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Colson disbarred
RICHMOND, Va—The Virginia Supreme Court disbar
red former White House Special Counsel Charles Colson
Monday for his role in the burglary of the office of Daniel
Ellsberg’s psychiatrist. The court stripped Colson of his
license to practice law as a result of a hearing last Dec. 2 at
which the Virginia State Bar argued he should be expelled
from the profession. Colson, 42, had pleaded guilty June 21,
1974 to a felony charge of disseminating confidential informa
tion damaging to Daniel Ellsberg's defense in the Pentagon
Papers Case. "This has to be viewed as one of the most
serious felonies because it goes to the very heart of his re
sponsibility as an attorney,” said James Wrenn, special coun
sel for bar at the hearing. Colson, in a statement submitted at
the hearing, said he was “following the orders of the President
of United States.”
Chou predicts war
HONG KONG-The United States and the Soviet Union
are drifting inevitably into war, Chinese Premier Chou En-lai
warned in a major speech released by Peking Monday. Calling
the two super powers “the biggest international oppressors
and exploiters today,” Chou said China would “always stand
with the oppressed people and oppressed nations throughout
the world.” The 76-year-old leader’s 3,300-word address was
delivered at the first day of China s fourth National People's
Congress Jan. 13 but released only Monday by the official
New China News Agency. Summing up the present world
situation, he said the “contention for world hegemony” was
becoming more and more intense. “The two superpowers, he
said, “are the biggest international oppressors and exploiters
today, and they are the source of a new world war. Their fierce
competion is bound to lead to world war some day.” Chou also
took note of improving relations between China and the United
States and said they would continue to develop “so long as the
principles of the Sino-American Shaghai Communique signed
during former President Richard Nixon s visit to China in 1972
are carried out in earnest.”
Drugs questioned
WASHINGTON—Ralph Nader researchers said recently
two drugs being distributed at the rate of 12 million prescrip
tions a year have kilted 15 persons and caused hundreds of
thousands more who suffer unnecessary illnesses. The
Health Research Group told the Food and Drug Administration
it should restrict use of the drugs clindamycin and lincomycin
so doctors will not routinely precribe them for such things as
acne and the common oold. “The overprescribing of clin
damycin and lincomycin is probably costing the American
public more than $100 million a year, causing colitis in hun
dreds of thousands, and killing unknown numbers of patients,”
said Dr. Sidney Wolfe, director of the group which is as
sociated with Nader. The Upjohn Co. said it continues to
believe the druas are an “effective agent for treating a variety
of infections," and it feels it has adequately and conscien
ously kept doctors and the government informed about possi
ble side effects.
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Senate votes to investigate
allegations of domestic spying
WASHINGON (UPI)—Senate
Democrats voted Monday to set
up a Watergate-style Senate
committee to investigate allega
tions the CIA, FBI and perhaps
other government agencies have
engaged in illegal intelligence
gathering on Americans.
Despite an impassioned plea
from Sen. John Stennis not to sub
ject the CIA to possibly destructive
exposure, the Democratic caucus
voted 45 to 7 to create a select
committee for an “in-depth” inves
tigation “to correct abuse” and set
a tentative reporting deadline of
Sept. 1.
Meantime, Vice President Nel
son Rockefeller, chairman of an
eight-member commission
named by President Ford to ex
amine CIA activities, said that al
legations of “massive" spying on
Americans by the CIA had not
been borne out in his panel s initial
investigation.
“I do not want to make any con
clusions but that’s not the impres
sion left so far,” Rockefeller said.
Former CIA Director Richard
Helms, commenting to reporters
after testifying in the
commission’s second day of
closed hearings, acknowledged a
public report that Presidents Lyn
don Johnson and Richard Nixon
each expressed to him their ex
treme concern about dissident an
tiwar demonstrations in the late
1960’s.
But Helms did not answer when
asked if that concern let to domes
tic spying operations by the CIA.
Johnson first spoke to him
about his worry in 1967, Helms
said.
“He expressed concern about
dissident organizations and their
foreign connections," Helms said.
