October 23, 1973

P Casals, celebrated cellist and conductor, dies on Oct 22 at age of 96; por

AFL-CIO conv votes on Oct 22 to ask Pres Nixon to resign and to demand his impeachment if he does not; resolution asks Cong to hold up consideraton of Nixon's Vice Pres-designate Ford; conv delegates say they believe this is 1st time in US history that organized labor had formally demanded resignation of a Pres; AFL-CIO asserts in statement read by orgn pres Meany, 'We believe the Amer people have had enough. More than enough. We therefore call upon Richard Nixon, Pres of the US, to resign'; Sen Inouye calls for Pres Nixon's resignation, speech; says he believes Cong should 'seriously consider impeachment proceedings' if Nixon does not resign

in-depth details, discussion and chronology of plea bargaining engaged in by Justice Dept, White House and S T Agnew before Agnew resigned as Vice Pres and pleaded nolo contendere to 1 charge of income tax evasion; investigation was begun in fall '72 by R Brown, dir of local IRS intelligence unit, and US Atty G Beall and centered in suburban Baltimore County; how Agnew's name came up in investigation and how he was notified of investigation dicussed; charges against Agnew cited and his accusers noted; Agnew's public and private responses and actions cited; Pres Nixon's involvement discussed; pressures on Agnew to resign and bargain finally arrived at detailed; role of a speech by State Sec H A Kissinger on importance of timing by policy makers noted; illus of L Matz, J B Wolff, I H Hammerman 2d, Agnew, Beall and then-Atty Gen Richardson

Article on cease-fire lines in current Middle East war notes that lines reflect some territorial exchs between Egypt and Israel; Israel had broken through Egyptian lines to west bank of Suez Canal, but cease-fire was implemented before they could cut off and capture Egyptian army they were hoping to encircle; Israeli maps, prepared 2 hours before cease-fire went into effect, show that Egyptian forces still hold footholds in Sinai Peninsula, which Egypt seized during 1st days of war; indicate that one Egyptian foothold in Sinai is about 5 miles wide and 30 miles long to southern tip of Bitter Lakes; other Egyptian foothold stretches from Qantara south about 20 miles; between 2 Egyptian positions exists Israeli corridor through which Israel had been funneling men and supplies to its bridgehead on west bank; Israeli maps indicate that Israel's bridgehead on west bank had expanded to dumbell-shapcd enclave about 20 miles by 33 miles; Israeli bridgehead seems to have spread out to dominate 1/2 the dryland length of canal on western side; Israeli Maj Gen S Gazit says at mil briefing on Oct 22 that west of canal, Israelis are astride 2 major roads and 1 rr line running from Cairo to city of Suez and have reached main road to Ismailia in central sector of canal; holds that Egypt does have alternate routes to resupply and reinforce its forces on east bank, but adds that with main communication lines cut or dominated by Israel, Egyptians pose no great danger of being able to resume operations if cease-fire breaks down; Israeli sources claim that if cease-fire breaks down, Israel could resume its original objective of cutting off and capturing 5 to 7 Egyptian divs and 2 armored brigades; Israeli maps also show bridgehead reaching area on Ismailia-to-Cairo road; Egyptians retain their major psychological achievement, foothold on eastern bank of canal, and they are expected to exploit it in pol ways; Gazit, however, points out that new cease-fire lines are 'much better' for protecting short-term security of Israel than were lines at beginning of war; says that Israeli enclave is base from which Israel can pose 'very definite' offensive threat to Egypt; adds that Israelis are about 50 miles from Cairo, with no important obstacles to stop them; says, in discussing fact that Syria has not yet accepted cease-fire, that Syria might end serious operations without announcing decision; indicates that Israelis had retaken outpost on Mount Hermon, which was lost during 1st days of war; Israeli officers point out that they no longer regard Syria as serious mil threat and that it does not seem likely that important Israeli operations will take place on Syrian front

WITH THE ISRAELI FORCES IN EGYPT, Oct. 22—An Israeli soldier poked his head out of an Egyptian bunker on the western bank of the Suez Canal today and grinned. “Want some ice cream?” he asked, offering his visitor a paper cup and spoon.

HR Dem leaders tentatively agree on Oct 22 to have HR Judiciary Com begin inquiry into whether Pres Nixon has committed any offenses that could lead to impeachment; calls for impeachment, or at least consideration of it, continue to come mainly from Cong Dems; White House official says that while there is still some confusion in Cong and in minds of Amer people about Pres's actions over weekend, Adm officials are confident that Nixon can ride out storm; says Pres has mentioned possibility of making TV address to US explaining his moves; says all Nixon has done is fire a man who worked for him; Sen Judiciary Com schedules meeting for Oct 24 to discuss dismissal of special Watergate prosecutor A Cox, resignation of Atty Gen Richardson and discharge of Deputy Atty Gen Ruckelshaus; com member Sen Bayh says he will introduce legis to provide for apptmt of new special prosecutor by US Dist Ct; com member Sen Kennedy says he hopes com will call Cox as its 1st witness; says evidence is beginning to accumulate that Cox may have been fired for reasons that originally had nothing to do with tapes and that tapes compromise was sham, a pretext to fire Cox because he was 'too hot on the White House trail'; HR Judiciary Com member Repr Waldie says he will introduce resolution in HR Oct 23 calling for impeachment of Nixon on ground that Pres has obstructed justice; AP survey of HR members finds that 44 say they would favor or would consider instituting impeachment proceedings, while 17 say they are undecided and 14 are opposed; Repr Sisk announces that he will introudce resolution creating select com to look into impeachment; Repr Udall proposes that Nixon agree to resign in return for immediate confirmation by HR and Sen of G R Ford as Vice Pres; this would elevate Ford to Pres; Repr Wright says he believes HR Speaker Albert wants to go ahead with confirmation hearings on Ford before any formal consideration of Pres impeachment by HR; Sens Percy, Goldwater and Montoya and Repr Wiggins comment

