November 1, 1972

Nov 1: US seeks reassurances from Hanoi that, once peace accord takes effect, it will withdraw many of the 35,000 troops it now has stationed in northern part of S Vietnam, although it is not required to do so under terms of draft pact; White House reaffirms that Pres Nixon will not be 'stampeded' into signing of draft until Kissinger settles all details in further sessions; Oct 31 deadline imposed by Hanoi for signing passes; US intelligence sources rept that so far no N Vietnamese units have been detected leaving S Vietnam for the North; all indications are that Hanoi is rushing supplies into the South to reinforce units there before the expected cease‐fire; informed sources say informal troops withdrawal agreement is similar to that worked out by W A Harriman in '68; Nixon Adm officials say Saigon could not possibly, in effect, veto a settlement; say that, except for 35,000 N Vietnamese forces near DMZ, bulk of the forces are primarily 'defensive' and will be used to protect Vietcong enclaves

NYC Police Dept on Oct 31 accuses 6 trucking cos that have purported links to Mafia of having monopolized curb space in city's garment district; spokesmen for the cos are either unavailable for comment, have no comment or call allegations 'ridiculous'; dept does not specify on what basis it has ascribed links to cos; begins campaign against them with issuance of 70 summonses between midnight and 3 PM; Deputy Comr W P McCarthy says operation is dept move to eliminate organized crime from garment indus; Mafia figures reptdly involved in garment center curb space monopoly are identified by Deputy Comr R Kelierman as C Gambino, S Aloi, C Tramunti and N Evola; Kelierman says Consolidated Carriers, Morton Delivery Co, Interstate Dress Carriers Inc, Amity Garment Delivery Inc, Feinberg Trucking and Trinity Trucking Co are believed by police to be controlled or connected with Mafia families; Feinberg Trucking sec M Feinberg denies charges and threatens legal action

SAIGON, South Vietnam, Wednesday, Nov. 1—President Nguyen Van Thieu today deInounced the draft peace agree‐, ment that was to have been (signed yesterday as “a surrender of the South Vietnamese people to the Communists.”

Holy Family School, a 1,500‐pupil RC school near J Wilson JHS in Canarsie, is temporarily closed on Oct 31 because of racial tensions in area caused by demonstration and boycott by white parents protesting busing of black students from low‐income Tilden housing project in Brownsville to Wilson JHS

Conservatives win 109 seats, Liberals 108, in Canadian parliamentary election; New Dems win 30, Soc Credit 15 and 2 independents are elected; Canada faces uncertainty since neither major pol party has majority in Commons; Trudeau withholds plans; Conservative leader R L Stanfield says his party is prepared to form govt and that Trudeau should resign because he has lost confidence of people, news conf; Trudeau policy to upgrade French language in Canada seen major factor in election upset; options open to Trudeau discussed; 3 pol party leaders illus