March 19, 1975

NY League of Voluntary Hosps makes new offer to striking physicians of Com of Interns and Residents on 2d day of strike, but union indicates it will reject offer and make counterproposal; management offer is directed to demand for reduction in duty schedules from reptd 100 hrs to 80 hrs; union members are surprised and gratified by statement from AMA chmn Dr Richard E Palmer and pres Dr Malcolm C Todd that overworked drs are threat to patient care; Dr S David Pomrinse, dir of Mount Sinai Hosp, says statement shows ignorance of AMA's own requirements and is power play for future additional members from strikers' ranks; repts from league and many of 15 voluntary and 6 munic hosps affected continue to indicate that patient care is being maintained by sr attending physicians and med faculty members even though 1 / 2 of 3,000 internes and residents are on strike; league pres Jess Solivan accuses union of 'irresponsible' false statements that internes and resident are 'habitually worked mercilessly long hrs'; says about 50% of internes and residents use free time to work in other insts and to make private house calls for physicians in private practice; Physicians Natl Housestaff Assn pres Dr Robert G Harmon says housestaff physicians across US are now determined to end exploitation by hosp admrs (M)

SKORPIOS, Greece, March 18 —Aristotle Onassis was buried today on the quiet hillside where he married Jacqueline Kennedy six years ago and buried his only son four years later.

US mil sources indicate N Vietnamese troops are entering what sources regard as 2d phase of offensive designed to cut S Vietnam in half; say N Vietnamese forces are occupying territory in central highlands and are moving toward S Vietnam's seacoast; Pentagon sources say forces are now engaging in conventional warfare in which guerrilla and local forces are playing little or no part; S Vietnamese forces around Ban Me Thuot are reptdly falling back to within 60 miles of seacoast in apparent effort to hold Route 1, main road to north; Amer sources say N Vietnamese drive is likely to focus on Ninh Hoa, Tuy Hoa and Oui Nhon, which are towns along Route 1; hold successful northern drive to coast will be serious but not fatal blow to S Vietnam's plans to conduct active defense in northern provs; S Vietnamese Govt now has sufficient transport aircraft and shipts to resupply and reinforce troops in northern provs; switch from guerrilla to conventional warfare may be to South's advantage; S Vietnamese Army was trained and equipped by US and are more efficient in conventional warfare than North Vietnamese troops; jr officers familiar with S Vietnam emphasize that despite efforts in Washington to discount importance of highlands, Vietnamese accept old belief that power holding highlands holds Vietnam; sources believe conventiaonl forces will be directed on northern cities of Hue and Danang; N Vietnamese reptdly have about 300,000 men in south with supplies sufficient to fight at present level for 18 mos; shortages of supplies in south noted; S Vietnamese strategic options assessed (M)

WASHINGTON, March 18—The Supreme Court extended to theatrical productions today the same kind of constitutional protection against advance censorship and prohibition that newspapers, books and motion pictures have had.

Brit Prime Min Wilson says Labor Govt will recommend that Britons back GB's continued membership in EEC during vote on referendum in June, speech, House of Commons; decision is cheered by members of Conservative party but is greeted largely with silence by Wilson's colleagues in Labor party, reaction seen reflecting party divisions and problems being faced by Prime Min as he attempts to prevent his Govt from breaking up over issue; Wilson tells MP's that members of Cabinet who disagree with decision will have right to speak freely, move, he maintains, represents 'collective responsibility' unique in Brit history; controversy surrounding GB's membership in EEC revd; some opponents of Wilson's EEC policy noted; illus of Brit Foreign Sec James Callaghan illus during news session on EEC (M)