September 17, 1971

Medvedev defies Soviet officials, writes journal of his arrest and detention in mental hosp in '70; journal, A Question of Madness, was pub in Russian by Macmillan Ltd (London) and will be pub by A A Knopf in English translation; journal denounces 'dangerous tendency' in USSR to use psychiatric confinement to punish dissenters, viewing this as part of renewed trend to subordinate science to ideology, common practice under Stalin; notes Medvedev's critical writings were reason for his detention, not assumption that he was mentally ill; Medvedev's brother, who wrote part of journal, notes book was written after Govt failed to keep promise to destroy Medvedev's 'false medical record,' which Govt agreed to do if Medvedev forgot incident

HR, 285-106, approves Repub bill after voting by 5-vote margin to substitute it for broader bill backed by Dems; bill does not expand Equal Employment Opportunity Comm's power; would permit comm to institute suits in Fed cts on behalf of complainant but would permit only Atty Gen to take such suits to US Appeals or Sup Cts; passage of bill seen as 1st major setback for civil rights leaders in recent yrs

Pres Nixon pledges 'strong, effective' curbs on major industries after wage-price freeze ends, news conf; declines to discuss specifics of program but strongly indicates he favors program of voluntary restraints backed up by legal authority to force rollbacks of price and wage increases that Govt considers inflationary; stresses need for cooperation of both labor and mgt

Nixon accuses Muskie of 'libel on Amer people' for remark that they would not approve Negro as Vice Pres, press conf, White House; cites Pres Kennedy and Sen Brooke as proof against prejudice at polls; Muskie bars comment

Group of Ten mins are reptd to be deadlocked at end of 2-day meeting as US and its trade partners cling to hard opposing positions; Connally describes meeting as 'promising beginning' but cites US dissatisfaction with position of many countries; refuses to agree to negotiate on specific conditions for removal of 10% surcharge and rejects plan introduced by P-P Schweitzer and slightly modified by A Barber to tackle as group various monetary issues and lifting of surcharge