March 31, 1971

Geneva disarmament conf session

Brezhnev, in address to Soviet party cong, calls outlook for world movement promising, but criticizes China's 'splitting actions' and 'slanderous inventions' about Moscow; links nationalismm and revisionism as twin dangers in movement

reaction of pub officials and private citizens around country indicates many Amers are perturbed and for variety of reasons; there is flurry of protests in Cong against conviction, accompanied by appeals to Nixon to consider granting Calley clemency; there is pervasive sadness at Pentagon over damage believed to have been done to mil image; reactions of Dr R M W Kempner, Sens Dodd, Talmadge and McGovern, Reprs Rarick and Dickenson, and ACLU aide C Morgan noted; Medina says verdict is 'harsh and severe', news conf; says all Amers 'must share in Calley's guilt'; some citizens groups start petitions calling for Calley's release; other details on reaction

Anderson announces that impasse panel has recommended $1,900 pay increase over 27 mos for police on top of new salary base of $12,150; increase will come in 3 installments starting with $500 raise July 1, $700 more on Apr 1 '72 and final $700 increase on Jan 73; panel also recommends that benefit upon retirement after 20 yrs of service remain at half of top annual pay and that pension arrangement be made so that city employe could move from 1 agency to another without loss of retirement credits; PBA spokesman R McKiernan says union negotiators will take position on proposal at end of wk

EEC to give generalized trade preferences to 91 developing countries beginning July 1; will allow duty-free entry for mfrd and semi-mfrd products from developing countries to help poor countries earn badly needed foreign exch; move marks 1st time in postwar period that W Eur has taken lead over US in adopting policies to help poor countries; US officials believe decision may have favorable impact in US, where there have been strong feelings that prosperous countries of W Eur are not assuming their fair share of world responsibilities