December 12, 1973

HR votes, 319-80, on Dec 11 against USSR's emigration policies by denying lower tariffs or export credits to USSR unless Pres Nixon can certify that it will not restrict emigration; at issue chiefly is Soviet restriction on emigration of Jews; Natl Conf on Soviet Jewry pres J Goodman says he has spoken with Soviet Jews and 'they are elated' over result of vote; Amer Jewish Com pres E Wintern holds that vote in HR 'expresses decisive judgment' of US public opinion

Fed Judge C R Richey orders IRS on Dec 11 to grant tax-exempt status to public interest research group on ground that refusal of White House to give judge some documents in case constituted admission that White House had exercised improper pressure on IRS; case hinges on some disclosures made before Sen Watergate com that White House had told IRS to crack down on left-wing orgns having or seeking tax-exempt status; case involves Center on Corp Responsibility; after testimony before com by ex-White House counsel J W Dean 3d concerning White House memos to IRS asking for IRS action against 'left-wing' and 'activist' orgns, center went back into ct and asked that question of improper influence on unfavorable ruling be examined; ultimate result was that Richey ordered search of White House files aimed at disclosure of any such memos; White House counsel J F Buzhardt Jr responded to request by producing 4 documents but did not fully comply with Richey's order as there was no search of impounded files of ex-White House aides, incuding C W Colson, J D Ehrlichman, H R Haldeman, J J Caulfield of Dean

Cellist and art patron J Scholz announces on Dec 11 that he has given his collection of Ital drawings, largest and finest in US, to Pierpont Morgan Library; collection consists of more than 1,500 works by such masters as Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael, Titian and Bellini; acquisition gives Morgan Library pre-eminent status in field of Ital drawings in US; Scholz says he wishes to keep collection in NYC, emphasizing library's services to students and scholars, including availability of drawings in sympathetic surroundings, with assurance that collection remain intact as unit to make library center for study of Ital drawing; library dir C Ryskamp comments; Scholz por; illus of drawing by Parmigianino

Repub leaders note that Gov Rockefeller's new, more conservative, image has lowered some of old barriers to his becoming Pres, and that he might finally have learned need to start running early instead of vacillating as he did in past campaigns

The stock market fell yesterday in active trading, ending a strong three‐day rally. The Dow‐Jones industrials dropped 16.96 points to 834.18. Page 65.