November 27, 1973

White House on Nov 26 criticizes special Watergate prosecution force for 1st time since L Jaworski replaced A Cox as its dir; White House deputy press sec Warren cites 2 instances which he says 'might be called leaks' to press from Jaworski's office; cites acct published Nov 26 of Nov 21 meeting between Jaworski and White House attys L Garment and J F Buzhardt Jr at Jaworski's office; article, written by columnists R Evans and R Novak, describes meeting as attempt to keep special prosecutor from immediately making public discovery last wk of 18 mins of buzzing that blotted out conversation on 1 of tape recordings made in Nixon's office; Jaworski refused request

Econ forecasters on Nov 26 predict rising unemployment by end of '74 because of energy shortage; say rate will rise to 6%, from 4.5%; Natl Petroleum Council predicts 7.9% rates while Standard Oil (Ohio) pres J E Swearingen predicts 8% rate

US Sup Ct Chief Justice W E Burger on Nov 26 calls for radical revision of Amer legal practice that could bar 3/4 of 375,000 US lawyers from appearing in ct at all; charges that 1/3 to 1/2 of lawyers who go to ct are inadequately experienced or trained; proposes establishment of new set of specialized standards that any lawyer would have to meet to engage in trial practice, annual J F Sonnett Memorial Lecture, Fordham Law School; system could involve 2d bar exam for lawyers who want to be qualified for trial practice; suggests restrictions be patterned in part on Brit system under which only 3,000 of 30,000 lawyers are barristers qualified to appear in ct, rather than solicitors; also proposes that basic legal educ be reduced from 3 to 2 yrs with specialized courtroom training thereafter for those interested in trial practice; Assn of Trial Lawyers of Amer has been pressing for special designation for qualified courtroom lawyers, but has not urged exclusion from trial practice of lawyers without the designation; US Appeals Ct Judge I R Kaufman praises Burger for taking stand on topic judges and lawyers have been talking about for yrs; Burger illus

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Dutch Govt on Nov 26 issues statement in reply to demands of Arab hijackers of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Boeing 747 airliner; states that it pledges not to allow opening of offices or camps for Soviet Jews going to Israel and pledges to ban transportation of weapons or volunteers to Israel; asks that hijackers, members of Arab Nationalist Youth for the Liberation of Palestine, release passengers and crew