August 28, 1970

Sen Transportation subcom hearing; Sens Pastore and Pearson, former supporters of development, indicate they will vote against $290‐million budget request; cite charges of craft's impact on ecology and other unsolved high‐priority problems in air, rail and mass transportation; Treas Under Sec Volcker, in lr to subcom, says dept no longer believes craft would stimulate drain of US tourist dollars abroad; project dir Magruder testifies that if US airlines are forced to buy craft abroad there will be $72‐billion loss in balance of payments over next 20 yrs; Transportation Dept Under Sec Beggs backs project; says it would protect and preserve US aircraft indus

Sen Kennedy, backed by 14 Sens, introduces bill creating comprehensive natl health ins program, s, Sen; program's financing and provisions detailed; would cost estimated $40‐million annually and cover 75% of all personal health expenses; would be financed by Health Security Trust Fund, similar to Soc Security Trust Fund, which would contain special income and payroll taxes to cover 60% of program's cost with remainder coming from gen tax revenues; would also attempt to reform orgn and delivery of health care services, area that experts contend contributes substantially to rising med costs; bill results from preliminary work done by Com for Natl Health Ins, organized by later W P Reuther, and is more comprehensive than other natl health ins proposals including AMA's Medicredit and Nixon Adm's Part C addition to Medicare and Medicaid; bill's backers listed

Agnew arrives, Pnompenh, presumably to assure Govt of US support; preparations for visit have been underway for several days; diplomatic risks involved in light of Adm's attempt to limit its role in Cambodia noted

Natl Econ Growth and Reconstruction Orgn (NEGRO) pres Dr T W Matthew repts Great Hall on Ellis Is will be turned into massive monument to 16‐million immigrants who passed through there, Ag 21,Many young NYC residents giving up jobs, careers, homes and friends to resettle overseas because of problems of day‐to‐day living in city and promise of better life abroad; wide variety of concerns and discontent triggers exodus; 3 families who have decided to emigrate int; illus

Commerce Dept repts mfg unit labor costs declined slightly, July