June 15, 1976

Garrison of Lebanese Arab Army reptdly falls to Syrian troops in southeastern Lebanon; fighting reptd in mts NE of Beirut; Syrian vessels are reptdly firing warning shots at any ships approaching Saida; Beirut is relatively quiet; Palestinian leadership is unhappy with reptd decision by Riad to put off dispatch of 'symbolic' peacekeeping force until at least June 19; Jumblat meets with Arab ambs and issues appeal to Libya, Algeria and Iraq to send troops to Lebanon to counter Syrian 'invasion'; map (M)

Pres Ford calls for legis that would require disclosure of questionable foreign payments by US cos on grounds that bribery of foreign officials poses potential harm to US foreign relations, statement, White House briefing; calls for accelerated progress toward internatl agreement that would block bribery by multinatl cos; Ford's proposals would impose no penalty or sanction of any kind on cos that paid bribes to foreign officials provided cos rept payments to Govt agency; Sen William Proxmire, sponsor of legis to make corp bribery criminal offense, characterizes Ford's statement as a 'bureaucratic copout'; task force chmn Elliot L Richardson notes questionable payments also involve extortion by foreign officials; says Pres Ford rejected task force opinion that would have made it criminal offense for US corps to bribe foreign officials (L)

Labor leaders seen cautiously moving toward public support of Carter, not out of enthusiasm for him but because they find no acceptable alternative; UAW pres Leonard Woodcock is only labor leader who has endorsed him so far; labor leaders who supported Sen Henry Jackson's now defunct campaign will meet with Jackson June 16; some will urge him to accept Vice Pres spot on Carter ticket; labor leaders also seen finding Sens Muskie, Mondale and Stevenson as acceptable Vice Pres candidates; comments from Fire Fighters pres Howard McClennan, George Meany spokesman Albert J Zack, govt employees union exec William B Welsh, Sheetmetal Workers pres Edward J Carlough, Steelworkers pres I W Abel and Maritime Engineers pres Jesse Calhoon (M)

Marathon and Exxon are among 7 US corps to receive lr bombs on June 14; bombs from posted from Texarkana, Tex (S)

Udall concedes Dem Pros nomination to Carter after June 14 meeting, NYC; says he is not officially withdrawing from race, but has given Carter permission to approach his delegates; move seen as effort to retain influence and eligibility for Fed campaign funds (M)