CAP I TO L H.I LL Tlw , rsda_v, ,Jilly 2, 1970 Rcaclio,i io P1·e~idc11/ Nixon's la/es/ - his Tl ' -radio re Port to I It e 11 a Ii o II is pe 1· It a p s b cs I s II mm c d up b y Sen ate Majority Leade1· Mike Mansfield ; 11 ho sat/ tile President - "d id a go o d j o b i n e x p I a i 11 in g Iii s p o i n I of v i e w . A d ,Jing th a t the appointment of Da,·id Bn,c c as the new US peace! negotiator in Paris - was a real "ten strike." Senator McG01Jern of So,,th Dakota, charged that the President's reasoning on lite Cooper-Church Amendment - "turns the Constit11tion i,r,side down;" and asked for equal time - to counter tlte Pr•sident's remarks. Th is drawing a blast - from House minority leatl• Gerald Ford; who say , ing that McGovern's "equal time" r,lea was "ridiculous on the face of it." T ' hat "the President ltas every right to make periodic reports to the America" f>eor,le - wi tltout being subjected to political sniping immediately afterwards. " PARIS FOLLOW CAPITOL I/ILL 0 erscas - Paris - French P, •es idcnl Pompidou addressi,ig himself lo the same subject. In a rare news canfennice loda, , - saying lie was "rery pleased" h_v the Bruce appointment. Adding that he hopes /he Vic/,iam peace conference - will now "come alive again" and by consequence open /he way lo a negotiated settlement. PEACE FOLLOW PARIS Elsewhere i,i Paris - 'Acting U S Peace Envoy Pl1ilip Habib said,.._ that lie, too, forsees "a new phase in peace talks . " For today's session though - the Communist side choosing lo ignore the President's remarks. Instead, charging that the US - by its ht I e r v en t i on i n Ca m b o di a has s••-• s us ta in e d ma,. y heavy defeats - immediate aNd long term, military - ~ a Nd political. ..,.71,;s_;'.. .,._ said Habib -~"wildly t11accu-rate." HUE Follow Pea ce Meanwhile, ground a c tion in Vietnam included toda y - an attack on a US paratroop base 11ear Hue. With enemy forces - before they we re driven back - ttlaix• killing eight and woundi11g for,r. This marti11g tlle lleaviest si11gle loss by a11 America11 1111it - si11ce the start of that US Cambodian operation A1>rll tllirtee,ell,. - KENT Here's one - the story of a student poll al Kent State University, Kent, Ohio . Showing tlaat eigllty six percent of those polled - would oppose any furtller i,rcrease i11 US troop strength i11 Viet11am; but tlle ,sumber who oppose lhe presence of US troot,s i,e Cambodia - o,sl} 1 sixty-three perce,rl. Indeed, Preside11t Nixo11's prese,al wilhdra.,al policy actually dra•i•g majority sut,t,ort - fifty-three perce11t. F1,lly eigl,ty ;,. 'k.9 • perce,rt fugler-,.. hedicati,eg - that the,_ . . . • _ ROTC program sltould be co,ati,a11ed. EMPLOYMENT 0 n t It e U S c ,. n n n m i c fr t) n I • ,, 1l" n d II I JI II I ,,,, ,, · " • T It fl U.S. unemplo.vment role - shotflltrl{ fl~ Jlrtcl tlrfli#ff ,,, 111.r neoJttll• - a pretty good one, tno. ArrnrdlNR 111 Rn111r11"'""' figures - Ille Jobless rate drot,1'inx /rn,n n" .,,,,,. ,,,,,, /I• r c • 11 t i" May do.,," to f o" r-1> o In I _,. e "11" -fl• ,.. c , " t i" J 11" 11 • A11 l11dlcattoJ1, perlaap,, tltat Ille adml11l11tratlon •co110,.,,c t,ollcl•• are bewt""'"K to bear /rMII. IRKUTSK I promised to take you to Irkutsk tonight, if o,aly for a moment. If you look at your map you'll find it rigltt in. the heart of Asia, North of Mongolia. On tllis our first flight after flying down from Alaska to Khabarovsk, we .,ere all i ,. t e res t e d I. n ta k in g a l o o k a t our A er of lo I /I la "e ; a" d t I, • • e rvk• 011 board. Boll, were first rate. Later we did a lot of Jlyir,6 i,r Russia" /llaJtes aJtd J1011e com/lared .,111, Ille /lluslt /lla,re •• llad for tllis Fligllt lo lrlu,tsll, Ca/litol of Siberia. •• a gourmet meal witll a,nolled st•rgeo,r, a sort of beef fillet, c•cumber salad - if you lille c•cumbers 60 to Siberia - e%celle11I bread, ice crea{' a11d of coMrse caviar, vo,lta •"" .,,,.. fro• tl,e Crimea, served by amill,a6 llostesses b•llt or, ll11es remi,aisce11t of Mae West. Tllere were the r,s.,al s,nall rest rooms at Ille rear of Ille plane, tl,e ,nost lux•rio,,s .,e .,ere to see i,i all of tl,e U S S R, even hr llotels. As for Irkutsk, it's a city of a Ital/ a million f)eor,le; f)ri11cit,al streets named for Le11i,r a,rd Karl Mar%; stata,es of IRKUTSK - 2 Le11i,r in all the parks of which there are many. Wide spacious streets. massi v e · buildings. and many atlractive old-fashioned wooden homes decorated with some of the most elaborate wood carving you will find a,aywhere. These were Ill• older laomes, a11d wlae,e built the residents m"st ltave laad a lol of extra lime o,a llaeir laa,ads for tlae carvi,ag. Of co•rse "'e oftly saeo a1'1'roximalely wlaal lll•y •a,al•,I •s lo see. O,a • fas I lrit> ii could ltardly be oll,ereoi••. BMI, b•ll•r ,,,a,. ,aot seei,ag Siberia al all. r•e sa.ll mi••• a,a,1 •l•v• labor camps? Nol a eoor,1 variety, more so tlta,a eoe eoere lo see later i,a Ri,ssia. h1 - E•ro1'e, ;,. Moscow, Le,ai,agrad a,ad Kiev. So maybe there is more freedom today i" Siberia llaa,a ot11er 1'arts of the USSR ? Or is ii bf!cause they are •"cir a lo,ag eoay from Moscow? T11e pirl ' s lra v e impressi v e loold,eg legs. a,aually walk ht t>airs. always in lock ste1> striding alo,ag as IRKUTSK - 3 tllo11gl, they lta v e all llad training in marching . MOSCOW For A m e r i c a n j a z .z t r u mp tJ I e e r Lou is A r ms I r on g -u ◄ a 11niqu . e tribute today from a Russian newspaper. An article in "So v iet Culti,re" - marking Louis' seveNtietll birthday - pa, 1 ing tribute to his "expressive playi,ig, virtuoso technique a,ad th.e originality of images created b y Ii i m . " Th e •of ■ f•6 ■ 1Ja :i a r Ii c l e f" rt II e r ob • e r v e s I la a I Lo•i• l,as addressed his m•sic - ''lo all good a,ad ltiNd people 011 earlll;" aJtd "that'' - said Soviet C•ll•r• - : , I ,. l .I "is .,,,, lie is so deeply loved a11d revered by llaem." Jf.,.._!"--·l-../ • $'J.tiw.·•J ~-• ~.a- 'ri!,,...,ui n ca ..... w&l,f v-- .. ,... ......... r.a .... ,,.. . . . . . . . . . . ' GRAHAM Washington agai11 - the co-chairman of "Honor America Da_v" - set for this Sat11rday, July Folfrtlt - today voiced an a(J(Jeal for Americans of all political views to Joi,c in. Says evangelist Billy Graham "this is not a "pro-Nixo,c" or "pro-War" demo,sstratio,a; "this is Jtot hawks versu• dove•, Ret,u bl ica,cs versus De ,n oc rats or ,ol, ite versus blacks - bill all of•• togetlter." Billy Gralaam f•rtlter observi,cg - "a lot still rteetls lo 6• do,ae to realt~e tlae America,a dream;" a,cd tlae,a lte cited es pee •ally - t,rolll •"'• of "racism, t,overty arttl t,ol l• tlo,a. " • • Amerlc•• Day" - llaat "tl,ere are so"'e gootl tlal,ags allo•t America," Warre11. NEW YORK Speaking of Polls - a second survey is reported today from New York. Higlz scltool sl11dents the nat1011 over - asked lo name the ten living A merica,as tltey most respect aNd admire. This drawi,ag eNo•gll of a protest vote - tltat as ■ •• ,aumber seve,a came out "110 claoice". As for the _ _ ._,rest though: First choice, President Nixo11; seco11d, the stu.deNts pare11ts; tltird - Bob Hope; fourtll, Nell A1'mstro,ag; Ji/tit, Edward Ke•edy; sixtlt, tlte stu.de•ts teachers; -U-:tJ-- - jl--J■ , Oi FIEF I i1iJif]S in IAt atsl ::J; JFl1o