April 2, 1976

Labor Sec W J Usery Jr presses both sides in trucking strike to compromise and reach agreement, in hope of avoiding ct injunction to end walkout that began on Mar 31 ; hints that Pres Ford will seek injunction under Taft Hartley Act, news conf; sources close to negotiations say that tentative settlement appears to be imminent; strike is beginning to be felt in industries such as auto and other major mfrs as movement of goods and parts is cut; significant force in bargaining has been Chicago Teamsters official Louis Peick and Fenner; illus (M)

US repr to UN Human Right Comm Leonard Garment, in speech prepared for Amer Jewish Cong conf in Washington, refers sarcastically to Egypt as paragon of repr govt (S)

NY Times separate ints with Jimmy Carter, Sen Henry M Jackson and Repr Morris K Udall on 5 topics; show Carter's position on econ issues differing markedly from stands taken by Jackson and Udall; aspirants’ positions detailed (M)

Former CIA official and Japanese sources indicate many details of scandal were known by CIA; agency reptdly was informed of payoffs via contacts at Amer Embassy, Tokyo, in late 50s; Japanese citizen who worked for Lockheed in ‘58 says he informed CIA agent, working as Embassy officer, of payoffs; denies involvement in payoffs; says he was unaware that officer was CIA agent; former sr intelligence officials confirm that Embassy officer was agency functionary assigned to Tokyo station; say details of Lockheed scandal were known in high levels within agency, which failed to pass information on to Justice Dept or to Grumman Corp whose F‐11 fighter was rejected in favor of Lockheed's F‐104; CIA counsel Mitchell Rogovin denies any agency involvement with Lockheed or participation in payoffs; Lockheed spokesman denies co had dealings with individuals in Japan that it knew to be CIA agents; revelations of agency's affiliation with Japanese politicians, such as Yoshio Kodama, contradicts interpretation of Lockheed bribes originally offered by Sen Subcom on Multinatl Corps; CIA involvement in Japan and Kodama's relations with agency discussed; Kodama illus (L)

Sen and HR Budget Coms reject Pres Ford's proposed Soc Security tax increases (S)