September 20, 1974

NYS Chief Judge Breitel orders convening of Ct on the Judiciary to consider whether NYS Sup Ct Justice Wilfred A Waltemade should be removed from office; charges against justice are not made public; he has been criticized in past for conduct on bench by NYC Bar Assn and investigative reporter Jack Newfield in NY Magazine article in ‘72; Judiciary Relations Com probed complaint, splitting on whether to recommend convening of Ct on the Judiciary; Waltemade issues statement saying he is confident of vindication by ct (M)

Some Sens say privately that adverse public reaction to Pres Ford's pardoning of former Pres Nixon made it easier for some Sens to oppose Pres Ford's request to delay for 3 mos a pay increase for Fed employes (S)

Watergate prosecutor Leon Jaworski subpoenas former Pres Nixon to serve as witness for prosecution at Watergate cover‐up trial; FBI spokesman in Los Angeles says subpoena was served on Nixon at his San Clemente, Calif, estate; subpoena was issued after fruitless meeting between prosecution and defense attys; sources say defense attys insisted on Nixon's being called for exact identification of 33 White House tapes assembled for use at trial; say defense lawyers refused to accept as genuine copies of tapes and transcripts prepared by Jaworski's office; Jaworski says he plans to play tapes to jury, with jurors following on written transcripts; Nixon is to be called to testify that recordings are genuine and have not been altered; associate prosecutor James F Neal comments; Nixon's ability and willingness to respond to subpoena is in question because in related suit attys have moved to quash a subpoena, citing Nixon's health problems and Pres privilege; in motion filed in Fed Dist Ct with Judge Charles R Richey in 2 civil suits that grew out of Watergate burlary, Nixon's attys have asked that subpoenas for 4 mos of tapes be quashed; Nixon claimed exec privilege; Watergate defendant John D Ehrlichman raised health issue in asking for delay in starting trial (L)

official repts of ‘74 campaign financing show that oil and gas industries led other industries in contributions to election campaigns of members of House Ways and Means Com, which originate all tax legis (S)

Sec Kissinger says that reduced tensions between US and USSR have opened way for much broader East‐West collaboration on such crucial global problems as food, energy and environment, Sept 19 testimony to Sen Foreign Relations Com; strongly defends Nixon and Ford Adms pursuit of detente; breaks no significant new ground in largely philosophical 10,000‐word statement; couples hope that Russians and Amers will pay more attention to ‘humane concerns’ with reaffirmation that US will protect allies and will not decide unilaterally to cut back defenses; Sen Case expresses doubt about value of detente; Kissinger says that on balance, gains from detente have been more in favor of US than in opposite direction; in response to query by Fulbright, Kissinger says that USSR does not have nuclear superiority over US; adds that some in Pentagon are concerned that trends over 10 yrs may lead to imbalance in favor of USSR; says that it is difficult to define what superiority means (L)