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a ee lh Re, a e ¢@ WILLIAM GAGIN, A DEFENSE ata SAID THE GIST OF THE MESSAGE WOULD BE: “THE SLA SHOULD PROCEED TO RELEASE PATTY HEARST AND NOT BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE DEFENDANTS BECAUSE THEY FEEL, THROUGH THE JUDICIAL PROCESS, THEY WILL BE FAIRLY TREATED. * GAGIN SAID HE HAD MET WITH SOME RESISTANCE ON THE TELEVISION APPEARANCE FROM ALAMEDA CQUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY LOWELL JENSEN AND SHERIFF FRANK MADIGAN. | THE ABC AND NBC NETWORKS SAID THEY MIGHT COVER SUCH AN APPEARANCE, BUT A CBS SPOKESMAN SAID ONLY THAT THE NETWORK HAD HEARD NOTHING OFFICIAL ABOUT IT. IN HIS MEETING WITH REPORTERS OUTSIDE,.THE HILLSBOROUGH MANSION OF HIS FIANCE'S FATHER, RANDOLPH A. HEARSTJAEDITOR AND PRESIDENT OF THE SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER, WEED LABELED AS “SCOMICAL"™ THE WAY CHARLES {| BatEs, THE FBI AGENT IN CHARGE OF THE KIDNAP INVESTIGATION, WAS HANDLING THE FAMILY. HE SAID WHEN BATES ENTERS THE FAMILY HOME, HE "SITS DOWN, HAS A lori, JUST SITS DOWN AND CHATS.” HE ADDED HE WAS AMAZED AT "HOU ADEPT BATES I$ AT NOT TELLING US ANYTHING." HEARST SAID HE WOULD MAKE NO FURTHER STATEMENTS UNTIL THE DECISION ON REMIRO'S AND LITTLE'S TELEVISION APPEARANCE WAS SETTLED IN COURT. HE DID SAY HE WOULD REVAMP THE $2 MILLION FOOD GIVEAWAY PROGRAM TO IMPROVE IT AND THE NEXT DISTRIBUTION TO THE POOR WOULD PROBABLY BE FRIDAY. THE SLA HAD COMPLAINED THE FIVE PREVIOUS DISTRIBUTIONS WERE INADEQUATE, | UPI 03-13 03110 AED