March 9, 1966

To head New Eng State Police Staff Coll Exec Mgt Development Program, Foster, RI

Sen, in unexpected 45-40 vote, approves Prouty amendment to extend Soc Security benefits to all persons 70 or older whether or not they have paid Soc Security taxes; legis is 1st breach of concept that beneficiaries must make payments to Soc Security fund; will cover 1.8-million people, pay $44 to individuals and $66 to couples out of gen revenues rather than Soc Security trust fund, and cost $800-million in 1st yr, $3.8-billion over 5 yrs; expected to cut Old Age Assistance, now recd by most of 1.1-million without pensions, by amt of Soc Security paid; Prouty, defending amendment, reads lrs from elderly on their financial difficulties

Gov Rockefeller endorses Repub bill raising NYS minimum to $1.40 in Sept, $1.50 in April '67, and $1.60 whenever Fed minimum is raised to that level; Assembly Dems reject measure, pass legis providing increase to $1.50 in Oct; Rockefeller reverses previous stand that NYS should not become 'high-wage island' by raising minimum before Fed Govt; NYS AFL-CIO pres Corbett hails Assembly bill, urges Sen approval

Duke, Fraga Iribarne and families swim off Palomares; illus

Pres Johnson calls on labor and mgt to help Fed agencies develop new approaches to avert gen labor scarcity, annual manpower message to Cong; outlines Adm program; says 1.5-million more jobs are needed annually through '70 to keep joblessness at present rate; says employment must rise 12.5% to 81-million by '70 to cut unemployment to 3%; directs BLS Comr Ross to include in monthly repts full data on labor shortages; Labor Dept repts jobless, Feb, at 3.7%, down from 4% in Jan and low since 3.5% in Nov '53; Ross says decline was 0.1% more than expected and will continue