March 30, 1974

Brit Labor Govt closes tax loophole that enabled foreign execs and others working for foreign cos to avoid or substantially reduce personal income tax bills; many execs say they must now leave GB to avoid heavy taxation; Amers would have to pay more than if they returned to US; some execs face 75% cut in income (M)

Negotiations aimed at heading off a transit strike threatened for Monday intensified, but crucial wage issues have not been resolved, Page 29.

White House agrees to surrender all materials subpoenaed Mar 15 by Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski; still pending is dispute between Pres Nixon and HR Judiciary Com, which asked for additional tapes and documents for its impeachment inquiry; there are indications compromise will soon be reached; there is possibility that Jaworski will subpoena additional material to be used in prosecution of defendants indicted in Watergate cover‐up; rev of action taken on previous subpoenas; White House press sec Ronald L Ziegler says in reference to materials covered by subpoena that no tapes are involved (M)

20‐member Fed grand jury, after 3 days of deliberation, on March 29 indicts 1 present member and 7 former members of Ohio Natl Guard on charges of violating civil rights of 4 Kent State Univ students shot to death and 9 others wounded during ‘70 campus demonstration; 8 indicted are charged with willfully assaulting and intimidating demonstrators and firing guns in their direction; penalty upon conviction of such charges is 1 yr's imprisonment and $1,000 fine, but sentence may be increased to life imprisonment in this case, where death resulted from Guardsmen's actions; jury finds no evidence of conspiracy among Guardsmen and fails to cite any Guard officers or Govt officials who have been criticized for creating climate that led to shootings; Asst Atty Gen Stanley Pottinger says jury will be reconvened to hear further evidence; results of previous investigations noted; shootings revd; parents of slain students, Arthur Krause, Mrs Louis Schroeder, Mrs Sandra Scheuer and Bernard Miller, comment; Peter Davies, author of book about tragedy, claims indictments show Amer system can be responsive if pushed hard enough; 8 indicted are Lawrence A Shafer, James D McGee, William E Perkins, James E Pierce, Ralph W Zoller, Barry W Norris, Mathew J McManus and Leon H Smith; illus of Guardsmen firing on students (L)

sources close to Cong Joint Com on Internal Revenue Taxation, which is investigating Pres Nixon's taxes, say Nixon's tax attys have rejected any suggestion that Nixon voluntarily amend his returns and pay additional taxes and have asked to argue their case before com; say com will receive within 1 wk a staff rept concluding that Pres Nixon owes substantially more than $78,651 he paid on income totaling more than $1‐million in yrs ‘69 through ‘72; suggestion that Nixon file new returns for yrs in question comes from com Chmn W D Mills; sources say new appraisal of Nixon's pre‐Pres papers, which he donated to Natl Archives and for which he took large tax deduction, has put much lower value on them (M)