January 31, 1975

Wilson and Pres Ford illus, Washington, with their wives

US State Dept announces N Vietnamese troops may be preparing for major offensive by moving 1 and perhaps 2 combat divs into S Vietnam in what is seen as beginning of Ford Adm struggle to convince Cong of need for additional $300‐million in mil aid to S Vietnamese Govt; previous Defense and State Dept statements said that Adm believed N Vietnam would not carry out major offensive in next 6 mos; Lt Gen Daniel O Graham gives details of new troop movements at unusual public briefing before HR Appropriations Com; Asst Sec of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Philip C Habib says N Vietnamese divs are being watched ‘with some concern’ (M)

Morris B Abram, chmn of NYS Moreland Act Comm set up to investigate conditions in nursing homes, names 4 other comm members and pledges that their work will not suffer fate of ‘60 Kaplan rept on alleged nursing home frauds in NYC that was apparently ignored by high city officials; named to comm are Peter A A Berle, former Manhattan Assemblyman, Dr Isadore Rossman, geriatrics specialist, Mrs Dorothy B Wadsworth, dir of development at Rochester Inst of Tech, and Aminda Wilkins, former NYC asst comr of soc services; Prof Amitai Etzioni is named staff dir; in another development, Gov Carey's Task Force on the Aged recommends that state legislators be barred from serving as lawyers for nursing homes and that legal staff of NYS Health Dept be strengthened to enable it to move more swiftly and efficiently to close substandard homes; calls for returning inspections to local health depts comm members (M)

excerpts from Gov Carey's budget message to Legis (L)

article on how NYS Gov Carey's proposed $806‐million tax program would affect NYS taxpayers (M)