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

NYS and Fed agr officials predict on Sept 18 increase in prices of fruit and vegetables in state because of poor growing season; prices of some produce listed

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rerun of Dem primary between former Repr Lowenstein and Repr Rooney in Bklyn's 14th Cong Dist is held on Sept 19; NYC Elections Bd takes special precautions to ensure that election is conducted smoothly; NYS Atty Gen Lefkowitz assigns an asst atty gen to each polling place to ensure 'fairness to candidates and voters'; Rooney's staff on Sept 18 releases statement saying that Rooney has recd endorsement of US Sen H M Jackson; release asserts that Jackson is 'friend' of Israeli Govt; Rooney hq views endorsement as significant because of dist's heavy Jewish population; Lowenstein on Sept 18 releases lr of support from P DesMarais, US Cath Conf official

Treas Sec Shultz, in urging Fed spending ceiling requested by Pres Nixon, says Fed debt ceiling applies only after money has been spent and is ineffective as control on spending since, by that time, Cong has little choice but to raise debt ceiling to permit Govt bills to be paid, Sept 18 testimony, HR Ways and Means Com hearing on legis to increase statutory debt ceiling; urges that temporary debt ceiling of $450-billion, which expires Oct 31, be increased to $465-billion to carry Govt through June 30 '73

NYS Ins Dept, on Sept 15, sues Repr M Biaggi to recover $100,000 of $240,000 in legal fees paid to him by Citizens Casualty Co during its final 2 1/2 yrs of an unsuccessful ct fight to remain in business; claims $100,000 was contingency fee, paid although provisions of agreement were not met; Biaggi, partner in law firm of Biaggi, Ehrlich and Lang, 1 of 17 law firms employed by ins co at that time, was elected Repr 7 mos after start of liquidation proceedings in Apr '68; recd checks in 68, '69 and '70 made out to him personally; declines comment; J D Mahoney, Conservative party Chmn, and Assemblyman M Turshen identified as other politically connected lawyers who recd fees from Citizens Casualty during its last 2 yrs; complex case, which ended in Aug '70, had been tried twice in State Sup Ct and was twice appealed to both Appellate Div and Appeals Ct; trials revd; J R Wiest, Citizens Casualty pres during liquidation proceedings, Justices P A Quinn and A C Orlando and others who participated in trials comment; Biaggi por; illus of check made out to Biaggi by Citizens Casualty

Sept 19: Gen J D Ryan, USAF C/S, Sept 18, defends his decision to punish only Gen Lavelle for unauthorized bombings of N Vietnam, testimony at Sen com closed hearing given to press by Sen Stennis; says he could not guarantee that such incidents would not happen again; Stennis says something must be done to insure no further disobedience and failure to follow rules of engagement without being noticed; indicates that testimony leads him to believe that USAF had ultimate responsibility for learning about the unauthorized raids and not the mil hq in Saigon; unnamed com source says Ryan's testimony on issue of command and control was 'not overly impressive'

US HR Appropriations Com approves on Sept 18 foreign aid bill including $450-million for credit sales of US weapons abroad; sum is $77-million less than requested by Nixon Adm