September 18, 1973

Chilean official in Buenos Aires says 2,000 soldiers have been killed by supporters of Pres S Allende

IBM shares on NYSE plunge 26 points on Sept 17 to close at 272 after Judge A S Christensen's ruling against co in Telex Corp antitrust suit

J C Hogan, brother of Manhattan Dist Atty Hogan, on Sept 17 discloses that Hogan suffered minor stroke on Aug 10 and was taken to St Luke's Hosp, where he underwent surgery for lung tumor on Sept 7; says attending surgeon Dr J E Hutchinson is going to discharge Hogan this wk; repts that Hutchinson is 'amazed' at Hogan's recovery; refuses to confirm repts that Hogan's lung tumor was malignant; says Hutchinson told him that 'he thought he had gotten it all out'; Hogan, who has been Manhattan Dist Atty for 8 terms, has been nominated by 4 major parties in his bid for re-election; his name cannot be removed from ballot except in event of his death; NY Post publishes facsimile of Hogan's med rept shortly after he entered hosp; rept, signed by Dr J M Severinghaus, stated that Hogan's speech was impaired in several ways so that he sometimes used wrong names for things and sometimes exhibited inability to receive or produce verbal sounds correctly

Sweden faces period of pol uncertainty on Sept 17 after near-final election results show governing Soc Dems and non-Socialist challengers in absolute deadlock in fight for Parliament; each side receives 175 seats in 350-member Parliament; recount of figures from city in south-central Sweden suddenly wipes out 2-seat margin apparently held by Soc Dems and their allies, the Communists; it is clear that Premier O Palme, who remains in power, and Soc Dems have suffered severe blow; latest figures show that Soc Dems lost 7 seats, polled their 3d lowest percentage of votes in 15 elections held since '32, and found themselves saved from certain ouster by Communists, who gained 2 vital parliamentary seats; Palme is expected to face new difficulties from factions on right and left within his own party, whose members are undoubtedly chagrined by results; election is so close that final tally hinges on counting of about 15,000 ballots sent by mail and still uncounted; it is just barely possible that Socialist bloc could emerge with 2-seat margin when remaining votes are counted later this wk; pol experts say it seems virtually impossible that 3-party non-Socialist coalition could gain rule; there is 0.15% difference between 2 blocs in total of some 5.1-million votes; Socialists have 48.93% and challengers have 48.78%, with remainder going to splinter groups or uncounted; Opposition candidates on Sept 17 demand that Palme resign because they scored greater gains; Palme, in reply, makes it clear that he will not resign; can hold power, at least for time being; crucial issues deadlocked in Parliament would have to be decided with draw of a 'yes' or 'no' vote from urn; Sweden would face virtual pol paralysis; fate of Govt could be decided by nothing more than luck of the draw in votes of confidence; it would be situation that would clearly be intolerable for Palme as well as for non-Socialist parties; pol experts hold Palme, drawing even more heavily on his Communist allies for tacit support, could continue in power and carefully attempt to negotiate legis through Parliament for full 3-yr term, could seek to entice one of the non-Socialist parties into coalition with Soc Dems, perhaps Liberal party, which was 'decimated' by voting; Palme could move quickly toward new elections after new Parliament convenes in Jan; such action could occur if Palme loses vote of confidence, deliberately or otherwise; similar deadlock in any election after this yr would be impossible under pending const changes; it is generally agreed that establishing single-chamber Parliament with even number of seats was a mistake; pending change would lower membership to 349 seats

striking UAW on Sept 17 reaches tentative settlement with Chrysler Corp; UAW pres L Woodcock says settlement is 'breakthrough' in giving indus worker more say over how long he will work and under what conditions; Chrysler and UAW negotiators, after intensive bargaining session that lasted almost 24 hrs, agree to new 3-yr contract covering 117,000 hrly, blue-collar workers in US and Canada; strike against Chrysler began on Sept 14; UAW officials say agreement, which must be ratified by union membership, includes wage increase of 3% in each yr of contract (plus additional 12c an hr in first yr), restrictions on compulsory overtime, institution of full '30-and-out' retirement program under which worker may retire with full benefits after 30 yrs service, and establishment of machinery through which union and mgt will jointly work to improve health and safety conditions in plants; UAW also makes gains in other econ areas, including cost-of-living escalator; Woodcock does not know whether total econ package matches Nixon Adm's 6.2% wage-rise guidelines; says Cost of Living Council is 'miserable failure ; Chrysler vp W M O'Brien says corp is 'very pleased' with new contract; O'Brien and Woodcock illus