Oct 23: Cease-fire in current Middle East war goes into effect on Oct 22 on Egyptian front, about 12 hrs after UN Security Council called for end to hostilities; fighting continues on Syrian front; Iraq, whose troops are fighting alongside Syrians, rejects call for cease-fire; Jordan announces acceptance but says its contingent in Syria is under Syrian orders; truce between Egypt and Israel goes into effect at 6:52 PM on 17th day of war; several hrs before official beginning of truce, US Sec of State Kissinger arrives in Tel Aviv, Israel, for brief visit on his way to US from USSR where he conferred with Soviet leaders on cease-fire resolution that US and USSR introduced jointly in Security Council on Oct 21 and Council adopted early on Oct 22; Kissinger, accompanied by US Asst Sec J J Sisco and Under Asst Sec A L Atherton, meets with Israeli Premier Meir, Deputy Premier Y Allon, Defense Min M Dayan, Foreign Min A Eban, C/S Lt Gen D Elazar, and former Amb to US I Rabin; Israel accepts truce after Meir and her Cabinet hold all-night session; neither Meir nor any member of her Govt go on TV to announce partial end of fighting; only Israeli public declaration of truce is made by Maj Gen S Gazit to audience made up mostly of foreign correspondents; reticence of leaders reflects somber mood with which news is greeted by Israeli officials, mil leaders and public; sudden halt in fighting at time when Israelis believe that war has turned entirely in their favor causes surprise not unlike shock that beset Israel at sudden outbreak of fighting on Oct 6; Gazit says mil result was 'very big' Israeli victory 'which could have been bigger'; says Israeli troops have secured salient about 20 miles deep and 33 miles long on western bank of Suez Canal, from outskirts of Ismailia to about 9 miles from city of Suez; says Israelis are blocking 2 rds and rr line linking Suez and Cairo; says Egyptian forces continue to hold 2 strips about 5 miles wide on canal's eastern bankf says they are remnants of 7 divs and 2 armored brigades that crossed canal; says present disposition of forces on canal prevents Egypt from reopening canal to shipping without Israeli consent; in Syria, Israeli forces are less than 25 miles from Damascus; mil and political observers in Israel reject notion that Israel wants to seize either Damascus or Cairo; Gazit says Israel destroyed 240 Egyptian planes and more than 1,000 tanks during war; says 212 Syrian planes and 1,000 tanks were destroyed, which included Iraqi, Jordanian and Syrian armor; gives no comparable figure for Israelis; illus of Kissinger with Eban and A Kidron, associate of Eban; map

Nixon Adm officials say on Oct 22 that in wake of Middle East cease-fire resolution, they expect US and USSR to take lead in coming wks in trying to prod warring nations into negotiating pol settlement of longstanding Israeli-Arab conflict; at same time Defense Dept states that US airlift of mil resupplies for Israeli forces is continuing normally; Israeli sources confirm dept's statement and add that USSR is also continuing shipments to Syria and Egypt; US officials say they expect major diplomatic effort by US and USSR to follow up mil cease-fire that they were able to push through UN Security Council earlier in day; officials, few of whom have been fully briefed on discussions between US Sec of State H A Kissinger and Soviet Communist party leader Brezhnev, claim they would be surprised if negotiations are not prolonged and contentious, since problems have consistently defied solution for more than 6 yrs; initial comments by Israeli and Egyptian officials seem to confirm impression that 2 sides still have strong divergent views on how they expect final settlement to emerge; current UN resolution does not end ambiguity of '67 plan, known as Security Council Resolution 242, but does seem to insist that divergencies be threshed out in negotiations, which it claims should be held under 'appropriate auspices'; Egypt's and Israel's discontentment over '67 plan discussed; US repr at UN J A Scali says that US and USSR are ready to make their offices available to parties as means to facilitate negotiating process; statement suggests to diplomats and officials that some diplomatic forum other than Security Council might be selected for Middle East talks; notes that because of critical attitude toward cease-fire resolution shown by People's Repub of China in Council, USSR is reluctant to let negotiations be discussed there; Israel has also shown little interest in Council's forum; many Council members, however, say that they assume that cease-fire resolution obliges Council to play a role in negotiations; officials say that 1 goal of permanent solution in Middle East would probably be limit on arms supplies to area; past efforts to reach such an accord have failed; speculation on reasons for USSR to reach accommodation with US on cease-fire language discussed; Security Council's new resolution assessed

