June 2, 1974

NYS Gov Wilson, asked how he would respond if Pres Nixon offered to help his election campaign, says he would ask for $200-million in Fed mass transit subsidies he has been seeking since Jan (S)

In the first industrywide walkout since 1921, about 110,000 workers represented by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America went on strike yesterday against 750 manufacturers of men's and boys' suits, topcoats and overcoats across the country.

NYS PSC, 3 to 2, authorizes NY Telephone Co to charge 10c for information and directory assistance calls; customers will be entitled to make 3 free calls for directory assistance every mo and will get 30c-a-mo credit on telephone bill; plan will not go into effect for about 1 yr because co must install special equipment; PSC says plan will result in net reduction in monthly bills of about 90% of co's 5.2-million residential customers and about 70% of 1.3-million business customers in NYC met area; blind and physically handicapped will be exempt from charge; information calls from coin-operated telephones, requests for unlisted numbers and long-distance calls will also be exempt; 2 dissenting votes were cast by Comrs Carmel Carrington Marr and Edward P Larkin (M)

Survey of trend toward condominium buying indicates that half of US population will live in condominiums by 1994; lack of Govt regulations is creating number of problems; there are increasing complaints of shoddy construction, unfair maintenance increases and builders who exercise control over key facilities for long period of time; HUD Sec James T Lynn acknowledges possibility that improper activities could force Govt action but says he will support Fed legis only after attempt at consumer education and campaign to persuade states to enact better condominium laws; advantages of condominium ownership noted; Natl Assn of Home Builders repts that condominiums acct for 14.3% of total housing starts this yr, compared with 8% in '72; when bldgs are converted from rental units to condominium ownership tenants who do not choose to buy are usually given only 1 mo to find new housing and are often subject to harassment, those who decide to buy risk sudden collapse of key facilities; in effort to guide buyers, FHA is preparing booklet outlining most common pitfalls; theoretically, the Office of Interstate Land Sales Registration holds some authority over condominiums but can only require full disclosure in transactions across state lines; SEC is also limited because it can only regulate units that are promoted as investment as well as real estate; agency with greatest potential impact on condominium market is FTC which has authority to outlaw any deceptive trade practices (L)

NY Times survey finds while Vietnam war did not spawn a 'generation' of hard-core, committed heroin addicts, as was widely feared, it has left thousands of veterans embroiled with vast range of illicit drugs that saturated US forces in Vietnam; finds extensive use of melange of dangerous drugs, often non-narcotic, by Vietnam veterans has been virtually ignored by Defense Dept in its concentration on confirmed heroin addicts produced by war; asserts drug use among veterans is far more complex and serious than has been indicated publicly by some of highest Defense Dept and Govt authorities concerned with issue; finds majority of men who served in Vietnam were not drug users, and that some of those who were relinquished habit after return to US; notes, however, that many veterans, yr after withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam, are still addicts; notes contention of Defense Dept officials, that focus was almost exclusively on heroin addiction because drug was 'by far' of greatest concern, despite fact that diffuse drug practices of veterans was no different from those of growing number of Amer drug users; says many veterans insist they would have shunned addictive drugs, perhaps after 'experimenting,' if they had stayed home or served in area where drugs were less prevalent; asserts: nearly 50% of US Army enlistees who served in Vietnam during '70-72 probably used narcotics to some degree, as did much smaller numbers of officers and men in other service branches; many treatment programs have seen far fewer veterans than expected and Veterans Adm (which currently treats 7,000 veterans for drug use on outpatient basis) plans to close 44 of its treatment centers; veterans whose 1st use of narcotics was in Vietnam seem to be more likely to quit using narcotics than those who previously were drug users; there is no evidence that many addicted veterans 'infected' US population or engaged in drug-trafficking or drug-related crimes; many veterans turned to drugs for reasons of homesickness, boredom, fright, anxiety and because they liked it; notes findings of final rept of Dr Lee N Robins, sponsored by White House Special Action Office for Drug Abuse Prevention, which indicates 43% of Vietnam enlistees used narcotics, 25% amphetamines and 23% barbiturates and that probably no more than 4,075 veterans who served during '70-72 are still addicted; criticisms of Veterans Adm drug programs and bill sponsored by Sen Alan Cranston to to encourage or mandate increase in 'supportive' services and 'community-based' Veterans Adm drug treatment facilities discussed; additional findings of survey detailed; interviews with addicted veterans; illus (L)