May 28, 1973

Sculptor J Lipchitz dies on May 26 at age 81; body is to be buried in Jerusalem

Athens newspapers Eleftheros Kosmos and Acropolis rept on May 27 that Greek regime has decided to hold nationwide referendum soon to allow Greeks to determine future of exiled King Constantine; deplore Constantine's refusal to condemn recent mutiny in Greek Navy and say his silence implies plot had royal blessing; Constantine reptdly has made no public statement on internal Greek matters since '68; observers in Athens assume that newspapers must have approval of Govt, since Greek newspapers print such articles with impunity; Constantine is said by close friends to favor referendum on Greek monarchy provided Govt gives foolproof safeguards for electoral fairness, lifts martial law and allows Constantine to return to conduct his own electoral campaign 'on an equal footing with his opponents'; Eleftheros Kosmos carries front page ed by publisher S Constantopoulos noting King's return to his throne or to Greece is ruled out and that people will be called upon to express their will by referendum; says King knows of this turn of events; says voters will also be asked if they favor monarchy, whether they want Constantine back at once, or if he should remain abroad for 10 yrs more while country is governed by elected substitute; also says people will be asked if Constantine's 6‐yr‐old son Paul should become king if they do not want Constantine, or should crown of Greece be offered to another dynasty; Acropolis says decision to liquidate royal question has been taken; notes move would be drastic, involving nationwide referendum; indicates this would happen sooner if judicial inquiry into naval mutiny finds that event had King's blessing; no evidence is reptd to have been produced yet to link King with abortive navy coup

R Eder article on Cath and Prot families in Belfast, N Ireland, caught in continuing violence between Brit troops and extremists; illus of Brit soldier

Securities exchanges and commodities markets will be closed, as will most banks and other financial institutions. Government offices, libraries and most businesses will be closed, but many department stores will be open.

About 1,000 Amer civilian technicians and construction workers live in Vietnam illegally; their jobs with US defense contractors were closed out recently as part of Vietnamization program, but the 1,000 do not want to go home; 7 of the men have been put in jail; Saigon police are reluctant to arrest more because those in prison have refused offers of freedom in exch for promises to leave Vietnam; US Embassy officer says they are the 'tail end of the great bonanza that began in '65 and now they don't know what to do with themselves'; their presence in Vietnam is illegal because, under the terms of their employment, 30 days after they lose their jobs they must find others with Amer defense contractors, register as ordinary Vietnamese civilians or leave the country; few have adopted alternative of becoming Vietnamese citizens because it would mean giving up benefits of high Amer wages, privileges that include profitable resale of US goods on the black mkt and exemption from Vietnamese taxes; US officials are concerned not only about the over‐all number of those staying on but about the possible trouble they can easily get into, once unemployed

NYS Sen, 44‐14, and Assembly, 138‐0, on May 28 approve Assemblyman R R Gunning bill that will establish 7‐member NYC Bd of Educ to replace interim bd created by '69 school decentralization law; new bd members will begin 4‐yr terms on July 1, '74; 5 will be apptd by Boro Presidents and 2 by Mayor; Sen meeting illus

temperatures aboard over‐heated Skylab space station are falling on May 27 after astronauts deploy mylar awning to replace thermal and micrometeoroid shield lost by vehicle during launching from Cape Kennedy; have fallen from 125 degrees Fahrenheit to 94 degrees; open grid flooring separating 2 levels of space station registers temperature of 105 degrees, and some of food lockers 110 and 116 degrees; engineers voice hope that temperatures will fall to normal within day; Skylab crew will attempt to repair jammed solar power wing toward end of mission when Dr Kerwin is scheduled to make 'space walk' to retrieve film from solar telescope unit; return to Apollo module for meals and sleep because of excessive heat; illus in TV pictures transmitted from space station

Dem mayoral candidates' campaign officials agree on May 27 that Controller Beame is in lead as campaign enters final wk; some cite polls, formal or informal, to buttress belief; workers for candidates Blumenthal, Biaggi and Badillo insist that Beame's support is 'soft' or 'weak,' that it is shaded by high percentage of voters still undecided and that it is slipping; Beame campaign dir S Terry contends 'we've got 50% of vote'; Blumenthal campaign mgr M Delguidice repts that his figures show Beame with 31% of vote and Blumenthal with 21%; Badillo press sec J Vlasto notes that campaign contributions have been pouring in since NY Times and NY Post endorsed Badillo; Biaggi pres sec M Matz contends that 'undecideds' are coming to Biaggi

Fair Campaign Practices Com on May 27, in rept on '72 campaign, calls Watergate affair low point in campaign tactics since com began monitoring pol campaign activities nearly 20 yrs ago; says scandal is not simply more of same tactics which have made pol a dirty word; says 'it is a conscious conspiracy to violate laws, to manipulate voters, and to make a mockery of dem system of self‐govt'; J D Ehrlichman says that there was 'no functional relationship' between special White House unit that sought to plug natl security leaks and men involved in Watergate break‐in, ABC int; says he did not believe that there was 'anything worth going after' in Dem's Watergate offices; says he is prepared to testify before Sen Watergate com; Sen Symington says he hopes Nixon Adm's concern over natl security will not prevent it from 'giving the public all the information they have a right to know' about Watergate and other pol espionage, int, CBS program Face the Nation

decrepit, ancient fort in Jehangirabad, India, was used during last 3 days by 400 police officers as bastion against Indian troops who surrounded it as part of effort to crush statewide rebellion of 20,000 men of Provincial Armed Constabulary, paramilitary reserve force; soldiers never fired shot because officers were holding 9 of their superiors as hostages; officers surrendered after rebellion in other places ended; local observers say causes of rebellion, in which 40 persons were killed, were poor pay and bad working conditions of most state employes and particularly of constabulary; majority of state employes are paid $7 to $25 a mo; constables earn $10 a mo; map shows location of Jehangirabad

Article describes transition of ideas of many middle‐class French families from compulsive preoccupation with their offspring's hair, clothes, rebellion and scorn for parents' way of life before May '68 uprisings to closer relationships 5 yrs later with sons, daughters and young people in general after revolt eventually engaged workers, paralyzed France and culminated in terrified reaction; describes experiences of Jarville family near Parc Monceau in Paris; family illus

Argentine left‐wing guerrillas vow to continue attacks against mil and businesses despite wide‐ranging amnesty for pol prisoners granted by new Peronist Pres Campora; guerrillas issue statement criticizing pol record of Campora, charging him and his followers with Openly supporting mil dictatorship' which ruled country for 7 yrs before Campora was inaugurated May 25; guerrillas charge Campora's moderate program calling for broad pol and social truce amounts to 'natl unity between army oppressors and the oppressed'; call for Campora to 'arm the people' and maintain his distance from mil; recent guerrilla killings, kidnappings and acts of extortion revd