January 22, 1971

tripartite group representing contractors, labor and public sector formed to map plans for a bldg indus wage and price stabilization bd; move is in response to Nixon's request; group members include Under Sec Silberman and Prof J P Dunlop, representing public, Elec Contractors Assn exec dir R Higgins; Dunlop seen key member of group; his proposal expected to provide basis for any agreement reached

Lindsay's suspension of 3 HRA employes triggers major dispute between Soc Service Employes Union and city; 200 welfare workers stage walkout, raising possibility city might invoke Taylor law and impose pay deductions and further suspensions; union, accusing city of provocation, may stage citywide strike; union leader S Hill contends there was no violation of city policy in placing family in Waldorf; declares welfare workers could find no opening in other hotels; Sugarman is heading HRA inquiry into matter; Baer, 1 of suspended employes, denies having any part in placement; illus of welfare workers picketing HRA hq

Albert formally elected Speaker and installed

article on events leading up to Byrd's defeat of Kennedy; when he entered Dem caucus he was still uncertain whether to challenge Kennedy; he thought he had enough votes but that depended on whether Russell was still alive and his proxy vote for Byrd could be counted; when he got word Russell was still alive he made his move; Russell died 4 hrs after vote; Byrd says he would not have run if Russell were not alive; was also helped by his use of favors, promises, shrewd politicking and use of his powers as Appropriations subcom chmn; many Dem Sens hold Kennedy lost by default in some ways; say he failed to fulfill his role as whip or to re-establish his personal stature in Sen after Chappaquiddick accident in July '69; Byrd emphasized to Sens that, as caucus sec, he was always diligent in attending to Sen's business, in which process he also built up many personal favors

series; B Welles on Nixon's dissatisfaction with size, cost and loose coordination of intelligence operations; intelligence-gathering agencies assessed; chart