March 8, 1969

Sen Foreign Relations Com urges Adm delay deployment while looking strategic arms control agreement with USSR; Sen Mansfield says decision to proceed with deployment would represent movement of nation's leadership in wrong direction; Sens Cooper, Javits and Percy conf with Pres natl security adviser Kissinger in effort to win deployment delay

Nixon comes to grips, for 1st time, with question of how and where he will spend money for domestic programs over next few yrs; Mayo gives him preliminary results of agency-by-agency rev of Johnson's budget requests; total Nixon figure seen not able to be reduced much below Johnson figure

ALBANY, March 7 -- The Republican leaders of the Legislature, after twisting arms for five hours to round up the necessary votes in the Assembly, pushed through tonight their Taylor Law revision imposing tough new penalties against public-employe strikes.

Battle, at request of P Foreman, sets ct hearing at which Ray will be present; Huntsville (Ala) Times repts Ray will plead guilty to King's murder and get 99-yr prison term; Tenn law requires case be heard by jury regardless of guilty plea; defendant sentenced to 99-yr prison term would not be eligible for parole until half of sentence has been served

Apptmt of W P Bundy, Asst State Sec under Johnson, as visiting prof in MIT causes stir in diplomatic circles because former Pres Johnson aide W W Rostow, who strongly supported Johnson policy, was not invited back to MIT faculty when he left Govt