May 28, 1975

White House and other US Adm officials say Ford, on eve of his trip to to NATO conf in Brussels and to other cities in Eur, is reducing his reliance on Kissinger and assuming increasing command over his own foreign policy; stress however that he retains full confidence in Kissinger; demonstration of Kissinger's security in such confidence is seen in his correcting Ford on his statement about Portugal and NATO membership (M)

Pres Ford, in nationally televised speech on energy conservation, urges Cong to pass legis taxing windfall profits of domestic oil cos (S)

Europe Uncertain

NYC Transit Auth announces that 94 daily IRT train trips, constituting 4% of present IRT subway service, will be eliminated in Sept to cut operating deficits; reduction in off-peak daytime service reflects long-term decline in passenger traffic and need for operating economies; other service cutbacks are under study on BMT and IND lines; principle cutbacks on IRT line listed; auth says reduction of daily train trips from 2,208 to 2,114 is designed to cut costs for personnel and power by $2.5-million annually; savings are part of $38-million econ program announced by MTA Chmn David L Yunich; examples of how cutbacks will affect selected IRT stations noted (M)

Sup Ct declines to rev ct order under which a former CIA employe must submit all his future writing to CIA for prepublication censorship; Assoc Justice W O Douglas dissents; case concerns book The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence by John D Marks and ex-CIA agent Victor L Marchetti; case revd (M)