July 5, 1972

B Spassky walks out of world champ chess match on July 4 meeting at which lots were to be drawn for right to make 1st move in 1st game; leaves statement stating that B Fischer 'must bear the just punishment before there is hope of holding the match' because 'Fischer insulted me, personally, and Chess Fed of the USSR'; neither Spassky nor Soviet Chess Fed make any specific suggestions about what kind of 'punishment' they have in mind; Fischer arrives in Iceland 5 hrs before scheduled match and goes to sleep; Fischer is represented by his 2d at drawing meeting; Internatl Chess Fed pres M Euwe says 'situation is critical' and that he does not know if match will be played; US Chess Fed pres E B Edmondson recommends Euwe establish firm starting date for match; Rev W Lombardy, Fischer's 2d, and P Marshall, Fischer's lawyer, arrive with Fischer and disappear into series of confs with Soviets; Lombardy says negotiations are proceeding on friendly basis; illus of Fischer leaving plane in Iceland and Spassky walking out of meeting

Min Tanaka, on July 5, elected pres of Liberal-Dem party at special party caucus, Tokyo, and assured of becoming Japan's next Premier; Tanaka elected on 2d ballot, defeats Min Fukuda in run-off with 282 votes to 190; ex-Mins Ohira and Miki had assured Tanaka earlier that they would throw their support behind him if he emerged in 1st or 2d place on 1st ballot; Tanaka pledges strenuous effort to deal with many problems confronting Japan, statement; he is expected to break sharply from cautious, conservative style of Premier Sato; vote seen as crucial for Liberal Dems who need new Govt to rehabilitate party image; election of leftist-backed candidate Y Hata as Govt of Saitama Prefecture cited as example of growing opposition to party; Tanaka, Fukuda, Ohira and Miki pors

N and S Korea, July 4, 1-hr after agreeing to work towards peaceful reunification, implement accords and officially open telephone hot line linking Seoul and Pyongyang; directly linked phones are installed in offices of Lee Hu Rak in Seoul and Kim Yong Ju in Pyongyang; Seoul Govt officials soften references to N Koreans, instruct newspaper editors to do likewise; UN Comm for Unification and Rehabilitation of Korea hails dramatic breakthrough for improved relations; restates its readiness to 'assist in any possible way'; Lee Hu Rak, in news conf announcing communique, had stated that S Korea would welcome a UN role in unifying Korea through supervision of possible all-Korea elections; held such move would not conflict with pledge in communique that unification should be achieved through ind Korean efforts; Kim Hong Il, S Korean pres of Opposition New Dem Party, criticizes Govt for not having consulted with Natl Assembly and his party before North-South talks; N Korean Premier Kim Il Sung illus with Lee Hu Rak during their recent talks in Pyongyang; Pres Park illus with N Korean Deputy Premier Pak Sung Chul during their talks in Seoul

July 5: (US Appeals Ct Reserves Decision on Calif & Illinois Delegations--Credentials Com Rules on Conn & NJ Challenges) US Appeals Ct, Washington, DC, on July 4 reserves decision on cases involving composition of Calif and Ill delegations to Dem Natl Conv; ruling expected July 5; 3-judges, D E Bazelon, C Fahy and G E MacKinnon, heard over 4 hrs of arguments; history of Calif and Ill challenges and possible implications of of ct decision discussed; arguments presented in Calif case by J L Rauh, backing return of disputed Calif delegates to Sen McGovern, and by J A Califano Jr, supporting Credentials Com decision in his role as Dem Natl Com counsel, described; arguments in Ill case, presented by J H Torshen, counsel for Alderman Keane, who brought legal action, noted

Mayor Lindsay, acting with consent of Drug and Hosp Union Local 1199 and Dist Council 37 of State, County and Munic Employes, intervenes in jurisdictional dispute and calls on 3-man mediation panel to propose recommendation within 24 hrs that will lead to peaceful settlement; panel granted Local 1199 members 15% wage increase over 2 yrs on July 29, but did not settle problems of job classification and security for 1,600 workers scheduled to be transferred from voluntary hosps to munic payroll; Dist Council 37 represents service and professional employes in munic hosps and would absorb transferred workers from Local 1199; Local 1199 has insisted that those transferred employes receive no reduction in salary or status when they shift to munic hosps; threatened to strike on July 6; union pres Davis hails Lindsay intervention