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Ainerican ShipbmildingCo.Case Executive Pleads Guilty on Gift. Associated Press , lin an effort to cover up the il contribution to an _assistant owner of the New York Yan- An official of Americanlegal contribution by giving aspecial prosecutor. kees baseball team,approved Ship Building Co. pleaded false explanation to American~It was understood that Mel-[a $25,ooo contribution from guilty yesterday to being an|Ship Building employes which cher has agreed to cooperate corporate funds to President accessory after the fact in an|they then gave to the FBI. with theinvestigation. Nixon's re-election committee. [effort to cover up an illegal It also alleged that Melcher The charge alleged that in Federal law prohibits.contri tion toPresident Nixon's 1972 re-election effort. . John H. Melcher Jr., execu- tive vice president and gen- eal counsel of the..company, was.released on personal r cognizance pending comple tion.of a presentence report. U.S. District Judge George L.Hart Jr. advised Melcher that the maximum penalty for the misdemeanor. charge is one year in jail and a$5,000 fine George M. Steinbrenner III [chairman of the board and chief. executive officer .of American Ship Building, was indicted recently in connec- tion with the illegal $25;000 contribution. Steinbrenner is scheduleg forfarraignment.in. Clevelang on Friday. The charge to which Mer! cher pleaded guilty alleged that he assisted Steinbrenner, 56-31-39 SEARCHED INDEXED APR1974 FBI-WASHINGION FIELD OFFICE b6 b7C