December 18, 1969

Nixon sends appeal to Cong leaders to stop cutting taxes at same time as Cong raises expenditures; lr recd as conf com ends another day of secret sessions on bill

Smrkovsky resigns under fire from Parliament, his last pub office, with 10 other liberals; removal of 11, who were only remaining liberals in natl legis, coincides with renewed Govt warnings against ultraconservatives; both developments seen indicating Husak leadership, presumably with USSR support, follows centrist course against both extremes; purge seen as victory for ultraconservatives; those ousted include F Sorm, J Macek, M Vaculik, A Polednak, M Mikova, J Boruvka, O Homola, J Lacina, Z Kenelova and J Tureckova; party wkly Tribuna, in article signed by ed in chief O Svestka, cautions against 'expressions of left-wing radicalism'; Hungarian party chief Kadar visits Prague in move to bolster Husak's position

Pres Nixon's press sec announces that Nixon has sent nomination of W N Seymour Jr to Sen as replacement for Morgenthau; acknowledges Morgenthau has not resigned; says that if he does not do so, lr will be sent to him informing him that he has been replaced; Morgenthau says he will consider request, that he and staff will continue to work; Morgenthau por

MINEOLA, L. I., Dec. 17 -- Nassau County consumers may be paying an extra $5-million a year for mislabeled meat bought in virtually all the major food chain stores, County Executive Eugene H. Nickerson charged today.

HR, 333-12, adopts Fed Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of '69 despite threat of Pres veto because of its cost; Repub effort to recommit bill to Cong conf rejected, 258-83; bill was passed by both Sen and HR in Oct and cleared conf com on Nov 20; Dems score veto threat; Sec Schultz says Adm is 'troubled by cost' of amendment that would provide Federally-financed compensation to miners currently disabled by black lung disease, to miners who would file disability claims in future and to widows of miners who are 'presumed' in bill's language to have died of black lung within the last yr