September 4, 1973

superheated W Ger econ, driven on by export boom and beset by high rate of inflation that has resisted Govt attempt to treat it, has come under pressure recently from wildcat strikes in its biggest factories; as many as 50,000 Ger and foreign workers demanding pay raises have stayed away from work on different days in Ford and Opel automotive plants as well as at other smaller cos; labor unrest has caused grave concern to Govt because major natl union contracts come up for negotiation at end of '73; experts believe outlook for Ger econ in near future is for continued boom; major econ expectations outlined; major question faced by Gers is what will happen when US gets its inflation in check and worldwide boom slows down; Gers believe that only when boom stops will full consequences of mark's repeated revaluations be felt; econ experts predict that Ger's natl product will increase about 6% in '73 and that Govt's deflationary policy will have only marginal effect; Govt's latest stabilization package went into effect at beginning of July but is not expected to really change anything until late in '73; program described; graph; illus

article on major issues facing Cong when it reconvenes Sept 5

W Johnson Jr, 4 yrs old, is shot to death and C King, 17 yrs old, and off-duty policeman E Robinson are wounded in Harlem on Sept 3 when motorist R Mayfield fires into group of people who sided with gypsy taxicab driver A Carr in traffic dispute; people in crowd were beating Mayfield when other policemen arrive and take him into custody; dispute described

NJ Mafia, recently confronted with aggressive law enforcement, is being challenged by black racketeers; Fed, state and local law enforcement officials rept that blacks have pushed Mafia out of some slum neighborhoods and maintain relationships with white racketeers in other areas under which blacks pay 10% of gross to whites in return for pol and police protection; that blacks have laid off bets with white orgns, which have greater financial resources; that blacks have branched out into loan-sharking and bookmaking and are assuming greater role in narcotics wholesaling; say that organized crime is more integrated than majority of NJ law enforcement; black organized crime has grown unhampered because police mostly thought of black crime as street crime; incidents pointing to changing racial make-up in organized crime listed; imprisoned major NJ Mafia figures, whose incarceration opened way for blacks, listed

NYC continues to swelter in 7th consecutive day of 90-degree temperatures; Natl Weather Service anticipates break in heat wave within next 24 hrs