April 14, 1969

Westinghouse Learning Corp and Ohio U study of 104 Head Start centers throughout country for OEO finds poor children who participated in program were not appreciably better off than disadvanatged children not in program; list other major findings; do not rule out 2 favorite hypotheses of program turned up by earlier, more limited studies: that Head Start does make impact which is lost later as result of poor teaching and that poor children have been so badly damaged in infancy by their lower-class environment that Head Start cannot make much difference; Nixon Adm officials fearful rept's discouraging findings will be used by conservative Congressmen as weapon against such programs, but also see rept strengthening Nixon's decision to move Head Start to HEW Dept

Illus

Corp warns further 'acts of violence' could result in closing of univ, statement; says it opposes right of some members of univ community to force their views on univ by violent means; backs faculty's recent decision to strip ROTC program of acad credit; also defends univ's housing policy, noting rents are below current mkt level; sees need to revamp univ govt to reflect univ opinion on questions of 'univ-wide concern'; statement follows announcement by Pusey that he has set up 68-member student-faculty panel for advice in event of another 'major crisis'; move seen linked to criticism that he failed to consult student or faculty reprs before calling police to campus; 9 faculty members begin work on forming special com to probe disorders; are also members of faculty com under Prof Fainsod which is working on improving methods of decision-making at univ; Undergrad Council proposes suspension of strike to allow faculty to act; also calls for univ-wide referendum to determine future status of ROTC; confidential lr, apparently removed from Ford's file during student seizure of bldg, in which Ford reptdly suggests ways of getting around faculty decision on ROTC pub; SDS demands listed

Czech Defense Min repts Czech will join Warsaw Pact antiaircraft maneuvers with USSR, Hungary, Poland and 'other countries,' presumably Bulgaria and E Ger; maneuvers to be carried out in Czech and other countries; inclusion of Rumania seen a possibility but Rumanian press carries dispatch condemning concept of holding maneuvers on foreign territory; officials silent on withdrawal of announcement that USSR would send more troops; Svoboda reptdly greets Grechko at airport on his return from visit to mil bases; Semyonov seen staying in Czech until after key Central Com meeting