European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Urday april 20, 196 the stars and stripes Page 7 ourt curtails Federal workers Freedom to speak Washington up Theus court of appeals thursday e ded Down a decision which sharply limits the right of free Dom of speech for government Elthe court ruled in essence that there is a reasonable differs Between the free speech limitations the government May impose on its employees and the limitations it May impose on the free and open discussion within an Agency of government is wholly different from heated debate flowing into th6 Public Arena judge Henry a edger ton said. While a free society value robust vigorous and essentially uninhibited Public speech by Citi Zens such Public speech by government employees May produce intolerable disharmony inefficiency dissension and even chains ". The court acted in the Case of Richard d. Meehan a Panama canal zone policeman who was fired shortly after riot broke out there in Early 1964.one of the three counts on which Meehan was discharge was failure to obtain clearance from the canal zone governor before releasing articles relat ing to government  charges stemmed from a lengthy letter written and circulated by Meehan who was also president of the canal zone police Lodge. The letter urged per sons to write their congressmen to protest a government decision to begin hiring panamanian nationals As policemen in the canal Forte. Attached to the letter was poem which suggested the canal zone governor used subterfuge and lies to circumvent the wishes of Congress and wreck the Constitution. Arguments hit the three judge court unanimously struck Down argument that the actions came under the constitutional guarantee of free Dom of speech. The court noted that consider ing the increasingly indispensable services rendered by government employees the Public welfare demands administration that is effective and disciplined and not beset by turmoil and anarchy loyalty to the government employer cannot be held to com Pel total servility of thought an expression but it does set a limit on the methods available to Indi Cate disagreement with a Superior  judge Harold Leventhal and Edward Tamm concurred with judge Edgerton on the free speech Issue. Aftermath overturned trash cant an piles of debris clutter Yard of the Raleigh  Central prison following wednesday s rioting of 400 inmates. Six. Were left  photo official blames reforms for revolt at no. Prison Raleigh . A North Carolina s top prison offi Cial said thursday his efforts to build a progressive correction system were partially responsible for wednesday s Central prison riot in which six prisoners were killed. But state correction commissioner Lee Bounds plans no change from his relatively new policy of collecting the worst of fenders at the maximum Security unit in Raleigh. We have to face up to the fact he said that collecting trouble Means trouble is going to  the advantage of the regroup he said outweighs the risks. Kennedy aides conflict of jobs under study Washington up the Senate ethics committee is looking twice at admission by Sens. Robert f. And Edward m. Kennedy that a score of their taxpayer salaried aides Are working on the presidential Campaign. Reports of the dual assign ments also raised the eyebrows of Senate majority Leader Mike Mansfield but he quickly re turned to his policy of non involvement in presidential politics. As for the Kennedy Brothers they say there s nothing unusual about Senate aides helping thei Bosses get elected. Took notice chief Council Benjamin r. Fern said the ethics committee staff has taken notice of press reports of the dual assignments of the Kennedy aides but added that such notice was just Aroutine  we follow All press report Sand All other allegations and certainly we will look twice at Sii " Saidi we Don t ignore he said if the staff decide Mere Are any irregularities the matter would be referred to the committee for further action. Sixteen members of Rober Kennedy s Senate staff and five rom his brother s Are spending most of their time on Campaign Ork at the Headquarters or out men s stings Kennedy spokes they emphasized that the  Are putting in extra joins in order to attend to their senatorial duties. Strike up Friendship striking Telephone workers Thomas Schultz and Betty Scott share Betty s umbrella As they picket in Oklahoma City in the second Day of a nation wide walkout by200,000 Agugust Bell Telephone Aud Western electric. A photo marines give girl objector her discharge Washington up Maryi Elizabeth Burns the lady Marine who was court mar i titled a week ago for refusing to Wear her uniform and report to duty in protest of the Vietnam War was granted discharge from the Marine corps thursday at her lawyers request. Acting with extraordinary Speed Marine officials sent her through a final physical examination thursday morning at Bethesda naval Hospital. A Marine spokesman said the discharge was granted because miss Burns behaviour had resulted in repeated violations of military regulations and had imposed a Burden on the command. The separation was made under honorable conditions he said. The separation described Asan administrative discharge was miss Burns objective when she first refused to Wear her uniform or report for duty March 19. During the court martial attorneys for the pretty Blond 21-year-old girl from grand Junction colo., asked that she be Given a discharge because military service was in violation of her  the military court ordered miss Burns rank reduced fro Corporal to private and sentenced her to 45 Days restrict onto quarters a penalty which was eliminated tuesday after review by col. Oscar t. Jensen commander of the Marin Headquarters battalion. He said that his system in sures that the bulls extortionists racketeers As Saulters sexual offenders and other prisoners who have been terrorizing their fellow inmates Are re in q y e d from medium Security facilities throughout the state allowing More rehabilitation i those units. Five inmates were killed and78 wounded Early wednesday when guards fired shotguns into crowd of More than 400 rioting prisoners. One of eight critically injured prisoners died later in a Hospital. Five officers were Hurt non seriously in the confrontation that Bounds said lasted 10 min utes. Bounds said the Root cause of the trouble was administrative take Over of the prison Handi Craft system. For years the system was operated by in mates As a Revenue source by making wallets and other Leath or goods for outside markets. Prison officials maintained he system bred extortion and racketeering and was a Means or some prisoners to gain Power and control Over the other in mates. Bounds said the handicraft production will continue but Only under control and supervision of prison officials. For the past 18 months Bounds department has been classifying the prison system s10,000 inmates. The worst of fenders and those with the Leas potential for rehabilitation Are collected at Central prison i Raleigh. The big prison designed Century ago but not completed until the 1890s, was described a outmoded and obsolete by Bounds. But we will not change our policy Bounds said. We Are achieving our objective of graduated correctional program from total confinement to Dis charge. We would rather risk a concentration of  Independence for Colony Madrid up Spanish for eign minister Fernando Maria Castella has announced that Spain intends to give its african Possession of equatorial Guinea Independence this year at the earliest possible