August 26, 1974

Malaysian Prime Min Tun Abdul Razak and his Natl Front Coalition win striking victory in Aug 25 gen election but landslide does not remove racialism from nation's pol life; with returns fairly complete, Govt Front seems headed for control of nearly 90% of seats in Parliament and similar stunning majorities in states where assembly elections were held; in process of securing power for next 5 yrs, Malay-dominated Govt's strong victory wiped out all moderate and nonracial opposition parties but left militant, racially oriented Chinese party as only alternative to Govt; Chinese group, called Democratic Action party, which campaigns on platform demanding more Chinese power and accusing Govt of trying to destroy Chinese rights and culture, survived Govt sweep and emerged intact, if not stronger; returns so far give party only 9-seat bloc on 154-seat Parliament, but it did capture more than 20% of popular vote; long-time pol observers feel that emergence of Democratic Action party as only viable opposition could polarize politics racially and exaggerate ethnic differences; election figures noted; por of Razak (M)

Survey of change in attitude of many parents of deserters and draft dodgers toward their sons' actions from that of indignation to respect; illus (L)

NYS Dem gubernatorial hopeful Howard J Samuels again accuses opponent Repr Hugh L Carey of misrepresenting his views on heroin maintenance, TV debate (S)

planning for orderly elevation of G R Ford to Presidency began mos before Pres Nixon decided to resign; plans, which were kept secret from Nixon and, at 1st, from Ford, were initiated by Ford's closest friend Philip W Buchen; 'scenario' for 1st days of Ford Adm was drafted in June by Clay T Whitehead and 3 other men and details of change in Govt were settled 36 hrs before event by assortment of pol and corp friends of Ford who met at home of US Steel Corp vp William G Whyte; chronology of transition plans; Buchen por (L)

Alexander P. de Seversky, a zealous proponent of strategic air power whose inventions were major contributions to military and civil aviation, died at the age of 80. Page 32.