Appleton Post-Crescent (Newspaper) - October 30, 1973, Appleton, Wisconsin Welfare rolls take rare dip What a way to go A vertical evacuation tube is demonstrated in Paris Designers say that more than persons could be evacuated from buildings within an hour by going inside the tube which is synthetic textile that stretches horizontally AP Wirephoto Dafa on Ford fo be confidential BY LAWRENCE L KNUTSON Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON AP Senate Rules Committee has agreed to a Justice Department request that it strictly limit access to pages of raw FBI in- reports on the fitness of to be vice president Declaring they have no intention of stalling or delaying consideration of the nomination committee members voted unanimously Monday to call Ford as the first witness at confirmation hearings beginning Thursday morning The Senate Democratic leadership meanwhile advocated all due deliberateness on the nomination Rules Committee Chairman Howard W Cannon said that Acting Arty Gen Robert H Bork last withdrew by letter a previous Justice Department promise to provide nine committee members with maries of the investigation into Ford's background With Cannon abstaining the tee voted unanimously Monday to accept Bork's new offer to provide only the meaning unevaluated file Access to that file is limited to Cannon and to the committee's ranking Republican Sen Marlow W Cook Ky They have been examining the file since Wednesday and are to prepare their own summary for committee members Cannon said an FBI man is in the room with him at all times when he is the reports He said the agent is thoroughly familiar with the raw data and can answer questions on it All of the material is returned to the Justice Department each day when he and Cook have completed their examination of it Cannon said Cannon said the original promise to provide summaries to all members came from an assistant attorney general whose name he said he could not recall The chairman said he preferred the earlier arrangement I don't relish myself being put in the position of WASHINGTON AP nation's welfare rolls edged downward in fiscal 1973 for the first time in seven years while the rise in expenditures slowed markedly according to a new ment report released today Department of Health Education and Welfare figures show that 14.8 million persons were receiving public tance at the end of last June a decrease of or 1.7 per cent fewer than a year ago Costs for welfare programs totaled billion for the period an increase of billion or 6 per cent over fiscal 1972 when spending shot up 17.4 per cent and the number of recipients topped the m ill ion mark The last time the nation's welfare caseload decreased was in 1967 when a net loss of about recipients dropped the total 1.2 per cent to 7.7 million persons Then the rolls began upward each year to 9.1 million 10.2 million 12.2 million 14.3 million and 15.1 million The bulk of the fiscal 1973 reduction occurred among the elderly who were shifted off welfare when they began receiving higher Social Security benefits and those persons on general assistance which involves no federal funds The Old Age Assistance caseload dropped or 8.9 per cent to 1.8 million persons and general assistance fell or 15.3 per cent to persons The 10.9 million recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children represented a statistically insignificant decrease of persons but a marked improvement over the previous year when the AFDC caseload mushroomed 6.8 per cent or nearly 700.000 In other categories the Aid to the Blind caseload decreased 4 1 per cent to recipients and Aid to the and Totally Disabled rose 6 6 per cent to 1.2 million Aged blind and disabled welfare cases will be shifted to the new Supplemental Security Income program beginning Jan 1 Cash payments to federal welfare recipients totaled 5 billion last fiscal year an increase of per cent and Medicaid spending topped SS billion a 14.2 per cent hike It was a spooky weekend State urged fo inspect Riverview and more 4 4 8 TV 7 6 Vital Women's Fox Cities Chilly Fair and cooler tonight low in the mid 30s Partly sunny high in the low 50s Wednesday Weather map on page j 32 Pages Wis Tuesday October 30 1973 15 cents Top level talks set on Mideast making the decision of what is and what is not he said Cannon said he already has gone through about 900 pages of the material and has requested additional ion from the FBI Raw FBI reports often include and unsubstantiated ions and innuendo In his letter to three after he replaced the resigned Elliot L Richardson Bork cited reasons of con- of the files and the need to protect the innocent in withdrawing the summary offer A statement issued Monday by Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield said consideration of the Ford nomination should take place with all due House Speaker Carl Albert said he was confident that work on the nomination will be completed this year Cannon predicted a resolution will be reached by Thanksgiving Tne Ford nomination also must be considered by the House Judiciary Committee which has not announced when its hearings wiil begin Cannon said the Rules Committee was not relying entirely on the FBI