October 21, 1972

EEC heads of govt issue communique, Paris, on Oct 21, pledging themselves to form a 'Eur union' by '80; stand is compromise between positions of leaders, led by Dutch Premier Biesheuvel, for more precise and earlier commitment to a Eur govt and Pompidou, who opposed going far or fast on pol integration; Pompidou supported to certain extent by Brandt and Heath; agreement includes provision that a rept be made by end of '75 describing what union should mean; leaders approve declaration of pol intentions including pledge to maintain alliances with US but at same time seek friendship of Communist states

US Immigration and Naturalization Service document prepared in '71 discloses that Reprs Brasco, Murphy and Frelinghuysen have introduced private immigration bills on behalf of aliens close to organized crime; reprs have not been questioned by Fed authorities; each strongly denies any personal knowledge of either beneficiaries of bills or any underworld ties latter may have had; Fed grand jury, in related case, called Repr Biaggi and NYS Sup Ct Justice Fino for questioning in continuing investigation of alleged abuses involving private immigration bills, which grant aliens right to stay in US; Biaggi and Fino also denied knowledge of any wrongdoing; cases involving aliens with reptd connections to underworld crime detailed

Labor Dept repts on Oct 20 that Consumer Price Index rose 0.4% in Sept, or 0.5% after seasonal adjustment, to 126.2, one of largest increases of yr; Econ Advisers Council member Dr Whitman concedes Sept was 'bad mo'; R R Nathan, in news conf at Sen McGovern's Pres campaign hq, says increase shows how hard it will be to hold union contract settlements next yr to moderate amts; Meany calls rise further evidence controls program is 'unfair and inequitable'; Labor Dept issues separate rept showing that typical worker, despite continued inflation, is making gains in purchasing power; more than half of rise in Sept consumer prices was attributable to increased prices of apparel; prices of some food items were down; rise in index for 3d qr was 6.6%, faster than in either of 2 preceding qrs; rise was 2.2% in 2d and 3.6% in 1st; consumer prices have risen slightly less in 10 mos of Phase 2 econ program than during immediate precontrol period ending Aug 15 '71; Whitman says Nixon Adm still believes it will bring inflation rate down to its target of between 2% and 3% by end of yr; graphs comparing price index trend and percentage increases between US and NYC; tables

Shapley, Harlow (Dr)

'72 Nobel Prize for Physics to Amer Drs J Bordeen, L N Cooper and J R Schrieffer for jointly developed theory of superconductivity, phenomenon in which electrical resistance in certain metals vanishes above absolute zero; application of superconductivity is significant in measuring electrical potential: Nobel Prize for Chem to Drs C B Anfinsen, S Moore and W H Stein for fundamental contributions to enzyme chem, especially ribonuclease, in discovering method of enzyme formation within living cells and principles of biological activity of enzyme