June 16, 1972

NYS Supreme Ct Justice O C Sutton signs temporary restraining order on June 15 enjoining fire officers from concerted action, in form of sick repts, as pressure tactic to force NYC to accede to their contract demands; Sutton illus; complaint, filed in name of NYC's Corp Counsel J L Rankin, charged that since June 8 there had been 500% to 700% increase above daily avg in number of Fire Dept members reptg sick after performing firefighting duties; complaint and order are directed only at fire officers although increased numbers of firefighters have also been reptg sick or injured after fires; Fire Dept says 166 officers and firefighters reptd sick in 24‐hr period ended 6 AM June 15; Uniformed Firefighters pres M J Maye has officially directed his 11,000 members to refrain from any job action at this time while Uniformed Fire Officers Assn pres R W Gimmler has announced that his 2,700 members were withdrawing their ‘dedication’ to NYC and that he was encouraging them to rept all illnesses and injuries immediately following fires; Fire Comr R O Lowery warns situation will become ‘quite grave’ if trend in members reptg sick persists; reprs of fire officers and NYC appear at all‐day hearings before Collective Bargaining Bd on officers’ charge that NYC is guilty of unfair labor practice for failing to conclude contract incorporating controversial ‘parity’ or ‘differential’ language sought by union

Amb Bunker repts to Washington that S Vietnam's civilian casualties in current fighting run far ahead of those in the ‘68 Tet offensive, wire sent to Sec Rogers June 11; estimates number of civilian casualties admitted to hosps in 2d part of ‘72 will be double total in 1st 6 mos of ‘72; copy of wire, not classified, obtained by NY Times; rept stresses that figures are incomplete and do not cover Apr civilian casualties in battles around Quangtri, Kontum and Anloc; says 23,463 were admitted to hosps, Jan‐Apr; incomplete hosp admissions for Apr set at 8,699, 3 times Feb number; statistics relate only to war casualties; Sen Kennedy says in statement, June 15, that his refugees subcom estimates that ‘as many as 25,000 deaths’ occurred since the enemy offensive began Mar 30; says subcom calculates total civilian casualties in S Vietnam since Mar 30 stands near 80,000; says AID informed him that number of new refugees had risen by 100,000 since May 8

HR, 213‐154, passes health and educ program legis on June 15 that would exempt employes of 25 or fewer workers from natl health and safety standards; language exempting small cos is added to bill as amendment and is likely to be contested when measure reaches Sen; spokesman for Occupational Safety and Health Adm says 90% of 5 million employers now covered by Fed rules would thus be exempt from coverage and that 30% of 60 million workers now covered would no longer be protected; Repr Findley, author of amendment, contends agency's inspectors are harassing small‐business men and forcing them to follow regulations that were intended for large concerns

Mex Pres Echeverria Alvarez, in June 15 address to joint session of US Cong, in obvious allusion to Nixon's trips to Moscow and Peking, says it is impossible to understand why US does not apply same boldness and imagination that it applies to complex problems with its enemies to solution of simple problems with its friends; statement wins burst of applause mixed with laughter

USAF officers in Danang say, June 15, that US planes stopped bombing Hanoi area June 14, beginning a 4‐day pause lasting as long as USSR Pres Podgorny was in area; say halt does not extend to all of N Vietnam; officers are unhappy about pause; say it allows Hanoi to bolster its air defenses; US command spokesman in Hanoi says he does not know of any limitation on bombing of North; 237 air missions over North reptd in 24‐hr period ending 5 PM July 14; reptd damage listed; missions are flown from Danang, from aircraft carriers and from 6 bases in Thailand; Thailand bars US newsmen from covering USAF activities there; bombing said to be of unprecedented magnitude and effectiveness in last 2 mos; map