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WASHINGTON (NEA) -
House Speaker Thomas P. “Tip”
O’Neill’s announcement that he
will run for re-election ifrt984 —
and that he expects to remain
speaker — has ended the in-
fighting over who would succeed
him.
O’Neill felt compelled to make
such an announcement two years
before the election in order to
keep the Democratic House
leadership from splintering over
the issue of who would succeed
O’Neill as speaker.
After the Republican victory in
1980, O’Neill became much less
enthused about his job, which
fueled erroneous speculation that
he would not run in 1982. After he
won in November, rumor had it
that this was Tip’s “last hurrah”
- although he clearly was
relishing the Democrats’ more
powerful position in this Con-
gress.
Sides already were forming
around potential candidates for
the speakership. Majority Leader
Jim Wright of Texas was regard-
ed as the clear favorite and had a
large following. However, Whip
Tom Foley was seen as a major
potential candidate and others —
including Morris Udall, Budget
Chairman Jim Jones and Ways
and Means Chairman Dan
Rostenkowski — were also
gathering support.
O’NeUl’s announcement ends
an impending battle which could
have been extraordinarily
divisive for the Democratic Party
as it entered a national election
campaign.
Actually, it’s more correct to
say that the battle has been
postponed, not quashed: Right
after O’Neill announced that he
would run in 1984, the speculation
began as to whether that would be
his final race. If so, the speaker-
ship battle will begin again in 1985
with the, same general cast of
characters, since all hope to be
re-elected in 1984.
DEMOCRATS ON the Hill,
flushed with their success in
November are beginning to
avenge themselves on those who
spurned the party during the elec-
tion.
One target is the independent
oil producers. Almost all of the oil
producers supported Republicans
last November — even against
Democrats who. had spotless
voting records in support of oil in-
terests. As a result, oil-state
Democrats are saying that this
Congress should take another
look at special tax breaks for in-
dependent producers.
The U.S. Chamber of Com-
merce has also been targeted by
the Democrats. Last year, it an-
nounced that it would be bipar-
tisan in its endorsement of can-
didates, with decisions to be bas-
ed on how well each candidate —
whether Incumbent or challenger
- supported business interests.
But the final endorsement list
included 91 Republicans and not
one Democrat — and the chamber
was more than a little uncomfor-
table when the Democrats won
their November victory.
Now the chamber has announc
ed that it has “radically revised”
its criteria for endorsing can-
didate and it’s likely that it will
endorse quite a few Democrats
two years hence.
However, the Democratic
leaders say they aren’t ready to
bury the hatchet. Rep. Tony
minutes indicate that most of the Ted For Mayor m
participants favored an early
decision on cost-sharing for water To The Sun:
projects, “before the issue I Was very happy to see Ted
became entangled with electoral Kloesel has thrown his hat into
politics. ”;It’s probably too late for the ring and hopefully will be
that- Baytown’s next mayor. Ted has
clearly shown himself to be
dedicated, highly qualified with
plenty of experience in city
government.
I know and like both his op-
ponents but simply believe Ted is
the best man for the iob.
J.P. Bailey
P.O.Box 401
Coelho, D-Calif., chairman of the
House Democratic Campaign
Committee, has sent a letter to all
Democratic House members say-
ing, in effect, that they should
shun the chamber, not cooperate
with any of its programs and
make it clear that chamber Job-
byists aren’t welcome in their of-
fices.
The Chamber of Commerce
says it wants peace, but the
Democrats say they’ve heard
those words before — and actions
will speak louder.
HOW MUCH IS a seat in the
California assembly worth? To
liberal activist Tom Hayden, a bit
more than$2 million.
According of official campaign
figures, which were just released,
Hayden spent $2.06 million to win
an assembly seat. The contest
was one of the most expensive in
California’s history, with
Hayden’s GOP opponent, Bill
Hawkins, spending almost $1
million.
The Light Helps
To The Sun:
I would like to thank the City of
Baytown for the light at Schilling
and Garth. It is so much easier for
myself and all the other people
that go into the Centennial Square
Apartments.
My mother lives in one of the
apartments, so I’m in and out
lots. -»
Mrs. W.J. Walker
3807 Crosby-Cedar Bayou Road
Bible Verse
“Now the God of patience and
consolation grant you to be like-
minded one toward another ac-
cording to Christ Jesus, that ye
may with one mind and one
mouth glorify God, even
the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ.”
Romans 15:5,6
Today In History
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Today is Friday, March 18, the
77th day of 1983. There are 288
days left in the year.
Today’s highlight in history:
On March 18, 1922, Mahatma
Gandhi was sentenced to six
years, in prison in India for civil
disobedience.
On this date:
In 1776, George Washington
took control of Boston after it was
evacuated by the British.
In 1937, more than 400 people —
mostly children — were killed in a
gas explosion at a school in New
London, Texas.
In 1965, a Soviet Air Force of-
ficer became the first man to
leave an orbiting spacecraft and
float in space.
And, in 1974, Middle East oil-
producing states — except Libya
and Syria — ended their oil em-
bargo against the United States.
Ten years ago: Bombings,
shooting and a land mine explo-
sion resulted in two deaths in Nor-
thern Ireland.
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