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Nixon Proposes Judicial Reform

By Jeffrey Ruggles
Cavalier Daily Staff Writer

Governor Linwood Holton, Former Justice Tom Clark, President Nixon And Attorney General Robert Mitchell

These Dignitaries Visited The National Conference On The Judiciary Held At William And Mary College Over The Weekend

National attention was focused on
Williamsburg this past weekend for the
National Conference on the Judiciary,
while lesser attention as given to the
Counter Conference on Peace and Justice,
held last Thursday in reaction to the
Judiciary Conference.

A speech by President Richard Nixon
on Thursday calling for judicial reform
was the high point of the conference
which continued through Sunday. Later
speakers included Nicholas Katzenbach, former
Attorney General of the United States; Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court Warren Burger;
Herbert Brownell, former Attorney General of
the United States; lawyer Edward Bennett
Williams; and Governor Linwood Holton.

In Mr. Justice Burger's words, "This
conference could become one of the most
important single steps in decades for
improvement of the processes of justice."
Attending were about 450 state judges,
attorneys general, legislators, lawyers and law
enforcement officials. National Chairman of the
Conference was Tom Clark, former Justice of
the Supreme Court.

Preparations for Mr. Nixon's speech were
extensive. The street area in front of the
Williamsburg Conference Center was roped off,
and state police were present in large numbers.
A group of about 100 people, members of YAF
at William and Mary and Young Republicans
from the University, waited along the route Mr.
Nixon's car would take carrying signs such as
"You're still No. 1 With Us" and "Nixon's the
One."

A corner of a large poster bearing Mr.
Nixon's portrait which was lying on the
ground was blown up by a breeze, revealing a
Reagan poster underneath.

A crowd of townspeople two and three deep
was waiting outside the rope along the road
when Mr. Nixon drove up in his limousine. A
fife and drum corps struck up a tune. The