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hay A . | y "4 Assoc. Dir. © wy . Dep. AD Adm. — ! Dep. AD Inv. — x Asst. Dir.: Adm. Serv. —— Ext. Affairs —. Fin. & Pers. —~ Gen, Inv. ” " Wdent. be 0-19 (Rev. 5-12-76) “ our . ~ . « Ineparti iS COTE E OT Ce eee a rteiod Rete Spee at en” ape on ROE Ss Pople doar TNA LS TENS AAI EGE : . * ” ae adel s ory ny oo a . - . wR, 7 ts rena at zi Mikva and Mrs. Wald ~~ . YOUN: mmm @ Motor Eval. ip He SENAY S SUDICIARY COMMITTEE is sched- <The most remarkibié “dspect of this campaign SY wléd 46° eite Sotei ‘onthe nominations of ‘Rep. against Mrs. Wald is that Sen. Gordon J. Humphrey of er J. Mikva and Assistant Attorney General Patri- “New Hampshiré, ber thief sritagonist, claims to have a a M. Wald to be judges of the U.S,Court of Appeals ‘found in her background leanings that those who “here. Despite the opposition that has been raised to know her best—the lawyers and judges of the Dis- int. ——— ve 9 je Rm. - Sec’y "both, the committee should have no qualms about ap- peoving these nominations and sending them on’to thd Tall Senate: ie tials bs Bed Sosition to Rep. Mikva—ted by the sopiation, who else?—has had practically no impact, " The NRA thinks Mr. Mikva is unfit to be a judge be- | cause he has been a-staunch advocate of gun-control > fegislation. In support of his own integrity and his contention that advocacy on one issue as a legislator’ |, bas nothing to do with how he will vote on that and _ other issues as a judge, Rep. Mikva has been‘able to "* trot ‘out two, politically powerful colleagues, ‘the “Speaker and Minority Leader of the House. “, _ > Mre. Wald, unfortunately, has been, sv jected to a _mouch more serious attack and has no’such politically strong allies. The charge against her is that she is an ex- trerist on such things as the rights of children and ~-druz-control laws. These charges, and material said to ~support-them, have been circulated to newspapers all over the country and some papers have taken the bait. % a "ater ad 233 * Se tet ftbnec J: 570ct L81979 «sald about drug abuse . scores of é 17-1316 trict of Columbia—insist are not there. Some of the views she has expressed in articles and speeches qn e argument. Others are views sani! eur Ati soe <Ohildren’s rights are gontroversial but hardly oytside the real of National Rifle As-¢ to which she has not clearly subscribed, but which she has thrown out for discussion. And what she has is almost identical with what sores of other thoughtful students of the drug laws aveconchded:: toy Ft. LS - Mrs. Wald deserves better than the shabby: treat- ment she has received so far in the Judiciary-‘Com- mittee. Her record of public service in this commiu- nity over the past two décades has been outstanding. Py a ‘shame to have it kicked around now because she has been willing to get involved and talk freely _about controversial subjects. The rejection of her nomination on this ground ‘would be an indication to lawyers that it is better to ait in an office and make money, if you want to be a judge, than to try to stimu-. late people to think about subjects on which the law” ~ oe Siew? a4 - ane 5 4 The Washington Post Washington Star-News Daily News (New York) The New York Times The Wall Street Journal The National Observer The Los Angeles Times ” . . 7 “ ~ “ “st Date _July 16, 1979 _ g7-_ A NOF RECORDED 4A oct 1 1979 * wa ™ FBI/DOJ