European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes Laird of Washington Arefe also feel that proper preparation is also most important before these negotiations Start he said. It appears Richard a Nixon s team will make no sweeping organizational change sin the Pentagon when it moves in Jan. 20.instead, it is expected to adopt most of the existing machinery move its top people in to run it and see what organizational ideas they come also said two men who have been working in his office on Capitol Hill will join his Persona staff at the Pentagon Carl s. Wallace and William j. A Woodyjr. Again expressed Confidence in his chosen Deputy whose Large Stock holdings have made his Senate confirmation a controversial question. I still have every Confidence that the . Senate will confirm David Packard As Deputy Secretary of defense Laird said. Said he Hopes there will be .-soviet talks to limit the nuclear arms race but does not want to Rush into them. I do feel that negotiations on this that with cd this Vietnam War still unresolved there should be minimum delay in the defens transition. Defense organization was the most recent Issue discussed by 1 group of retired military me who have been advising the Nixon Camp on defense matter during the Campaign year. Their advice was said to include Many different viewpoints. S former chiefs Golf. Credits Wen Nathan f. Twining and or Radford three former chiefs of naval operations adms. George w. Ander son Arleigh a. Burke and David l. Mcdonald Atid two former army chiefs of . George h. Decker Ana Matthew b. the Campaign period the task Force members i divid i r t Andied advice St almost conceivable defense Issue. \ did not 06 joint reports some also served on or 7fwf we us Republican coordinate Iii com Mittee task Force fun National Security which did make formal members of the private task Force served with the understanding they were not necessarily endorsing Nixon candidacy. Bird i in a to a Crux Melvin Laird. Confrontation Over Campaign aide Shakespeare to head Usia new York a presi Dent elect Nixon monday named Frank Shakespeare a key Campaign adviser and Columbia broadcasting system executive to become director of the . Information , 44, is resigning As president of the lbs television services division which oversees International to operations for the lbs network to take the government was Nixon s Tele vision adviser during the Campaign and developed the ques Tion and answer format pro Grams which became a fixture of the Nixon vote said he conceives the role of the Usia As one of telling the Story of the United states to the other people of the Usia operates broadcast ing and news service operation for the government abroad. Shakespeare said Many peo ple abroad now have a stereo typed image of the unite states considering americans to. Be materialistic and losing a ladybird Johnson looks to the first few months after leaving the White House As a time to lie in a Hammock and look at the Clouds and looking Back Over five Yeasas first lady the 56-year-old wife of the president says she tried to live up to All the opportunities she had and that does sort of wring you to an extent. Lord knows it. Is Worth every thing. It is an irreplaceable jewel these years have been but now she wants to float and work St my Speed whatever interest med haps very Little at least for awhile. As she prepared to leave Washington for Texas mrs. Johnson talked of her regrets her Hopes and happiest moments and about some of he plans. About the White House she i sorry that was not More Businesslike Cool determined an self confident about trying to get what i thought this House should have. I wanted a lot of subject Are important but i our Way As a nation. Mrs. Lyndon b. Johnson. A sad Cinderella feeling appeals by Genovese klan Leader turned Down from a and up Mlsna chrs was denied a Hon ring he 1 h a in 17 non inc Nna Thor a Rio it n uni a. A r i ii i i i i i dispatch Washington two alleged underworld Bosses and Aku flux klan Leader were turned Down on appeals to the supreme court monday. Without comment the court denied a hearing to Vito Geno vese reputed head of the cos Nostra who was appealing a conviction on Federal narcotics charges. The justices also refused to hear an Appeal by Raymond Patriarca alleged head of the new England Cosa Nostra fam ily who was convicted of plot Ting to murder a rival Gambler. The Kun flux Klyn Leader who a hearing by t h court was Imperial wizard Rob Ert m. Shelton who was found guilty of contempt of Congress for refusing to turn Over records to the House committee on in american activities during a196 5 investigation. In another Case growing out of alleged attempts to shake Down homosexuals the court ruled that the Federal extortion Law covers crimes which state Label As blackmail. The Justice department which carried the Case to the court said in Advance that Sucha ruling would help the govern ment combat extortion activities in 17 states and the District of Columbia where these crimes Are called blackmail or unanimous ruling by chief Justice Earl Warren Al lows the government to prose cute two Philadelphia men Joseph Francis Nardello and Isa Dore Weisberg on charges of conspiring to blackmail prominent people As government moved against the two under the Feder Al extortion Law claiming they travelled to Philadelphia fro Chicago and new Jersey As part of an interstate ring that preyed on homosexuals. . District judge Charlesr Weiner of Philadelphia dismissed the indictment Jan. 4, 1968, ruling the Law could not reapplied to offences considered blackmail under Pennsylvania Law. The court in another Case rejected a plea that it outlaw the draft deferment of College Stu dents As illegal discrimination against Young men who canno Tafford to go to College. The attack on the deferment regulations was made by four draft age negroes whose lawyer said the deferment system in creases the likelihood that a poo youth will be drafted Ana is arbitrary. Tat americans represent Jere on canvases on the As for herself she said therein a Gad Cinderella feeling like turning into a pumpkin Over the Prospect of a Sharp drop off in her mail. I am sure it will decrease. The interest in me will the first six months she will avoid things that Are de manding. After that she said she will see if anybody remembers me and whether people will still seek her help in the causes of beautification and conservation. These she said should be at the top of the Agenda for the nation s health and Joy and abundant her biggest Challenge an biggest headache ahead she said will be the Choice of exhibits for the lbs Library at the University of Texas for it willbe an Effort to Tell the Story of the interrelations Between government and people of this country in the years that my husband has been part of the government mrs. Johnson eventually will return to her office in the family s radio television station in Austin tex., which she said has been on ice during the White House years when the Johnson holdings were placed under kept mrs. Johnson has been keep ing a diary for which publish ers reportedly Are bidding High prices. She said she won t do anything about Selling the diary until after her husband leaves happiest moments of her life at the White House said were the wed dings of her two daughters. Twas the marriages that were Good she Hopes her daughter Luci s husband Patrick j. Nugent will return to the family s Broad casting Enterprise after completing service As an airman in Vietnam and be part of aus tin her other son in Law capt. Charles s. Robb is a career Marine officer. As for her own private life mrs. Johnson said she welcomes the Opportunity to attend the theater More often visit Art galleries and explore nature at heroin Pace particularly in Texas. The White House mrs. John son Suid is a marvelous place to but with a laugh sin added i m tired of being Bur Russ a weapon reported Washington api in formed sources say the soviet Union appears to be developing new multiple warhead missile to deliver a string of As Manyas 10 one Mega toil nuclear bombs the Washington Star re ported sunday
