April 14, 1971

Nixon Adm warns steel mgt and labor that big wage increase, similar to that won by can indus, would only increase steel indus problems

Dem and Repub Sens near accord on compromise bill that would limit '72 Pres candidates to about $20‐million each for all communications expenses; key provision, insisted on by Repubs, would set single ceiling for all such expenses—TV, radio, newspapers, billboards—without separate limit for radio and TV; new formula would set over‐all ceiling at 14 or 15 cents for each voter eligible in '72; bill would eliminate proposal that would require candidate to authorize in writing all coms or individuals who want to ad for him or against his opponent; would limit each ind com to spending $20,000 or $25,000; Kleindienst says Adm does not object to requiring candidates to rept contributions and spending, lr to Sen Magnuson; stresses Adm favors giving new Fed comm rather than Cong officials jurisdiction over financial repts

Econ Advisers Council, in 3d inflation alert, singles out ltd number of NY taxi medallions as an 'extreme example’ of how inflation is fed by artificial barriers to competition

Dr Y‐C Hsu repts growing fertilized mouse eggs to heart‐beating stage in lab, marking important step towards gestation of mammals, possibly including humans, outside of body, rept, Fed of Amer Societies for Experimental Biology (W Sullivan rept); achievement advances embryo development beyond moment when embryo attaches itself to womb wall, point considered major obstacle to lab gestation; implications and details of experiment discussed; labs in US and abroad are now attempting to develop techniques for culturing embryos in order to understand factors controlling gestation process rather than to produce 'test‐tube babies'; develepment of artificial placenta now seen chief obstacle to full lab gestation

NEWARK, April 13—Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson is preparing a new public proposal to try to end the bitter 11‐week‐old teachers’ strike here, including a list of compromises already made by the union.