October 4, 1972

US HR, 196-188, on Oct 3 refuses to allow Fed minimum wage legis to be sent to Sen conf com; Repr C D Perkins (Ky), one of chief sponsors of measure, asserts vote means death of bill for '72; both HR and Sen have passed bills raising Fed salary floor, but there are important differences between 2 measures; for legis to be enacted, differences would have to be reconciled by Sen-HR conf com; effort to block further action on bill was led by Repubs and supported by Pres Nixon, even though Nixon had asked for increase earlier in yr

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NYS Gov Rockefeller's office on Oct 3 announces names of 9 members apptd to special bipartisan state comm to revise NYC's Charter; legis creating comm was passed in May after it was agreed upon by Rockefeller and Repub and Dem leaders of Legis; Rockefeller asserts that comm was formed because present structure of NYC's govt has demonstrated 'major shortcomings' in delivering residents efficient, economical public services; under terms of legis, Rockefeller was to make 3 apptmts, Mayor Lindsay 2, each of 4 NYS Legis leaders 1, NYC Council Majority Leader 1 and 5 Boro Presidents were to agree on 1; Rockefeller's appointees are Mrs Z Ruebhausen, Gen L D Clay (Ret), and former NY County Dem Chmn E N Costikyan; Lindsay appts Dem Natl Com Vice Chmn and former NYS Sen B A Paterson; confirms previously announced intention of apptg former Deputy Mayor Aurelio; State Sen Majority Leader Brydges appts State Sen R M Goodman, who is named comm chmn; Stote Assembly Minority Leader Steingut names Assemblyman A H Blumenthal; Sen Minority Leader Zaretzki selects former Staten Island Boro Pres A V Maniscalco; Assembly Speaker P B Duryea chooses R J Milano, NYC industrialist; Clay, Milano and Costikyan were associated with Temporary NYS Comm to Investigate Govt Operations of NYC; comm was created by '71 Legis to study structure of city's govt and its operations; comm, hampered by lack of funds and depletion of its staff, is expected to quietly expire; Charter revision comm, which is funded for $300,000, is empowered to study existing city govt structure, prepare a new or revised City Charter and submit new Charter to voters in '73; Goodman illus

Dem Pres candidate Sen McGovern on Oct 3 promises to make eradication of crime and drug abuse main priority of his adm, speech, NYC; calls for Fed financial aid to crime-troubled cities to increase number of foot ptl in Model Cities-style approach to crime prevention; natl light-the-streets program; strict control of hand guns; 'policeman's bill of rights,' which, like GI Bill of Rights, would pay for education; complete overhaul and streamlining of judicial structure; and relevant job training and redevelopment in prisons; illus

NYC Mayor Lindsay announces on Oct 3 that 1,200 miles of NYC streets will have new, brighter, sodium lamps by end of '73; lights will give public greater sense of security in streets; program will cost $15-million; lights will be placed on main thoroughfares, commercial areas and mass transportation routes on basis of priority list worked out by Mayor's office, Borough Pres, and other local officials