reports in its of Ford's background He said the committee also expects reports from the General Accounting office and from its own investigative staff Cannon acknowledged he has received an affidavit from former Washington lobbyist Robert and is reading book Washington which makes allegations concerning Ford and other government leaders The contents of the affidavit were published Sunday by columnist Jack Anderson Cannon would not say whether the Rules Committee was considering calling as a witness Naked pumpkin seed named for Lady Godiva WASHINGTON AP The ture Department has unveiled a naked pumpkin seed called Lady Godiva which officials say is great for toasting as snack food Toasted pumpkin seeds have become an increasingly popular food but it takes a real aficionado to shuck the hard the department says the hull-less seeds of Lady Godiva pumpkins solve this problem because they no coats The new Lady Godiva pumpkins grown mostly in California on a limited basis for the first time this year have one The flesh is too coarse for pies But it makes fine livestock feed WASHINGTON Prime Minister Golda Meir is coming to the United States to confer with President Nixon on Thursday about the Middle East crisis the White House announced today Deputy Press Secretary Gerald L Warren also said Nixon would meet on Wednesday with Egypt's acting Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy who began exploratory talks with Secretary of State Henry A Kissinger on Monday on ways to settle the Middle As part of what he called Nixon's efforts to faring lasting peace to the Middle Warren said the President also would meet at 6 p.m today at his Camp David Md retreat with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly F Dobrynin who has been a go-between in the diplomatic moves Studded fire use begins Nov 1 5 MADISON Studded tires may be legally used in Wisconsin starting Nov 15 but motorists have been urged to delay using them until absolutely necessary Studded tires on dry pavement cost taxpayers unnecessary expense cording to the state Division of Motor Vehicles In addition to wearing ruts in the pavement surface that can create dangerous conditions studded tires can actually be a safety hazard when used on dry or wet pavements instead of on the primarily glare ice for which they are intended the division said In addition use of studded tires on dry pavement causes prematurely ex- wear to the tire itself Studded tires are legal for use in the state from Nov 15 1973 through April 1 1974 spawned by the latest outbreak of fighting in the troubled Warren said Mrs Meir's hastily arranged visit was by mutual agreement He said the precise time for the session which presumably will be held at the White House had not been set but was expected to take place at about noon on Thursday The White House made it's an- as Kissinger entered a second meeting with Fahmy the special Egyptian envoy who arrived in Washington Monday evening to discuss cementing the Middle East cease-fire and the opening of talks Warren said Kissinger will join the 3 p.m Wednesday meeting between Nixon and Fahmy The Secretary of State also will participate in Nixon's Camp David meeting this evening with Dobrynin In his brief announcement Warren The Prime Minister of Israel Mrs Golda Meir will be coming to Washington for a working visit Mrs Meir will meet with the President on Thursday Nov 1 The Prime Minister will also confer with the Secretary of State Dr Henry A Kissinger Warren then announced the separate meetings with the Egyptian and Soviet emissaries and said these meetings are all part of the President's efforts to bring lasting peace to the Middle East The sessions Warren added are a continuation of the diplomatic contacts intended to build a framework for the establishment of a durable Middle East settlement With the announcements it became increasingly clear that the United States is serving as a middleman between Israel and the Arab nations in an effort to narrow the negotiating gap The United States is in especially close contact with Israel as illustrated by announcement of Mrs Meir's visit and the Soviet Union presumably is in equally close touch with the Arab states Carrier in Indian Ocean WASHINGTON AP Pentagon says a U.S Navy carrier force is on its way to the Indian Ocean but that the movement is unrelated to the up of Soviet naval forces in the Pentagon spokesman Jerry W Friedheim issued the denial Monday several hours after he had volunteered news of the U.S naval move and told reporters the United States as watching with interest the increasing size of the Soviet fleet in the terranean Friedheim later emphasized there was no relation between the move of the U.S carrier Hancock accompanied by four destroyers and refueling oii tanker into the Indian Ocena and Soviet naval operations in the Mediterranean The Suez Canal closed since the 1967 war is the only direct sea route between the Mediterranean and the Indian Ocean The Soviet Mediterranean force has been increasing steadily throughout the recent Middle East hostilities Friedheim said the fleet went from 85 vessels to about 90 Monday But in his later statement he stressed Defense Secretary James R