The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 21

Saturday April 12 1975 THE MIAMI HERALD 21-A CARPET CLEAM-OUT SALE Memo on Surveillance of Officials Prompts Demand for Investigation fci 1 FIRST Remna runnel FIRST Remnants 50 CUSTOMERS WILL RECEIVE ONE I (up to for only I THOUSANDS OF YARDS IN SIZES TO 75 SQ YDS VALUES TO $995 per sq yd mWHING CK THIS 50 li I'll ill 1 il ilull IIUIIII 11 if n'll'li' II 'Ip i ll I III I SALE GOES FOR ONLY PER SQ TO it pointed out that Florida statutes permit the law enforcement department to investigate public officials specifically requested by the have confidence in the said Dixon "I just believe frankly that he himself would engage in this type of activity with the members of the But he added think he (Gov Reubm Askew) is informed of all activities going on by some of the By ENA NAUNTON Herald Staff Writer TALLAHASSEE House members outraged by allegations of spying and political espionage against legislators by the Department of Criminal Law Enforcement Friday demanded an investigation am distressed dismayed disgusted and mortified at what they are doing" cried Rep Earl Dixon (D Jacksonville) brandishing a December 1973 memorandum purportedly from division director Emory Williams to special agents in charge" SATURDAr OKLV! 9 tM TO 3 PM Th Company with a Hoart JALCO CARPET WARIHOUS 741 NW 54 St Miami Fla 1 Block Watt of 1-93 of 54 Stroof I Ph 754-5561 IN A PARK BETWEEN OUR BUILDINGS MJl I FINAL SPRING CLEARANCE! SATURDAY 1 SUNDAY 12-5 FABULOUS ART BUYS! CASH OR CHECK ONLY WE'RE SACRIFICING EXTRA HUNDREDS OF FINE PAINTINGS LITHOS AND ETCHiNGS MUST GO REGARDLESS OF ABSOLUTE CLEARANCE PRICES! The memo which Dixon told reporters was leaked to him Thursday night from within the FDCLE by someone he would not identify describes a surveillance summary to keep the commissioner and directors apprised on a timely basis of all items investigative and administrative which may assist the command staff in allocating resources of the agency INFORMATION in the daily summaries should include according to the memo: information concerning public officials such as legislators Cabinet officers judges state attorneys justices of the The memo added that information concerning lower echelon public officials is not Dixon who is vice chairman of the House Appropiations Committee said the question of possible surveillance of legislators was asked in his committee on March 18 when funding of the FDCLE was being discussed ASSURED us they did not keep files on individual legisla- tors (and that) they only deal with criminal investigations nothing he said At the invitation of the department Commissioner William A Troelstrup said Dixon members of the committee visited the department to see the files which they found then showed apparently trivial references to legislators picked up from newspaper clippings had a file on me that said I had property in Dade said Dixon a Jacksonville pest control company executive own any property He said he did not know what the Dade property was supposed to be but said he had never owned property in the county The only other item in his file was a 20-year-old clipping from the magazine relevance that had I he said But he added thing disturbed me I know what else is in the file it is all HE SAID his informants both within and outside the state law enforcement agency had told him files had been purged over the weeks since the committee visit and were still being purged He also said am advised that I have been under surveillance for the past two weeks hopefully not because I have the budget I am advised the rules chairman (Rep Gus Craig St Augustine) is ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS VALUABLE LITNOS ETCHINGS FINE ART POSTERS PRINTS IMPORTED PICTURE FRAMES MANY BELOW OUR COST! REDUCTIONS UP TO 60 3 CONVENIENT LOCATIONS I MIAMI BEACH T855 NE 163 STREET 944-4771 HOLLYWOOD 1181 STATE ROAD 7 961-9114 CORAL GABLES 1546 DIXIE HIGHWAY 667-6060 uadrangle galleries under investigation and in the recent past the Speaker (Rep Donald Tucker) has been under Tucker who was urged by members to appoint a committee to investigate the situation issued a statement Friday expressing concern and promising during the weekend Next week he said will announce my instructions on appropriate House response to these Dixon also said he had heard members of the capital press were under surveillance but would not say who they were DIVISION DIRECTOR Emory Williams declined comment on his memo pending a statement from his boss Troelstrup Member of the House responded to information with outrage and in some cases threats that they would vote against appropriations for the FDCLE the new charged freshman Rep Joseph Gersten (D Miami) Rep Elaine Gordon (D Miami) a member of the Appropriations