March 24, 1964

border talks collapse; S Vietnamese delegation leaves for Saigon without commitment to return; Norodom Sihanouk presses demand for Geneva conf; Sec Rusk admits US adviser was with S Vietnamese ground forces, note to Cambodia; says no Amer directly participated in mil action

Amb Stevenson urges stand-by forces to meet demands of new era characterized by policy of cease-fire and peaceful change, s, Princeton U; aide says s has backing of Pres Johnson and Sec Rusk

conf opens, Palais des Nations, Geneva; illus; delegates of 116 countries present; Khrushchev charges West with 'imperialist exploitation' of underdeveloped countries, message to conf; Ball calls for 'imagination and fresh ideas' to help make trade 'a more effective instrument of development'; issues of seating Communist China and E Ger and of unseating S Africa do not come up; China-Ger seating issue comes up at pre-conf meeting of delegation chiefs but is squelched; Sec Gen Thant addresses conf, stresses it should act, not merely talk; Min Kaissouny of UAR elected conf pres; 5 conf come and their chmn listed

Wagner announces $18-million program as 1st stage, press conf; program to stress basic educ and creation of fresh job opportunities for persons with ltd skills; calls for 5% rise in aid to persons on relief; pub assistance costs to rise $67 million a yr; fiscal '65 welfare spending put at $423.9 million compared with $356.8 million for fiscal '64; Wagner to seek $125-150 million from Pres Johnson's poverty budget; other details

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