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# IMMUNITY TIME TOO SHORT## Novel Rejects Labor Probe Bid(States-Item Bureau)BATON ROUGE Much sought-after witness, Gordon Novel has refused to lestify before the stale Labor Management Chimmission of Inquiry investigating labor troubles In Baton Rouge area.Novel testified at length yesterday before the East Baton Rouge Parish Grand Jury in connection with its probe of organized crime.Afterwards, East Baton Rouge Parish District Attorney Sargent Pitcher sald the jury dismissed Novel and he is free to leave the state. It was not known whether he left immediately, but when the labor probers, asked Novel in testify, his attorneys told mem the witness' 48-hour period ensimmunity from arrest m Luensiana wouldn't stretch enough to permit suchNOVEL also sought by Orleans Parish DA Jim Garri nim his probe of the assas Banat of of President John F Kennedy, was granted the 48- hour immunity as his condi tim in return for felling what The knew about organized.Attorneys for Novel and the labor, probe, commission agreed commission investiga tura could interview Novel fer the leaves the stateNovel's grace period fiod was inexpire some time today. If were sull in the state quld be liable to arrest Orleans Parish charges of conspiracy to commit bur, dary of being a fugitive wilness, and at Terrebonne Parish charge of simple bur to question Novel at the re quest of Edward Partin Bat on Rouge Teamster leader, who has figured in the board's Investigation In a nine hour deaton before the jury yesterday, No vel had time to tell all he knew about crime, corrup tion, Garrison and anything else he deemed pertinent. However, at a lengthy press conference afterwards he tossed out a lot of imtien dos tucked specifics sald and declared be had been Jimmy Holla Teamster bossShaw is the retired New Or Jeans busin accused by Garrison of conspiring to kill President Johna.THE JURY dismissed No vel after listening to him on and off from 10:15 am to 7:30 pm yesterday. His scheduled to resume its work today.Novel was brought to the state from Columbus, Ohio, where he took refuge after fleeing the grasp of Garrison He was brought Iron Baton Rouge sheriff's depart ment plane.Pitcher said he was not free to comment bent on whatTHE LABOR probers soughtCH HISTORICAL REVIEW PROGRAM RELEASE IN FULL 1998---## Novel Rejects Labor Probe BidConthamed from Page 1thon the jury might take on Novel's bestimony.THE BATON Rouge jury has been studying organised crime, the Hoffa affair and imisolved bombingsNovel was lanked by five attorneys during the press conference. The five, includ frag Bless Plotkin of New Or Columbus, met frequently out side the jury room with Novel dharing the day.The B-youred former New Orleans lounge owner would tastily for a while, leave the grand jury room for a brief period, and tell his attorneys what had transpired, and then return to the room.He left the grand jury beallding for about 20 min utes during the day to bring material from his room at a motel near the state capt toll Sandwiches were brought Into the Jury room for lanchNOVEL declared when asiked for specific Information on crime and corruption that effort had been 1 been made by an Investigator in New Or leans to get him to provide alldayit saying Walter Sheridan had used bugging equipinent against Hoffa.Sheridan a former Jus ice Department Investigator ing who became an investigative reporter for the National Broadcasting Co. and helped produce a program critical of GarrisonNovel said both money and withdrawal of charges in New Orleans against him in New Orleans were offered.NOVEL, who claims to be former employe of the Central Intelligence Agency, declined to reveal the source Tof his Income sincs he left Louisiana. He said he had honey at the time.He also said he himself, apaying his battery of st deceased pilot Garrison say was a key part of the assas sination plotNovel said that on Feb. 21 Garrison proposed a three part plan to get Ferrie's con festonMUCH OF his informa on crime in the state, Novel said, was turned over to Life Magraine before his jury testimony and Most of the information several tapes, relates to the Garrison probe "and will bel made available at the prot er time," Novel saldNovel said he would like to lestify at the conspiracy trial of Shaw, now scheduled next February"This is the palsy of the century," he said of Shaw Of the probe, be said from A to Z It is a fraud## Burbank Orders State Vice CleanupState Police Superiment Col. Thomas Burbank says he has noted every Louisi ana sheriff to "clean up" illegal gambling or other vice. However, Burbank told newsmen yesterday there does not seem to be a lot to mean up in the way of gambling anyway.There is no big syndicate gambling operation dominar Louisiana insof Insofarzas state police know salduseks His comments came just be fore he went before the Or leans Parish Grand Jury to re port on recent state police in vestigations of alleged organ bed crime.Earlier, the fury beard Dist Atty: Willam Cahn Cahm of Nas County New YorkCahn said he came here to testify in detall about a multi million dollar layoff betting syndicate which included New Orleans centerActing Dist. Atty. Charles Ray Ward said the syndicate's center used to be in New Or Grleans, but moved to an adjoin ing parish because of pressure from the DA's office Ward sald there is no evi dence of the betting is part of any Cosa Nostra network.Because there is no evidence that key bookic operations now in Orleans Parish --de no