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PISCATAQUIS I 7 Swgflr'JJaHj PccKao ori SATURDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 1972 IN OUR OPINION Delegates Stick With Sen. Muskie Rights Or Loopholes? -By Kent Worth for the prosecution to check as to its truth or falsity. In support of their recommendations, the committee observed: We disagree entirely with the idea that the defense have a sacred right to the benefit of anything in the law which may give them a chance of acquittal, even on a technicality, however strong the evidence against them." The committee declared the law should be such as will secure as far as possible that the result of the trial is the right one" that is, that guilty parties are found guilty and innocent ones acquitted. That is what justice is all about, of course. Yet it seems that in Britain, as in the U.

all too many criminals are escaping conviction by cleverly using established rights as loopholes. -Society also has a precious right, or should have the right of effective protection against crime. It will be interesting to see whether the committees recommendations are implemented, or quietly put in a government pigeonhole to gather dust. Recommendations that call for trimming down the rights of defendants in criminal cases were filed with the British government this week. We expect they will stir a hornets nest of controversy In the U.S.

as well as in Britain. Law enforcement agencies In both countries complain that too many accused persons are getting off scot-free on technical points. Civil liberties spokesmen In England have been quick to denounce the recommendations. Yet the proposals should not be taken lightly. They result from a painstaking examination of criminal trials over an eight-year period by a blue ribbon committee of Judges and The committee would abolish the rule that says police must inform an arrested person that he is not required to submit to interrogation.

dt would require a wife or husband to testify against her or his spouse. It would permit, under some circumstances, the introduction of a defendant's criminal record at his trial. The committee is also critical of a practice by which a defendant springs an alibi at his trial, too late perhaps THE REST IS UP TJO THE S--KH -DRIVER 6 Weve done about everything we can! i Carl Rowan Battle Of Boris And Bobby He made a careful study of his own weaknesses as well as those of Champion Tigran Petrosian, challenged again, and succeeded. Searing Furor Rages Among Blacks Because Of Leap To McGovern Clan Less than an hour after Thursdays vote by the Democratic Credentials Commitee to strip Sen. George McGovern of 151 California delegate votes, the phones of Maines 20 delegates tff 1 the Democratic National Convention began ringing.

f3 On the calling end were representatives of presidential hopeful old Triple-H (Hubert Horatio Humphrey), or a Democratic State Chairman Severin Bellveau likes to refer to -the former Vice President, H-Cubed." They were fishing around trying to learn if there is much support within the Maine delegation for Pease of Hollis, vice chairman of the state party, one of the Miami-bound delegates. "Im afraid they didn't get too much out of me. I Informed; that lam commited to Sen. Muskie and I intend to until the last breath is drawn Mrs. Pease said the delegates have been hounded from all over the country on behalf of various candidates for the Democratic nomination.

One call, from NBC, was purely a Kennedy feeler, the gregarious Mrs, Pease collided. Another call, from Ohio, purporting to be from a collegian working on a --paper was obviously a McGovern call. Youd have to be pretty stupid not to figure that out Which brings up the question: how much support docj George McGovern have within the Maine delegation, and how long do the delegates intend to stick with the Maine Senator before switching to the probable winner at Miami? Oh, I think Everyone in the delegation is more or lesf'j agreed that we will stick with Sen. Muskie on the first ballot, even though were not commited to do so, replies Rep. Kathy Watson Goodwin of Bath.

Theres a lot of loyalty to Muskie." But most of us are pretty confused as to just how far wk will go. We intend to hang in there for Sen. Muskie for a while; I had thought that he might release us to go our own way, after this California thing there is no chance he will release us, said the perky lady legislator who admittedly isr, McGovern leaner. How many members of the Maine delegation are ready to vote for McGovern at the first opportunity? About 75 percent, Id guess, says Mrs. Goodwin.

,3 Mrs. Pease doesnt agree. I sense that the delegate! sentiment does not necessarily lie with McGovern. The' delegates just are not committing themselves. Some would go for Kennedy in a minute if he gets into the picture, and made this known from the start.

