October 8, 1972

Gross resigns as Youth Service Agency Comr on Oct 7 after being summoned to City Hall to answer charges of 'improper' and questionable expense procedures at his agency; Lindsay adm officials insist there has been no wrongdoing at agency; Gross says he is quitting because charges in Beame's audit, already made public, have generated 'pol attacks' that would only grow if he stayed on; Lindsay releases text of lr to 'Dear Ted' praising Gross while accepting his resignation; Gross announcement made after he spends 4 hrs in private with Deputy Mayor Hamilton, Investigation Comr Ruskin, HRA Admr Sugarman and other officials; Beame issues statement on his audit; Budget Dir Grossman and Hamilton comment

WASHINGTON — This was to have been the year of the issues. Only 10 weeks ago President Nixon told a news conference: “The is sues that divide the opposite side and this Administration are so wide —in fact the clearest choice in this century—that we must campaign on the issues.” George McGovern already had a track record in the primaries as an issue‐oriented can didate.

NYC Police Comr Murphy orders every comdr in Police Dept to fill out a lengthy questionnaire detailing kinds and extent of corruption he believes may exist among his men and what he is doing to reduce it; precinct comdrs received questionnaires on Sept 26, to be completed on Oct 9; detective comdrs' questionnaires were distributed on Oct 3, to be completed by Oct 16; questionnaires detailed; Murphy por

Recent survey by Natl Assn of State Univs and Land-Grant Colls finds coll undergrads and their parents are enduring rise in combined charges for room and bd and tuition; surveys by Amer Assn of State Colls and Univs involving 292 smaller insts and by NY Times of Ivy League schools made similar findings; NY Times survey finds Ivy League insts as whole reptd avg increase in expenses of $283, compared with $385 in '71 and $310 in '69-70; costs have increased at these schools by 40% since '68; many coll officials link increases to inflation, but say Fed wage-price controls have helped moderate increase; situation at some specific insts described; charts show basic coll costs at many insts

After nine games on the road, count ing preseason, the New York Jets come home for their Shea Stadium opener to day. They will face the Miami Dolphins and right away its a very crucial game.