February 22, 1969

NY mechanics Local 1804-1 stages wildcat strike over wage terms in new contract, disrupting work on docks; 3,500 of 16,000 dockers honor pickets; NY Shipping Assn appeals to ILA leaders, busy in outport talks, to take action; Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Hampton Roads, Va, vote to return to work; Phila sets ratification vote; Galveston, Tex, remains trouble spot; S Atlantic ports employers file charges with NLRB against ILA of unfair labor practice as union refuses to set ratification vote; illus of ship idled in Boston

Brussels sources sec Nixon decision to conf with NATO pol and mil reprs 1st step to negotiating future defense relations between US and Eurs; elements in talks and problems from Eur point of view discussed; Nixon expected schedule noted

Nixon proposals arouse significant Cong Dem criticism; cause of major revision seen seriously endangered; Sen Bayh, chmn of Sen subcom which handles electoral reform, rejects virtually all of proposals; charges Nixon's failure to press for direct popular election is 'retreat to expediency'; holds Nixon proposals would not correct main defects in present system; sees them introducing 'new and more disturbing defects'; is particularly critical of proposal that popular vote decide winner if no candidate gets more than 40% of electoral vote; says he will move quickly to get his direct-election proposal to Sen floor; Nixon proposals backed by Repr Ford, Sen Griffin

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., Feb. 21 -- Dr. Gunnar V. Jarring, the United Nations special envoy, will return to the Middle East next week for new talks with Israeli and Arab foreign ministers on steps to halt violence in the area and to promote a political settlement.

Chief Inspector Garelik orders NYC garment dist 'saturated' with police to curb thefts, responding to truckmen's threat to stop all shipments; meets with indus reprs; 24-hr telephone number set for reptg crimes; trucking arbitrator H H Pensig sees plan effective; estimates indus losses in NE states and Penna now surpass $150-million a yr, that 90% of lost shipments originate in NY area; Comr Perrotta says NYC will help truckers get ins coverage

US State Dept says it has checked accuracy of rept of proposal but has no further comment; rept presents new item to be studied and put on agenda on eve of Nixon Eur tour

BAL HARBOUR, Fla., Feb. 21 -- President Nixon gave assurance to the leaders of organized labor today that he did not want jobs jeopardized by the efforts to control inflation.

PSC chmn Lundy scores study; says bills will be analyzed; Blumenthal defends study

JERUSALEM, Feb. 21 -- A terrorist bomb exploded in Jerusalem's largest supermarket this morning, killing two Israeli youths and injuring nine other persons.

informed Brit sources rept Pres de Gaulle in Feb 4 meeting with Amb Soames proposed to replace EEC with broader free-trade area headed by 4-power directorate composed of France, W Ger, Italy and GB; say their account is based on official Brit-French record; rept Soames reply to Min Debre 8 days later expressed Brit view that proposal is significant and far-reaching, particularly because GB would be included in inner circle of Eur power, but that she intended to fully inform other members of W Eur Union because their vital interests were involved; rept Soames disagreed with concept of 4-power directorate; also rept Soames insisted GB still wants to open talks on entry into EEC and on that basis was ready for talks on proposal, provided allies were kept informed; outline of de Gaulle-Soames meeting; Swiss sources regard rept of proposal as authentic; EEC Exec Comm officials treat rept lightly; see de Gaulle trying to shift to offensive before Nixon Eur tour; say ideas in proposal have been bldg for over 10 yrs and see mkt unlikely to break up

Dacca, Pakistan, consulate windows smashed by students enforcing observance of Pakistan's Martyrs Day