About the only thing I aras sure of is that there just isnt any support within the delegation for Hubert Humphrey or George The action of the Credentials Committee in taking away a good part of McGoverns California delegates certainly didn't hurt Muskles miniscule chances of getting the nomination. Mrs. Goodwin and Mrs. Pease both agreed that the step was warranted. However, Mrs.

Goodwin said she agreed with Maralyn Schoenbergers reason ior voting to uphold thef challenge more than she did with the reason given by Brucfc Chandler of Watervillc. Chandler and Mrs; Schoenberger, an Orono resident, are members of the Democratic Credentials Committee presently at work in Washington. Chandler said he voted for the basically Humphrey challenge because he felt it would be extremely helpful to Sen. Muskie, -even though he was not personally involved in it Mrs. Schoenberger, cast her vote for the challenge because she is opposed to tlie winner-take-all rule under which McGovern has claimed all 271 California delegate votes.

She said she objected to the lack of proportional representation in 19G8 and felt that this was the basis of the reform movement, since then. Said Mrs. Goodwin in a subsequent telephone Interview, I dont believe in winner-take-alf primaries. I like McGovern very much, but Im sure if the shoe were on the other foot hed be, the first one hollering that it is not fair. Hes a little bit out of character in this particular case.

A 16V of Maine Democrats will agree with the prevailing analysis that the Democratic Party nationally is in quite-a box: there js the feeling that the party cannot win next fall with McGovern as the nominee, counterbalanced by the presumption that if McGovern is denied the nomination at Miami all hell will break loose and the 1968 fiasco at Chicago will look like an East Eddington Sunday School picnic by comparison. Th Maine delegation, bound by lovalty tics to Sen. Muskie, is in an especiaUy tough position on the matter. The delegates conceivably wont make up their minds until the eleventh hour on the convention floor. In the meantime, the cards and letters keep coming.

Ths-delcgates have received autographed books from Sen. Mik Gravel of Alaska and former North Carolina Terry Sanford, both of whom would like to be on the inSide at Miami; promotional literature from nonentities; and flyers from do-gooder. I even got a call from a Miami reporter who wanted to know how much I plan to spend on clothing for the convention, said Mrs. Pease. I told her I barely had enough money for the plane ticket, let alone a new wardrobe.

Labor Endorsement The annual meeting of Maine labor, when COPE (Committee on Political Education) makes its annual contribution' to the campaign chests of various politicians generally those of the Democratic philosophy is scheduled for Portland in three weeks. The word is that there will be strong support for COPE tn throw its endorsement and its financial backing behind Republican Bill Cohen of Bangor in his Second District race with Van Buren Democrat Elmer Violettc. Two years ago, the endorsement was worth $2,500 for Maines two Congressional candidates. The best of anything has a fascination for us, be it the best light bulb or best stereo; best sardine packer or best golfer. And so we look with great interest at Reykjavik, Iceland, where a match begins tomorrow to determine officially the world's best chessplayer.

Americas Robert J. Fischer is the challenger, and Russias Boris Spassky the reigning champion. Beyond their curiosity about excellence in general, however, millions of people will follow the course of this match with special excitement, even people who know nothing about chess. To these people the match is more than a contest between superbly prepared competitors; it is a clash of ideologies, the American way of life against the Soviet. The image is appropriately medieval, echoing the structure of the game, as these champions meet in single combat.

And this bloodless battle on a board is certainly more pleasing to the imagination than an armed conflict of thousands. The emotions of chessplayers are with Fischer too, though for somewhat different reasons. The Russians have monopolized the championship since before World Wdr II, and a Fischer victory would demonstrate that the rest of the world has a chance in this arena. Bobby thus becomes1 a kind of Quixote! gallantly charging the establishment of Russian superiority. But Bobby just might topple this windmill, just as he has vanquished the haystacks along the way.

Ironically, the casting is apparently all wrong in this drama, if Fischer is indeed to play the good guy. From all reports, Spassky is by far the more likable of the two: dignified, witty, and affable. -We especially admire the way he took his defeat in his first bid for the world championship. FISCHER SPASSKY communities, and to Increase substantiaUy the black role in the conduct of the Presidential campaign. Whatever the outcome of the election, Fauntroy says, there will be a major gain in black political potency.

