November 20, 1974

NYC Bd of Trade repts current US recession is causing many college graduates to compete with school dropouts and welfare recipients for shrinking number of low‐paying entry‐level jobs; bd leader William F Haddad appeals to NYC businessmen to renew ‘60s commitment to help NY's disadvantaged; bd chmn Max O Urbahn describes situation as ‘econ crisis’ and asks employers to give ‘parity of opportunity’ to poor; recent bd survey reveals fewer than 100 job openings in NYC among 800 cos that together employ more than 100,000 workers; Urbahn says beginning jobs have been sharply curtailed, turnover is light, vacant positions are not being filled, jobs are being consolidated upwards and competition for openings is intense; survey likens situation to econ problems of 30s; NYS Labor Dept statistics show 231,000 persons unemployed in NYC during Sept ‘74, giving NYC unemployment rate of 7.4%, compared with 6.1% for NYS and 5.8% for nation; NYC Employment Comr Lucille Rose contends unemployment rate in poor black and Puerto Rican neighborhoods may be as high as 25% (M)

The Senate voted 64 to 17 yesterday to approve a six‐year, $11.8‐billion mass transit program that would provide $170‐million in operating subsidies this fiscal year to‐ward siving the 35‐cent fare. The show of support was aimed at impressing the House, where the bill has been stalled in the Rules Committee. Page 25.

Mayor Beame announced a basic program that seeks to start the constraction or rehabilitation of over the next three years of up to 72,000 federally subsidized apartments for poor and “moderate‐income” families. Page 50.

16‐yr‐old Napoleon Lechoco Jr leaves Manila on Nov 19 for US with exit visa that his father, Napoleon Lechoco, won for him by holding Philippine Amb to US Eduardo Z Romualdez hostage in Washington, DC, embassy for more than 10 hrs; according to Philippine Information Dept, original request by youth for visa was rejected because he was confused with person facing embezzlement charge; his father surrendered to police as soon as he received assurances that his son would be allowed to leave Manila; Amb Romualdez and embassy aide Mario Lagdameo were released unharmed; Philippine Pres Marcos says in broadcast that if Lechoco had made simple request that his son's application be speeded, matter could have been cleared up quickly; says there was no need for an invasion of embassy; Marcos also issues proclamation granting amnesty for pol dissenters living abroad; proclamation pledges safe conduct for exiles who want to visit their homeland, but it requires that they submit to screening procedures of Mil Amnesty Comm (M)

W Ger Chancellor Willy Brandt, in Nov 29 statement approved by his successor Helmut Schmidt, suggests march toward united Eur by EEC could be much accelerated if those who drag their feet, GB and Italy, were left behind; Brandt plan includes better community consultation and joint energy policy; statement coincides with unproductive Paris conf on EEC and Eur unity between Brit Sec James Callaghan and French Min Jean Sauvagnargues; Callaghan rejects French proposal to do away with veto power in EEC and proposal for direct elections to Eur Palieament (M)