June 22, 1982

A dispatch from Ho Chi Minh City on June 7 about a visit there by Vietnam veterans gave an incorrect date for a meeting the veterans had with John H. Holdridge, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific. It took place May 13.

An article June 3 on the declining number of Roman Catholic priests in the United States incorrectly depicted the views of the Rev. Avery Dulles. Father Dulles has never advocated that priests be allowed to marry.

Treasury Secretary Donald T. Regan, while continuing to criticize the Federal Reserve Board's handling of the nation's money supply, said today that he sees little need now to bring the Fed under more direct control of the Administration. Mr. Regan, in a speech to the National Association of Accountants and in comments later, acknowledged that the Treasury is studying options for limiting the independence of the Fed, including bringing the Fed within the Treasury or putting the Treasury Secretary on the Federal Reserve Board. But he immediately sought to soften the impact of his remarks.

Secretary of Labor Raymond J. Donovan, in his first extensive reponse to reports that he had ties to organized crime figures, said today that he had been the target of ''vicious attacks'' and declared that he did not intend to resign. Mr. Donovan, who had asked for a special prosecutor to investigate the reports, did not address the allegations specifically at an afternoon news conference. He said, however, that he had been the victim of practitioners of ''the wonderland school of justice that stands for judgment now, trial later.'' Reading from a prepared statement, Mr. Donovan said he would address the allegations after Leon Silverman, the special prosecutor, completed and submitted his report, which is due by late summer. Then, he added, ''We may all examine in detail not only who has made charges, but their credibility, their motivations and the source of their knowledge.''

The Supreme Court ruled today that an important civil rights law permitted individuals to sue state and local officials and agencies directly in Federal courts. Voting 7 to 2, the Justices overturned a decision by a Federal appeals court requiring ''exhaustion of state administrative remedies'' before a plaintiff could bring a suit in Federal court under the Civil Rights Act of 1871. That law, usually known as Section 1983, is one of the most powerful and widely used of the Federal civil rights laws. It permits private suits for damages or injunctions for any action ''under color of state law'' that violates a right guaranteed by the Constitution or by Federal law. The case decided today involved a white secretary who contended that blacks were given favored treatment in promotions in the Florida state university system.