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FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) Manson Bids~ For Freedom To Travel’ _ EXCLUSIVE By JOHN DOUGLAS Herald-Examiner Staff Writer Complaining he’s been hel too long in solitary confinement, |Match 30. Charles M. Manson, accused| In asking to be let out of jail, mastermind in the actress Shar-|Manson told the court: on Tate-Leno LaBianca mur-| “You may find my remarks ders, today was set to ask the|urorthodox, and perhaps smile, Superior Court to free him and|but I make them in all serious- permit him to travel pending his\ness with the feeling of a man murder conspiracy trial. condemned to death.” Manson’s unusual plea is in a| Manson in his paper made an 17-page motion to be filed today|*i&ht-pronged demand on the with the County Clerk, The Her-|°". Ln asked: ald-Examiner learned, Close as-| _@ Unlimited visits from any- sociates of the cult leader said|°"€ he wishes to see. the document represented Man-| @ 4 “normal or near normal 'son’s first attempt to describe|°"Vironment so that my mind to the court what he believed|™@y be free from coercion and was wrong with the court sys- physical forces which impinge tem under which he is to be|4P00 my clear thoughts and itried. Ngfensea_js repeoneating him- "& © case aga ie ad-! vice of Superior Judge William B. Keene, who is scheduled to q|preside over his trial beginning ____(Mount Clipping in a Below) ability to review myself . . ” @ Freedom to trave any . s Has 1 stoi eres acai 4 Hac sp defense . —@ er if his travel requests were enied. v@ the freedom to take depo- bitions from witnesses. t @ To be referred to as Char- fey during his trial, and not be talled a “hippie, accused, or de- Yendant.” ti. Dismissal of the charges) wYainst him if he is not allowed! | his other requests. } ' In addition to these, Manson) | to'd the court: “T respectfully request that a | commission be appointed to cor- | yelate the wealth of knowledge in all of our scientific and social Tields so that a study may be ‘made of the procedures in- volved in the judicial system of jury trial, so that the precepts Of fair, equitable, unprejudiced ‘trial may be modernized to rovide for due process in the protection of my rights. « ©The commission to be com- sposed of, among other persons, Fecognized psychologists, psy- ‘chiatrists, sociologists, jurists, tegal professors, advertising ‘and marketing experts.” - Arguing for his apparently un- sprecedented request, Manson “wrote: *“Does this court have the courage to bring itself to pro- “tect the rights of man under our rjudicial system by taking its chistorical precepts and modern- the procedures to apply *these precepts? =.-Oppression of my human “Sights, ” Manson wrote, “is no sless tyrannical simply because oye aunegsion is conducted by »the legal system.” “= (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) A-1 Hereld Los Anreies, 3/4/79 & Star Date: Edition: Author: Editor: Title: Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: C_] Being Investigated MAR 5 1970 FBI — LUS ANGELES Sxaminer Los Angeles