June 18, 1969

Reform proposals; HR com approves special allowance for low-income families that would remove from tax rolls 2-million families officially defined as poor and cut taxes of 11-million other low-income taxpayers, effective Jan '70; proposal is essentially same as one Nixon advocated; allowance would cost $625-million in lost taxes in full yr

authoritative sources say Nixon Adm has drawn up tentative plans for 2 additional troop withdrawals this yr totaling 45,000-75,000 men; plans are contingent in large part on how Hanoi and Saigon react to initial US withdrawal; details on plans; Defense Dept releases details on disposition of 25,000 troops scheduled to be withdrawn by August; Adm officials make clear they would have preferred to work out mutual withdrawal with N Vietnam; enemy said to feel time pressure

Hughes to 'demand' special Legis session in July to approve series of measures aimed at fighting organized crime and corruption; calls for an intrastate antitrust law to combat infiltration of legitimate businesses; Repub Legis leadership critical; Hyland repts SCI hearings will be conducted in closed session

Nixon orders sweeping rev of US chem and biological warfare policies, including US position on arms control and question of ratification of '25 Geneva Protocol; rev will be made by State and Defense Depts, Arms Control Agency and other agencies; order was disclosed in lr lo Repr McCarthy from Arms Control Agency dir Smith

Sup Ct Justices reject Justice Warren suggestion to adopt ethics code applied to lower Fed judiciary, decide to defer further consideration until fall term