March 15, 1972

Nicaraguan Pres Samoza describes appearance of Hughes after he and US Amb to Nicaragua Shelton meet with Hughes briefly before Hughes's departure from Nicaragua; says Hughes looks extremely well, is slender and is wearing beard; says Hughes indicated he may return to Managua, but did not say where he was going; there is some speculation that he flew to Los Angeles; there have been indications over last 3 mos that Hughes may be about to come out and face personally some of his problems concerning his business interests, including 2 lawsuits that are currently being filed against him; Hughes employes say mystery surrounding Hughes's health, appearance and his ability to execute his business has grown to point where it is serious liability to him; illus of Pres Somoza

Mar 15: Gov Wallace wins 42% of vote in Fla Dem Pres primary, capturing 75 of state's 81 conv delegates; Sen Humphrey finishes 2d winning 6 conv delegates, Sen Jackson finishes 3d, Sen Muskie 4th, Mayor Lindsay 5th, Sen McGovern 6th and Repr Chisholm 7th; tally; turnout is not as high as 70% predicted by state officials and final turnout is expected to be around 54% of Dem voters and 60% of Repubs; heavy Negro turnout is reptd throughout state; Wallace says he is surprised at margin of his victory and says that no candidates can take any comfort from placing 2d or 3d; Humphrey staff members are comforted with his 2d‐place finish; Muskie's poor showing is major setback, more damaging than that in NH; illus of Wallace, Lindsay, McGovern, Muskie and Jackson and their wives and Humphrey; Pres Nixon gets 87% of Repub vote, easily winning all 40 Fla delegates to Repub Natl Conv; tally; Repr Ashbrook gets 9% and Repr McCloskey gets 4%; NY Times cross‐section survey conducted by Daniel Yankelovich Inc reveals econ is issue equal to that of school busing among Fla voters; finds 3 of every 5 Wallace voters think Wallace can defeat Nixon in gen election but only 1 in 10 says they voted for him for this reason; Wallace voters found busing issue most important, followed by crime; Humphrey supporters call Humphrey 'experienced' and 1/3 think he can best unify country and understand problems of 'common people'; 3 out of 4 Humphrey voters think Humphrey could beat Nixon in gen election and some 1/3 of Humphrey voters pick Muskie as their 2d choice; some 1/2 of Jackson supporters say they voted on basis of issues with econ most important issue; Muskie supporters are unable to give clear reason for their choice; 5 out of 6 think Muskie will beat Nixon but do not identify Muskie with any major issue; few voters interviewed voted for Lindsay but 2 out of 3 who did think he can defeat Nixon; over 1/2 of McGovern's supporters emphasize issues, especially Vietnam war, with econ 2d issue; 2 out of 3 McGovern backers think he can defeat Nixon; survey showed that no candidates succeeded in taking advantage of strong feelings about econ

McGraw‐Hill Inc removes R S Stewart as ed‐in‐chief of co's trade book division, charging he recd $1,700 as gift or loan from 2 of his authors A Kantor and J Wykert; this amount, which amounts to 10% of advance on royalties, has been at least partly repaid by Stewart; co pres H W McGraw Jr says that because Stewart knew both authors as friends and because there was no evidence suggesting similar deals with other authors, Stewart has been asked to stay on as editor; McGraw and other co officials divorce Stewart's dismissal from recent scandals in which co has been involved; loans were said to have been made more than 2 yrs ago but were only learned of recently; loans were disclosed by Wykert after he had falling out with Stewart; Stewart's relationship with authors discussed

WASHINGTON, March 14—Transportation Secretary John A. Volpe asked Congress today to allow part of the Federal money that is earmarked for highways to be used for public transportation in the nation's cities.

