PRESIDENT URGES A NATIONAL DRIVE ON NARCOTICS USE; Wants Bill to Permit Agents With a Warrant to Enter Home Without Warning
Nixon calls for natl attack on narcotics abuse, message to Cong; asks for more money, men and research, heavier penalties for violations involving LSD and marijuana and authority for Fed agents to break into residences unannounced to seize drug evidence quickly; says fast-moving Fed investigative unit will be set up to help suppress illicit drug traffic, that exec dept will seek closer cooperation with other countries to stop harmful drugs at their source; repts juvenile arrests involving use of drugs has risen almost 800% between '60 and '67, that NYC alone has 40,000 heroin addicts; repts Justice Dept will draft proposed model state law on narcotics, that he will initiate series of confs between state and Fed law enforcement officials; Justice Dept officials discuss 'no-knock' authority proposal; say Fed agent would get a search warrant from a judge and then enter home of suspect without knocking or identifying himself; they and White House press sec try to dispel fears that law might be used perniciously; Brademas comments on Nixon proposals
