European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes wednesday december 3.1986page 4 the stars and Stripe december ,3. Iago files show How aides pressured Nixon Washington a when Richard Nixon was president his aides constantly mane Vered to Nave him us his prestige to punish or Reward in one Cas rejecting a proposal to have the japanese ambassador join the president Al the opening game of the baseball season newly released documents show. An aide quashed the idea because Japan was not being cooperative on a Trade Issue. Another time. Nixon was urged not to meet with the " widow of Martin Luther King or. On the first anniversary of the civil rights Leader s assassination because it would outrage Many Many people who believe or. King was a fraud and a demagogue and perhaps  and he was asked by a White House aide to consider appointing a senator s Choice of an unqualified candidate for a judgeship just to gain a vote for a supreme court nomination. These insights into the Nixon White House were contained in  million pages of documents seized by the government when Nixon resigned in disgrace in August 1974. The papers were made Public for the first Lime monday by the National archives which had tried for years to release them. The documents contained in thousands of files in hundreds of Bones also demonstrate the Strong disdain Nixon aides had for vice president Spiro t. Agnew who resigned in october 1973 after pleading no con inst to chafes he accepted kickbacks. Presidential assistant Stephen Bull in one document suggested this treatment for Agnew in the 1972 election Campaign you will Call the vice president approximately 15 minutes before his meeting Wilh the president. The purpose of this Short notice is so that the vice president will come into the meeting cold without any Staft accompanying him and be told what it is that the presi Dent expects of  Nixon in the first six months of his presidency reflected a similar feeling about Agnew. He instructed his National Security adviser Henry Kissinger to see that Kissinger s aide then col. Alexander m. Haig jr., did not waste his time particularly where agn few  he suggested that another subordinate should Brief the vice president unless the matter involved a High degree of sensitivity missing from the newly released documents Are the most sensitive of the Nixon files another 1.5 million pages that relate to the watergate scandal thai drove him from office. The National archives once before tried to release those but this attempt was slopped by 29 lawsuits filed by former Nixon associates. The archives which has custody of the Nixon mate rials is expected to try again next month to open the papers to Public scrutiny by publishing a notice in the Federal Register of its intention to do so. That opens a60-Day period in which objections can be made. The rest of the 40 million pages were characterized by an archivist As junk mail and government documents that flowed to the White House in the 5vj years of Nixon s tenure. The invitation to the japanese ambassador to sit with the president at the opening of the 1971 baseball season was suggested by while House Speed Hunter William Safire now a new York times columnist. Obviously this should be done in conjunction with our efforts regarding textile quotas Safire wrote to appointments Secretary Dwight chs pm it would be regarded As our diplomatic Straw in the wind and could be an example of How the president uses informal methods to create signals or create an ambiance. The idea was rejected by presidential assistant Peter Flanigan. Al the moment we Are exceedingly disappointed in a National archives employee looks at a will of boxes containing documents from the Nixon administration. A Pluto the action of the japanese government and should not indicate to them or to our textile Industry a Lack of seriousness in our concern he said in a note. There was no indication that the matter went to the presi Dent. Speechwriter Patrick j. Buchanan was concerned about the Public Impact of a Courtesy Call to Coretta Scott King on the first anniversary of her husband s death in 1969. It would outrage Many Many people who believed. King was a fraud and a demagogue and perhaps worse Buchanan wrote on april 1, 1969. Or. King Isone of the most divisive men in contemporary history some believe him a Messiah others consider him the Devil  Buchanan is the director of communications for president Reagan. He did not respond to a request for a comment monday night. Nixon sent Robert Finch then Secretary of health. Education and welfare to deliver a personal message to mrs. King. The president had made an All out Effort to gain confirmation of o. Harrold cars Welt As an associate Justice of the supreme court. Two Days before the vote an aide wrote Nixon that he should offer a Deal to then sen. Marlow Cook r ky., who was wavering about his vote. The note said Cook was interested in nominating a particular Candi Date for a Federal appellate court although the Justice department considered the Man Loo old and very poorly  Cook has mentioned this enough times that Promise to give him the judgeship if be brings shut to might secure his vote for Carswell the memo  not Learned if the candidate was nominated. Can Well s nomination was Defeated 51-45. The documents also revealed Nixon astonished some aides by meeting wit Elvis Presley on dec. 21, 1970. Presley had written to Nixon saying he wanted to be named a Federal drug agent. He got an honorary badge. Many celebrities including movie stars Mickey Rooney Zsa Zsa Tabor and Dale Evans wife of Roy Rogers wrote the president during watergate offering their support to Gabor and to hundreds of others went this typed note it has always been my experience in my political career that you earn who your real friends Are not when the Road is smooth but when it is sometime  British prime minister Harold Macmillan got this reply to his note of support Only in Avem in do you find out who your real friends Ore. We shall see this  Nixon also got expression of support during Hii watergate period from major rid Sioui leaders. Norman Vincent Peale wrote on april 14,1973, thai he had come across a quote from Marcus Aureliu Tut Nixon might find useful. It was vex not thy spirit at the course of things. They need not thy vexation of Lurf . N v or or by or supreme court to hear sex Marine Capra a s Case n in. A. In Fly Jim i Nihat in iqs1 inn dry Lek was denied of Washington a a Decorah Vietnam Veteran who says he was ousted from military service for defending the rights of pregnant marines is getting a hearing before the supreme court in an important test of military authority. The court agreed monday to hear the Appeal of sex Marine capt. John  Drasek setting the stage for a ruling next year that could help those in the armed services Challenge decisions by Superior officers. The justices usually have been loathe to allow challenges in civilian courts to military decisions. A longstanding doctrine prohibit Law suits against the government for injuries sustained As a result of military service. And As recently As 1983, the High court ruled that service personnel May not sue Superior officers for damages in cases involving alleged violations of their constitutional rights. Van Drasek s Appeal raises similar is sues. If he wins he could be reinstated in the military with Back pay. The sex Marine 41, is living in Wood Bridge va., and is studying respiratory therapy at Northern Virginia Community College. He Laid thai despite an excellent 18 year record in the military including a Bronze Star for distinguished combat service in Vietnam he got in trouble with a Superior officer for defending the rights of pregnant women to take officer training courses. Van Drasek was a Captain Al the marines officer candidate school in Yuanli co a when he said he ran afoul of . Cooper the school s commanding officer Cooper excluded pregnant women from the officer training program and  Drasek opposed the policy. Van Drasek also Laid Cooper removed him from a disciplinary review Board for recommending that a Marine accused of drug Abu be retained. I 1983, a Drase denied pro motion to major and was automatically discharged from the marines As a Raum. Navy Secretary John Lehman a pm his dismissal when  dra Sefc Appeal  Drasek then filed a Federal Cert suit charging he was denied promotion in retaliation for challenging Cooper a exercising his right of free speech. . District judge Ourn in Washington ruled against  dra and a Federal Appeal court upheld of ruling Richey told the Federal court Honor internal military dec uni a they Are arbitrary Capric fou of based on substantial evidence