September 26, 1964

Ex-pres Gilbert pleads guilty, Fed ct, NYC, to 3 counts of 15-count indictment resulting from his misappropriation of almost $2 million of co funds, '62, and subsequent flight to Brazil; indictment detailed; case revd; he pledges full restitution; also faces NYS grand larceny indictment, to which he has pleaded not guilty

Amb Taylor urges Nguyen Khanh to conciliate tribesmen rather than apply force; Nguyen Khanh reptdly got list of complaints and agreed to remedy some during Banmethuot visit

Erhard hopes Johnson will visit Eur after election for talks on NATO, news conf, Bonn; deplores disunity, holds high-level conf needed; would assist US and France to overcome differences

Sen, 45-13, approves Appalachia relief program, including $850-million, 5-yr rd bldg program to end isolation that has hampered growth in region; 3,000-mi network planned

184 school bus drivers rept 'breakdowns,' 25,000 pupils are delayed or miss classes; Educ Bd charges deliberate slowdown by drivers, members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181, against Children's Bus Service to 'enforce citywide control' of all school bus contracts by local; union denies charge, says it has merely advised drivers to comply with safety rules and refuse to drive unsafe vehicles; co transports 87,000 of 92,000 children who get daily service; Deputy Supt Hill says union is dissatisfied because 11 other bus contractors have no agreements with local; wires co pres Flannery and union pres Saporito warning of penalties; denies some buses are unsafe, says they are inspected regularly by PSC; union counsel H Cooper denies union is involved in jurisdictional dispute; says many buses are antiquated and defective

Buckley denies rept he has agreed not to appear in pub with Kennedy to counter bossism charge; reformers charge Buckley orgn is undermining Kennedy effort in Bronx by opposing large regis; Kennedy campaign not yet under way in many Bronx clubhouses

SESSIONS

holds Fed Govt's soc role has not eroded individual initiative or personal freedom, s, Okla City

PSC rejects LIRR petition for quick rise; comm Chmn Lundy says bid requires 'thorough audit and analysts,'

debate on religious liberty ends

Goldwater, Repub Pres nominee, praises adm, s, Albany

UAW strikes 89 plants over working conditions; orders workers at 41 plants that supply parts to GM competitors to stay on job; Reuther stresses union accepts money offer; co vp Seaton 'amazed'; defends working conditions; FMCS Dir Simkin meets with co and union; Pres Johnson confs with Sec Wirtz