Committee said is just another demonstration of the contemptuous feelings and arrogance the agencies have for the Legislature and its authority They treat (us) with absolute But she added Legislature can say money and They will have to be a little more selective about how they spend their DIXON WHO said his sources told him the department spends per cent of their time on political said he would the speaker (Tucker) to appoint a committee to investigate these problems and restore confidence to the members of the Legislature and the citizens of the state of Florida that we have state dollars utilized for CIA Rep Charles Papy Jr (D Miami) Prison Reorganization Showdown Is Delayed Your Choice of Four Smart Styles Covered in Herculon or 100 Nylon Your Choice of Tweeds Plaids or Prints Free Delivery Budget Terms 9 Shop Anywhere and Compare! 9 At the Incredible Low Price of the prison reform proposal which accompanies a sweeping reorganization of the Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services passed by the Senate Wednesday Without the merger Gov Reubin Askew has threatened to veto the prison bill which will separate the prison from HRS control GORDON SAID the compromise will probably require the establishment of a deputy director for parole and probation in the five regional prison districts established by the overall bill This he said would alleviate concern that the field staff would lose their identity within the prison system big problem that corrections and the commission have had is been at odds for a long Gordon said after the debate parole people are afraid be shoved aside and lose their entire Prison reform advocates consider merger to the parole staff which performs pre-sentence investigations for convicted persons supervises probationers and a parolees but does not participate in the actual parole process essential to reform of the corrections system By ROBERT SHAW JR Herald Capital Bureau TALLAHASSEE Facing a narrow defeat on key section of a prison reorganization bill reformers abruptly pulled the measure off the Senate floor Friday in hopes of negotiating a compromise over the weekend The action left hanging a proposal to block the merger of the field staff of the Parole and Probations Commission with a new Department of Corrections which opponents had revived for debate by a 10-19 vote On Wednesday opponents of the merger had been defeated 16-23 in their efforts to delete it from the bill But heavy lobbying from the parole commission succeeded in reversing that vote Friday WOULD have said Sen Kenneth Myers (D Miami) of the merger bid I think we can negotiate a Sen Jack Gordon (D Miami Beach) the floor leader of the bill called a meeting at 10 am Monday to discuss a compromise think the merger will he said adding in a reference to vote only have to convince two The merger is a key element to Senators Questioning Limit on Malpractice ERA Heads For Hearing In Senate TALLAHASSEE (AP) After clearing a major hurdle the Equal Rights Amendment is next headed for a potential bottleneck in the Senate Rules Committee which will hold a hearing on the ERA in a week to 10 days Chairman Lew Brantley (D Jacksonville) said Friday The House voted 61-58 late Thursday for ratification of the amendment to the US Constitution leaving a decision on whether Florida becomes the 35th state to ratify up to the Senated Thirty-eight states must ratify the ERA by 1979 to put the controversial amendment banning sex discrimination into the Constitution However two states which have voted ratification are trying to rescind the approval would be my intention to set a Rules Committee meeting the latter part of next week or early in the following week for the purpose of taking Brantley said Here are how House members divided on the ERA question in Thursday vote: DEMOCRATS FOR William Andrews Gainesville David Barrett Satellite Beach Dick Batchelor Orlando Alan Becker North Miami Beach Samuel Bell HI Daytona Beach Elatne Bloom North Miami Beach Hyatt Brown Daytona Beach Gene Campbell West Palm Beach Gwen Cherry Miami John Considme West Palm Beach William Conway Ormond Beach Karen Coolman Fort Lauderdale John Culbreath Brooksville Helen Gordon Davis Tampa Harold Dyer Hollywood James Eckhart Coral Gables Bill Flynn Miami Tony Fontana Hiaieah John Forbes Jacksonville William Freeman Jr Key West Joseph Gerstetn Miami Elame Gordon Miami Bob Hattaway Altamonte Springs Tom Hazoun Jacksonville Healey West Palm Beach Robert Hector Miami John Alan Hill Miami Lakes Richard Hodes Tampa Joe Lang Kershaw Miami Barry Kutun Miami Beach David Lehman Hollywood Franklin Mann Fort Myers Gwen Margohs North Miami Beach Sidney Martin Hawthorne Robert McKnight Miami Tom McPherson Fort Lauderdale Lee Moftitt Tampa Tom Moore Clearwater Patrick Neal Longboat Key