September 5, 1974

The‐ Democratic primary campaigns of Hugh L. Carey and Howard J. Samuels were reported yesterday to be running at substantial deficits—unusual for rival candidates in a primary campaign.

Pres Ford names Mary Louise Smith as his choice for Repub Natl Com Chmn; if approved by com, Mrs Smith will become 1st woman to head party; Smith says she would appt Va Repub party Chmn Richard D Obenshain as her successor as com co-chmn; party professionals see selection of Mrs Smith as holding action, designed to grant Repub Com Chmn George Bush his wish to escape from job without committing Ford for long term; they say that bewteen next Nov and late '75, Ford will probably install at com the person he expects to manage his own re-election campaign; Mrs Smith says she does not view her apptmt as 'interim job'; illus of Smith and Bush (L)

 

NYC arbitrator Eric J Schmertz on Sept 4 orders NYC Fire Dept to return personnel transferred after last Nov's firemen's strike to their original cos; considers post-strike transfers as dept's retaliatory response to Nov 6 strike; decision concerns 148 firemen, including 10 delegates of UFA who were reassigned to different fire cos in major dept shakeup; says precipitous transfer of some union delegates constituted breach by dept of union's representation rights under collective bargaining agreement; holds transfer under dept's Order 225 followed strike by less than 3 wks, was conceived, planned and structured in unprecedented secrecy to make clear to firemen that 'future unlawful acts or breaches of dept discipline' would be dealt with sternly; UFA pres Richard J Vizzini lauds decision; ruling of Sup Ct Justice Burton B Roberts and fining of UFA $650,000 for defying ct order noted (M)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4—Twenty‐one economists, representing almost the entire spectrum of economic opinion, will meet here tomorrow in the first of a series of White House conferences on inflation, and there were indications that they might approach unanimity on at least some issues.