December 6, 1973

Nixon Adm, responding to wildcat blockades of nation's hwys by truck drivers, on Dec 5 promises to take immediate action to alleviate truckers problems and to give high priority to fuel for trucks in natl energy allocation program; Transportation Sec C S Brinegar calls for for cooperation of truckers in 'avoiding disruptions of traffic while effort is made to find solutions to problems'; expresses sympathy for 'serious problems' of truck drivers; says Govt will take following actions immediately: orders investigation by IRS of alleged price gouging in truck fuel sales; have Office of Petroleum Allocation rev fuel supply at truck stops; investigate impact of sharply higher fuel costs on freight rate schedules; Teamsters pres F E Fitzsimmons 'urgently' requests Pres Nixon and his energy officials to hold conf with trucking indus mgt to discuss impact of fuel shortage on indus and on Teamster members, telegram to Nixon; deputy press sec G L Warren declines, in Nixon's name, to criticize blockade of hwys by truck drivers; says Adm is encouraging negotiations; neither Teamsters nor trucking indus has endorsed blockades, but they have expressed sympathy with motives of drivers; Teamsters spokesman contends that Cost of Living Council should halt increases in fuel prices; Amer Trucking Assn pres W A Bresnahan says trucking indus will go along with 55 mph speed limit; says 50 mph limit will be 'disastrous'; says indus should be allowed '100% of its fuel needs' so that nation can avoid serious inflation; United Transportation Union pres A H Chesser and Amer Railroad Assn pres S Ailes contend that 'return to rails' is best way to ease growing energy crisis

NYC Mayor-elect A D Beame on Dec 5 calls for resignation of 265 high-ranking officials in Mayor Lindsay adm; asserts that if they wish to remain in office beyond next Jan 1 they should submit written applications, with resumes, 'which will be given prompt consideration'; states, in form lr written at his order by Deputy Mayor-designate J A Cavanagh and delivered by hand, that he will 'appreciate' officials remaining in their positions until final decision is made; lr notes that some Lindsay officials will be reapptd if they wish to remain in city service; some top Lindsay officials are indignant at what they describe as impersonal tone of lr; concede that it is customary for new adm to request resignations of holdover appointees but say it is usually done in more personal fashion; call lr 'humiliating' and 'insensitive'; example of attitude is reaction of Munic Services Admr M Musicus, who has been in Civil Service for 37 yrs; Musicus declares that he does not intend to answer lr and that he does not know why it was sent; asserts it is humiliating for man with 37 yrs of service to be told to submit resume; notes that he has put in his retirement papers, effective Dec 31; Finance Admr R Lewisohn takes different attitude; calls lr 'eminently fair and considerate'; vast majority of city officials refuse to comment; first Lindsay adm official of importance to answer lr is Pks, Recreation and Cultural Affairs Admr R M Clurman, who writes to Cavanagh that he intends to resign, effective Jan 1, unless Beame asks him to do otherwise and that he would like to be of assistance to Beame adm; Fire Comr J T O'Hagan terms lr 'proper' and has sent in resignation and separate lr and resume requesting reapptmt; City Planning Comm Chmn J E Zuccotti says he will submit resignation and 'would look forward' to discussions with Beame; one of most important Lindsay adm officials, who asks that his name be withheld, suggests that Beame lr is effort by Beame to rationalize fact that he has been slow in making apptmts and that he does not want to reappt Police Comr D F Cawley, hoping that problem would be solved by Cawley's refusal to ask for reapptmt

Worries over the energy crisis and the uncertainty of corporate profits continued to batter the stock market yesterday. The Dow‐Jones industrial average, dropping 14.90 points to 788.31, has tumbled nearly 200 points in less than six weeks. Page 71.

CAB Chmn Timm says CAB must take from airline indus mgt many of its prerogatives for scheduling flights if adequate service is to be maintained in face of massive cutbacks due to fuel shortages, speech, Dallas, Dec 5; denies indus allegations that such role would border on nationalization of indus; rejects indus charge of CAB 'empire building'; notes problems involved in effecting an immediate 25% cut in services which indus took 35 yrs to develop; Timm por

E Coleman is believed by officials to be youngster who was sent home from state training school in July after landmark decision by NYS Appeals Ct; decision held that persons in need of supervision (PINS) should not be kept in same facilities with juvenile delinquents; arrested boy gave same name, birth date, address and pending Family Ct status as youth identified in ct case; Legal Aid Soc lawyer S M Schlussel recalls case