January 21, 1971

William McChesney Martin Jr., former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board and one of the nation's foremost financial experts, has agreed to undertake a searching exam‐ ination of the rules and pro cedures of the New York Stock Exchange.

Landmarks Preservation Comm Sept rept labeled confidential recommended rejection of present design of proposed pavilion and 'vigorously' objected to other alterations of museum's western facade occasioned by proposed reconstruction of Temple of Dendur; rept, made available to NY Times by Manhattan Community Bd No 8 chmn Diamond, was sent to Mayor Lindsay, Heckscher, museum dir Hoving and Art Comm pres Oenslager; Landmarks Comm chmn Goldstone says rept was not required to be made pub because it was intergovt rept; Hoving denies rept was not made pub, noting it was sent to Art Comm, appropriate city agency; stresses that everything in master plan, with exception of Lehman pavilion which is privately funded, has been placed before proper city agencies; notes museum's western facade was altered in '36 and in '50s; Councilman Burden, Assemblyman Olivieri and Parks Council to join in lawsuit to compel museum to submit all its bldg plans, including Lehman pavilion, to Planning Comm for approval; Burden charges Heckscher with 'illegal act' in approving master plan

GB and her Commonwealth partners work out compromise leaving GB free to supply arms to S Africa while establishing 8-nation study group 'to consider question further'; pact, which allows GB to proceed with arms sales at any time, seen major victory for Brit diplomacy; Prime Min Heath agrees to participate in study group, which excludes 3 E African nations most opposed to Brit stand--Uganda, Zambia and Tanzania; Tanzania Pres Nyerere, in earlier debate, pleaded with Heath not to conclude deal; hints that E African nations would leave Commonwealth; Heath says GB has recd assurance that S Africa has no aggressive intentions and that it will not use any items of maritime equipment supplied by GB 'for purposes other than those for which they have been supplied'; Commonwealth conf must still debate 'Declaration of Commonwealth Principle' introduced by Pres Kaunda; declaration condemns racial discrimination and pledges Commonwealth members to furnish no aid to countries that practice it

Laird says he has reptd to Nixon that expanded use of Amer air power in Cambodia is 'crucial to the success' of program of Amer troop withdrawals from Vietnam, news conf; appears to acknowledge change in policy by not using term 'interdiction', which has been used in past to mean permissible efforts to cut off flow of enemy supplies and personnel

series; W Beecher on Defense Dept loss of influence under Nixon; stereotype of hawkish Pentagon and dovish civilian advisers no longer holds true; Joint Cs/S as often counsel restraint as they do bold action; Nixon himself is inclined toward bold action; illus

Re-elected minority leader by HR Repubs; illus

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advance elements of S Vietnamese and Cambodian troops reptdly link up in their rd-clearing drive; 10-mi stretch of Route 4 remains mostly under enemy control; Cambodian troops engage in heavy fighting with enemy troops at entrance of pass; enemy attacks S Vietnamese troops at Khet Kandol not far from S Vietnamese border; map; 56 enemy soldiers reptd killed; Lon Nol, in Saigon, confs with Pres Nguyen Van Thieu, Vice Pres Nguyen Cao Ky, Premier Tran Than Khiem and S Vietnamese mil comdrs; private talks between them reptdly snagged on Cambodian refusal to pay some costs of S Vietnamese troops fighting in Cambodia and also pay debts that S Vietnam claims date from '54 and estimates at between $1-million and $4-million

Officers and enlisted men of USMC 2d Div, Camp Lejeune, NC, agree there has been marked easing of racial tensions within div since outbreaks of violence 18 mos ago; Maj Gen Ryan, div comdr, comments, div officials attribute improvement to widely ranging and concentrated program aimed at opening communications across racial lines; program includes informal gripe sessions, special leadership courses for officers and enlisted men, a system of human relations councils and field trips to study servicemen's contact with civilian insts

Rockefeller reptdly to propose multibillion-dollar community development bond issue that would involve state in new spending areas to relieve strain on localities

US Sup Ct hears arguments to open suburbs to pol agitation by pamphleteers, case of atty for an interracial group that has been barred from distributing leaflets in a Chicago suburb