Black students, doubling their numbers over last 6 yrs, are now largest racial group in NYC public school system, 72-73 census of school population reveals; official figures made available for 6 ethnic categories show non-Hispanic whites now comprise 2d largest group, with Puerto Ricans 3d; blacks, Hispanics and Orientals together account for majority of students in 2/3 of NYC dists; blacks alone, numbering 406,974, make up 36.1% of total; other major census findings include: for 1st time since '54, city enrollment total dropped from 1,146,460 in '71-72 to 1,128,996 in '72-73, loss of more than 17,000; more than 1/4 of nearly 800 public elementary and jr high schools have black majorities and 18% have Hispanic majorities; slightly more than 40%--all in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island--have white non-Hispanic majorities; despite widespread busing, 1 ethnic group or another accounts for 80% or more of enrollment in nearly 1/3 of elementery and jr high schools; of these, 133 are predominantly white, 96 black and 20 Hispanic; none of 12 school dists in Manhattan and Bronx has white majority; in 12 dists citywide, white enrollment is less than 10%; of 94 city high schools, 'European' whites are leading ethnic group in 48, blacks in 25 and Hispanics in 21; table of enrollment changes for members of 6 official ethnic categories from '71-72 to '72-73; breakdowns of ethnic enrollment figures by borough, by school dist and for all city high schools; map shows black enrollment in public schools by school dist, '72-73

deans of 17 law schools sign petition asking Cong to create com to 'consider the necessity' of impeaching Pres Nixon; petition, to be sent to Cong as soon as other deans can be reached and their signatures obtained, also calls for creation of independent Watergate prosecution office; Amer Bar Assn pres C Smith calls on cts and Cong to take 'appropriate action'--including but not limited to creation of special Watergate prosecution to 'repel' the 'attacks' that he says Nixon is making on system of justice; Assn of Bar of City of NY pres O Schell spends much of Oct 22 working with Cong staff members to devise statute that would set up special prosecution office; he says Cong must consider impeachment; notes that assn has 'actively pending' investigation looking into possible disbarment proceedings against various members of NY bar in Watergate-related crimes, including Nixon, who is member of both NY and Calif bars; R Nader announces that his public interest law firm, Private Citizen, will file suit in Fed Dist Ct, Washington, DC, on Oct 23 challenging removal of A Cox as special Watergate prosecutor; Columbia students set up group called Columbia Law School Com on Const Crisis and begin putting together what they hope will be large interschool delegation to go to Cong next wk to lobby for Nixon's impeachment; legal community is concerned with 2 specific actions by Pres--his refusal to comply with Judge Sirica's order to turn over White House tapes, and his dismissal of Cox and abolishment of Cox's office; Prof A Bickel contends that dismissal of Cox was lawful exercise of Pres's right to oust 1 of his employes in exec branch; deans signing petition include A Sacks, M I Sovern, A Goldstein, R B McKay, P C Neal, T St Antoine, B Wolfman, T Ehrlich, C Bamberger, A S Fisher, H O Reid, H G Christiansen, O King, M H Freedman, K L Penegar, W D Lorenser and L Cowen

Egyptian command repts that cease-fire went into effect at 6:52 PM on Oct 22 on Suez Canal front and in Sinai Peninsula; Egyptian Govt, announcing earlier in day that it is accepting US-USSR sponsored cease-fire call from UN, serves notice that it is doing so on condition that Israel simultaneously adhere to Security Council resolution; in Egyptian view, this means that Israeli forces must start withdrawing immediately not only from present front but also from territories occupied since '67 war; violent fighting reptdly occurred since dawn around Israeli bridgehead on western bank of Suez Canal and in central sector of Sinai Peninsula front; Govt statement over Cairo radio says Egyptian Pres A Sadat has ordered Egyptian armed forces to cease fire at time set by UN; says Sadat made his decision after taking into acct assurances he received on Oct 21 from Soviet party leader Brezhnev and in meetings held with Soviet Premier Kosygin in Cairo last wk; Egyptian and Arab diplomats are reluctant to make more than tentative assessment of what 17-day war has done for Egyptian and Arab cause; say that everything depends on Soviet guarantees, known only to Sadat and his closest advisers; political observers note that Egypt has managed for 1st time since Arab-Israeli conflict began 25 yrs ago, to involve both US and USSR together in search for lasting peace; informed Egyptians believe that war has broken internatl stalemate on Middle East; are impressed by Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf countries who for 1st time used Arab oil as political weapon and destroyed basic assumptions of US policy in Middle East that oil countries could be isolated from Arab-Israeli conflict; crossing of Israeli forces into western side of Suez Canal is cause of deep concern in Egypt; reaction of Caircnes to announcement of cease-fire noted; illus of Egyptians in sts of Cairo after hearing of cease-fire and of Egyptian prisoners of war on west bank of Suez Canal being guarded by Israeli soldiers

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