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*Former aides confident WASHINGTON (AP)--Presidential Associates H.R. Halde- man and John D. Ehrlichman began testifying before the Watergate grand jury yesterday. Their lawyer said they are confident of acquittal if indicted. Both men resigned from the White House staff Monday after news accounts and other sources linked them to an alleged coverup of the Watergate wiretapping. Ehrlich- man has been tied to two other scandals as well, an al- leged burglary in the Pentagon Papers case and a Leban- ese bank deal promoted by accused mutual-fund looter Robert L. Vesco. Haldeman, who had been Nixon's chief of staff, and Ehrlichman, his chief domestic adviser, spent yesterday morning talking with chief prosecutor Earl Silbert. They began giving testimony in the afternoon. Ehrlich- man went first. Their lawyer, John J. Wilson, said neither would claim any protection against self-incrim- ination. Wilson was asked by newsmen if his clients fear they will be indicted. "I don't know about that," he said. "But they have no fear of being convicted." Meanwhile, U.S. Attorney General Designate Elliot L. Richardson promised Republican senators yesterday he will name an independent prosecutor in the Watergate case "in the next day or two," Senate sources said. The White House and the Watergate: Each day Richardson was reported to have asked senators about seems to unfold new links between the two. naming of such a prosecutor and they were unanimous in (See WATERGATE, Page 2) Nixon's Watergate problems do not approach Grant era WASHINGTON (UPI)--President Nixon's evidence against the corruptors. problems with the Watergate case are Chief among them was Orville E. very serious but so far do not match U.S. NAVAL BASE Babcocka Civil War colonel, an in- the scale of scandal and immortality GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA timate of the great family, whose that surrounded President Ulysses S. finger was found by historians on Grant 100 years ago. almost every thread of wrong-doing In the Civil War hero's eight-year during Grant's two terms. presidency, corruption charges tar- red both of Grant's vice presidents, The first major public scandal was his personal White House secretary, the Credit Mobilier case. his brother-in-law, a cabinet mem- Near the close of Grant's first ber and his wife, the U.S. ambassa- term, the New York Sun published dor to England, the speaker of the charges that Credit Mobilier, a con- House, a future President and gov- struction firm set up to benefit ernment officials by the hundreds. builders of the Union Pacific, had authorized the secret sale of luc- To top it off, Grant's Republican rative stock at cut-rate prices to successor in the White House, members of Congress who "would pro- Rutherford B. Hayes, won the pres- duce most good for us." idency by a cynical political deal that took key electoral votes from On the list of those alleged on his Democratic opponent, Samuel B. Friday, May 4, 1973 the take from Rep. Oates Ames, a Tilden. Massachusetts shovel manufacturer Credit Hobilier, the Whiskey Ring Grant was a military genius and and a Credit Mobilier director, were and Belknap were the names of was a fine judge of horses and ci- outgoing Vice President Schuyler scandals that brought out evidence gars, but not of people, and refused Colfax, his second-term successor of the theft of millions of dollars to believe corruption surrounded him. Henry Wilson, Speaker James G. Blair and naked bribery in the "Gilded He turned coldly hostile to the few Congressman James A. Garfield who Age" of a century ago. reformers who brought devastating (See GRANT, Page 6) Page 2--LATE NEWS ROUNDUP Guantanamo Gazette Friday, May 4, 1973 WATERGATE- S GAZETTEER (Continued from Page 1) .a digest of late news saying one should be appointed, the sources said. Richardson in turn promised he would name one before the start of his May 9 confirmation hearings, the sources said. Also yesterday, the General Accounting Office accused WASHINGTON (AP)--The House Appropriations Committee President Nixon's campaign committee of violating fed- said yesterday it has turned the case of some $110 eral law when it ran an advertisement in the New York million in overspending by the Navy over to the Justice Times last November in support of Nixon's decision to Department for investigation of possible criminal vio- mine Haiphong Harbor. lation. The committee said its own investigation "in- The GAO's Office of Federal Elections referred the dicated that certain individuals within the Navy have matter to the Justice Department for further investi- made wilful adjustments to official accounting records gation and possible legal action. in order to conceal the overspending. Thus," it said, "there were implications present that criminal