I asked Fauntroy if he felt they had betrayed an old friend, Humphrey, who also had helped Fauntroy win election. Im saddened about Humphrey and 1 know Lou Stokes is, he replied, but Bill Clay put it best when he said: We have no permanent friends and no permanent enemies, just permanent interests. I want McGovern td make the pledge to 'me, Evers said, and noVto some third party purporting to represent me. McGovern's winning the nomination may no longer be in doubt. But it is certainly dear that a lot of doubt still surrounds the ultimate balloting of the black delegates.

I take your word. Hes a liar, and he cant do that to me and get away with it. Fauntroy hasnt heard anything from me yet, she dded. Fauntroy contends his pledge was that the delegates would stay uncommitted until the propitious time to move. One thing blacks have to learn js when the convention is held.

The convention was held yesterday (Monday), when we pledged vthose delegates to McGovern, insofar as picking the Presidential candidate is concerned. Fauntroy says he, Stokes, and Clay knew that three governors were telling McGovern that they could deliver the votes he needed. We wanted to get there- first and use our leverage to get specific commitments for blacks." Among commitm ents Fauntroy says McGovern made is a promise to spend 40 to 50 per cent of all voter registration money, in black Fischer, on the other hand, As notorious for his aloofness and temper tantrums. He withdrew from an earlier chance at the worlds title because he didnt like the decisions of the director in the qualifying tournament. His dickering for satisfactory conditions for this match nearly cost him a second chance.

These qualities have endeared Fischer to no one. and they have hurt many who would have been his friends. But we still support him in this match, and we would even if he werent favored to win it. In a way, we wish Boris were an American so we could root for him. But it is Fischer who is our countryman.

And that makes him somehow like all of us. GERRY DULLEA The Scott Report Drastic Budget Changes Caused By Recent Rain A Conservative View WASHINGTON Rep. Shirley Chisholm is so encaged she says she plans to call a mass rally here to tell the people how delegate Walter Fauntroy lied to her and double-crossed her even after wrapping a pledge to her in his status as a minister. The spunky Congresswoman says, A few members of the Black Caucus are trying to become kingmakers by making deals witlv. Sen.

George McGovern that represent the same old politics under the name of reform." Sen. Hubert If. Humphrey and his black supporters are crying betrayal, asserting that they have been stabbed in.the back by men Humphrey helped bring to power. Blacks from Washington state to Mississippi are complaining that a handful of blacks in Washington are trying to render the July convention meaningless by delivering the votes of black delegates to McGovern in June. This searing furor rages in black communities across the nation because Reps.

Louis Stokes of Cleveland, William Clay of St. Louis and Walter Fauntroy. Congressional delegate from the District of, Columbia, held a widely-publicized press conference with McGovern i which they pledged what they thought were enough black delegates to assure McGovern the nomination on the first ballot. The Chisholm and Humphrey camps accuse the three black Congressmen of playing a numbers game of pledging delegates they dont have. Fannie Lou Hamer, the noted Mississippi fighter for the poor, says the Fauntroy group overstated her position and that she will ding to my little vote and stay uncommitted.

Charles Evers, the black mayor of Fayette, says he has 16 black votes and that "the Black Caucus had no right to say we are supporting McGovern. Humphrey has been with black people down through the years, and I dont think its right to turn on him. I dont know anything McGoverns done for black people that would cause me to shift to him. Mrs. Chisholm says she declined to run In the D.C.

primary, leaving the field virtually clear for Fauntroy, when he promised that after a favorite son gesture he would release the D.C. delegates to her. When I told him I was skeptical, Mrs. Chisholm recalls, he asked me to remember that he was a minister. I said, Well, on thabasis Plans Of Bicentennial Commission Have Offered Notliing Mucli So Far to $4 billion and might even go higher.

In Vietnam, the acts of the North Vietnamese have forced the Nixon Administration to drasticly hike military expenditures there. Operations designed to counter Hanois invasion have increased military spending for the war to more than $5 billion a year over planned expenditures. Administration officials say the increased money being budgeted for the war after June 30 will have to be taken from other programs because of the sharp reduction in revenues caused by storm Agnes. The need for heavier military equipment for the South Vietnamese is expected to boost these expenditures even, higher. Quote-of-the-week honors this week go to Sen.

