September 19, 1972

CHICAGO, Sept. 18 — Mrs. Richard M. Nixon began her first and longest political swing on her own for the 1972 Pres idential campaign today by de claring: “I'm taking, the White House to the people.”

small army that reptdly invaded Uganda from Tanzania in attempt to overthrow Amin appears on Sept 18 to have been beaten; attacks, which began on Sept 17, were evidently based on belief that there would be widespread defections among regular Ugandan Army but no such major defections are known; Uganda says that 3 former Uganda Army officers were killed in fighting and that 2 civilian exiles loyal to Obote were captured; Pres Amin reptdly charged that attack was made by 1,500-man force of Tanzanian regular soldiers and Uganda guerrillas, supported by number of Brit and Israeli mercenaries; it appears likely that invasion could have been mounted only with full knowledge of Tanzanian authorities as Pres Nyerere has steadfastly refused to recognize legitimacy of Amin's Govt; Tanzania is reptdly moving about 1,000 of their troops to border in case Amin's army attempts to enter Tanzania; almost all foreign journalists in Uganda have been arrested including AP correspondent A Torchia and 2 French journalists J-L Demigneux and P Duplan; it is believed that if Amin is not deposed, he will continue with his plan to expel Asians and that anti-foreign sentiment and suspicion will probably continue; Amin is quoted by Ugandan radio on Sept 18 as telling Libyan charge d'affaires that GB is planning to send troops to fight alongside Tanzanians in effort to restore Obote to office and 'rescind' order expelling Asians; Tanzanian spokesmen charge that Uganda fighter-bomber attacked Tanzanian town of Bukoba, killing 5 civilians and wounding about 20; Uganda radio asserts that 3 Israelis have been killed in fighting around town of Mbarara; some Englishmen express fear that 'Israelis' might actually be white Britons caught in crossfire; Uganda says that it has recaptured 3 small villages and that Mbarara has been cleared; asserts that 200 attackers died, compared with 9 Uganda soldiers killed in action; map

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NYC HRA Admr Sugarman on Sept 18 offers estimates of impact on day-care centers if Fed revenue-sharing cuts are imposed; day-care program is budgeted at $112-million, faces potential cuts of between $53.5-million and $70-million; the worst cut would require closing of 1/3 to 1/2 of 332 existing privately run centers and 91 now under construction that are due to open in yr ending fiscal '73

Fed Reserve Bd repts on Sept 18 that indus production rose 0.5% in Aug and that production was 8.2% above same-period '71; says Aug indus production index was 114.3; graph