Bill Nelson Melbourne Carl Ogden Jacksonville Steve Paictc Jacksonville Charles Papy Coral Gables Barry Richard Miami John Rvals Brandon George Sheldon Tampa Mary Singleton Jacksonville Eric Smith Jacksonville Paul Steinberg Miami Beach Donald Tucker Tallahassee and Walter Young Hollywood REPUBLICANS FOR Betty Easley St Petersburg Tom Gallagher Miami Mary Grizzle St Petersburg Mary Elien Hawkins Naples Don Hazelton West Palm Beach Btll James Delray Beach Tom Lewis North Palm Beach Clark Maxwell Jr Melbourne and Jane Robinson Cocoa DEMOCRATS OPPOSED Ed Blackburn Temple Terrace Charles Boyd Hollywood Dick Clark Miami John Clark Lakeland A Craig St Augustine Earl Dixon Jacksonville Ed Fortune Pace Jim Foster Tamoa Bill Fglford Orlando George Grosse Jacksonville Ralph Haben Jr Palmetto Clyde Hagler Pensacola Nancy Harrington Coral Gabies Gene Hodges Cedar Key Earl Hutto Panama City Fred Jones Auburndale Ray Knooke Tampa Lewis Jacksonville Ray Mattox Winter Haven Wavne McCall Ocata Jerry Melvin Fort Walton Beach John Miller Hollywood! Wayne Mixson Marianna Herb Morgan Talla-j hassee Peaden Pensacola Jim Redman Plante City Billy Joe Rish Port St Joe Grover1 Robinson Pensacola Walter Sackett Miami' Sherrill Skinner Lake Cdy James Thompson Quincv Jere Tolton Fort Walton Beach Wendell Watson Lakeland and Frank Williams Starke I REPUBLICANS OPPOSED Randy Avon Fort Lauderdale Laurent Beian-j ger St Petersburg Fred Burrail Port Charlotte Chester Clem Vero Beach Granville CrabtreeJ Sarasota Ander Crenshaw Jacksonville Vince Fechtei Leesburg? Bill Groson OHanao BH Gorman Orlando Fred Hagan Oriando George e-ber St Petersburg Bob Johnson Sarasota Richard Lancley Clermont Harvev Matthews Orlando Dennis McDonald St Petersburg Charles Nergard Fort Pierce Paul Nuckol's Fort Myers Van Pooie Fort Lauderda'e Jack Poorpaugh Ju-j oiter Richard Prce St Petersourg Rona Rich-' mond New Port Richey Arthur Rude Fort Lau-1 derdale George Will amson Fort Lauderdale and Roger WiHon Seminole DEMOCRATS NOT VOTING Wiiham Lockward Hialeah iaer recorded as vomg for i Some raised by Sen Kenneth Myers (D Miami) temporarily blocked Senate passage Friday of a bill to limit malpractice claims to within four years of the alleged mistake regardless of how long it takes to discover the results Myers criticized the bills as having two primary flaws one being that it is so broad that it would not only apply to medical malpractice insurance premiums which are rising beyond what doctors say then can afford but would also cover such other forms of professional liability as and title insurance companies Myers complained that in seeking to help physicians and insurance companies the Legislature should not override the need to protect Floridians from malpractice concealed by deceit or fraud He also raised the issue of persons who discover the results of faulty surgery until years after the incident a young woman for example who goes blind at 22 because of an accident which happened at her birth Insurance companies sav' the possibility of such claims force them to maintain costly long term reserves think a poor bloke who develops complications because of poor medical or surgical care 15 years ago should now be without any Myers said Although Civil Judiciary Chairman Tom Gallen (D Bradenton) argued that proposals to allow District Courts of Appeal to permit suits in special cases would nullify the effect of the bill Sen President Dempsey Barron (Dp Panama City) set the issue aside until Monday so an acceptable substitute could be drafted Quotable: Regent Marshall Harris last (IK I TALLAHASSEE BBiM House appropriations chairman calling in a Gainesville speech for lump sum appropriations to the university system: our job on the Board of Regents to hire good university presidents give them the money to do the job they are convinced they can accomplish and then make them accountable for doing their job This means we have to get away from depending on body count to determine how much a university gets for salaries expenses and capital equipment and let the quality of a program be the Nursing Home Ombudsmen A House committee unanimously approved a bill setting up volunteer ombudsmen committees throughout Florida to oversee nursing home complaints and pass the more serious to a panel working in the office will be doing something to hold the nursing homes accountable with a minimum of said Rep Barry Kutun (D Miami) chairman of the Health and Rehabilitative Services Committee In other action the committee approved a bill to include a mental cruelty provision in child abuse law for Information If you want Information about ttvo jtatua of a bill bafora tha Lgislaturt talMraa tala-Phant aarvlca ll avallabla Tha numbor It 00-34I-U37 Ta spaaO tha tracking pracau yau ihuid hava tha bill numbtr.