May 8, 1971

Census Bur repts unemployment and inflation were dominant reasons for sharp increase in number of poor in '70, reversing 10-yr decline; notes increasing under-employment among men who are able and willing to work but cannot find enough work to earn poverty minimum

Illus

NYS Sen, 34-6, approves bill that sharply reduces penalties for sale and possession of heroin; bill's provisions, which also applies to hashish, revd; Sen Dunne, bill's sponsor, comments

BLS repts unemployment rate rose 0.1% to 6.1%, April, but holds job situation remained essentially unchanged; puts total unemployment at 5,085,000 and total employment at 78.7-million, 200,000 above Mar level; notes Negro jobless rate rose 0.6% to 10% while white rate remained unchanged at 5.6%; says 9.3% unemployment rate among adult Negro women represents clear upward trend; Hodgson concedes April figures are 'disappointing' but adds Nixon Adm is confident unemployment rate will decline shortly; Ziegler terms figures 'basically static' and says Adm expects econ to reach full employment by mid '72; graph shows fluctuation in unemployment rate, April '70-April '71

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