April 20, 1971

Harvard-MIT Joint Center for Urban Studies sr research assoc P Cutright, who conducted detailed analysis of welfare families, repts that between '58-66 rise in welfare benefits was followed by increase in illegitimacy among whites and decrease among blacks; concludes there is no link between welfare benefit levels and illegitimacy

Major segments of Amer film indus are turning away from detailed exploration of sex that has marked some recent films, NY Times survey; several cos have banned X-category films in their production schedules; most cos have decided to make very few R-category films; change has been spurred by exhibitors complaints, declining box-office receipts and success of recent films without heavy sexual content; shift is already fact at oldline studios and among ind filmmakers, but it will not become widely apparent to theatergoers for at least 6 mos; indus sources say change is not consequence of moral inhibition but of econ; comments of several film personnel noted; MPAA gives statistics on ratings, which began in Nov, '68; other details; illus

Environmental Protection Agency Admr Kretchmer, discussing study of elec power usage and its impact on city's environment, says he is more concerned that nobody will be able to breathe air than with possibility that cos may leave city, news conf; agency study, outlining recommendations to regulate power production, says Con Ed's 11 plants account for 40% of sulphur oxide emissions, 38% nitrogen oxide and 10% particulate matter; notes city's levels for 3 pollutants are significantly higher than those established by proposed Fed and state standards; says continued growth in power, now projected to rise by 450%, would mean intolerable increase in pollution

Agnew holds late-night meeting with newsmen in Williamsburg, Va, during Repub Govs Conf at which he reptdly says he is not sure whether he would be asset or liability to Repub ticket, that he has not yet decided whether to seek re-election, and also expresses disagreement with Nixon's policy on Communist China

news conf, City Hall