July 3, 1973

White House press sec R L Ziegler refuses to comment on J W Dean 3d's testimony before Sen Watergate com that CBS correspondent D Schorr was investigated by FBI on White House orders because he was considered an enemy of Nixon Adm

Consol Edison drops plan to build nuclear power plant on David's Is in LI Sound near New Rochelle, NY; island to be bought back by New Rochelle and developed as residential or summer private use; New Rochelle city mgr M C Fuerst comments on mixed feelings in city about plant; co spokesman says AEC opposition to reactors near urban areas was big factor in decision not to build; decision lauded as ‘victory’ by M Kurtz, chmn of Citizens League for Educ About Nuclear Energy (CLEAN); map

article revg major US Sup Ct decisions of ‘72‐73 session notes 5‐3 majority held that citizens concerned about environment have legal standing to challenge increases in rr freight rates for recyclable material

strike of more than 400 NYC Legal Aid Soc lawyers on July 2 causes no major breakdowns or delays but prompts city officials to warn that they do not know how long crisis can be averted in city's criminal cts, where striking lawyers normally represent defendants in majority of cases; NYS Mediation Bd member S Kreitman, mediator in present instance, says that professional as well as econ issues are at stake and are such that ‘cooling‐off period’ may be required; basic issue seems to be quality of legal representation given to poor people in NYC; strike itself apparently has added related issue of responsibility of lawyers toward their clients; striking lawyers, who claim that their representation of clients is inadequate, explain their position; demands noted; soc acting dir R Kasanof claims that, contrary to what union pres K Faraguna says, lawyers are already doing ‘acceptable, if not perfect’ job; Kasanoff presents mgt position; calls striking lawyers’ ad in Law Journal (pub), which attempts to persuade private lawyers not to accept assignments, ‘particularly irresponsible'; Faraguna counters that union is on strike to be ‘professionally responsible'; NY Civil Liberties Union, Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Educ Fund and lawyers such as M Stolat, D Alterman and V Kraft praise union's action; Kreitman says that he will keep ‘in touch’ with both sides; reactions of various people affected by strike described; illus of striking lawyer

NYC Consumer Affairs Dept repts on July 2 that cost of feeding avg family of 4 rose only 0.1% during wk of June 21 to June 27 in NYC; issues comparison of food prices in city's 5 boroughs, noting prices in Manhattan were highest; avg weekly cost of food for family of 4 in Manhattan was $54.24, or 4.1% above citywide avg; SI is reptd to have lowest prices in city, with an avg of $50.66; dept attributes higher Manhattan costs to fact that stores are smaller and therefore pay higher wholesale prices; speculates that low increase in food prices might indicate that prices have stabilized, after having risen 4% in May; BLS repts that food prices in NY‐northeastern NJ area rose 1.1% in May, bringing total rise in food prices over 12‐mo period to 13.5%; indication of food price stabilization reflected in Associated Press survey of supermkt prices in 13 cities, which showed that 56% of items remained unchanged, 21% were up and 17% down for June 1‐July 1 period; chart shows NYC mkt basket prices