April 8, 1975

Associated Milk Producers' former lawyer Jake Jacobsen, under cross-examination by defense atty Edward Bennett Williams, concedes he is uncertain whether he gave former Treas Sec John B Connally $10,000 or $15,000 in alleged '71 payoffs; confirms that he told investigators in '74 that he might have given 3d $5,000 payment but cannot remember doing so; also confirms that his Tex bank ventures, between May '71 and middle of '72, left him bankrupt and about $8-million in debt; affirms he met with prosecutors, who reptdly prepared him for trial; other testimony by Jacobsen noted; illus (M)

US Sen Dems rebuff suggestions from Pres Ford that Cong can be held responsible for deteriorating situation in SE Asia; Sen Mansfield calls on Pres Ford and Cong to 'work together' in foreign and domestic policy matters, opening speech in Sen after Easter recess; Sens Robert C Byrd, John O Pastore, Jennings Randolph and Russell B Long, former supporters of US policy in Indochina, harshly emphasize their opposition to further mil aid to S Vietnam and Cambodia; Mansfield says there will be no further Cong action on Pres Ford's emergency aid requests until after Ford's Apr 10 foreign policy address to joint session of Cong; Randolph questions advisability of further US participation in variety of foreign assistance, particularly mil. programs; Long contends Amer people do not want to support policy, followed by number of Presidents in past, of making US a worldwide policeman; Sens Robert P Griffin and Robert Dole defend Ford's Indochina policies

renegade S Vietnamese pilot in F-5 attacks Doc Lap Palace in Saigon with bombs and machine-gun fire on Apr 8 in evident effort to kill Pres Nguyen Van Thieu; kills 2 palace workers and wounds 3; Thieu later announces he is safe and that damage to palace was minimal; says attack was by single 'faction'; says he has continued support of army Chief of Staff, Vice Pres, Premier and Army corps comdrs; Saigon radio announces 24-hr curfew barring all pedestrian or vehicular traffic from sts; Saigon airport continues to operate normally; Air Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky says he believes attack was isolated incident and had nothing to do with any organized coup attempt; illus of palace and of soldiers; map (M)

Sen Govt Operations Com subcom on investigations is questioning circumstances under which Fed-city undercover investigation of organized crime in NYC garment dist was abruptly ended about 9 mos ago; key man in investigation, called Project Cleveland, is Herman Goldfarb, who served 20 mos in state prison after pleading quilty to grand larceny and forgery; Goldfarb approached law enforcement authorities with plan by which he could expunge his criminal record; in Feb '73, he agreed to become pres of trucking co set up by Fed and city officials for purpose of penetrating crime; equipped with recording device, Goldfarb is said to have gathered information that incriminates Fed judge, 2 leading NYC politicians and serveral union officials; operation was ended last yr by Justice Dept; William I Aronwald, chief of Joint Strike Force against Organized Crime for Southern Dist, says only reason inquiry was ended was because undercover agent's life was in danger; says decision was made by FBI, NYC Police Dept, IRS and Justice Dept and no pressure was ever exerted to end investigation because it uncovered pol corruption; also says he had asked that Lt David Durk, key police official in case, be reassigned because Durk had turned over confidential police repts to members of media; Police Dept spokesman says no charges are being brought against Durk; 1 of men accused of crimes by Goldfarb is US Dist Ct judge in Bklyn who is said to have given suspended sentence to convicted income tax evader, despite opinion of 2 fellow judges that offender be given prison term; defendant in the case testified before grand jury, which also heard testimony from 2d man who was alleged intermediary in case; Times knows identity of judge in tax case and of trucking co, but names will not be reptd because Sen subcom and Fed grand jury are still investigating accuracy of Goldfarb's allegations; Judge Jacob Mishler, Chief Judge of Eastern Dist, 1 of 2 judges who recommended prison term for tax evader, and 1 of few officials to have examined documents in case, reaffirms that there was 'no communication between Southern Dist and Eastern Dist' over the matter

US CIA says USSR exports to West totaled about $7.5-billion in '74; predicts exports will rise to $9.3-billion in '75, to $17.7-billion by '80 and to $24.7-billion by '85, adjusted for inflation (S)