November 13, 1967

Gavin hopes party will name 'moderate' who will offer alternative to Adm's Vietnam policy, TV int; says Rockefeller 'fits description,'

Cong for 1st time moves toward raising retirement income of relatively affluent under new Soc Security legis; monthly benefit for young man with good salary (including wife's benefit) would rise to almost $400, 60% over present $250 limit; benefits for high-salaried older people would also rise; increases stem from expansion of wage base; 1 penalty for affluent seen in new bill's setting $105 monthly ceiling on benefit for wife who has not earned own Soc Security; current ceiling is 1/2 husband's benefit

Rising urban hostility to expressways threatens to delay bldg of costly links in Fed hwy system scheduled for completion in '72; 2,296 mi will traverse cities and suburbs, causing dislocations in residential and commercial areas; protests in Cleveland, Cambridge, Mass, other communities noted; Transportation Dept urges cities study Baltimore example where Urban Concept Team of architects and others collaborates with state hwy engineers in planning freeways

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Brydges, Duryea form 18-member com of Repub Legis members to save elements of Const they consider 'worthy of salvage'; say they do not plan reenacting whole of Const; members listed; O'Connor doubts many secs of rejected Const will be approved; links defeat to single-pkg submission