September 2, 1976

Repr Wayne L Hays resigns under fire, ending 28‐yr Cong career; sends lrs of resignation to HR Speaker Carl Albert and Ohio Gov James A Rhodes, making no mention of sex scandal that brought about his downfall; fails to secure pledge that HR would take no further action against him after his departure; HR ethics com, 12‐0, votes to end its investigation following his resignation; Hays is still under investigation by Justice Dept and Fed grand jury, and is target of civil suit, as result of charge by Elizabeth Ray that she was put on Hays's payroll as his mistress; Hays is eligible for $30,000 annual pension; Gov Rhodes illus (M)

1st of 2 articles on pollution of Lake Ontario discusses NYS Environmental Conservation Dept plans for $10‐million salmon hatchery on lake to benefit sports fishermen; dept scientists warn, and officials concede, that level of Mirex in fish taken from lake is unacceptably high; Mirex is pesticide that has caused cancer in laboratory animals and been found, under certain circumstances, to break down into Kepone; FDA tests in May showed Mirex levels in fish that exceeded limit set for fish in interstate commerce; Canadian tests have confirmed findings; dept Deputy Comr Ted Hullar says dept presumes that contamination will eventually disappear; says that even if it does not, fish from hatchery could be used to stock uncontaminated bodies of water; map (L)

2d TV debate between Ford and Carter will be confined to defense matters and foreign policy (M)

Cong approves and sends to Pres Ford so‐called ‘sunshine’ bill that would require 50 Fed bds, including SEC, FCC, Fed Reserve Bd and FPC, to conduct their business in public; measure requires bds to announce meetings 1 week in advance; outlaws most off‐the‐record communications about cases; allows bds to close their meetings only in cases of defense and foreign policy matters and certain other cases; Pres Ford has said he basically agrees with philisophy of legis; Repr Bella S Abzug, HR sponsor of bill, comments; Sen sponsor is Sen Lawton Chiles (M)

Pres Ford asks Atty Gen Edward H Levi for full rept on Justice Dept data suggesting that FBI Dir Clarence M Kelley may have misused Govt services and property and accepted expensive gifts from subordinates; Levi characterizes as ‘not quite accurate’ rept by Washington Post that Justice Dept atty has recommended Kelley's dismissal, but that atty's superior softened that to a call for public reprimand (M)