January 15, 1971

Pres Nixon, calling for alliance of generations, says he will ask new cong for authority to combine Peace Corps, VISTA and other Fed agencies into new volunteer service corps that will give young Amers expanded opportunity to serve poor at home and abroad, s, U of Nebraska; illus

Sen J H Hughes, chmn of State Joint Legis Com on Crime, says relationship of State Sup Ct Justice Schweitzer to N Voloshen, convicted of being an influence peddler, 'raises questions as to propriety of judge's conduct'; releases transcript of parts of testimony on case given between Feb and July, '70; says entire transcript has been turned over to Chief Judge Fuld and Presiding Justice Stevens; Scheitzer, in his testimony before com, acknowledged a long and close relationship with Voloshen, convicted partly for misuse of office of ex-Speaker McCormack; admitted he continued to see Voloshen for several mos after Voloshen's indictment on Jan 13,'70 and that he met with lawyers involved in cases pending before him in Voloshen's presence; denied involvement in any wrongdoing; other witnesses testified that Voloshen boasted of his influence with Schweitzer; their testimony detailed; Schweitzer, in his testimony, reptd only money that Voloshen ever gave him was $150 as a house gift in '68, only gifts were theater tickets on several occasions and liquor at Xmas

article on late Sec Powell at unabashed practitioner of patronage pol who amassed fortune of nearly $3-million during 36-yr career in Ill pol, in which time hit highest salary was $30,000, as State Sec; suggests sources of money are 'legion,' coming from lobbyists, interests seeking favors with state, campaign contributors, businessmen with lucrative state contracts and even from soda vending machines in Capitol; revelation of hoard has prompted probes by Ill and IRS and also income disclosure proposal by Gov Ogilvie; Powell died last Oct in hotel suite shared with personal sec and close friend Mrs M Hensey, who, with his adm aide N D Ciacco, delayed announcing death until files and money were removed from Springfield office to her home; investigators seek at least 2 ledger books allegedly removed from office; Ciacco says he acted to protect Powell's and Hensey's reputations; has been dismissed by new State Sec, a Repub; Powell career as Dem pol figure, starting as mayor of hometown, Vienna, revd; he eventually became State Sec and controlled patronage payroll of some 5,000 employes who were vital to Dem election campaigns; frequently solicited money from such employes for 'flower funds,' called after Midwest politicians custom of sending flowers to funerals; was also fond of giving testimonial dinners for himself; had dealings with business interests in several fields, dealings that are subject of Better Govt Assn corruption charges; sought personal publicity, placing name on uniforms of Capitol employes and on billboards; illus; will leaves Hensey stock worth some $600,000 and other money, leaves ex-sec L Koval stock of nearly $100,000; leaves most of fortune to Johnson County Historical Soc in Vienna to preserve home as museum and shrine; stipulates that gravestone bear inscription the he was 'life-long Dem'

Zayyat confs with Jarring; Zayyat and Farra to conf with Jarring again; UAR and Jordan reptdly do not reject Israeli initiative but conclude that suggestions cover old ground and cannot be viewed as step forward; view omission of mention of boundaries question as indication that Israel intends to hold on to large parts of Sinai Peninsula and west bank of Jordan River; seen preferring to make their own counterproposal instead of taking Israeli suggestions as basis for talks; UAR counterproposal seen taking form of suggestion that Big 4 form peace-keeping force under UN auspices to supervise settlement; Riad reptdly discussed idea during recent visits to Paris and London; repts that Riad instructed Zayyat to submit idea to Jarring noted; UAR seen determined to have Security Council meeting before cease-fire expires, idea opposed by Israel

Sec Richardson says results of Civil Rights Office survey show integration in Northern and Western areas of US has increased very little, from 27.6% to 27.7% since '68, while integration in South has increased from 18.4% to 38.1% in that time, news conf; notes natl rate of integration has increased from 23.4% to 32.8%; says Fed Govt will begin directing efforts to Northern and Western schools as result of survey; Civil Rights Office Dir Pottinger says more funds will be budgeted in fiscal '72 for Northern desegregation efforts; figures quoted in survey are well below estimates last Apr by ex-Sec Finch, who predicted 80% integration in South by Sept; some newsmen at conf dispute validity of Richardson's figures; he says they were compiled in conjunction with G Washington Univ