June 4, 1977

Members of HR Ways and Means Com who attended breakfast with Pres Carter say he said that even if there were vast additional reserves of oil and natural gas, they should not be used up quickly (S)

USSR unveils draft of new natl const with provision that could make it possible for Brezhnev to assume post of Pres; article 118 creates 1st deputy chmn of Presidium of Sup Soviet, in effect opening up post of 1st vp for handling top daily protocol duties of Govt; presidency could then conveniently be conferred on Brezhnev without imposing ceremonial tasks on him and without interfering with his party duties; Podgorny seen losing presidency at upcoming Sup Soviet session; other provisions detailed (M)

BLS repts employment rate increased in May, showing sign of continued econ expansion; number of persons working rose by 385,000 to record high of 90,408,000; unemployment rate dropped to 6.9%, lowest figure in 2 1/2 yrs; number of unemployed was essentially unchanged from Apr at 6,750,000; Shiskin says there was particular strength in mfg and construction, Joint Econ Com testimony; Repr Richard Boiling says failure of econ to create jobs for significant numbers of chronically unemployed shows need for Fed jobs programs; charts (M)

OECD repts inflation in major Western indus nations increased to 1.1% in Apr, from 0.1% in Mar (S)

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Govt gives US new information about 20 Amers who were killed in war; US delegation issues statement expressing appreciation for positive action; talks remain stalled on issue of reconstruction aid; US says families of men named by Vietnamese will be notified by mil services involved but there will be no public announcement until Central Identification Lab, Hawaii, receives remains and confirms identities (M)

munic union reprs tell Emergency Financial Control Bd they will not settle for cost-of-living raises when their pacts expire next yr; stir concern over city's failure to plan for increased labor costs (S)

Article on Winnie Mandela, wife of jailed nationalist leader Nelson Mandela; illus (L)

State Dept spokesman John H Trattner says interest sections in Havana and Washington will begin functioning in 2-3 mos

more than 300,000 people defy official ban to attend rally in central Istanbul climaxing campaign of Bulent Ecevit (S)

Vasily Kazakov apptd Aviation Indus Min, replacing late Pyotr Dementyev (S)

Yuri Lyubimov of Soviet Taganka Theater, most avant garde dir in Moscow, has come under attack from Pravda for his stage production of The Master and Margarita, which many Soviet intellectuals have found the most irreverent and interesting play of season; criticism, largely ideological, seemed to raise possibility that party officials had decided to close or modify production; Lyubimov has been invited to direct 3 other plays in '78 at Amer Conservatory Theater in San Francisco; Conservatory Theater vp Edith Markson comments (M)