August 31, 1972

Pres Nixon and entourage arrive in Honolulu, Aug 30, for 2 days of talks with Japanese Premier Tanaka; illus; Nixon greets Tanaka on his arrival at Hickam Air Force Base, ceremonies; Sec Rogers, Under Sec Johnson, Asst Sec Green and H A Kissinger are in Nixon party; 3 meetings between Nixon and Tanaka are planned; agenda for talks and Nixon's Aug 29 news conf statement stressing importance of Japanese‐Amer friendship noted

Saigon command repts N Vietnamese artillery poured about 2,000 heavy‐caliber shells into S Vietnamese marine positions around Quangtri in last 2 days; despite 2 mos of intense effort by S Vietnamese to cut off supplies to Communist forces in Quangtri, enemy shows no sign of shortages or anything else; parts of city, including its citadel remain in N Vietnamese hands despite best efforts by Saigon troops to dislodge them; enemy troops increase activity in Saigon area; hit Bienhoa air base, destroying at least 1 US plane and damaging 7 others; sharp clash reptd near Hailang; B‐52s fly 19 missions against enemy positions in Quangtri sector in 24‐hr period; US planes hit targets in southern panhandle of N Vietnam; map; illus of children carrying belongings out of Trangbom

HR Banking and Currency Com on Aug 30 informally interviews Nixon campaign finance dir M H Stans concerning charges that Repub funds have been mishandled; Atty Gen Kleindienst says criminal indictments in Dem Natl Com hq break‐in will be handed up 'prior to' Nov 7 Pres election and possibly sometime in Sept, Aug 29 press conf, Rhinelander, Wis

ACLU NY branch and State, County and Munic Employes Dist Council 37 file parallel suits in NYS Sup Ct on Aug 30 to stop use of NYC home relief recipients in unpaid jobs to work off their welfare checks; city agencies have 6,000 such home relief clients in part‐time jobs; city plans to expand program to place 30,000 recipients in such positions; suits charge NYC with undermining Civil Service system, violating state law prohibiting relief clients from taking over regular jobs and undercutting wage scales; Dist Council 37, in announcing suit, charges NYC with 'deception'; I Glasser, exec dir of ACLU NY branch, charges program is a 'resurrection of slavery' and is in violation of US Const; NYC HRA spokesman contends program was mandated by state law and city had to comply

Brit public resentment against expected influx of Asians mounts, creating pol hazards for Prime Min Heath and endangering progress made toward racial harmony; many Britons, pointing to high unemployment, serious housing shortages and crowded schools, openly complain about prospect of taking in 30,000 or more Asians; Brit Govt announces that Foreign Sec Sir A Douglas‐Home will appear on TV on Aug 31; appearance will be aimed at calming anxieties over new immigrants; 25 Asians arrive penniless in London on Aug 30 reptg that they were prevented from taking any money out of Uganda; Conservative politicians talk of insisting on new laws in fall to stop all immigration; Labor party suggests that GB do more to put issue before UN; Tory politicians announce plans for protest rally in London in mid‐Sept; MP R Bell proposes that Uganda Asians be sent to island in Indian Ocean; comments of some Londonites noted; racial prejudice discussed; factors behind current anti‐immigrant mood cited; illus