October 20, 1972

J W Finney analysis of 92d Cong finds that Pres Nixon was able to maneuver Cong without ever frontally challenging it; finds that Cong alternated between defiance of Nixon and cooperation with him; says Sen's 'nascent movement' to reassert Cong checks on power of Pres is probably 92d Cong's only move of historical significance; cites Sen's refusal to abrogate Cong's const control over pursestrings by failing to approve Nixon's requested spending ceiling, though notes that Nixon was able to turn rejection into pol issue by accusing Cong of being spendthrift; of 318 measures proposed by Nixon, Cong approved 141, for average of 44% support of Nixon legis program; Reprs Ford and Albert comment

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'72 Nobel Prize for Literature to Ger novelist H Boll, Oct 20; works discussed

article describes use of private immigration bills to help recruit members for organized crime

handful of Bklyn pol figures will be subpoenaed before rackets grand jury as result of evidence arising from surveillance of Bklyn junkyard trailer which was identified on Oct 16 as hq of major NYC Mafia activity; occupants of trailer were tape recorded as naming pol figures in discussion of 'non-political favors' although none of politicians were observed at junkyard