November 17, 1971

Emperor Hirohito defends his role before and during World War II, audience with foreign newsmen; says he is aware of criticism of his wartime role but that 'the things I knew personally were really very few'; says there are certain things for which he feels personally sorry but does not say what they are; questions put to him seen provoked by statements in D Bergamini book Japan's Imperial Conspiracy

Lindsay's expected Pres candidacy seen having cleared 1st hurdle as previously scornful Dem politicans have come to accept him as Dem and bona fide candidate; they also give him no chance of winning nomination; cite present 'amateurish' operations, reluctance of prominent pub officials outside of NY to commit themselves to Lindsay, Lindsay's indifferent showing in polls; same politicans also list his assets

Bush, in statement approved by White House, denounces Chiao's 'intemperate language' and 'empty cannons of rhetoric' in UN Assembly s, in which he criticized some US policies while calling for greater role by lesser powers in UN and world; UN diplomats surprised and puzzled, having considered Chiao's s moderate in tone; also note that Amb Huang Hua, in later s, ignored opportunity to criticize US

continuing casualties among S Vietnamese troops cause overcrowding at Cong Hoa Hosp, in a Saigon suburb; 3,058 S Vietnamese were wounded in Oct; wkly avg for Oct was 764, compared to 520 in Sept; hosp conditions described; illus; details on US aid to S Vietnamese mil hosps

Sen votes unanimously to extend foreign aid program until Dec 1; HR leaders move to bring resolution to immediate vote instead of seeking conf with Sen, which could risk loss of continuing resolution in any form; Repr Mahon requests required unanimous consent to take up Sen measure, but move is blocked by objection by Repr Hall; asks unanimous consent for sending measure to conf with mgrs for Sen, but approach is thwarted temporarily by Repr Hays; then puts motion to HR requesting conf with Sen on continuing resolution, which is approved by HR; repts he will try to arrange meeting with Sens headed by Ellender; Ellender serves notice that he will insist on Dec 1 termination date in Sen resolution but Mahon appears just as determined to seek agreement on longer extension voted by HR to give its members more time to act on foreign aid authorization legis for entire fiscal yr