January 6, 1971

Jarring resumes Middle East peace talks, UN hq

Nixon ranks 91st Cong as 1 that will be remembered 'not for what it did, but for what it failed to do,' statement issued by White House; complains that Cong failed to act on many 'excellent' proposals before adjourning; is especially critical of Sen, which he says presented Amers with spectacle of legis body that has seemingly lost capacity to decide and will to act'; says that while Cong enacted much valuable legis, it missed opportunity to respond to rising sentiment for reform and soc innovation; criticism countered by Repr Albert, who lays failures at Adm's door; Nixon's sharp statement seen in surprising contrast with conciliatory attitude White House has adopted since Nov 3 Cong elections; he lists 21 legis matters as initiated or backed by Adm but allowed to die when Cong adjourned; they include welfare reform, revenue sharing, electoral and draft reform, increased Soc Security benefits, aid to ps dists undergoing desegregation and trade quotas; he asks 92d Cong to 'open new yr in new spirit'; suggests Cong may wish to revise outmoded work schedules and procedures

Kapelman directs UFA to halt job action and orders UFA and NYC to resume bargaining in good faith; assumes jurisdiction over talks; Maye to present directive to membership; union officials reptdly hope for approval; Kapelman stresses that ct cannot mediate 'myriad of substantive economic issues' but orders immediate talks under Schmertz and periodic Schmertz repts to ct

US HR Banking and Currency Com releases rept showing widespread abuse by real estate speculators in Fed program for home ownership for low and moderate income families; rept, based on staff probe of 10 cities across nation, says that FHA had allowed speculators to make huge profits at expense of poor in what amounted to 'sheer fraud'; home ownership program, authorized under section of '68 Omnibus Housing Act, is 1 of several efforts by Fed Govt to help low and moderate income families to find decent housing by paying portion of costs; rept's findings outlined; Reprs Patman and Widnall comment; HUD Dept Sec Romney issues statement defending FHA

Rockefeller confs with Pres Nixon in Washington on NYS fiscal crisis; reptdly is assured state will get 'some new money' from Fed revenue-sharing program, but not specific amt; has proposed $10-billion US revenue-sharing program under which NYS would get $1-billion; will not include fiscal plans in State of State Message, awaiting Cong action, although Legis leaders such as Speaker Duryea suggest new revenues will be needed in any case

Brit Royal Coll of Physicians rept holds cigarette smoking kills 27,500 people a yr in GB; contends avg smoker loses 5 1/2 yrs of life and has greater chance of contracting heart disease, cancer, bronchitis, emphysema and tuberculosis; says 1/3 of men aged 35 to 64 who died in '68 were cigarette smokers who died prematurely; scores Govt officials for not spending more on efforts to alleviate problem; contends women who smoke during pregnancy have smaller babies than nonsmokers and are more likely to suffer miscarriages; calls for ban on all cigarette ad, health warnings on cigarette packs, removal of cigarette vending machines from pub places and 'tax differentials' that would increase price of cigarettes while cutting retail cost of cigars and pipe tobacco; notes smoking pipes or cigars is less risky; holds people who are unable to quit smoking can reduce risk by smoking fewer cigarettes, inhaling less, taking cigarette out of mouth between puffs or by smoking low-tar and nicotine brands; Soc Services Sec Joseph says he regards rept as 'authoritative confirmation' that cigarettes are health hazard

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NYS Environmental Conservation Dept researchers rept preserved fish caught up to 43 yrs ago in state waters contain twice as much mercury as fish currently banned from mkt because of such contamination; discovery seen indicating people may have been eating fish with high mercury levels for many yrs; Comr Diamond cautions findings are very preliminary and are based on sample of only about 12 fish, int; says researchers were surprised that fish caught in isolated waters that were not polluted were contaminated

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US Appeals Ct issues rules designed to give suspects in criminal cases trial within 6 mos in Fed Dist Cts of NY, Conn and Vt; says that if Govt is not ready for trial within 6 mos, or within periods extended by Dist Ct for good cause, then upon application of defendant or upon motion by Dist Ct, after opportunity for argument, charge shall be dismissed; rules, scheduled to go into effect on July 5 and designed to speed trials in all Dist Cts of 2d Circuit, were drafted for guidance of judges and US Attys of each dist; US Attys Seymour and Neaher praise rules; rules outlined

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Soviet Govt threatens to retaliate against Amers stationed in Moscow unless harassment of Soviet reprs in US by militant Jewish groups is curbed, note to US State Dept; warns that because normal working conditions for Russians have not been insured, 'US can not expect that such conditions will be provided for US premises in USSR'; Tass accuses US of promising to protect Soviet reprs but in fact 'conniving at criminal actions' carried out by 'Zionist extremists'; nearly all Soviet establishments in NYC and Washington, DC, have been object of some kind of action by Jewish protest groups, primarily Jewish Defense League, in recent mos