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oe id handed Wil- “liams a sealed envelope. The senator’s . | hands trembled as ‘he opened it: He. ~-Stared at the letter and his face dropped. His‘ eyes moved across: the" page again “and again. 523.02 a EE eee “Then in a low voice, choking back :” his emotion, Williams said: *They won’t ", Postpone (the hearing).’ " woke - , The article went on to depict Williams. ’ as a beleaguered man who was now en- ’ meshed in a variety of legal maneuvers : ...and who not only gota raw deal from the feds but- was now getting’ a raw deal . from his Senate colleagues. It went on tor. . -* fote that the Ethics Committee had. cee __ vetoed his choice of ex-Sen: Morgan as : ‘counsel, because Morgan had served'on . . the committee through 1980 and had - . |. been privy to some discussions of he “ It also noted that Williams wanted to . Make the hearing “thé most profound examination” of Abscam to date. Andit carries Williams's charge that the jury at, © his criminal trial had been denied impor- | " tant evidence that he wanted brought -- . day L Arnies, Chief Investigate "out in committee, 2 et ns Despite this sympathy-invoking PR _ Ploy on behalf of Harrison Williams, his oo colleagues ultimately voted 5-0 for his . " expulsion, a matter that will be taken up by the full Senate some time in January... . Why Jack Anderson is so committed : . to centering his. attack on Abscam’ =< -. around the plight of Harrison Williams .— - stew aye ea ne . Presents an intriguing question. ~°-;...- - “decorated resi-* comparative passing—but which is hard- Thus millions of Anderson’s readers’ : £f properties that ‘ly true in the case of Williams, . <- i"? are left to ponder the question of why a” ~ Jominium in the’ _ * Perhaps the most maudlin and bizarre : man who evidenced a long history of ine. ies ‘in. southwest ‘example of Anderson’s seeming obses- - volvement in spurious transactions, al--_ eer acquired by sion with Williams’s alleged innocence lowed his wife to become tied to a New \° - her marriage to" was a July 13 column that veered sharply ~ Jersey gamblin; casino venture while she <-’ BhIt § . _, from Anderson’s usual muckraking tone . was employed by the committee he : ’ into a blatant effort to elicit public sym- chaired, and accumulated almose and inglorious pathy for the senator... - _. * $400,000 in cash for the purchase of a rson has goneto -. Written after Williams’s conviction iti Georgetown residence should be depict- ‘te Williams into federal court, the article dealt with the ed as an innocent pawn caught up in a. f Abscam. Col- — then-upcoming_ hearing by the Senate “White House‘inspired political vendetta...” “oncentrated on. Ethics Committee. It describes how his _ | While the trap sprung on the six. - o New Jersey's colleagues refused to postpone the hear- ~ House members appears, in fact, to have _ ious-and vindic- ing to give Williams mote tine to Bre-"" been politically motivated, the probe of |. ‘iberal Kennedy “pare and how ‘they denied his request - Harrison Williams was long overdue.-. ‘gument that is © that former . Sen. .Robert. Morgan "Why Jack Anderson won't recognize : 2 six congress- (D-N.C.) be allowed to Serve as his at- ‘that fact is & ‘question that should be, . defends only in .. torney for the proceeding... 2 * answered: $733 Le Scan © \nderson’s now defunct magazine, the “Inveg ator,” pictures a left, with his then chiefinventigator, Jay J. Armes, Sat e 4 Pa oe inues Williams as a stockhold- ““are’such as to depict Willi ams and his defense of the wealthy senator and its. ator,” it was wife as the ultimate innocents. They | hypocritical attempt to portray him as a. “anonymous have even gone so far as to includea pic. ~ victim and his wife as a Persecuted inno-. ad to put up “ture of the couple sitting on 4 ‘tree ‘cerit: bystander. Strange actions indeed ‘ “culate the first” stump, much like two children in love, © | for Anderson, who allegedly ran up uri ton of “the “source of the $50,000. _ Adkins, ‘according to’ our source, then. a copy of the said that it was a loan from someone wished to femain anonymous, of Anderson’s ongoing defense of Sen: and the special ublication of a Williams, where n . tor