June 10, 1973

17‐member NYC delegation to HR called 'helpless giant' in study by Prof D H Haider, and many NYC Reprs agree with him; Haider concludes delegation's power has sunk so low that city's quest for funds is imperiled; says delegation views itself as conscience of country, and 'everybody goes off in his own direction'; contrasts this with effectiveness of bloc voting on major problem issues as practiced by many other delegations; says NYC delegation's 'every‐man‐for‐himself syndrome' is evident in their com‐hopping ('a sure deterrent to Cong advancement'), competing ambitions (regarding Washington as way station to another career), rivalry between 'regular' Dems and 'reformers,' and open competition with Mayor Lindsay by reprs running for his job; says delegation suffered grievous loss of power with defeat of Repr E Celler, former chmn of Judiciary Com

H A Kissinger and Le Duc Tho on June 9 break off their latest round of talks in Paris on how to strengthen Vietnam peace accords, failing to sign draft document that was expected to be released this wk; Kissinger returns to Washington while Tho remains in Paris; their top aides, Deputy Asst Sec W H Sullivan and Deputy Foreign Min Nguyen Co Thact, will resume negotiations in Pans on June 11; earlier, Kissinger and Tho conferred for over 4 hrs at Gif‐sur‐Yvette; procedural difficulties over S Vietnamese Govt's reptd reluctance to sign accord are said to have caused cancelation of meeting scheduled for June 8 between Kissinger and Tho; Amer official says that accord was based on original cease‐fire pact, with nothing 'new or spectacular' added; says it contained no proposal for ending hostilities in Cambodia; S Vietnamese Pres Thieu receives full text of proposed new communique on June 8, summons Natl Security Council to examine it

Redding, Conn, affluent Fairfield County town of 3,700 adults, is pondering how to spend $69,000 in Fed revenue‐sharing funds; tennis cts, bridle paths and dog pound are among proposals being debated; 1st Selectman J B Sanford and Finance Bd chmn J Edwards comment; bd has decided to recommend to June 22 town meeting that Fed funds be spent on 2 new hwy trucks, replacement bulldozer for town dump and improvements on 270‐acre Topstone Pk, which until '71 was private estate of photographer E J Steichen; map shows location of Redding

Article on life in E Eur nations compared with conditions in USSR; traveler from USSR would reptdly find that E Eur is region of peoples who are in fairly broad and open contact with rest of the world, who practice more flexible forms of Communism, indulge in consumer urges beyond reach of ordinary Russians, who tolerate artistic and literary forms banned in USSR and who allow religion, private agr and small private trade a role in soc; Hungary and Poland are seen as much more liberal, open and experimental that orthodox Bulgaria while E Ger, Rumania and Czech fall in between; strong private expressions of anti‐Soviet feelings, frequently expressed, noted; illus

About 4,500 Orange and Rockland County customers of Orange & Rockland Utilities Inc are without power June 9 when lightning strikes power lines