June 13, 1975

The city's Police Department could eventually trim $100‐million yearly from its budget without reducing its effectiveness by adopting six major policy changes, according to a group of law enforcement and fiscal experts.

The Federal Court of Appeals in Washington ruled that the food stamp system does not give all recipients an adequate diet and ordered the drafting of a new allot ment plan. Details, Page 76.

Authoritative Govt sources rept CIA contributed 'material support' to group of Dominicans who assassinated Dominican dictator Gen Rafael Trujillo Molina; Repr James V Stanton notes this is one of 'successful assassination attempts'; says plot to assassinate Trujillo is felony but statute of limitations may have run out on charge, and conspiracy to commit act may have continued well after his death; Govt sources say Trujillo case is successful attempt mentioned recently by Sen Frank Church in his rept to Sen Select Com on Intelligence; information about assassination is given to Pres Ford by CIA dir William E Colby; it is reptdly unclear what US foreign policy objective would have been served by killing Gen Trujillo, although some believe it is part of 'series of events' connected with Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba 1 mo before; it is unclear how Trujillo's death was authorized and whether authorization occurred during Kennedy or Eisenhower Adm; assassination reptdly touched off massive roundup of opponents of Trujillo's regime; 1 man involved in attack reptdly cracked under interrogation and told captors that at least one of guns used had been supplied by operatives of CIA; Govt sources say matter of plots against Gen Trujillo and Cuban Premier Fidel Castro is covered in summary prepared by Rockefeller Comm but not made public in rept (M)

HR rejects proposal to place stiff tax directly on autos with low gasoline mileage rates; adopts much less stringent plan that will penalize auto mfrs and importers if their entire fleet of cars does not meet certain mileage standards by '78 (M)

Repr L N Nedzi resigns as chmn of HR Select Intelligence Com, protesting that fellow Dem com members stripped him of all but 'a gavel and a title'; public questioning of CIA Dir William E Colby is postponed when Repubs boycot subcom meeting on ground that Nedzi's resignation removed any need for subcom; Nedzi agrees to HR Speaker C Albert's request that he wait until June 16 to ask HR to approve his resignation; Reprs R N Giaimo, R McClory, D C Treen comment; Nedzi illus; illus of Colby before HR subcom (M)