May 7, 1971

JERUSALEM, May 6—Secre tary of State William P. Rogers flew here from Cairo today carrying assurances from Pres ident Anwar el‐Sadat that Egypt was ready to listen to any reasonable Israeli proposal to reopen the Suez Canal.

FPC sets ceiling of 24c a thousand cu ft for natural gas, retroactive to Oct '68, for Tex Gulf Coast area to stimulate exploration for new supplies; decision presents 1st time that comm has set ceiling opinion and will probably mean higher prices to consumers amounting to millions of dollars; comm reduces producers refund obligation by 1c per thousand cu ft of new gas, saying Tex Gulf Coast sales must rise from present vols of 8-trillion to 12.5-trillion for '71-75, if it is to meet its share of natl demand for gas; FPC opinion detailed

Justice Dept seeks grand jury probe of R Davis and J R Froines and probe of A Hoffman by another grand jury; Hoffman freed in $20,000 bail; his wife says he was beaten by a Washington policeman; announced antiwar demonstration at S Vietnamese Embassy draws only 60 people; youths kept away from embassy; outnumbered 5 to 1 by police; 14 held during the day; Davis says protests are only 'a beginning'; promises resumption; Repr Waggoner scores Congressmen who support protest; Abzug defends their support; Sen Kennedy charges Adm 'undermined Const' by forcing Washington police to make mass arrests, s, Iona Coll, NY; White House repr says arrests violated no rights, news conf; Superior Ct has been in 24-hr-session each for 4 days processing arrests; 500 are still in jail

FDA Comr Edwards advises Amer pub to stop eating swordfish because of excessive amts of mercury found in 90% of samples tested over 3-mo period; repts only 42 of 853 samples of swordfish meat were found acceptable, with remainder having avg mercury concentration of more than 1 part per million, twice agency's guideline for fish; says over 8% of samples contained more than 1.5 parts per million; repts 89% to 95% of all fish tested contained mercury 'substantially' above permissible level; says warning is particularly important for children and women of child-bearing age; emphasizes that at present agency finds no substantial mercury problem with other deepwater fish; warning seen ending swordfish sales for foreseeable future; Natl Fisheries Inst exec dir Weddig says swordfish can now be mktd only under extremely selective circumstances; says there are 20 major distributors and importers in US but that all carry other products; notes 98% of swordfish is imported and that Amer swordfish indus accounts for only $12-million of $2.4-billion seafood indus; holds agency's announcement is anticlimactic because 95% of swordfish was declared unsafe in Dec '70 and that since then there has been no Amer fishing for swordfish; SBA sees warning as econ disaster for swordfish indus shipowners, processors and distributors; pledges financial aid; lack of Govt authority to ban product and symptoms of mercury poisoning discussed

Treas Sec Connally says Pres Nixon will ask Cong for $250-million in long-term financing to salvage RB-211 project and continue development of L-1011 Airbus; says Adm expects additional help from Brit Govt which is under no legal obligation to assume responsibility for RB-211 project; says GB has 'undertaken to fulfill commitment to produce engines'; Lockheed chmn Haughton lauds Nixon move; says 'action will assure continued employment for 31,000 persons in 35 states on project and prevent outright waste of over a billion dollars in existing L-1011 inventory'