November 29, 1976

Russell, Rosalind

2d article in series on Fed Govt in transition discusses changes undergone by exec branch during 8 yrs of Repub rule; notes growth of White House staff, from 208 when Pres Johnson left office to 522 in '76; recalls Pres Nixon's efforts to centralize power within White House, leaving Cabinet unconsulted and largely powerless; notes concentration of foreign policy apparatus in Henry Kissinger's office, 1st at White House and later at State Dept, affected rest of natl security establishment; traces demoralization of many career civil servants to a bureaucracy alternately stifled and ignored, then beset with public disdain growing out of disclosures of FBI and CIA misconduct; recalls wave of early retirements during Nixon era; says Carter's candidacy is vivid symptom of change within Dem party, since he had as campaign themes reorganization, better mgt and fiscal integrity, formerly Repub trademarks; cites Brookings Inst study, Setting National Priorities, by Henry Owen and Charles L Schultze, calling for careful sorting out of things Govt can and cannot do; notes Owen and Schultze are Carter consultants (L)

Publisher James J Storrow Jr repts Thomas B Morgan, who resigned in Oct as editor of Village Voice, has agreed to purchase The Nation; sources rept purchase price may be $100,000 to $150,000; Blair Clark will become editorial dir, and Robert Hatch will stay on as exec editor; magazine's history noted (M)

18‐yr‐old Harry De La Roche Jr arrested for murdering his father Harry William Frederick De La Roche, his mother Mary Jane and his bros Ronald Ernest and Eric John in their Montvale, NJ, home; illus (M)

heavy snow falls in Van Province and other areas devastated by Nov 24 earthquake, hampering relief efforts (S)