May 27, 1976

Illus of Jimmy Carter and Mayor Beame

Heidegger, Martin

Defense Sec Donald H Rumsfeld intercedes on behalf of Lockheed Aircraft Corp in attempt to salvage co's sale of $250-million worth of P-3C Orion patrol planes to Japan; is attempting to overcome Japanese reluctance to buy planes from Lockheed in light of recent scandal; has proposed Govt-to-Govt arrangement under which Defense Dept would become contracting agent for sale; has also suggested that Defense Dept be prepared to give Japanese Govt guarantees on financial ability of Lockheed to mfr planes (L)

NY Post publisher Dorothy Schiff says in biog that she had personal relationship with F D Roosevelt that lasted from '36 to '43; by her acct, her 2d husband, George Backer, was not only aware of relationship but was proud of it, saying that he saw it in a 'sort of droit du seigneur way'; Backer played role in Roosevelt campaigns of '30s; Schiff also implies that Eleanor Roosevelt knew of her relationship and may even have approved of her, although 'I still think she was in love with him in spite of everything'; revelations are contained in direct quotations based on taped ints conducted with Schiff in Men, Money and Magic: the Story of Dorothy Schiff, by Jeffrey Potter; Joseph Lash, author of book Eleanor and Franklin, and John J Geoghegan, pres of Schiff book's publisher, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan Inc, comment; illus of Schiff, Roosevelt, Backer and Page (L)

OECD members, after yr of negotiations, agree on strict code of conduct for multinatl corps; guidelines, which are voluntary and which are expected to carry considerable political and moral weight, stipulate that corps should not 'render, and should not be solicited or expected to render' direct or indirect bribes or other improper benefit to any public servant or holder of public office; stipulate that corps, unless legally permissible, should not make contributions to candidates for public office or to political parties or other political orgns, and should abstain from any improper involvement in local political activities; other guidelines noted; current bribery scandals involving US multinatl corps noted (L)