DY BISCP . YD October 3, 1969 Dallas Townsend Por President Hixon - attempting to "get away from it all" ~~~> today at ley Biscayne - more or the same problems that plagued~ back ln Washington. Including, first and rore■ost - the 8Nlfllli controversy over Supreme Court nominee Cle•nt Haynsworth. Adding fuel to the r1re - a letter troll Republican Senator c11rrord Case or New Jersey; Joining Republican Senator Brooke or lllaaaachuaetta - ln publicly urging the Prealdent to withdraw Ba,aaworth'a na•. The only -.r - 2 Pt said Ca1e- to rest.re "pab11c contldence in the Supre• Court." !118 11or14a Vhlte Bouse later atreaaed - no change. White Roue len Secretary Ron Ziegler aaylng qala - •• he llali sald alaoat dailJ: "The President stands bJ Judge Ra,naworth - an4 la confident the Senate will contir11." llr. lixon ha• told Republican leader Rugh Scott he intends to do all he can to accomplish that. But Dellocrat Senator Birch BaJh or Illdlana, who llaa been critical or the appolnt•nt tro■ the beginning, aow says he wlll actlvelJ seek to prevent it. BaJh indicates that he thlnka the charges against Haynsworth are Just as serious as thoae that coapelled A-• Portaa to resign fro■ the Supre• Co11rt laat 7ear. RAIUlOADS POLLOW DY BISCAYIE Turning to another pressing problem - the President -. today intervened tor the first tiae 1n a labor dispute. - Blocking tor at least slJ:ty days/ a 1chedaled •trike apinlt seven •Jor railroads;/• str11ce that had been set to begin - Jut a few hours frOII now./Tbe llhlte loue further 91Pres11D1 centl4ence - that the two aldea "•111 be able to reach u q r e - ,t Caring thla auty-daJ perleC." SAJGOR-PARIS Reaction to Senator Mansfield's newly-stated Vietnam viewpoint - a study in contrast today. /ID Saigon - the !l,ie~ government refusing official cownt. Calling the Senator's stand /•onty the idea of an individual." Reverse side - fr011 P!!:;s/ :lne.,- sources~ saying 111.nsrield ns perfectly right/ 1n deanding a raster U.S. troop withdranl Jin delllllld.1.ng ~/less "kowtowlag" t Saigon. /Bat the Senator's aall ror a unilateral U.S. ceasefire f starting now fsoaething else again. · Ac-1st spokesaan reasaerttilg ftano1 1 s stand that there can be no - al'91~• f short of an overall agreeaent on pen41ng political and ■111tary issues. STOCJCHOLM ~CUUIJ,eJm -~nother twelve American deserters and draft-dodgers - were granted refuge today 1n Sweden. /Raising to nearly three hundred the number now there /as compared to fifty or so or their utes who have since returned h011e. Elsewhere in Stockhol■ /a ■eeting of the ruling Social De■ocrat1c Party; hearing today - an official defense or lweden•s "~en aru" policy. /Interior Minister Eric llolaqvist /l' P: ' ad■itt1ng that the American expatriates/ can not be classed 1n any way as "poll tical re fugua . • / lor is this •a ■eana '' Sw<.~~ - said he - "or expressing the ,o•~r°"!9nt 1 s view on the ~~ Vietnam conflict." "we do it"- h ~ "beca,use or our basic hllllanitarian stand." D b of· 1c1 • pl otal Pree Deaocrats oting o•erwhel■ingly ;la Jt r '_ to support Social Dellocrat 'yi.11 Brandt for ellction a / , Chaneellor. Thereby assurl.Qg the •••• a.•l• -,er - at A. least a two-vote •Jority 1n the new Ger.an Parll-nt. That taken care or f Brandt ,-1d a •.!!.!.!: to Veat Gel'llllll President Outa, lelneann,/tbe un wbe now auat # ~ -bate bi■ f to the ornc __ e __ he_ ~al\ re ... __, a ._ d __ y won. 1'IW III.HI The oldest living disciple of Mohandas~ Gandhi - back in the news tonight at Jew Delhi. Bighty-year-old Khan .._,,,,. Abdul Ohaffar nianf enteri~to a three-day ~ t reminiscent of his dol and aentor./ A protrst - said he - against the general atmosphere of violence and diacorcl 1n present-day India./ At the sa■e Indiana or Gandhi's - .. time - he added - an effort to remind ~ total dedicat~ to non-•lolonce and tolerance. This - M ;es;:;,; - 1n the ■idat or a national celebratiom - marking the one hWldredth anniversary of Gandhi's birth. ATIIIIS Por the people of Greece - a return today to democratic freedoms fin a manner of speakipg, MPII Greek strongaan Pre■1er George Papadopulos / declaring an ~d to ■art1al law and press censorship. /Returning to c lvlllan Jurisdiction/- all crlaes except those "against -- ---... p11blic order and aec11rit7." Jlowever, Papa Gfu.les retained for ~1•811- the power to declde what constlt•s "pQblic ,r11er •f,s•curi~y." 1 - p '! ~ c.~~ ~~ 0-K ~ ) Cat111ing ■an, to wonder{ if 4; e ■r Hally all)' freer than before.;PJ..~ll;;t.■self - adding to the doabta. co-.•r\ng Greece to an accident ticti■ - who has Just left his cast and is now tn a splint. /'the Pre■ier asserting: "Ve hope he will n t tall - and break his leg again." GIDVA Prom Geneva, Switzerland - the site of that continuing U.I. D1sarmall9nt Conference - a report today - well, hopeful, at least. The U.S. and Russia said te be "wery close to tinal agree•nt" / on a Joint draft treaty banning maclear weapons rroa the world I s seabeds . / Wes tern of fie 1ala a~l.ng that the •a~ur• will po~ably reach the tlll.1 conference - C: ~ &OMtiae next week or the week after for•~-/ Ind so another &Mil step - along the road to truat an• •tuai underatandlng. DOVKR For the first time in a generation - the British press was crowing today about a Royal Na•y victory. The British minesweeper Belton seizing and escorting back to Do•er Harbor - a French trawler suspected of fishing in British waters. An eYent ~ralded by British headline writers - aa ao.ething or a "little Trafalgar." In point of fact though - the trawler outraced the minesweeper 1n an earlier encounter this week; and it was about to escape qa1n - when the British ship fired six shells tr• its anti-aircraft gun. The Prench captain - prollJ)tlJ hea•lq: to; in the words or his captors - "obYiously a •ery trighteaed man." Luckily - for the British - Warren tke Captain didn't the shells were only blanks. WATICINS GLEN Coming up this weekend - the Indianapolis of international road-racing. At Watkins Glen, New York - the Grand Prix or the United States. In conjunction with which - a seminar today ot top dri•ers, past and present. Among them, Britain's fa•d Sterling Moss - who aaaerted flatly that "Americana are terrible drl•ers." Why? A strange reasol'\f)f The main trouble - said he - they're too disciplined. Bxcept ln rare cases - obeying en ■aase the posted rules and regulations or the road, such aa speed ll■lts, stop algns, lane •rkera and so on. All or which leads to bordoa - we are told; and then - when the unexpected occurs - dlaaater. A good ■allJ A■erlcan police officers ■lght gl•e Sterlf.q Noss an arguaent on that one. Dallas Townsend aa7lng goodnight.