April 2, 1973

NYC City Council Pres Garelik reptdly is considering whether he should seek re‐election instead of continuing his foundering campaign for Dem NYC mayoral nomination; faces several obstacles if he chooses to run for re‐election, but some politicians say that Garelik could substitute for Deputy Mayor E A Morrison on Liberal party petitions since Morrison is thought to be stand‐in City Council Pres candidate

meat boycott leaders claim on Apr 1 that projected wk‐long effort to drive meat prices down has gotten off to a good start; stores on Lower E Side on NYC rept sales down by as much as 50%; NYC restaurant owners say there have been more than usual requests for meatless dishes from patrons; NY Consumer Assembly exec dir D Elberson praises beginning of boycott but notes that boycott's end result is not certain; Repr M Biaggi says he is in favor of boycott and suggests rollback of prices to end of '72 levels; NYC school‐lunch program dir J Jacobs claims that less meat has been served in public schools in last few mos because of rising meat prices; holds schools plan to observe boycott; Congressmen and consumer advocates score Pres Nixon's imposition of meat price ceilings; some Congressmen announce legis proposals to roll back prices to at least Dec '72 levels; Agr Sec Butz defends ceilings, which will go into effect on Apr 2

US Sec Richardson repeats Nixon Adm's concern over violations of Vietnam truce accord by Hanoi and goes further than Nixon in holding out possibility of renewed bombing and other mil action against N Vietnam if the violations become a threat to peace, TV int, Apr 1

NYS Agr and Mkts Dept repts on Apr 2 that meat prices in NYC met area reached their peak 3 to 6 wks before Pres Nixon's imposition of ceilings on meat prices; Nixon supporters maintain that Pres acted before prices could move higher and critics hold that he waited until prices leveled off from their peaks; prices for certain cuts of meat in NYC and Hartford (Conn) met areas given; chart shows meat price rises to present ceilings in NYC met area

CIA appears to be planning to curtail its clandestine mil operations and to take action against pol terrorism and internatl drug traffic; recent cutback in staff and Pres Nixon's '71 memo to CIA to reduce manpower as well in mil intelligence services and to reduce duplication of facilities and functions noted; fewer men are now needed because intelligence‐gathering machines such as satellites have been developed