February 4, 1967

UAW pres Reuther resigns from AFL-CIO exec council and most other fed posts; retains IUD pres; UAW sec-treas Mazey and vps Woodcock and Greathouse also resign all but IUD posts; UAW internatl exec bd statement unanimously affirms moves; repts UAW conv, Apr, will rev union's role in AFL-CIO; complete break seen possible; dispute between Reuther and fed pres Meany over AFL-CIO's strong anti-Communist foreign policies and Reuther's more flexible stand noted; Reuther boycotted Nov '66 exec council meeting which re-endorsed Meany's views; labor sources see conflict indicating Reuther has given up hope of succeeding Meany as fed pres; AFL-CIO annual exec council conf set

Estimate Bd sues Lindsay to force him to turn over $84.3-million to NYCTA; also asks ct to compel NYCTA to accept funds; O'Dwyer challenges his ouster by Lindsay

Mayor Lindsay announces $75,000 ad campaign to recruit nurses from US, GB, Canada and PR to ease critical shortages in munic hosps, news conf; cites attractions and benefits; shortages detailed; current charges of abuses in city hosps seen hurting recruitment

Apollo project mgr Shea briefs Apollo contractors on future of program; reptdly says NASA weighs using normal oxygen-nitrogen mixture in craft with pure oxygen in space suits only during liftoff, switching to pure oxygen when craft is in orbit and chance of fire is less; other safety devices, including device to blow hatch free in few secs studied; fire specialists to study craft; speculation that power surge caused rupture of batteries; G Jeffs removed from inquiry bd because of affiliation with Apollo prime contractor N Amer Aviation; named consultant

Mission headed by Balluku reptdly met with Mao Tse-tung at end of Communist China visit