February 9, 1973

Nixon Adm to include in proposed trade legis authority to impose import surcharge during payments deficit and authority to cut tariff during payments surplus; proposal has no direct connection with current monetary crisis; Adm also is reptdly considering authority to impose import surcharge on particular countries refusing to take action to correct chronic payments surplus; proposal may be interpreted as attempt by US to impose monetary reform ideas on rest of world; HR Ways and Means chmn W Mills is reptdly sympathetic to idea; proposal of either authority could spur internatl monetary negotiations

Baseball training camps, which were scheduled to open next week, were declared off limits by the club owners until agreement is reached in their labor dispute with the players. The owners said they had offered’ to arbitrate individual salary disputes. Details, Page 17.

article finds that most commuters were not seriously inconvenienced by 1-day Penn Central walkout, especially because many of them did not even attempt to get into Manhattan; commuters illus

US Atty H J Stern opens investigation into Repub pol and govt of Bergen County, NJ; records of J Kaplan, former top official in Nixon Adm, have been subpoenaed

Capt M J Heck who refused on Dec 27 '72 to fly more bombing raids over North Vietnam, has been granted discharge from Air Force; discharge is approved by Deputy Asst Sec J C Goode; Heck's layer M M Karpatkin and mother comment; 1st Lt D J Evans Jr is also granted discharge after having refused to fly mission on Dec 18 '72