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Secret Nixon Donation By Shipbuilder Probed By.James R.Polk New York Yankeesbaseball House on civic projects to Star-NewsStaff Writer club: benefit Cleveland -. and The-Watergate grand jury . Watergate prosecutors says he found himself large- is probing a secret $100,000 say.eight of his firm's em lyignored. Nixon campaign donation ployes. each got a company I was told it would bea bonus on the same.day they good-size donation, but all madeby officials of a Cleve- land ship company while made Nixon contributions of a sudden it was. a pea the firmwastryingwith- The grand jury is investi- nut.i got taken.I went in gating whether these.corpo- With my.eyes.open, but:I.got out successtowin pay mentof a$5.million overrun rate funds were used ille- takenhe.said. .on.a.goyernment.contract. gally to finance their por- The moneywasgiven in tionof.the donation. the Nixon campaign's se- Court records show the FBI has asked to question STEINBRENNER has cret fund-raising drive last: George'M. SteinbrennerIII, acknowledged the.$100,000 year at a time when Stein- chairman of the.American delivery, which he said in brenner's .firm was. seeking Ship Building Co. A top cluded.$7s,00o of his own a.government.payment.of $5.4 million for its overrun in the construction costs.of is.alsoa new.ownerofthe wanted.accessto-the.White SeeSHIPA6 h1-118 -99 -13 DATE A - SEARCHED.. INDEXED PAGE.. SEP1 01973 THE WASHINGTON POST FBIWASH.FIELD QFFICE .WASHHIGTON STAR-NEWS .THE HEW YORK TIMES