November 10, 1972

130 men, all but 9 of them black, refuse to obey order on Nov 9 by Capt J D Ward to board US aircraft carrier Constellation, ignoring Ward's conciliatory effort to quell racial conflict; 122 sailors, who accused ship's officers of 'calculated racism,' are reassigned to nearby naval air stations at North Is, Imperial Beach and Miramar, where they are promised closer attention will be given to their complaints; spokesman for protesting sailors L Templeton accuses Navy of enticing men to leave ship, then refusing to allow them back on board; charges Capt Ward with trying to provoke incident when protesters staged meeting on board ship Nov 3; alleges blacks receive more severe punishment than whites for same infractions and that blacks consistently receive menial jobs; Ward admits there is justification to demand that higher authority rev complaints; illus

high Adm sources suggest on Nov 9 that Pres Nixon's announced intention to restructure Fed Govt might further increase authority of his own Exec Office and accelerate long‐term decline in power of Cabinet; high official in Office of Mgt and Budget says that proposals have been made to Pres that will increase supervisory and mgt powers of White House and Budget Bureau over major Cabinet depts; notes that Nixon's longer‐range plan to combine existing govt agencies or combine Fed programs cannot be done without Cong approval; White House press sec Ziegler says on Nov 8 that Pres Nixon has requested resignation of all Pres appointees; discloses on Nov 9 that request also covers some 1,400 to 1,800 so‐called Schedule C employes, those appted to important posts by agency heads; Nixon's decision to request resignations of latter is regarded as unusual; source at Office of Mgt and Budget says that Pres Nixon's immediate goal is to find some means of translating his wishes and policies more effectively to operating depts, int; suggests that 1 means of doing this would be to strengthen mgt and supervisory capabilities of White House's Domestic Council, now headed by J D Ehrlichman, and strengthen met and supervisory functions of Office of Mgt and Budget

Parents in Canarsie send nearly 6,000 children to school on Nov 9, ending boycott to protest busing of black children from low‐income Tilden housing project in Brownsville to J Wilson JHS in Canarsie; 40% of area's students are still out on Nov 9, but educ officials say boycott is over; United Canarsie Council urges parents to send children back to school while awaiting development of new school zoning plan by local school bd, but says it reserves right to renew boycott if plan is not considered equitable by Canarsie residents; some parents feel boycott has accomplished nothing, while others see demonstration as moral victory; many wanted to end boycott out of fear that unless situation cooled down, actual clashes between blacks and whites might develop; most parents say they are willing to resume boycott if zoning is not satisfactory

Lindsay announces on Nov 9 that Youth Bd Research Inst, major operating arm of NYC Youth Service Agency, will be dissolved and activities absorbed by other units; accepts Comr Betanzos findings that agency and inst have been irretrievably corrupted; Betanzos rept found inst, instead of being ind, became extension of then‐Comr Gross's adm of agency while remaining outside normal fiscal and mgt controls of city govt; says agency reorgn will be completed by end of yr, will include tightened fiscal and tracking controls; Councilman Stromberg says Betanzos has predicted that about 25% of agency and inst personnel may be dismissed

Nov 10‐11: Israeli jets strike twice into Syria on Nov 9, clashing with Syrian MIG's during 2d raid; Syrian artillerymen shell occupied Golan heights; Israeli mil spokesman says Israeli pilots shot down 2 MIG's without any losses during day's actions, begun in retaliation for guerrilla raids on Golan heights; says that 1 Israeli soldier was killed and 2 civilians wounded by Syrian artillery fire; says Israeli guns returned fire; Syrian shelling reptdly caused considerable damage to bldgs and livestock of 2 civilian settlements on Golan heights; in retaliation, Israeli jets carried out series of attacks against what is described as 4 Syrian Army forward positions, 2 artillery concentrations and 1 surface‐to‐air missile battery recently installed on northern portion of cease‐fire line; raids, which lasted 40 minutes, are described as among heaviest Israelis have conducted against Syria in 2 yrs