June 10, 1970

Defense Dept, in broad policy directive aimed at saving money on defense contracts and avoiding cost overruns, says greater stress will be put on conceptual and development stages of new weapons systems; Deputy Sec Packard, in explaining directive, says 'trade-offs' will be arranged between operating requirements and engineering design; says most important consideration before moving into full-scale production is to have assurance that engineering design is completed, that alt major problems have been resolved

charges New Left student radicals are using techniques of late Sen McCarthy to destroy univ system from within for their own gain, baccalaureate s, Harvard U

Souvanna Phouma announces fall of Saravane, rept to Natl Assembly; says Govt bn which had defended town has withdrawn and is no longer in communication with mil command; new occupiers reptdly have set fire to many pub bldgs; Saravane's importance to N Vietnam as route along which it can send supplies to S Vietnam discussed; Laos complains to Internatl Control Comm on Communist aggression

State Housing and Community Renewal Div releases figures showing that authorizations for bldg new housing has fallen off as much as 72% from '69; figures made pub while Gov Rockefeller and Comr Urstadt are meeting with more than 100 businessmen to urge them to sponsor housing projects; figures show that permits issued in city fell to 2,632 units authorized in 1st qr of '70, down from 4,517 in 1st qr of '69; Rockefeller and Urstadt comment

NYC Mayor Lindsay, assailing proposed '70 Housing Act, tells HR Banking subcom that cities and suburbs are currently involved in unnecessary competition with each other; says that instead of formulating natl policy for met area growth, Govt has watched these developments with neglectful attitude for more than 25 yrs; says there are no natl guidelines and no natl policy for cooperatively shaping urban and suburban growth; calls upon Govt to develop natl planning policies that would forge alliance between cities and suburbs