Schlesinger said Friday we were a long way from a confrontation with the Soviets then and we are even further from any such confrontations today Hang in Hot Chestnut Jc the finish hne ahead of despite jockey Ray Selkrig who hargs tightly to the reins but from the wrong side of the horse Chestnut was declared winner of the Welter Handicap at Grange near Sydney Australia AP Wirephoto Wage-price control still needed Grayson says By NEIKIRK WASHINGTON AP controls should be dropped but not until the economy slows down a little and food prices stabilize says the former head of the defunct Price Commission C Jackson Grayson Jr who headed the commission during its existence until it was disbanded in January said now is not the time for the Nixon administration to junk controls They can't afford to take them off right Grayson said in a telephone interview There would be such an explosion in prices that there would be a great demand for more stringent con- He said the public resistance would be so great that Congress might even legislate a price freeze a policy tool he opposes to deal with the present price surge Grayson said he saw no chance that controls could be dropped this year but added hopefully early next year it will be possible By then I hope the rises will have abated and the economy will have slowed down to give a little breathing room A slower economy usually means there is less pressure for price increases Grayson who has returned to his economics post at Southern Methodist University said he favored allowing the legal authority for wage-price controls to expire next April 30 because retaining it creates a temptation for continuing controls after their usefulness has ex- That legal authority is contained in the Economic Stabilization Act which ex- pires next April 30 Unless Congress extends the power wage-price controls will automatically end on that date Grayson said however that there may be a tradeoff with Congress in which wage-price controls are formally but standby authority for them is retained President Nixon has not announced V whether he will seek an extension of the law but his economic aides want to scrap wage-price controls as soon as the rate of inflation shows positive signs of cooling Grayson who was in charge of Phase 2 of wage-price controls said that wage-price restraints can work for a limited period of as they did during Phase 2 But now he said with the economy having gone through a boom and heavy demand present for commodities price controls can do little to restrain ion At the first opportunity they should remove Grayson said Archibald Cox News leak admitted by Cox WASHINGTON AP Cox testified today he may have been the source of a news leak about a telephone call from President Nixon instructing former Any Gen Richard G dienst not to one phase of the ITT antitrust case The ousted special Watergate prosecutor said that if he indirectly had been the source of a story about the antitrust case in today's New York Times he was and said it was an error of carelessness Cox's surprise statement before the Senate Judiciary Committee followed publication in the Times of a store ng it had learned from an unidentified source that a Nixon cail to had held up a planned Justice ment appeal of an adverse court decision in the antitrust case The White House called the Times story distorted and unfair and Cox's former staff of an breach of confidence the matter Cox said that he was greatly upset by the leak and after racking his recalled that on one occasion it was possible he had mentioned the subject to others outside his office He went on to say he had disclosed Nixon's reported all to to Sens Philip A Hart and ward M Kennedy two members of their staffs He told the committee that of these four had assured had not given the information to the In Han's case he added this assurance was received indirectly the senator is He added he hoped the committee members would be e- Jgh to believe that he had not intended ha: the information would be leaked to press In explaining how he happened disclose the Cox said during the stress and strain of the two weeks 1 spoke more thar intended with a few friends He acknowledged that he had broker a confidence with wh deputy attorney genera at the of the settlement of the rust cases against Telephone Telegraph Corp It was inexcusable Cox said very badly this morning He however that it mace better to acknowledge my error The Times story said had to'd prosecutors that caned him about the antitrust case after turned down a request D then a hite House ad- viser to drop of adverse court decision The was held up and the government agreed to an settlement that allowed ITT to keep the Hartford Insurance Co while giving up other holdings including Canteen Corp The White House said of the story this information comes from a highly confidential conversation between Cox and and from documents furnished voluntarily and also furnished in absolute by the White House to Mr Cox The information furnished by the White House and Mr put the matter into fair and accurate the White House added Judiciary Chairman James 0 Eastland asked Cox what his opinion was of the settlement reached by Continued on page 2
