August 3, 1968

Cardinal Alfrink and 6 other RC bishops of Netherlands say, in joint lr, there are many factors besides the encyclical that Catholics should consider in approach to family planning; say that although encyclical is not infallible dogma, 'personal conscience cannot pass over an authoritative pronouncement such as a papal lr'; Dutch drs believe half of RC population uses control methods, of whom half use contraceptives, half the rhythm method

chancellor Bowker outlines revolutionary citywide admissions program to increase number of Negro and Puerto Rican students who hove hs avgs as low as 68%, news conf; says new program will guarantee sr coll admission to top 100 graduates annually of city's 60 acad hss even though top avgs in disadvantaged areas may be only in 60's or low 70's; says aim is to have '69 freshman class consisting of 26% Negro and Puerto Rican enrollment; notes new policy is in addition to program admitting students under conventional procedures based on hs avgs and entrance scores; also announces univ will ask city Educ Bd and State Regents Bd permission to operate 5 disadvantaged area hss; says hss would be affiliated with univ coll which would guarantee to admit all grads with avgs of 70% or more; univ's governing bd votes to give matriculated status to 3,000 disadvantaged students in univ's SEEK program

Rockefeller strategists concerned over repts that Reagan is gaining unexpected support among delegates, mainly from South and Midwest; Hall holds combined potential vote of delegates backing Reagan and Rockefeller is getting close to figure that would block Nixon's nomination on 1st ballot; Rockefeller orgn plans to deluge delegates with newspaper and radio and TV ad

Repub platform com adopts plank calling for tax credits to attract private capital as step to solve crisis of cities

All-Illinois Com for Humphrey formed including many conv delegates, some close to Daley; N N Minow, leading supporter of R F Kennedy, is chmn; says he will try to bring other Kennedy backers into Humphrey campaign, news conf; confident of Humphrey nomination; com vice chmn is A E Stevenson 3d, hon chmn is P H Douglas; Ill AFL-CIO endorses Humphrey; J M Arvey and 2 other Ill delegates endorse Humphrey; Stevenson says McCarthy would make good Vice Pres with Humphrey; also names Shriver, Harris, Mayor Alioto as Vice-Pres material