Women Ph.D.-holders
discriminated against
By ERIC WENTWORTH
(C) 1975, THE WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON—Women with doctorates fall increasingly behind
male counterparts in income and faculty rank during the course of their
professional careers, acoording to a recently released major study.
“Women have not reaped the rewards many of their made col
leagues enjoy.' said John Centra, a research psychologist who con
ducted the study for the educational testing service, a Princeton-based
organization specializing in educational analysis.
"The situation is improving somewhat,"Centra added, "Probably
due to the women s rights movement and federally mandated
affirmative-action programs. But whether recent changes are the start
of a trend or, as some claim, merely tokenism, remains to be seen."
After five to six years of experience, the study found, women
holding doctorates had incomes from salary and other sources averag
ing $16,400. For men, the figure was $18,700.
But after 22 to 23 years of experience, the women's average
income was $21,800 while men were earning an average of $27,100.
One reason for this, according to the study, was that men were
more likely to move into higher-paid faculty ranks or administrative
posts. They were also more likely to get job offers from institutions with
higher salary potentials and were freer than married women to move
from one campus to another to accept such offers.
Even where faculty rank as well as experience were equal, the
study found, men earned significantly more. A partial reason for this was
that men were more likely than women to supplement their salaries with
consulting, writing or second jobs. More men than women left the
campus entirely for private industry jobs.
Nonetheless, the study concluded, there was evidence that women
have been victims of sex discrimination in salary as well as promotion
practices.
The study said women are employed enough of the time after
getting their doctorates to justify the effort and expense invested in their
training.
Nearly two-thirds have worked full-time without interruption since
earning their degrees. Only about one-third had interrupted their pro
fessional careers because of family responsibilities, lack of available
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I was only concerned about their
foreign connections.”
Helms said that Nixon later ex
pressed the same concerns to
him.
"It was something he expres
sed to me in person—I don't know
if there was any written direction,”
Helms said.
Rockefeller said for the first time
that he felt certain the eight
member commission would make
recommendations to strengthen
the prohibition in the CIA charter
against domestic spying.
Former CIA Director John
McCone, who testified before the
commission for 2Vi hours Mon
day, told reporters that to his
knowledge there were no domes
tic spying activities when he
headed the agency between 1961
and 1965
“There were none that I knew
about," he said. “You will note of
all the accusations that have been
made none were in the time frame
that I was director. If any instance
anses that was taken during my
regime I'd be very glad to discuss
that with the commission—but
there are none that I know of.”
McCone said he believed the
CIA probe was necessary be
cause "a mere denial by the
agency will not satisfy public opin
ion. When all the information is
developed and the facts known, it
will be constructive and beneficial
instead of a destructive back
lash.”
FBI files
contain info on
personal lives
WASHINGTON (UPI)—The
FBI disclosed Monday its files
contain information on the per
sonal lives of congressmen, in
cluding reports on their "loyalty,
character and reputation."
A spokes main said the FBI does
not compile such information into
actual dossiers on individual
members of Congress But he
said the bureau maintains a
cross-reference index card file
showing each time a congress
man in mentioned in any inves
tigatory file.
If the FBI ever wants to find in
formation about a particular
member of Congress, the
spokesman said, it would use the
index card system to locate the
various files containing refer
ences to that individual.
The bureau's disclosure fol
lowed a Washington Post report
Sunday that the FBI under the late
director J. Edgar Hoover compiled
files on congressmen, including
reports on their drinking habits
and illicit sexual activities. The
newspaper quoted former Hoover
aides as saying the information
was neither obtained by direct
surveillance nor kept for blackmail
pruposes.
Reports of the files triggered a
sharp reaction on Capitol Hill.
Rep. Robert Kastenmeier,
(D-Wis.) one of several con
gressmen who called for an inves
tigation of the FBI, said the bureau
had lied to Congress in the past
when asked if such files existed.
He called it a cover-up “as Insidi
ous as Watergate."
But Attorney General William
Saxbe, acknowledging in a tele
vised interview the bureau some
times obtained material on con
gressmen but denying there were
any secret files, said: “If they’re
looking for another Watergate,
they're going to be disappointed.”