April 26, 1971

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about 1,000 antiwar demonstrators returning from Washington by car deliberately halt on a 25-mi stretch of NJ Tpk north of Swedesboro, NJ, and halt all traffic for nearly 4 hrs; over 100 held on disorderly conduct charges; demonstrators sing and chang antiwar slogans as they loll across tpk lanes; blockage is unplanned; illus

NY Times survey finds 800,000 children work as hired hands on farms in US, making up 25% of nation's paid farm labor force; repts life is particularly difficult for 300,000 who migrate from state to state with parents to harvest different crops during spring, summer and fall; finds children often work in fields from dawn to dusk 7 days a wk; notes few states set minimum age for child farm laborers and those that do are sometimes lax about enforcement; cites examples; situation in South discussed; illus; map; Amer Friends Service Com's recent rept on problem revd

Sen Foreign Relations Com says present foreign aid program is 'shambles' and that 'no amount of mobile maneuvering can save it'; Sen Fulbright says no other conclusion is possible following GAO summary of 80 investigations it made of aid programs in last 5 yrs; charges GAO recommendations on programs of econ and mil aid for various countries collectively 'tell tale of bureaucratic woe, mis-mgt and inefficiency'; cites disregard for Cong intent and use of foreign aid funds as kind of 'diplomatic pork barrel'; says prospect of Nixon's $3.2-billion request for foreign aid reform makes summary especially pertinent; notes he will ask GAO to evaluate it in terms of kinds of problems encountered under existing legis and to recommend remedial legis where it is deemed appropriate after Nixon submits legis; notes specific GAO disclosures; summary was prepared at com's request and is seen timed to coincide with opening before HR Foreign Affairs Com of case for Nixon's proposed legis; Under Sec Irwin and Deputy Sec Packard to testify during hearings

Lon Nol reptdly has decided to remain head of Govt; Natl Assembly reptdly will act on bill to excuse him from const requirement that a Premier-designate appear before assembly to be invested in office; will also debate proposal to require each min-designate to appear individually to receive parliamentary approval; proposal was made by members critical of earlier Lon Nol Govt; criticism of Sisowath Sirik Matak has increased since Lon Nol illness; new deputy premiers to be chosen for new govt reptdly will be chosen to appease critics; speculation on men who may be named includes Son Ngoc Thanh, former leader of Khmer Serei Movement, group outlawed as right-wing Nationalist by Norodom Sihanouk