Wail grand jury action
FBI spies on Froines, Davis
WASHINGTON (AP)—Testimony during a
hearing on conspiracy charges against antiwar
activists Rennie Davis and John Froines indicates
tape-recorder-carrying FBI agents and informers
were among their most faithful audiences.
Froines, a former University assistant
professor of chemistry, submitted his resignation
from that post last September after a year’s unpaid
leave of absence.
Government witnesses testified Wednesday
that agents and “confidential sources” of the FBI
were on hand to report on, and often record,
statements by Davis and Froines at more than two
score meetings, news conferences and speeches.
The FBI surveillance of the two, charged in
connection with this month’s Mayday activities
here, was well under way by last October and has
continued into early May, U.S. Magistrate Arthur L.
Burnett was told during a preliminary hearing.
Burnett, saying he found “sufficient linkage
between the speeches and what happened here to
establish a conspiracy,” bound the two men over to
a federal grand jury probing the late April-early
May antiwar demonstrations.
Most of the government’s evidence at the
hearing came from three FBI agents who related
summaries of the meetings, news conferences and
speeches.
Special Agent J. Peter Chase of the FBI’s
Washington field office testified Davis had, on 15
occasions, pledged that “we will shut down the
government.’’
He said eight of the 15 speeches had been taped
by the FBI. Some of the sessions, Chase said, were
attended by “confidential sources”; at others, FBI
agents personally ran the recorders.
Attempts by defense attorney Leonard
Weinglass, who also represented Davis, Froines
and others in the Chicago Seven trial of 1969-70, to
delve deeper into the FBI’s surveillance of his
clients prompted one government lawyer to ex
claim:
“Counsel appears to be trying the FBI rather
than the case at hand!”
“I think it’s a good idea,” Weinglass shot back,
drawing a chuckle from Chase.
Special Agent Paul W. Jenkins of the FBI’s New
Haven, Conn., field office, said he had received
reports on 27 Froines speeches in which he allegedly
outlined tactics for disrupting traffic in Washington
and described areas for disruption.
Davis and Froines are accused by the govern
ment of conspiring to deprive citizens of exercising
their legal rights—which carries a maximum
penalty of 10 years in jail and a $10,000 fine. They
also are accused of conspiring to interfere with
federal employes which has a 1 year maximum
penalty and a $1,000 fine.
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Several University graduate
students will participate today in
a panel discussion on op
portunities for blacks in the fields
of education, entertainment and
athletics. The discussion will
hike place at 1 p.m. in the Forum
Theatre on the Lane Community
College campus.
Lee Harvey, former University
basketball player and presently a
psychology instructor-counselor
at LCC, organized the sym
posium and will be the
moderator.
According to Harvey the three
fields were chosen as areas
where blacks have made the
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an analysis of Negroes’ chances
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The field of entertainment will
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of the University campus. Ed
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theatre, will share the discussion
with Sonny King, a graduate
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Larry Holliday, former
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suing athletic careers. He will be
joined by Jim Smith, ex
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defensive back, who is now a
graduate student in theatre and
teaches black literature on
campus, and Woodrow Jones,
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