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June 2, 1976

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STATE EDITION TUCSON, TUESDAY, JUNE 1,1975 THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR SECTION PAGE THREE MR.
SMITH By Dave Gerard FBI Reportedly Stifled Coverage Of Rosenberg Book sion program, for no good
would accrue from Medic 2 Drive Begins Firemen Donate $5,000 For Unit A month-long drive to raise
money for a second mobile intensive care unit was opened by the Tucson Fire Dept. yesterday with a
$5,000 donation from the Tucson Firefighters' Assn. The money is part of the proceeds from the
association's Firefighters Ball this year, said president Paul A. Martin.

An additional $15,000 in donations has already been lengthy letter written to the editor of the New York
Times" regarding the Rosenberg case, and it noted that another "syndicated columnist," whose name
was not given, "is also doing this." "A number of Catholic publications will also assist in this matter," the
report said. Schneir was quoted in a Nov. 11, 1965 article in Variety, the show business trade publication,
as saying that the FBI had been responsible for the cancellation of two scheduled broadcast interviews in
Cleveland the previous week. Schneir, in the Variety article, quoted Bill Jorgensen, a news broadcaster
for WEMS-TV in Cleveland, as having said that his station had received a telephone call from the FBI
asking whether a pretaped interview with Schneir would be used, and what else the station planned to
do in regard to the book. Schneir said yesterday that, although the.

experience had been a frustrating one, "We didn't find ourselves totally barred from television." He cited
an interview program conducted during the mid-1960s by Mort Sahl, the comedian, for the Metromedia
television network. By JOHN M. CREWDSON 1976 The N.Y. Times News WASHINGTON The FBI took steps
in the mid-1960s to prevent the authors of a book about Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the convicted
atomic spies, from discussing their work on television interview programs, according to newly released
bureau documents. In a memorandum written on Oct.

16, 1965, William C. Sullivan, then an assistant FBI director, reported to his superiors that Walter and
Miriam Schneir, the authors, had approached "a leading television man in Chicago" with a request to
discuss on his program their book, "Invitation to an Inquest." Sullivan said he believed that the Schneirs
intended not only to "exonerate the Rosenbergs," who were executed in June 1953 while continuing to
maintain their innocence, but also "to attack and undermine the FBI in its investigations." "In view of
this," Sullivan wrote, he had told an intermediary, a Chicago lawyer, "to instruct" the unnamed television
personality "not to permit the Schneirs to go on his televi formation act by Michael and Robert Meero-
pol, the Rosenberg's sons. Some details were made public recently by the Senate Intelligence Committee
relating to the bureau's use of informants and friendly "contacts" in the media and elsewhere in its
attempts to manipulate public opinion, but this is the first documented example of the bureau's
response to a particular publication. Sullivan also suggested that the bureau take steps to refute and
expose the Schneir's book, thereby "putting the authors in proper perspective." Another FBI document
that accompanied the Sullivan memorandum noted that "steps have already been taken in New York and
by various 'contacts' of ours to refute the book written by the Schneirs." That document reported that
Irving R. Kaufman, the judge in the Rosenberg case and now Chief Judge of the U.S.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, "has been furnished certain public source information" by the
bureau. Kaufman, the report said, "is having a it." Sullivan, now retired, recommended that the bureau
"take careful steps to secure the cooperation of friendly television stations and prevent this subversive
effort from being successful. It should be kept off television programs and smothered and forced out of
the public eye," he said in the memorandum. Schneir said in a telephone interview that he recalled
having been rebuffed in an attempt to appear on a television program in Chicago conducted by Irv
Kupcinet, a columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times, but he could not say whether that was the program to
which Sullivan referred. Kupcinet, reached at his Chicago office, said that the Schneirs had asked for an
appearance, but that he had decided that "there was no way we could use them," and that he had never
sought guidance on the matter from the FBI.

The Sullivan memorandum and other documents were released by the bureau in response to a request
under the freedom of in 6-2. 'I'd like to celebrate the bicentennial. Let me have 200 George
Washingtons!" ite7 (rmfg iRATE PRO. imi -mm BankAmericard SCRIPTIO collected, and the intensive June
campaign is aimed at getting the remaining money for the $35,000 emergency vehicle, to be called
Medic 2, said Capt. Warren I.

Shumak-er, public education officer with the Fire Dept. Medic 2 was the object of a fund-raising drive in
the fall of 1974 that attracted about $25,000. But some of that money was diverted to buy back-up
equipment for Medic 1, now in use. Like Medic 1, the second vehicle wilj be outfitted with medical
equipment and staffed by paramedics to provide specialized care for persons who need immediate
attention before there is time to get them to a hospital. Most of the users of Medic 1 have been heart
attack victims, according to a Fire Dept.

spokesman. Major opposition to Medic 1 developed soon after it went into operation in September
1974. Two private ambulance companies went to court to block the vehicle's paramedics from
transporting emergency victims to hospitals, saying this was direct and unfair competition with their
businesses. Medic 1 transportation is free. Last year, the 10-month court battle between the city and
ambulance firms ended when Superior Court Judge J.

Richard Hannah ruled that Medic 1 was not violating the companies' constitutional rights. Victims are
now transported to hospitals by Medic 1 only on doctors' orders or if the paramedics at the scene feel it
is necessary to save a person's life. Donations for the fund drive can be sent to Medic 2, P.O. Box 1088,
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FOR Justices Hear Arguments In Meeting Case PHOENIX (AP) The Arizona Supreme Court heard
arguments yesterday on whether the state Tax Appeals Board violated the state open-meeting law. The
board voted to deliberate in private on a public appeal by the Prudential Insurance Co. of Tucson. The
Arizona Press Club and Common Cause of Arizona, a citizens' lobby, challenged that decision. The high
court is expected to issue a written ruling later.

Phoenix attorney Bruce Meyerson, representing Common Cause, said the judicial-proceedings
exemption in the open-meeting law do not apply to governmental bodies, such as the Tax Appeals
Board. An exemption dealing with deliberations by public bodies was removed from the open-meeting
bill before passage, Meyerson pointed out. Therefore, the intent of the legislators was clear, he said. Tax
Appeals Board attorney Jerry Kalyna said board proceedings are judicial by nature, and should be
conducted in private to allow exchange of information free from fear of lawsuits and outside pressures.
Meyerson said such a ruling would destroy the open-meeting law.

The board is prohibited from taking further action in the Prudential case until the issue is settled. The
insurance company is protesting the taxable value assigned to Tucson office property. FOR Globe
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9:30 M0N. THRU TO 6 SUNDAY Standards Chief Named WASHINGTON (AP) -President Ford has
nominated Ernest Ambler of Bethesda, to head the National Bureau of Standards.
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