April 23, 1972

April 23: (Dem Aspirants' Activities) NY Times survey of 8 forthcoming primaries, 'most intensive period of Pres primary activity in Amer pol history,' discusses Dem aspirants drive for support of blue-collar workers who comprise backbone of party; campaign found becoming populist, with all aspirants trying to identify with Wallace issues of discontent and frustration with govt; Jackson concentrating in Ohio and may drop out if he shows poorly there; McGovern stresses Mass, where he is heavily favored, and will then go past Ohio to Neb; Humphrey and Muskie face most crucial tests in similar states of Ohio and Penna; Muskie, seen trailing Humphrey in Penna, is trying to secure enough delegates to offset Humphrey's expected victory in preferential balloting; Humphrey defeat in Penna and Ohio would probably end his viability; victory would help him challenge Wallace in Ind and W Va

Article on F E Crutchley, Southampton, NY, baker who mfrs 30,000 dozen crullers per yr; Crutchley illus with wife baking and packing crullers; recipe for Crutchley's crullers

NY Times analysis of official NJ statistics shows that state's welfare rolls increased by more than 2 1/2 times over 5-yr period ended in '71, growth rate matching that of NYC; shows number of residents receiving welfare assistance increased from 174,298 in Oct '66 to 461,623 in Oct '71; rapid climb occurred in urbanized areas, large and small, but biggest additions to relief rolls were in such 'old cities' as Newark, Paterson, Camden, Atlantic City, Jersey City and Union City, where poor have migrated into decaying residential areas; Newark, for example, accounts for 83% of all Essex County recipients, although it has only about 40% of county's population; 80% of the 461,623 welfare clients in state were receiving payments under aid to dependent children category; clients in category are generally mothers and their children in fatherless households; in addition to the 461,623 clients, state had 13,056 Cuban refugees enrolled under special Fed relief program; excluding Cubans, payments to recipients in Oct '71 totaled $34.6-million, nearly 4 times the $8.9-million paid out 5 yrs earlier; state and municipalities paid out $19.1-million and Fed Govt paid remainder; analysis detailed; maps show percentage of population in state counties receiving welfare assistance, 66 and '71; tables

ALAN BATES has finally said yes, and let no male chauvinist pig ever again say that only women can't make up their minds. After months of driving competing Broadway producers up the wall with his refusal to decide on a finn commitment, he now has agreed to give us the pleasure of seeing him in the title role of “Butley.” That's Simon Gray's play which won the London Evening Standard's award as the best of last season in England and in it Bates, according to the peripatetic Clive Barnes, gave “one of the greatest acting performances I have ever seen.”

boatmen's opposition to NYS law requiring holding tanks on boats detailed in view of recent Hyde Park, NY, ct decision on unconstitutionality of secs of holding tank law and NYS Sen passage of bill suspending enforcement of law until July '73; check of police and other officials in NYC met area, just prior to decisions, shows spotty enforcement picture of holding tank law; comments of several local area officials noted; NYS plans to appeal ct decision, contending that US Ct in western dist of NY upheld law's constitutionality in '71; boatmen's arguments against holding tank and call for approval of macerator-chlorinator as means of curbing pollution from boats discussed