POLITICS IN HIRING CONCEDED BY G.S.A.; Civil Service Circumvented -Unit Being Abolished Penalties Under Study
Date: 24 November 1973
The Washington Star-News
GSA abolishes 'special referral unit' that circumvented US Civil Service Comm regulations by hiring some personnel because of their pol influence rather than merit; decision is announced in rept to comm on Nov 10; it is believed to be 1st acknowledgement by a Govt agency that pol connections were taken into acct in hiring for civil service positions; comm spokesman says disciplinary action is being contemplated against agency officials responsible for preferential hiring and those who were improperly apptd; notes that agency officials are reviewing individual cases of personnel apptmts that will have to be terminated unless they can be made to conform to comm's legal and regulatory requirements; comm informs GSA that its investigation uncovered evidence of preferential treatment of applicants referred from 'nominal pol or clearly partisan' sources such as Repub Natl Com, Com for Re-Election of Pres and figures on Capitol Hill
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Newspapers in Cincinnati Are Struck by Teamsters
Date: 25 November 1973
Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati Post & Times Star on Nov 24 cancel all editions as negotations with striking Teamsters continue; Teamsters' picket lines are being honored by pressmen at both newspapers
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READERS POLLED OVER PRESS BIAS
Date: 25 November 1973
P Clarke, chmn of Univ of Michigan's journalism dept, repts on Nov 24 that about 75% of 800 newspaper readers queried in survey believe offers of favors to newsmen in exch for good press coverage come for politicans, AP Managing Editors Assn conv; repts that 1/3 of readers believe news content is influenced by favors to reporters and editors; F Wylie, Public Relations Soc of Amer, says press should adopt natl standard of conduct concerning favors and 'freebies'
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KISSINGER IS SAID TO CITE TAP ON HIM; 'Virtually Certain' of a Bug, According to Ex-AideSecretary Denies It
Date: 25 November 1973
Special to The New York Times
former White House associate of State Sec Kissinger says Kissinger has said privately that he is 'virtually certain' his telephone was tapped at some point since he joined Nixon Adm in early '69; Kissinger reptdly made remarkd shortly before he was confirmed as State Sec in Sept; when pressed by former associate as to who he believed might have ordered such surveillance, Kissinger replied, 'At least now you know the plumbers don't work for me'; Kissinger denied through State Dept spokesman earlier this wk that he had ever expressed such belief to anyone; White House deputy press sec Warren says White House has no evidence whatsoever that Kissinger's phone was ever tapped; previous statements by Pres Nixon on wiretaps, which were placed on 13 Govt officials and 4 newsmen in course of 'natl security' investigation coordinated by Kissinger, ex-Atty Gen Mitchell and late FBI Dir J E Hoover, noted; former high FBI official says he is certain that no wiretap on Kissinger was operated by FBI and that he has no knowledge of such tap by any other Govt agency; says there was internal speculation at FBI about possibility of Kissinger wiretap but that he had dismissed it as unfounded rumor
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Presidential Television; A Twentieth Century Fund Report. By Newton N. Minow, John Bartlow Martin and Lee M. Mitchell. 232 pp. New York: Basic Books. $8.95.
Date: 25 November 1973
By GEORGE E. REEDY
George REEDY
book Presidential Television. A Twentieth Century Fund Report by N Minow, J B Martin and L M Mitchell revd by G E Reedy; cartoon
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Crime and Punishment in China; FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Date: 25 November 1973
By C. L. Sulzberger
C. Sulzberger
C L Sulzberger article on crime and punishment in People's Repub of China; Tu Chin-chang of Yenan revolutionary com says cts are comprised of judges elected by people and of jury-like panel of 3 or 4 persons; says murderers are 1st bound and forced to listen to public denunciations and then shot; deputy dir of information for foreign ministry Ma Yu-chen says there has been 1 instance of corruption among high officials; says offender was tried by people's ct, convicted and shot; Public Security Bur handles transgressions beyond local revolutionary com's reach, running labor reform camps for those violating discipline
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Government and Press; Good news about a bad marriage
Date: 25 November 1973
By James C. Thomson Jr
James Thomson
J C Thomson Jr article on govt-media relationship in making of foreign policy, adapted from speech he gave at Pacem in Terris III convocation in Washington in Oct; says that thankfully there is no 'final solution' to Govt-media problem in democracy since continuing tension between 2 insts is fundamental life sign; cites rept issued by Freedom House on media and Govt in which Freedom House panel member W Westfeldt (NBC) held that charges of ill relations between news media and exec branch are much overdrawn; Westfeldt held that result of 'deplorable' relations has been more information to people about how their Govt operates, as seen in revelations concerning Indochina war and Watergate affair; Thompson offers some 'truths' about Govt-press relationship; Thomson concludes that existence of free, probing and skeptical press is major obstacle to efficient governance by exec and to making of tidy policy, whether foreign or domestic, and that is good; drawings
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Okay, the Wedding. So What Else Is News?; If a royal wedding rates 10 hours on TV, why can't a news show regularly make it into prime time?
Date: 25 November 1973
By JOHN J. O'CONNOR
John O'CONNOR
J J O'Connor comment deplores lack of any regularly scheduled network news program in prime time; suggests that networks have responsibility to offer such public-interest programs, even though they do not earn money, in exch for using pub airwaves; notes networks can produce able coverage, as of Princess Anne's recent wedding, when it is noncontroversial
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Fear in The Air; Broadcasting and the Government
Date: 25 November 1973
By SIG MICKELSON
Sig MICKELSON
Ashmore, Harry S: Book Fear In the Air. Broadcasting and the First Amendment: The Anatomy of a Constitutional Crisis, by H S Ashmore, revd by S Mickelson; cartoon
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News Summary and Index; Index to the Other News in Section 1
Date: 25 November 1973
Abraham & Straus Inc special ad sec
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