November 11, 1972

Sup Ct on Nov 10, in 8‐1 decision, refuses to delay execution of contempt judgment against S L Popkin, who refused to answer grand jury's questions relating to Pentagon papers; Justice Douglas is dissenter; Popkin's atty W P Homans Jr says he will not comment until he has studied implications of ct order; Popkin recently indicated that he was willing to go to jail rather than answer grand jury questions; sources rept it appears unlikely that Popkin will go to jail in immediate future, because ct order requires him to file stipulation agreeing to answer grand jury's questions within certain period of time; por

Adm E R Zumwalt and Navy Sec J W Warner lecture Navy's sr comdrs on their failure to implement Navy's equal opportunity program, Nov 10 Defense Dept meeting; Zumwalt instructs high command to 'seek out and take appropriate punitive action' against those who condone discriminatory practice; orders Navy's Inspector Gen to begin series of spot checks on race relations which he says deteriorated because of failure to anticipate and diffuse friction with equitable leadership; sends directive to all adms establishing guideline for improvement of race relations, calling for punitive practice against those who violate spirit of equality within law and ordering all comdrs to disseminate information on race relations policies; Deputy Chief of Naval Operations Vice Adm D H Bagley says he expects racial tension to be continuing characteristic within Navy, agreeing with Zumwalt that operational conditions, especially in Pacific fleet, contribute to tension by imposing further burdens on all ranks; cites close living quarters, long deployments overseas, intensive duty and paucity of black officers as contributing elements; illus

The Dow‐Jones industrial average soared through 1,000 yesterday and then fell in late profit taking to end at a new closing high of 995.26, erasing the former closing mark of 995.15 set on Feb. 9, 1966.

hearings on 'nonjudicial' charges of unauthorized absence begin Nov 10 before Capt R T McKenzie for 123 Constellation crewmen who staged dockside sitdown Nov 4, refusing to return to ship; spokesmen for protesting sailors defined grievances as 'calculated racism' on part of ship's skipper Capt Ward; 5 men are ordered to forfeit pay in varying amts as punishment, while 6 other black crewmen, who voluntarily returned to ship, await disciplinary action; Capt McKenzie refuses to elaborate about grievances, saying they will be given full vent at later hearings before comdrs of North Is, Miramar and Imperial Beach to which stations some dissidents have been sent; sailors are notified that they will be granted adm discharges from Navy upon request; 2 lawyers provided by Black Servicemen's Caucus complain that reassignment of men to 3 disparate shore stations is Navy's attempt to dilute force of protest; attempt to persuade Cong Black Caucus in Washington to send repr to San Diego to peruse and investigate complaints on board Constellation; illus

Nov 11: Gen Haig, Nov 10, confers with Thieu for nearly 2 hrs; indications are that Saigon still has major objections to draft truce agreement; newspaper Tin Song says Haig was told that any agreement that did not provide for withdrawal of all N Vietnamese troops from S Vietnam 'would be considered of no validity'; Haig also has working dinner with Thieu's chief aide, Hoang Duc Nha, and Amb to US Tran Kim Phung; dinner attended by Gen F C Weyand; US officials reptdly are optimistic that Haig will not abide by a cease‐fire unless Thieu signs it; say pact must include re‐establishment of the DMZ as the country between N and S Vietnam, as in '54 Geneva accords; Haig illus with Bunker and Weyand