Gerry the astute Portland Democrat, who wins, hands down. On a tour oi the idle Maine Sugar Industries beet refinery at Easton with a legislative subcommitce, Conley observed the healthy number of birds which have made the refinery their home. This is the first $30 million bird house Ive been in in a) long time, quoth the Senator program is intended to encourage localities and States to initiate goal setting-achieving programs. The words convey no meaning. One of the attractive aspects of the program," says the press release, is its ersatility.

It can be just as effective in small towns as well as large cities because of its emphasis on individual citizens. The goal setting-achieving process seeks to encourage citizens to come together to take an in-depth look at their own community. They will be asked to study their communitys past, assess its present, and decide together on what they would like its future to be. Then the citizens will decide by concensus on specific goals for their city or tdn. Now that is blah and the release runs on for two more pages in the same sing-song prose.

The com missions Call for Achievement appears to invoke nothing more than an appeal for responsible community planning; its relationships to 6RAPTFITI' 9 iflMKitlt, By Art Buchwald WASHINGTON Unforseen acts of God and our enemies are forcing President Nixon and his advisers to make sweeping changes in the Administration's budget, programs, and legislative plans for next year. The drastic alterations are the result of tropical storm which caused the worst floods in the nation's history, and the North Vietnamese military offensive in South Vietnam Both incidents, over which the Administration had no control, have caused large unpro-gramed increases in federal spending, The aftershocks of Agnes are even more far reaching. White House aides, who ac- companied President Nixon during his tour of flood hit states, say privately that the' prospective loss of federal tax revenues from the storm damage will run into billions. In addition to killing off all chances of, any across-the-board federal tax relief next year, storm Agnes also may even sidetrack the revenue reform measures proposed by the major Presidential candidates especiaUy if those proposals result in large losses of revenue. The Presidents review of the flood hit states clearly indicates that in some industrial areas the storm damage is so great that complete new industries will have to be built.

The plant losses and the cost of replacement plants will mean drastic reductions in federal revenues since most of these costs can be written off as tax losses. Closed plants also mean a cutback in payroUs and loss of' tax revenues from workers. As President Nixon put It while gazing at a submerged Bcthieham Steel plant at Steelton, last week-end: Something going to have to be done at the federal level to help these people. There's probably going to have to be a complete new industry there. While Treasury experts estimate that it will be months before the total loss of tax revenue will be known, a preliminary estimate turned over to the White House indicates that the loss could run anywhere from $2 billion By JAMES J.

KILPATRICK Four years heiice, when the magic day rolls around, Americans will observe the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Sad to say, an uneasy repression. is growing that plans for this moat glorious Fourth are in trouble. The whole project threatens to become an inglorious fizzle. It is hard to put a finger on the problem.

The American Revolution Bicentennial Commission was created by Congress eight years go, with a mandate to put together a program commemorating the great occasion. Special emphasis was to be given to the ideas associated with the Revolution," but the events themselves, commencing in the spring of 1775, were to be celebrated on ihe'r anniversaries also. A part of the trouble may lie in the conflict, if it is a conflict, between emphasizing ideas and celebrating events. It is a conflif between sehoiarshio and show biz. Professor Clarence Vcr-Stceg of Northwestern University, chairman of the American Historical Association's bicentennial committee, has publicly voiced his dismay with the commissions academic plans.

But those who had looked forward to a worlds fair tourist attraction, presumably in Phi'adelphia, are equally disappointed. In May the commission rejected a proposal for an exposition in Philadelphia, and the festival side of the program is now in disarray. At the same meeting at which 1 1 killed the Philadelphia plan, the commission announced a program to be known as Call for Achievement." The commissions own press release, announcing this venture, is sympto-' matic of the malaise. The the American- Revolution is tenuous at best. A more ambitious venture was announced in February.

