June 11, 1973

Newsweek (Pub) repts in current issue that former White House Counsel J W Dean 3d has alleged Pres Nixon knew that dairy indus contributions to his '72 election campaign were aimed at gaining increase in milk price supports; holds that Dean told 'investigators' that Nixon was 'personally aware' of milk indus gifts in '71, which totaled $300,000

Kissinger and Le Duc Tho decide to break off their talks in Paris on June 10 for few days when 'it became clear' that they could not quickly resolve last-min reservations raised by S Vietnam to proposed document on strengthening Vietnam cease-fire agreement; talks are due to resume this wk after Kissinger returns to Paris; Kissinger speaks by phone with Pres Nixon; officials are reluctant to criticize Pres Thieu publicly because of delicate US relationship with S Vietnamese Govt but privately they indicate that his last-min reservations are not well-founded; Adm official says new document being worked out now is not new agreement but series of procedures to put into effect more satisfactorily what has already been agreed upon

Survey by BLS shows home costs have nearly doubled during yrs between 1952 and 1972 in almost all areas of US; cost of home ownership during that period is up 91.7%; nati housing market, under combined pressures of inflated material costs, scarce land, increased number of home seekers and lack of natl planning, is becoming critical problem for nation; situation reviewed for New York, Miami, Chicago, Raleigh, NC, and Los Angeles; Natl Assn of Home Builders repts that in decade 1960-70, total inventory of houses increased by 10.3-million but during same yrs, masses of children born in early postwar yrs were entering house-hunting phase and most recent estimate by assn is that only 1% of existing housing stock is vacant and available for sale; M Sumichrast, chief economist of home bldrs assn, says land is most important factor; environmental pressures have increased cost of land and land development; radical changes in Govt policy under Nixon Adm have aggravated situation; wage-price controls disrupt market and moratorium on subsidized housing has cut deeply into production of housing for poor; since 1970 number of subsidized housing units has dropped from 433,300 to fewer than 300,000 in 1972 and decline is continuing

Pol murders, communal unrest and armed terrorism are afflicting Bangladesh; militant labor and youth wings of governing Awami League have begun 'purification drive' against what they call corrupt and pro-Pakistani elements; opposition parties say that drive is aimed solely at crushing anti-Govt forces; have taken radical, anti-Indian stand; assert that Bangladesh is in convulsive mood, propelled by discontent and econ distress; 2 key radical figures have emerged to oppose Awami League; 1 is 91-yr-old M Bhashani, who furiously attacks India as 'our greatest enemy'; Bhashani represents anti-Hinduism that simmers in Bangladesh; 2d, and possibly more threatening anti-Govt figure, is Maj M A Jalil, guerrilla comdr who broke away from Awami League and helped organize opposition Natl Soc party; Jalil predicts that Bengalis will revolt because they are not being fed, there are no jobs and corruption is everywhere; pol killings reptdly have reached 2,000 since Dec '71 when Bangladesh achieved independence; 1,500 victims were Awami League workers; volatile mood of Bangladesh is underlined by paramilitary groups that have emerged within Awami League; another evolving force within Govt is Awami Jubo or Youth League, whose pres is Sheik F H Moni, nephew and close advisor of Prime Min Sheidk Mujibur Rahman; Sheik Moni says his group will mobilize 100,000 members to press Govt policies

Article discussing NYS Gov Rockefeller's rept on a 'significant' downward trend in number of welfare recipients notes NYS rept parallels downward trend reptd in recent mos by welfare officials in NYC, which contains about 70% of statewide caseload; NYC HRA Admr Sugarman reptd that city welfare rolls in Apr totaled 1,208,475 persons, decline of 61,493 in 10 mos; while NYC officials have claimed credit for beginning reform of welfare mgt several yrs ago, Rockefeller apparently feels that decline would not have occurred without his prodding through such means as NYS Welfare Inspector Gen Berlinger's office