July 31, 1970

Mayor Lindsay to establish Dept of Early Childhood Services within HRA to admr all NYC programs for young children; acts on recommendation of task force rept called The Children are Waiting, which describes 'Kafkaesque maze of red tape' that allegedly obfuscates care programs; rept proposes steps now divided between depts be centralized in 1 dept; Lindsay sees creation of such a dept having 'significant impact' on speed and degree to which city gets Fed aid, news conf; Citizens Com for Children exec dir Lash, task force chmn, notes experts believe 1st 6 yrs of life are crucial to child's future and that help in such yrs is made more difficult by bureaucratic inefficiency; rept suggests allowing community groups to set up programs in temporary facilities while awaiting permanent hq; would develop procedures so community group can get inexpensive mortgages, allow children to be placed in most convenient, appropriate centers

Lt F Word, described as 1st policemen to admit to grand jury that he had taken bribes, arrested on charges of perjury and contempt; Ward allegedly told jury that he had taken bribes to protect gamblers while he was member of Police Comr's confidential investigating unit; indictment says that he gave jury conflicting versions as to how much money he had received and how many other policemen had served as intermediaries between him and gamblers; jury indicts F Fitzpatrick on 2 counts of perjury and W Flay on 1 count of criminal contempt; all 3 cases are linked to Mulligan; details

Treas Dept submits to Cong bill to tax lead additives; Sec Kennedy argues planned tax will hasten conversion to use of unleaded gas and facilitate adoption of pollution-control devices; says auto and oil industries must make decisions by early next yr in regard to proposed natl auto standards

Action Orgn for Liberation of Palestine and Arab Palestine Orgn, in move shattering unity of Palestinians, reject criticisms of Nasser and laud his acceptance of US plan; say they do not back plan but score exploitation of Palestinian revolution as vehicle to attack UAR and USSR; say they will not participate in scheduled mass protest meeting and demonstration, which will be addressed by Arafat; Action Orgn has about 700 members and is headed by Dr I Sartawi while Arab Palestine Orgn has 300-400 members and is headed by A Zahrur

Despite another day of heat and humidity, New Yorkers re duced their demands for elec tricity yesterday and the Con solidated Edison Company, which has been trying to meet power demands despite the loss of two major generators, praised the “wonderful co oneration.”