April 29, 1972

W Ger Chancellor Brandt loses vote, Apr 28, for 1st time in 30-mo stay in office as Bundestag splits, 247-247, when defector K von Kuehlmann-Strumm abstains on vote to approve Fed budget; stalemate leaves Brandt temporarily paralyzed to act on budget debate; Govt coalition of Soc Dem and Free Dem parties reaches agreement with Opposition to postpone debate until May 1

NYS Correction Services Comr Oswald testifies, Apr 28, to McKay Comm probing '71 Artica Prison riot, that in the 12 hrs preceding retaking of prison by state troopers he had 3 times advised Gov Rockefeller to come to prison but that each time Rockefeller had stated he felt such a visit would not be productive and would set bad precedent; says he doubted Gov's presence could end deadlock over amnesty issue but did think it would be good for his image; explains why he ultimately decided to order an assault on prison; W Dunbar, Oswald's exec deputy, had testified earlier that he had not seen any excessive use of force in yds after the retaking and that in assault plan there was 'excellent self-control, self-discipline and response to commands'; R Carter, member of McKay Comm, had criticized sharply what he called Dunbar's eloquent and passionate defense of brutalization of those prisoners'; hearing is final session to be held by comm; Oswald illus

WASHINGTON, April 28—In the wake of Senator Edmund S. Muskie's withdrawal from the Democratic Presidential primary campaign, Senator Edward M. Kennedy is moving, so far only in private, toward endorsing Senator George McGovern.

Sen Finance Com, 10-4, scraps Nixon's proposed guaranteed income for the poor and replaces it with a stiff 'must work' plan for welfare clients, Apr 28; substitute plan is designed to take 1.2-million persons off welfare rolls by forcing them to accept regular or 'make work' jobs; Adm spokesmen promptly denounce com plan and vow to carry fight for Nixon's income-maintenance program reforms to Sen floor; Sec Richardson terms com's substitute 'a step backward into the leaf-raking schemes of the '30s'; Sec Hodgson describes plan as adm 'nightmare' and move toward 'convict-type labor'; protests are echoed by Ribicoff, whose liberalized version of Adm's guaranteed income plan is rejected by com, 10-3; Adm will have to rely heavily on Ribicoff to salvage guaranteed income plan on Sen floor; not a single Repub supports Nixon in vote; it is seen uncertain how much Repub support Adm can depend on during floor fight; chmn Long asserts 'if they're able to work, we're going to put them to work, and that's that'; contends his views reflect those of most people throughout nation; com plan would create new Fed employment corp whose task would be to find or create jobs; about 1.2-million employable adults--90% of them mothers with children over 6 yrs of age--would be required to find jobs in private labor mkt or accept jobs from corp; 1.8-million other welfare mothers who have preschool children would continue to draw welfare payments, which vary widely from state to state; various types of cash benefits that would be available for employables detailed; there are estimates that 'workfare' plan would cost anywhere from $3- to $9-billion more than Adm's plan, which is estimated to exceed present Fed welfare outlays by about $5.5-billion; concern over what many have termed 'the existing welfare mess' is seen certain to mount after release of HEW Dept rept showing that welfare payments rose in '71 to high of $17.7-billion, $3.2-billion more than in 70

high Nixon Adm source repts on Apr 28 that US, before it decided to return to Vietnam peace conf, worked out secret arrangements with Hanoi and Moscow for resumption of private peace talks as well; background to arrangements discussed; final details reptdly worked out while Kissinger was in Moscow during talks with Brezhnev; Le Duc Tho leaves Hanoi for Paris