September 29, 1975

HR Select Intelligence Com Chmn Repr O G Pike says US security agencies have become such unwieldy bureaucracies that US might not be warned in advance of an unexpected attack, int on CBS TV program Face the Nation; assesses capabilities of US intelligence agencies; spokesman for CIA Dir William E Colby tells NY Times that Colby disputes Pike's assessment and that Amer intelligence 'is the best in the world'; Pike calls for better oversight and a smaller, more effective intelligence operation; conflict between com and White House over release of classified information revd; Pike says classified information released by com was already in public domain; reads from Dec 9 '73 article in Sunday Times of London and from recently published book entitled Kissinger by Marvin and Bernard Kalb; confirms that he suggested to White House that com would refrain from publishing any information Pres Ford certified might compromise natl security if it became known; says Adm has not accepted proposal yet; illus of Pike (M)

Sen Judiciary Com's Subcom on Immigration and Naturalization, which has apparently not held formal meeting in decade although over $2-million has been authorized for its operations, discussed as example of power that can be and often is wielded by com and subcom chmn; subcom chmn Sen J O Eastland insists he cannot get a quorum and says question of whether subcom does or does not meet regularly is almost irrelevant because subcom business usually is taken up when full Judiciary Com meets; praises subcom staff as 'hard working'; Eastland has long opposed changes in immigration laws; his critics contend his opposition is sole reason Cong has failed to enact remedial legis (L)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28—These were the Giants their most fanatic fans have come to know and tolerate, not the imposters who beat Philadelphia last week.

prime topic of discussion in Sec Schlesingers current talks with allied officials in Eur has been insistence by Eurs that US buy more Eur-made weapons and that there be more standardization of weapons; Schlesinger has been warning that standardization may become excuse for dividing up arms mkt and protecting arms industries within individual countries; conflicts on issue pointed up in recent conf with Brit Min Roy Mason and in memo they issued on talks; some progress toward standardization noted; Schlesinger, in Bonn, discusses issue with Min Georg Leber; suggests Eur-Amer competition in prototype weapons (M)

Article describes current controversy brewing in transportation indus and among its various components about issue of Fed subsidies; notes Natl Assn of Motor Bus Owners is escalating campaign against Fed subsidization of Amtrak; recent newspaper ad in NY Times underscoring assn's views noted; drive comes as part of flurry of recriminations over which of nation's leading transport modes has been getting more direct and indirect Govt subsidies, at expense of its competitors and public funds; Amtrak, in turn, has depicted air service in recent ad series as poor means of transportation in comparison to rr travel; freight rrs and trucking cos are also trading charges of over-subsidization, and most air and land transport interests are raising charge that water carriers pay no user charges, although Govt clears and maintains waterways; disputes raise anew questions about complex interplay of Govt subsidies and expenditures on transporation, estimated at some $450-billion in last 50 yrs (L)