September 8, 1971

Prof D Miron, part of group of prominent Israelis visiting USSR, holds most Soviet Jews have no desire to emigrate to Israel, int; contends emigration problem has been over-emphasized; holds all Soviet Jews wishing to resettle in Israel should be allowed to do so; says group has been unable to obtain official emigration figures; repts Moscow Zionist told him that 50,000 Soviet Jews would leave USSR if all restrictions were lifted

Educ Bd eliminates reduced-fare tickets for pub transportation for children in kindergarten through 3d for grade who live less than 1/2 mile from school, and those from 4th grade to 8th grade who live less than 1 mile

Cost of Living Council meets with heads of 6 corps called to Washington to explain alleged divd increases during wage-price freeze; council vice chmn P W McCracken says execs pledged support of Nixon's econ program and would 'endeavor to cooperate fully'; none of cos promised to roll back divd increases; head of 1 co, Volume Shoe Co, says co declared regular divd and says he has no idea why he was called to Washington; Retail Clerks Internatl Assn pres J T Housewright says labor must go along with freeze despite its opposition to it; offers own econ plan including excess profits tax and freeze on divds and interest

Boro Pres Leone asserts $2.5-billion transportation bond issue will not pass in Bklyn without guarantees of continuing tollfree bridges and maintenance of 30c NYC transit fare

Dir Shultz, on behalf of Natl Comm on Productivity, releases policy statement calling on business, labor and Govt to devise new ways to increase productivity; news conf; illus; major recommendation is that mgt and labor make productivity a central issue in bargaining and talk more seriously about work rules, group incentives and other subjects bearing heavily on productivity

S Vietnamese troops, backed by US planes, helicopters and arty, push to within 8 mi of Laotian border S of buffer zone on 2d day of a new operation but rept no contact with N Vietnamese; officers say there is no plan to cross into Laos in force; objectives of sweep are to destroy enemy supply bases and to stem troop and supply movements into NW corner of S Vietnam through Ho Chi Minh trail; US helicopter downed; operation is centered to NE of Khesanh; illus; minor action reptd elsewhere

LONDON, Sept. 7 — The British Broadcasting Corpora tion has barred television show ings of “Sesame Street,” say ing that the popular American children's program has “author itarian aims.”

Fed and state authorities begin investigation into alleged labor union corruption involving organized crime and Passaic County Prosecutor's office; officials rept that Fed grand jury is concentrating on alleged crimes involving embezzlement of funds from Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Food Store Employes Union Local 44; parallel state investigation being conducted by State Div of Criminal Justice is attempting to discover whether organized crime has infiltrated Prosecutor's office; details

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Premier Kosygin's planned visit to Canada will be 7th overseas trip by a USSR leader in next 3 mos, Western diplomats in Moscow see desire to counter much-publicized diplomatic moves by Communist China

Lynch-Heath talks end after 11 hrs in disagreement over Ulster's internment policy, tactics to root out IRA, const changes in Prot Govt and Lynch's participation in direct negotiations over Ulster; Lynch claims Heath denied his right to be involved in such talks, although he is elected head of Irish Repub and represents mass opinion of Irish people, news conf; proposes immediate 4-way talks involving Irish, Brit and Ulster Govts and reprs of Ulster opposition; Heath rejects proposal, will hold round-table talks with opposition and Prot reprs and members of Cath and Prot communities in Ulster; aim of talks will be to assure Cath minority active role in politics; Brit officials say major stumbling block to talks was Lynch's insistence that he take part in any discussions about Ulster; say Heath made offer to keep in close contact with Lynch over Ulster developments and that Lynch rejected proposal by Heath that they meet with Faulkner; Lynch spokesman denies Heath made proposal; noted Faulkner has already rejected such talks

Min Luc-Pepin outlines to Commons plan to offset effects of 10% surcharge imposed by Nixon on imports into US; says Govt is establishing $80-million assistance fund to help exporters who are forced to lay off significant numbers of workers as result of surcharge; notes fund is not reprisal aimed at US but defensive measure intended to protect Canadian jobs; repts eligible cos will get up to 2/3 of surtax on their '70 sales in US; says assistance will stop when surtax is lifted; repts results of possible impact of surcharge on Canada's econ, conceding figures are not scientific and are based on possibly self-serving appraisals given to Govt officials who made telephone survey of more than 1,000 Canadian cos; estimates loss of $400-million of export sales and 40,000 jobs if surcharge is kept for 3 mos, $700-million and 70,000 jobs in 6 mos and $900-million and 90,000 jobs in 1 yr; some business analysts believe Govt and exporters may have exaggerated probable effect of surcharge; Min Benson, expressing concern over possible long-term implications of Nixon's measures tells Commons that basic question is whether Canada can continue to count on access to US mkt on mutually acceptable terms or whether country must reconsider whole indus and commercial policies; Canadian cos, to get recompense, reptdly must show that surcharge has caused or is likely to cause significant layoffs at particular plant, that at least 20% of plant's '70 production involved exports subject to surcharge and that co is undertaking to keep production and employment at satisfactory level