November 12, 1974

US Chamber of Commerce pres Arch N Booth calls Pres Ford's new anti-inflation program unfair because it calls for pledge by businessmen to hold or reduce prices while asking for no similar pledge by workers on wages, news conf; AFL-CIO repr Alan Bosch contends no pledge by workers was asked for because econ analysis indicates wages are not contributing to current price spiral (S)

Watergate cover-up jury hears parts of 3 White House tapes that led to former Pres Nixon's resignation; chief prosecutor James F Neal says, out of jury's presence, that tapes and other evidence prove 'direct agency' in which Nixon's 'agents' obstructed justice at Nixon's order; tapes, made public Aug 5, contain Nixon's conversations with defendant H R Haldeman on June 23 '72, 6 days after Watergate break-in; they show Nixon telling Haldeman to direct CIA officials to tell FBI head to limit its inquiry into break-in; they show Nixon wanted curtailment for pol reasons rather than concern over natl security; tapes are played in conjunction with testimony by CIA Deputy Dir Lt Gen Vernon A Walters and then-FBI Acting Dir L Patrick Gray 3d; Walters testifies about getting directive from Haldeman in presence of John D Ehrlichman and passing it on to Gray; Gray tells of receiving it; testimony by Gray and Walters is largely repetition of what came out in Sen Watergate com hearings and impeachment proceedings; Haldeman's attys disclose that they have subpoenaed Repr L N Nedzi, chmn of HR Armed Forces Com's Intelligence subcom, calling for transcripts and other material relating to testimony and ints before com by Walters, former CIA Dir Richard Helms and Gray in spring of '73; Judge John J Sirica denies mistrial motions filed last wk by attys for J N Mitchell and Kenneth W Parkinson following Govt's disclosure that 1 of its supposed witnesses, William O Bittman, had withheld and lied about crucial memo prepared by E Howard Hunt Jr; postpones rulings on whether Hunt will be recalled to witness stand and whether memo is admissible as evidence; Joan C Hall, Charles W Colson's sec, testifies that she recd telephone calls in Aug and Oct of '72 from Hunt and his wife; says Hunts were seeking Colson's aid but Colson refused to talk to them; courtroom sketches of Walters and Gray (L)

TRENTON, Nov. 11 — The state's investigation of alleged political corruption and mob influence in New Jersey's garbage industry has begun to focus on charges against Anthony J, Grossi, president of the State. Board of Public Utility Commissioners.

efforts to lift pol and econ blockade on Cuba by OAS verges on collapse Nov 11 at Quito, Ecuador, meeting with advocates being 2 votes short of necessary 2/3 majority; US, Brazil, Nicaragua, Haiti and Guatemala have reptd that they will abstain in vote; Brazil, Chile and Uruguay mins suggest that session be suspended because resolution acceptable to 2/3s of members cannot be found; illus of Victor Gomez Berges, Foreign Min of Dominican Repub, addressing OAS, US Deputy Sec Robert S Ingersoll and Honduras Min Ricardo Pineda Milla (M)