January 16, 1964

FCC drops proposal to limit commercials on TV and radio by requiring all stations to adhere to Natl Broadcasters Assn code; to handle abuses on case-by-case basis; restates claim to jurisdiction under present law; indus and Cong opposition to proposed rule revd

Johnson pledges fight for Adm bill for aid through Soc Security, sees Cong approval, s to group backing plan

Pres Johnson asks $6.5 billion, fiscal '65; makes request in advance of Fed budget to speed Cong action

Pres Johnson urges USSR help improve UN peace-keeping machinery, note to Premier Khrushchev

Chiari asks US pledge new treaty as condition for resuming ties; says US made such commitment under Inter-Amer Peace Com accord, TV s; Solis asks CR to act for Panama in US; US Embassy staff to leave Panama; Chiari shift seen linked to pol pressure for firm stand and Govt anger against Johnson Adm; Solis holds US negotiator Martin privately promised treaty changes but asked promise not be made pub to protect Johnson from Cong attacks; 4 com members leave for US; com repr M Trucco heads joint comm guarding border; US and Panama flags fly at CZ schools; illus; com, after round-the-clock session, had issued communique announcing resumption of ties and saying that talks would start 30 days later

T C Sorensen, who was Kennedy's Special Counsel, resigns like post with Johnson to write book about Kennedy Adm and his 11 yrs on Kennedy's staff; says he had not intended to write book about Adm because Kennedy himself had planned to write one

major Siberian project suspended for 2 yrs to divert resources to chem indus; map

Sen Goldwater criticizes Johnson anti-poverty drive, suggests probing if 'attitude or actions' of poor have contributed to their plight, s, NY Econ Club; concedes need to help poor but insists no one has right to be maintained by taxpayers at 'avg or comfortable standard of living,'

Lieut. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. will hold a press conference in Columbus, Ohio, tomorrow at which he is expected to announce that he will seek the Democratic nomination for the Senate seat now held by Stephen M. Young.

Sec Rusk holds US made no commitment to renegotiate treaty, HR com briefing; officials hold US agreed only to discuss issues; Sen Mansfield proposes new sea-level canal be built through Isthmus of Tehuantepec; map

Chancellor Erhard stresses importance of including GB if W Eur is to act in concert as community of equal partners, s, London

Teamsters and trucksrs reach accord on 1st natl pact; pact provides pay and welfare benefits totaling $400 million over 38-mo period; other details; expires Mar 31 '67; seen personal triumph for J R Hoffa