March 23, 1977

NYS Sup Ct dismisses indictment that Maurice H Nadjari obtained in '75 against Irving Goldman, former Shubert Foundation head who served as NYC Cultural Affairs Comr; says Nadjari, former special state anticorruption prosecutor, had exceeded his jurisdiction; indictment charged Goldman with conspiracy, bribing witness, tampering with witness and perjury; grew out of investigation of his relationship with George Campbell Painting Corp; Justice Leonard H Sandler says, as such, indictment had nothing to do with criminal-justice system, which is by law prosecutor's sole concern; says Manhattan Dist Atty would have to be source of indictment; invites that office to re-present case; Dist Atty Robert M Morgenthau declines to comment

WASHINGTON, March 22—Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland formally announced today an increase in milk‐price supports that could add about a billion dollars a year to the costs of taxpayers and consumers of dairy products.

illus of pedestrians coping with heavy rain in NYC's Chinatown on Mar 22

Pres Carter strongly urges Cong on Mar 22 to propose Const amendment that would abolish Electoral Coll and substitute election by simple majority of popular vote, election reform message to Cong; Vice Pres Mondale says that extensive Cong consultations were conducted on reform, news briefing; urges revision of Pres campaign law to permit some state and local spending on behalf of natl ticket, to provide Fed funds to help candidates comply with law's requirements and bring candidates for conv delegate within pol contribution and spending limits; League of Women Voters pres Ruth Clusen and Common Cause vp Fred Wertheimer laud move; illus of Mondale and HR Speaker O'Neill (L)

Carter, at breakfast meeting with Cong group, says he is not discouraged by Brezhnev's warning; says there were very hopeful signs in Brezhnev speech and that he has recd encouraging private communications from him; Sen Alan Cranston comments; Carter, Sec Vance and Natl Security Council conf on Vance's upcoming Moscow trip; Vance, breaking with former Sec Kissinger practice, to take his own interpreter, William D Krimer; delegation members noted; press sec Jody Powell comments on Brezhnev speech (M)