February 19, 1974

NY Times survey examines impact of increasing number of black judges on US legal system; focuses on Detroit Judge George Crockett Jr, 1 of 325 black US judges; suggests that black judges are making particular efforts to apply law more evenly to all races and econ groups and that their presence in cts leads black citizens to have more confidence in fairness of legal system; views of Judges Bruce McM Wright, Geraldine Bledsoe Ford, Damon J Keith, Wade H McCree, John R Murphy, Thomas R Jones, Sherman W Smith and Israel Augustine also noted; Judge Crockett illus (L)

Randolph A Hearst announces he is ready to put up $2-million for poor to open negotiations with Symbionese Liberation Army for return of kidnapped daughter Patricia, news conf, San Francisco; illus; says arrangements have been made to deliver money to tax-exempt charitable orgn approved by Calif Atty Gen; says he contributed $500,000 and Hearst Foundation $1.5-million; says he has asked for legal help for army members Russell Little and Joseph M Remiro, being held on charges that include murder of Oakland Schools Supt Dr Marcus A Foster; Patricia Hearst linked future to fate of 2 men in earlier tape recordings sent to father; Hearst meets with Amer Indian Movement leaders, including Dennis Banks; stresses many problems must be overcome before food is distributed; 2 kidnappers believed to be esaped convicts Donald DeFreeze and Thero Wheeler (L)

Egyptian and Saudi Foreign Mins give Sec Kissinger 4-nation Arab proposal for disengagement of Israeli and Syrian forces along Golan hts, meeting, Washington; Kissinger, after meeting with Mins Ismail Fahmy and Omar Saqqaf, expresses hope that proposal will lead to opening of formal talks on disengagement; proposal, agreed to in Algiers by Syrian Pres Assad, Egyptian Pres Sadat, Algerian Pres Boumediene and Saudi King Faisal, will be presented by Saqqaf and Fahmy to Pres Nixon; neither Kissinger nor Fahmy refers directly to Israel, Syria or disengagement issue but their remarks indicate that disengagement is substance of issue; mins apparently discussed variety of matters with Kissinger including oil; Fahmy, to dispel repts of div among Arabs on question of mil withdrawal on hts and lifting of oil embargo, says Arab decision was unanimous; Kissinger reptdly will conf with Nixon and Israeli Amb Dinitz; Fahmy and Saqqaf joined Vice Pres and Mrs Ford, Under Sec Sisco, Amb and Mrs Bunker and Kissinger's friend Nancy Maginnes for drinks; illus of Kissinger, Saqqaf and Fahmy (S)

Dem Richard F VanderVeen wins Vice Pres Ford's HR scat and becomes 1st Dem in 64 yrs to be elected to Cong from Mich's 5th Dist in election widely viewed as guage of Pres Nixon's standing among Middle West Repubs; Vice Pres Ford says he is disappointed; VanderVeen calls for Nixon's resignation and says his victory constitutes vote of no confidence in Pres; por (L)

Dallas Duncan McBride is arrested in Huntsville, Ala, as he tries to drive through roadblock leading to area where Pres Nixon was to speak; has rifle in car; is charged with drunken driving (S)