November 19, 1973

Almost 1 mo after UN Security Council ordered Middle East cease-fire authorities and citizens in Cairo are maintaining determined psychological mobilization; blackout is still in full force; univs are closed and no date for their reopening has been set; teen-agers are taught by army officers how to handle small arms; sts in Cairo are crowded; mood of officials and citizens is that war with Israel never really stopped; avg Egyptian feels that Israeli thrust to west bank of Suez Canal and encirclement of Suez city has not in any way diminished Egyptian Army's initial victory in crossing canal and establishing itself in Sinai for 1st time since '67 war

Pres Nixon is cheered as he joins in 90th birthday tribute to former Repr C Vinson in Macon, Ga, on Nov 18; is jeered by Mercer Univ students when he arrives there to celebrate school's 100th anniv; receives petition of support bearing more than 30,000 signatures, gathered in part by Ga Repub party; White House press sec Ziegler says favorable calls are flooding White House; concedes that dismissal of A Cox as special Watergate prosecutor produced adverse reaction but seeks to dismiss it as product, in part, of 'stimulated campaign' drummed up by 'traditional adversaries of Pres'; illus

UFA pres R J Vizzini on Nov 18 concedes that he lied when he reptd that his membership voted 'overwhelmingly' in secret ballot to endorse strike; says through his atty that he misrepresented vote, which G J Abrams of Honest Ballot Assn says was 4,119 to 3,827 against any strike, in order to protect his bargaining position in contract talks with city; union officials believe ballot was merely a barometer of feeling and was not binding on union's 10-man exec council; say there is nothing in union's bylaws requiring membership endorsement of a strike before walkout can be called by exec council; recall UFA mass meetings supporting leadership's position; Uniformed Firemen's Internatl pres W H McClennan says such demonstrations represent a mandate in his judgment; McClennan says parent union has no plans to reprimand or even investigate NY local; Collective Bargaining Office Dir H L Haber questions necessity for hiding truth to protect union's bargaining position since strike achieved nothing, ending with union's acceptance of binding arbitration which it could have had without strike; Acting Dist Atty A J Scotti, speaking of possible areas of prosecution in Vizzini's misrepresentation of vote, says that he cannot be indicted on fraud charge; Vizzini por

Orgn of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries, in conciliatory gesture to W Eur, on Nov 18 announces that planned 5% production cut slated for December will not be implemented as it applies to most Eur nations; continues embargo on exports to US and Netherlands because of those nations' support for Israel during recent war; says 5% production cut will be made in Jan, affecting all nations not specifically exempt; Dutch Min M van der Stoel urges EEC nations to guarantee equitable oil supplies on interdependency basis cited in Community charter; Arab communique cites conciliatory posture of EEC Nov 6 statement calling for consideration of rights of Palestinians; Community nations have been forced to make various conservation measures because of Arab production curtailments

Joe Namath, taking over with five minutes to play after a seven‐game absence, rallied the Jets within a foot of the tying touchdown yesterday in Cincinnati, but time ran out at the goal line and the Bengals won, 20–44.