contest for Dem Pres nomination enters new phase after Gov Wallace wins bulk of Fla's 81 conv delegates and Sen Muskie ceases to be acknowledged front‐runner after 1 yr of campaigning; other natl Dems, aided by Wallace's strong showing, achieve their goal of defeating Muskie; Muskie will attempt to recoup in Ill and Wis primaries but will have difficulty in raising funds and retaining loyalty of Dem professionals; despite Wallace's victory in Fla, he is unlikely to be nominated, giving Sens Humphrey and Jackson opportunity to seek support from Muskie's constituency; Humphrey seen having greater prospects for success than Jackson because of Jackson's lack of natl renown and natl pol ties; Mayor Lindsay, who had lavish media campaign and worked hard in Fla, is also big loser because he recd only narrow margin over Sen McGovern, who did not campaign hard in Fla; Muskie says he is most disturbed not that he suffered personal defeat but that Fla returns 'reveal to a greater extent than I had imagined some of the worst instincts of which human beings are capable'; says that 'George Wallace's victory is a threat to the unity of this country' and calls Wallace 'a demagogue of the worst possible kind'; Jackson concedes that Wallace won a 'rather disturbing victory'; says that nomination is wide open and race is narrowing down between Humphrey, Jackson and Muskie; Humphrey says his campaign demonstrated that he has knowledge of issues and vitality needed for nomination; Wallace says 'the face card in the Dem deck' has been badly hurt in Fla; says 'this is a trend from which the Amer people will inevitably profit'; says he is surprised at margin but that he knew he was winning all along; Fla Dem leaders are dismayed at results; Gov Askew says that returns, particularly in liberal Dade County where Wallace did well, suggest that Wallace may prove to be more than regional candidate; Fla Dem Chmn Moyle says he hopes Wallace is not playing games with Fla Dems and does not plan to be 3d‐party candidate; Mayor Lindsay, Sen McGovern comment

Mar 15: Jordanian King Hussein reptdly proposes to Big Four powers plan for rejoining Israeli‐held west bank with east bank of Jordan River in fed system to be called United Arab Kingdom; Arab diplomatic sources rept Hussein insists proposed new state will have same boundaries as those of Jordan before '67 war; they consider Israel unlikely to agree to plan but say there have been repts of contacts between Jordan and Israel for settlement; speculation reptd that Hussein made proposal now to forestall municipal elections that Israel has ordered in west bank next mo; Hussein reptdly believes elections will bring about leadership of certain Palestinians who may be prepared to negotiate settlement with Israel independent of Jordan or other Arab regimes and Palestinian liberation movement; Hussein reptdly may want to offer proposals that may be basis for 'proximity negotiations' between Jordan and Israel; Hussein meets with 60 members of Jordanian House of Repr, former premiers B al‐Talhouni and A M Rifai, and members of Palestine Liberation Orgn apparently to disclose plan; Lebanese pro‐guerrilla newspaper Al Moharrer repts that Hussein had reached agreement with Israel whereby Israel would give up west bank but keep Jerusalem united as part of Israel but Jordanians would administer Al Aksa Mosque; Iraqi radio says plan establishes autonomous states on west and east banks of Jordan River joined in fed govt and parliament with hq in Amman; repts Gaza Strip will be part of west‐bank state; says Talhouni will head first fed govt; Hussein reptdly sent proposal to Fed of Arab Republics; Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine leader Habash says Hussein is on verge of 'deal with Israel'; map

Mitchell testifies he discussed Govt antitrust policies privately with ITT pres Geneen during meeting on Aug 4 '70, Sen Judiciary Com hearing; says discussion was 'theoretical' and did not concern Govt cases against ITT; reaffirms his non‐involvement with ITT settlement; says he took no part in negotiations that led to selection of San Diego as site of conv; denies discussing settlement with D D Beard as she alleged; says ITT dir F G Rohatyn took part in 2 meetings in his office on April 29 but meetings concerned billionaire H R Perot plans to acquire brokerage firm and not ITT case; says he never discussed ITT case with Nixon; holds Kleindienst, former chief of Justice Dept's Antitrust Div McLaren and Solicitor Gen Griswold have been 'maligned through these hearings without cause or reason'; illus of Mitchell conferring with R C Mardian before testifying at Sen Judiciary Com hearings

74% of Fla voters in Pres primary approve proposal for US Const ban on racial balance busing; vote is rejection of efforts of Gov Askew to halt antibusing movement in state and is interpreted by him as possible blow to his pol standing; 79% of voters support question on ballot asking if they favor quality educ for all children and oppose return to dual segregated school system

Pay Bd opens hearings on potentially explosive W Coast longshore wage settlement; bd staff suggests settlement, which calls for 25.9% increase in wages and fringe benefits in 1st of 2 yrs, may meet 'test of uniqueness' permitting a special exception to bd's pay standards because of unusually high productivity gains; Econ Advisers Council member Mrs Whitman says that if price rises do not subside by Easter, Nixon Adm will have to determine if new measures are required, news conf

Nixon will go to Canada on Apr 13 for 2 days of talks with Canadian Prime Min Trudeau

Revised capital budget for NYC includes 34 new school projects

Dr G Richstone indicted by Manhattan grand jury on charges of conspiracy and attempted grand larceny in death of his nurse G Richards, who died after taking out $100,000 life ins policy; Richstone's accountant E Weinberg also indicted; NYC Chief Med Examiner Dr Helpern says that autopsy showed that Richards had died from barbiturate poisoning; case revd; Manhattan Dist Atty Hogan comments