October 6, 1963

Dems, with Natl Com's help, to test pilot program in Bklyn Bedford-Stuyvesant area to regis Negroes for '64; Kennedy advisers seen using it in other large Northern cities with large blocs of Negroes who do not vote; technique involves having voters sign pledge cards on which they promise to solicit others to regis; Manhattan Dems also plan drive to regis Puerto Ricans

of rr finances

Wagner to seek $3,563,000 in city funds for Educ Bd program to speed integration; bd has $2.39 million available in current budget; rest needed for $10.47-million program to be sought from NYS; most of city funds to go for creation, of after-school study centers, key feature of bd plan due to start in early Nov; list of schools chosen for centers; other major features of program revd; likely cost of each noted

US recalls all aid personnel except Peace Corps; exception causes controversy

Sec Rusk repts Lodge formally protested to Vietnam; says US presses matter further; Sen Mansfield says newsmen should get apology and compensation from Vietnam