August 9, 1971

state-aided study finds that about 20% more black family members than were eligible were receiving welfare aid in '69; puts total number of ineligibles at about 60,000; suggests that relatively high benefit levels mandated by NYS, compared to potential earnings from unskilled or semiskilled jobs, have had 'adverse impact' on incentive to work; asserts that thousands of jobs suitable to skills of those on welfare were available; suggests that as much as $130-million yrly could be saved in relief costs if welfare mothers were encouraged to work; urges effective adm of work requirements for employables and expansion of pub jobs for them; study was conducted by Bernstein, with assistance of NYS Econ Advisers Council; findings detailed

2 US fighter-bombers attack AA emplacements 6 mi inside N Vietnam that had fired on a US reconnaisance jet, 48th 'protective reaction' strike inside N Vietnam in '71

crowd of about 4,000, mostly members of India's pro-Moscow Communist party, gives Gromyko tumultous welcome at New Delhi's Palam Airport; many carried Soviet flags and banners with slogans supporting Bengali independence movement in E Pakistan; speculation on aims of Gromyko visit

USSR and India reptdly sign major pact pledging support to each other if either is target of mil aggression; pact was signed by Min Singh and Gromyko; illus

NYC Bar Assn and NY Times survey of hundreds of US trial judges reveals little evidence to support Justice Burger's charge of widespread courtroom disruption by unruly lawyers; many laywers int agree that flowery formalism used in the past has disappeared but insist incidence of outright disruptions by lawyers is quite low; some lawyers believe that pub confidence in adm of justice has been damaged by a few celebrated incidents; some cited; Prof A Sutherland and ex-Judge Rifkind comment, minimize number of disruptions; atty W M Kunstler scores talk of unruly lawyers as 'a witch hunt of left lawyers'; civil rights lawyers hold defiance of judges has historically played an important role in establishing some basic rights; cite 1735 incident; NYC Bar Assn survey sponsored by Ford Foundation grant; some lawyers illus