February 28, 1973

USSR announces intention of observing copyrights on books by non-Soviet authors and desire to become party to Universal Copyright Conv, lr from Soviet Foreign Min A I Gromyko to UNESCO Dir Gen R Maheu; non-Soviet citizens' rights will be safeguarded in USSR, which has hitherto produced their work at will without assent, without keeping track of payments due and generally not making such payments; Soviet authorities will not be obliged to pay royalties retroactively on books already published; Internatl PEN Club sec J de Beer hails decision as major breakthrough in that Soviets will keep record of foreign works; Amer expert on Soviet affairs notes reciprocity in keeping track of foreign works could heighten Soviet control over what Russian works are published abroad, adding controls will not extend to Soviet underground literature but will effect works by established though not condoned writers such as Solzhenitsyn and Pasternak

Sec Rogers is ordered by White House, Feb 27, to give 'highest priority' to seeking an early meeting with Hanoi Min Nguyen Duy Trinh, in Paris, to demand an explanation for the delay in release of Amer POWs; White House and US delegation to internatl conf on Vietnam in Paris issue strong statements charging Hanoi with violating truce accord terms; delegation says US has evidence of that there are gross violations by the Communists including infiltration of several thousand N Vietnamese forces into S Vietnam since Jan 28; Hanoi delegation issues statement rejecting US charges; statement does not directly touch on POW issue; says US allegations are aimed at justifying violations commited by US and Saigon; US sources say that if POW issue is not resolved soon, Sec Rogers will find it difficult to remain at Paris conf; progress of conf appears in doubt because of POW issue and if issue is not settled soon, cease-fire accord itself could become unraveled because Nixon attaches utmost importance to release of Amer POWs; Deputy Asst Sec R J McCloskey, spokesman for US delegation, calls news conf to read White House statement and charge Hanoi with cease-fire accord violations; says Rogers is meeting with USSR Min Gromyko; some US officials believe that Hanoi, having drawn attention to complaints about Saigon, will release the 120 or more Amer POWs in the 2d group; earlier, US and Hanoi disclosed they had reached agreement on numerous points to be covered in the final declaration of the Paris conf; conf, reptdly, can be reconvened by either Hanoi or US or by 6 of the other parties to the conf; Hanoi-US agreements and disagreements turned over to a drafting com; details on other conf action

Gov Rockefeller on Feb 27 makes public rept by subcom of State Advisory Council on Developmental Disabilities, 35-member group of reprs of state and local public agencies and citizens groups, recommending that Willowbrook State School, NYC, 'as it now stands' be dissolved and be reorganized into 5 ind administered units in each of boros; patients would be relocated to their home boros for treatment as new facilities are built; Willowbrook would handle patients from Staten Island only, instead of serving as center for mentally retarded from entire city; '72 lawsuits cited conditions at school as 'human warehouse,' with totally inadequate staffing, lack of adequate changes of clothing, solitary confinement for some and 'inhumane and psychologically destructive' environment where 2 or 3 patients die each wk, often from choking on food; rept also asks Mental Hygiene Dept to transfer residents to more effective programs without consent of parents only if every effort has been made to show parent that transfer is in best interest of resident; findings and recommendations listed

US Sup Ct on Feb 27 rules unanimously that suburban swimming club cannot refuse to accept blacks who live in immediate neighborhood if club gives membership preference to neighborhood residents; case involves Wheaton-Haven Recreation Assn, nonprofit corp operating swimming pool in Wheaton, Md, predominantly white suburb of Washington, DC; anyone living within three-quarters of a mile of pool had basic preference in becoming member but in 1968 club denied membership to Dr H C Press, Negro radiologist who lived within preference area, and also refused to allow white couple who were members of pool to bring black guest to pool; blacks and their hosts sued club for violation of civil rights law of 1866 that insures to all citizens the same right to buy, sell and rent property as white citizens have; Fed Dist Ct and US Ct of Appeals for 4th Circuit rejected complaint but Sup Ct found that right to acquire home was abridged by pool's discriminatory policy; ct says that when orgn links membership benefits to residency then those benefits are part of rights that individual pays for when buying or leasing that property

article notes Greek univ students pose major problems for Greek regime with demonstrations and strikes in support of demands for academic freedom; says student activism surprised and dismayed Govt officials, stirred imagination of Greeks and left many wondering why unrest has surfaced now at time when campuses abroad are relatively quiet; says students see demonstrations as nonviolent movement that will gather momentum while Govt views agitation as betrayal; cites actions taken by regime to win support of nation's youth and to improve quality of educ; notes many students have made it clear that material largess is not enough; describes views expressed by various students on reasons for protests; notes sense of unity appears to have given many students their new-found courage; revs legis leading to demonstrations and Govt efforts to play down difficulties in press; in another development, Greek Govt expresses its regrets to US Embassy on Feb 27 for incident on Feb 23 when 5 police, in search of demonstrating students, invaded Helenic-Amer Union, searched premises and beat up receptionist; illus of student being dragged from Athens demonstration by men whom Greek press call 'rival students' but who were actually police