April 18, 1979

Taleghani and Sanjabi criticize secretive Iranian Revolutionary Council sot up by Khomeini; Taleghani warns against return of 'dictatorship and despotism'; Sanjabi says power and authority should be handed over to Bazargan; comments amount to strongest attack on Khomeini Govt; 50,000 people rally near Teheran Univ to protest arrests of 2 sons and daughter-in-law of Taleghani, who has announced his retirement from politics; his decision has touched off demonstrations that have increased over last 3 days; Sanjabi scores Shahriar Rouhani for nominating himself spokesman for Iran; Deputy Prime Min Ibrahim Yazdi, father-in-law of Rouhani, is responsible for council's activities; Interior Min Hajj Sayed Javadi comments; illus of Taleghani and Sanjabi (M)

14-member Advisory Committee on Reactor Safety recommends broad range of now instruments be installed on all 42 pressurized water reactors in US; commission and Babcock & Wilcox have suggested better training and improved operating procedures are all that is required; Nuclear Regulatory Commission, while not bound by recommendations, is seen coming under heavy Congsessional attack if it ignores advice; committee members listed (M)

Federal Reserve Board chmn G William Miller sees 'progressive slowdown in US economy through '79, and believes economic slowing has already begun, telephone interview; says real GNP, corrected for inflation, grew at annual rate of less than 2% in 1st quarter and expects real GNP for year to grow by less than 2%; also says he has no intention of tightening credit policy further, noting more restrictive monetary policy will hit economy that is already skidding downward; notes monetary policy affects economy several months downstream; says he has not been able to verify concern being expressed over rising business orders for inventories; notes that while inflation has been bad, it has been concentrated in food and energy sectors, areas not immediately affected by monetary policy; expresses some impatience with criticism Reserve has been getting from 'eminent' people, presumably in the Administration; Miller illus (L)

A comment by Criminal Court Judge Bruce McM. Wright, about Jack Greenberg, a white lawyer who heads the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, was quoted incorrectly in Metropolitan Report yesterday. The correct quotation is: “I've got nothing against Jack Greenberg. But we've got lots of good black lawyers. When B'nai B'rith has a black lawyer as its head and the Anti‐Defamation League gets Yasir Arafat as its lawyer, we'll be ready for Jack Greenberg.”

There was rising opposition in Iran to the Islamic committees of Ayatollah Khomeini. Ayatollah Taleghani, the leading religious figure in Teheran, warned against a return of “dictatorship and despotism.” A rally of 50,000 people protested brief arrests of members of Ayatollah Taleghani's family by Islamic militiamen and demanded the return of the Teheran leader to active politics. [Page A1, Column 1.]