January 20, 1974

Western diplomats in Saigon see current S Vietnamese‐Chinese conflict over sovereignty over Paracel Islands as attempt by both to assert ownership of undersea oil in area; map

CAIRO, Jan. 19 — President Anwar el‐Sadat,of Egypt toured Arab ‘capitals today in an attempt to get the most important Arab leaders to underwrite the agreement signed by Egypt and Israel yesterday on the disengagement Of their forces along the Suez Canal.

Mgt and Budget Office Dir Roy L Ash says Pres Nixon's fiscal ‘75 budget will all but abandon last yr's highly controversial device of ‘impounding’ funds for programs approved by Cong, int; says budget office will revert to its normal practice of ‘reserving’ appropriated funds for various programs; Pres's gradual retreat during ‘73 on impoundment issue has meant some increase in budget; Ash says amount is less than $1‐billion in fiscal ‘74 and about $1‐billion in fiscal ‘75; 1 reason for change in policy on impoundment is that prospect of slowdown in econ this yr has made possible a somewhat more relaxed budget policy in gen; Ash says of $30‐billion increase in spending about $20‐billion will be in ‘uncontrollable’ programs and of remaining $10‐billion nearly all is beyond Adm's control (M)

China expels 5 Soviet citizens Jan 19, including a sr diplomat and 2 other members of Soviet Embassy, for alleged espionage, and charges in a protest note that facts in case show ‘utter hypocrisy’ of Soviet claim it wants to normalize relations with China (M)

survey of major cos across nation shows more women are advancing into significant posts, not just token or window‐dressing jobs, that women are brushing past blacks in certain previously all‐white, all‐male areas, that women are moving into lower managerial jobs that feed into executive pipeline; experience of many specific individuals detailed; Carolyn Chin, sheet buyer at Macy's, and Jetta Brenner, Sheraton Russell Hotel mgr, illus; militant feminism and activity of Equal Employment Opportunity Comm (EEOC) credited; EEOC recd 34,000 sex discrimination complaints, yr ended June 30, but many women are filing their own lawsuits; John H Powell Jr, to succeed William H Brown 3d as EEOC chmn, will be watched by blacks and women to see if he continues agency role in corp race and sex bias; consultants believe opportunities for women will dry up in next decade; urge women to make their moves now (L)