The commission then recom-mended a concept of bicentennial parks." This was described as an indoor outdoor cultural, educational and recreational complex in possibly every State of the Union on land to be provided by the Federal government or otherwise donated. Each such park would serve as a foci point for the nationwide bicentennial celebration in 1976. It was apparent from the commissions February announcement that a good deal of architectual thought had been given to these proposed Slate expositions: Identical utility pods with identical electrical plug-in systems would be installed at each of the parks. There would be plazas, playgrounds, amphitheaters, restaurants, kiosks, shops and marinas. The parks would onen on April 1, pavilions, museums, work-1976.

It appears equally apparent that no political thought (or not much) was given to the scheme. The concept was sprung on the commission, full-blown, on February 21. Three days later, it was sprung on the National Governors Conference. Its feasibility remains unknown. Practical questions of site selection, land transfer, capital appropriations, and the like, have yet to be explored.

Its too bad. The American Revolution was one of the great watersheds of Western history. Its ideas and its spirit need to be rediscovered and reapplied. The country is hungry for heroes and thirsty for old-fashioned inspiration. But the half-baked pronouncements of the bicentennial commission offer nothing much, so far, toward meeting that demand.

Viewing The News WASHINGTON What are well-known people in' Washington going to do this summer? A recent check around town revealed the following: Sen. George McGovern is going to Miami Beach in July for his vacation with either 1,478 or 1,509 of his dearest friends, depending on whom you talk to. McGoverns staff said, the senator plans to relax, watch television, read books on economics and take in some night life at the Miami Convention Center. When asked why McGovern had chosen Miami Beach for his vacation, a spokesman said. Peter, Paul and Mary are playing at the A check with Sen.

Hubert Humphreys office revealed that the senator was going to pout. All summer? I asked. Maybe right through until November, the voice on the other end of the phone said. The senator has been busy with the primaries, and he hasnt had much chance to pout in a long time. So heU probably go back to Minnesota and just sit there in a rocking chair and look out at the sunset and pout.

Will he pout about anything in particular? In I960, the senator pouted about West Virginia, but this time he has decided to pout mostly about California. I would say California and money are what Sen. Humphrey will be pouting about this summer. Henry Kissingers office said Kissinger hasnt firmed up his plans for summer yet. So far, all he has on his schedule are trips to Belgrade, Bucharest, Budapest, Siberia, Ceylon, Mt.

Everest, Beverly Hills, the Canary Islands, the North Pole, the Riviera, Stratford-on-Avon. Shanghai, Pisa. Bali, Stockholm, Australia, Addis Ababa, and Loch Ness, Except for these few trips, an aide said, Mr. Kissinger hopes to keep his summer clear so he can go to the beach with a friend -Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird is not going anywhere. The Soviets are not taking vacation, he told a committee) As a matter of fact, they are going ahead and building new missiles in July and August which will put this country at a 3-to-t disadvantage.

Unless Congress provides thl funds to go ahead on the B-l bomber an(J Trident submarine, I qannot in good conscience take a vacation this summer. i President Nixon has decided to spend hit vacation in Washington, D.C,, one of hi favorite resort towns. A White House spoke. man said, Key Biscayne is too hot and Sap Clemente is too crowded, so the President ha's decided to take his iamily to Washington for the summer, and get away from it aU. The Nixons have been coming here every summtj for three years, and the President considers ft 'the perfect place to rest up for the footbaB season.

Vice President Spiro Agnew is still ndt sure what hes going to do this summer, and so far the President hasnt told him. Agnew administrative assistant said, The Vice prei ident has his heart set on going to Miami ih August, but every time he asks the Cpmmittec to Re-Elect the President about, an airliite reservation for him, they tell him hes qn standby. Martha Mitchell also Is not sure whit shes going to do this summer, and her husband John is not sure what shes going to do cither. When I called her, she answered tht phone herself and said, What am I going to do this summer? I'll tell you what I'm going to do this summer! Im And then soma-one ripped her phone out of tht wall. WAT in p' lSplN if TAKEfsT Mars Hill, Maine McGovern wants a guaranteed income of $8,000 per year and I think he worth every penny of it.

Youd thing the Democratic Party would take some of the blame for the world situation, if for no other reason than good sportsmanship. -cenfiv; i.