June 29, 1975

Pres Isabel Martinez de Peron denounces Peronist labor leaders on June 28 and calls for continued support of Govt and its econ austerity program, natl TV address; speech appears to put Peron adm on collision course with significant part of labor movment, which has been strong supporter of Govt; Peron permits immediate salary increases of 50% for all employes, with additional 30% by end of '75; offers no indication that she will submit to labor demands for resignations of Econ Min Celestino Rodrigo and Soc Welfare Min Jose Lopez Rega; Labor Min Richard Otera announces his resignation; Peronist bloc in Sen offers to support trade-union demands on salaries; labor leaders silent (M)

Some Southern judges and civil rights lawyers appear to be softening demands for massive busing and are permitting school adms to operate neighborhood schools; fear flight of whites from cities and greater use of private schools are resegregating previously desegregated schools; situation in Montgomery, Ala, Jackson, Miss, Atlanta, Ga, Charlotte, NC, and Memphis, Tenn, discussed; considerable integration, particularly in faculties, has been achieved; efforts by civil rights lawyers to consolidate urban and suburban school dists have so far been unsuccessful and could be expected to spur move from public to private schools; recent decision by Fed Dist Judge Frank Johnson in Montgomery and Judge James McMillan in Charlotte noted; trend may not be ltd to South (M)

Comment on US-USSR moves toward accord on banning meteorological and other forms of environmental warfare (S)

Survey of water samplings from public beaches in NYC met area indicates that water quality is good--and improving--at almost all beaches; NYC Environmental Protection Admr Robert A Low credits improved water quality to immense investments in sewage-treatment plants; says it will take till '81 to complete North River Water Pollution Control Project on Hudson River to treat 220-million gallons of raw Manhattan sewage still dumped daily into NY Harbor; about 600-million to 700-million gallons of polluted water still flow into upper harbor daily; NYC and Nassau County beaches listed according to acceptability; Conn and NJ both rept water quality better than last yr; map of areas in NYC where swimming is prohibited or not recommended (L)

The city's high schools, after years of near‐stagnation, have undergone far‐ reaching and fundamental changes over the last decade that educators here hope will help reverse a steady decline in student achievement.