viola- The GAO said in a report that although the ad was tions may have occurred. The committee rejected the paid for by the Committee to Re-elect the President, it Navy's request for $111.3 million to cover the over- did not mention the committee or list the names of its spending in the past years but approved $34.6 million members, as required under federal campaign laws. "to cover critical deficiencies." "Although we have not determined which individual in- volved may be considered liable, we recommend that this matter be referred to the attorney general for further KENT, Ohio (AP)--Kent State University students ar- investigation and action," said Phillip S. Hughes, ranged an all-night campus vigil last night in memory director of the GAO's Elections Office. The report of four students slain by National Guardsmen May 4, said that Charles W. Colson, a special counsel to 1970. Demands were renewed for a federal grand jury Nixon who resigned earlier this year, "informed us investigation of the deaths. Callison Krause, Pitts- that he reviewed the draft (of the ad) and probably burgh; Jeffrey Miller, Plainview, N.Y.; William Schroe- made changes in it." der, Lorain, Ohio; and Sandra Scheuer, Youngstown, Ohio, were killed by Ohio National Guard bullets during a The full-page ad, entitled "the people vs., the New campus demonstration against American military action York Times," which ran in the newspaper's Nov. 17 in Cambodia. Today, the third anniversary of the issue, rebutted a Times editorial that criticized deaths, students planned to march about two miles from Nixon's decision to mine Haiphong. the downtown area to the campus Commons, where an of- In New York, a judge yesterday ordered the arrest of ficial university memorial was planned for noon. financier Robert L. Vesco to force him to appear be- fore a grand jury investigating his business affairs as well as his $250,000 donation to the Nixon re- WASHINGTON (AP)--Uenry A. Kissinger left last night election campaign in 1972. U.S. District Court Judge on a mission to Moscow for President Richard M. Nixon Edmund L. Palmieri signed the bench warrant for Vesco's to pave the way for a forthcoming summit meeting with seizure at the U.S. government's request. He also Soviet Communist Party Leader Leonid I. Brezhnev. signed a subpoena for the appearance of Vesco's wife Kissinger is expected to spend four or five days in before the panel. the Soviet Union. Among other issues bound to come up Also, in Washington one of G. Gordon Liddy's attor- for discussion are Vietnam, the Middle East, a mutual neys said yesterday the convicted Watergate conspir- reduction of forces in Europe, and the continuing ator still refuses to follow his advice to tell a Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. Kissinger, President grand jury about the plot, but the Watergate trial Nixon's national security adviser, held a White House judge told the lawyer he will have to continue to meeting Tuesday with three prominent American Jewish represent Liddy. leaders to discuss the problem of Jews in the Soviet Union. Water status Water figures for Thursday: Local Forecast * Guantanamo, WATER PRODUCED: 1,815,000 Partly cloudy with .~ WATER CONSUMED: 1,744,000 scattered ll~pi. afternoon showers in the bay area, becoming WATER GAIN: mostly clear 71,000 after sunset. Visibility . - 1- 1 Ad- ::d . .~.3. unrestricted. Winds .*33 . 3. _- . WATER IN STORAGE: 19,315,000 N 3-5 knots becoming SE 12-14 knots . with gusts to 24 knots during the afternoon, returning NE 3-5 knots after sunset. High today 86 degrees. Low tonight 73. Bay conditions 2-5 feet. High tide 2334. Low tide 1606. Friday, Uay 4, 1973 Guantanamo Gazette LOCAL, NAVY NES--Page 3 LOCAL BRIEFS Uniform shortages explained BROOKLYN, N.Y.--Some Navy Exchanges are experiencing shortages in uni- *promotions form items made from double-knit and denim. Manufacturers have not been able to keep up with the demand for these materials, not only in mili- Seven marines were promoted to tary uniforms but also in civilian style clothing as well. corporal by Lt. Col. Thomas G. The worldwide popularity of double-kints is causing increased demand Adams, arine Barracks commanding for this material in the clothing industries. The "crunch" for the new officer, during morning colors uniform fabric came in January when the Navy announced that first class Tuesday. Promoted were: Richard petty officers could begin wearing the new enlisted uniform immediately, P. Aston, Julius M. Baham, Jack E. at their option. Barron, Danny L. Dearing, Kenneth E. Ellis, Mario Patron and Johnny Manufacturers previously had established production schedules to pro- C. Rivers. During morning colors vide increased supplies of the new uniform, including uniforms made of Friday, Lt. Col. Adams promoted the double-knit fabric by this July.