Wednesday, March 26, l 975 Reid Collins From Washington . . . . . . . . From Los Angeles ....... . From Saigon . . . . . . . . . . . . . comes today's news. Good Evening everybody. This is Reid Collhts sitting ht for Lowell Thoma~. A cliff hanger lonigl,t. Seftate ,u,d Bouse Conferees gro,ind out a compf'omise tax cut bill totalliNg 22. 8 billioft dollaf's but Pf'es,deNt Fof'd was f'et,of'tedly taking a grim view of some proifisiofts. Under the comp,.omise, ,eearly evef'ybody .,o,,ld get from one to two hundred dollars back fro• Ni,.eteeft - Se v e n t y - F o u r 's tax pay m 1,; n ts al on g with a t I, i rt y - dollar c" e dU for this year. Everybody on Social Security would f'eceive a one-shot rebate of fifty dollars. Many buyef's of new homes would get a c'redil tl,ls year. To less en the treasury loss, the confe' r ees REBATE · • 2 dee ide d to increase the taxation of oil c ompa,sies a,ad olll• r mull national firms. adding troo billion dollars to reve11•••. The oil depletion alloroa11ces would grad,,j;,lly melt away. Wlaa t Mr. Ford will dof,hen lite bill laas fin•lly ac led remah,s to be seen. SENATE The Senate late today passed an emergency farm bill that faces an uncertain future both h1 a Se,eat•-Hou•• committee a,ed at ,,.,, White House. TIie bill would i,ecrea•e mil/t ••bsidi•• a,ad ot••r farm s up1>ort price•. Adm ha is tra tio,e critic• c la,,,. it 1110• l d cost the taxpayer more tlian Ni,eeteera-Mllliora dollar• over the next tltree years a,ed tlle prospect of a Pr••ideraUol veto loomed. STATE At the State Department - Henry Kisshager today met wtth newsme,e; ost,u1sibly - to tlisc•ss the lale•I t•r• of eveals i11 tlae Middle East; but also, as it ta,r,eed oe,t, to ,,,, it on the li,ae - •Ula regard to Viet•••· -"~ ~ Kiasiager sayiag: "We •••I ••tl•r•I• .. , lla•I peace is i,adivisible. Tlae U,aited Stale• ca .. aol ;•r••• a policy of selective reliability. We ca .. aol ••••do• /ri• .. '• of frie11ds every,olaere." In res t,011s e lo l• ler qaes uo .. s - ""1#. Kl••• .. ••r Ila• stati,ag U eve• t,lai,aer. "TIie q ■ eslio• 110,0" - • • • ' la• - "is wlletller we will deliberately destroy "" ally - by witltdra,oiag aid." A11d Ille a,as,oer to tlaal - lie co,ati,11,ed will also a11swer tlae qa,estio,a as to "•laat lli,atl of t,eot,l• •• really are." SENATE FOLLOW STATE , , . Kiss i,ager 's remarks •ere later ec1'o•II by Se11ator Griffin of Micltigan - ;,. a s1>eeclc to tic• /Mil Se11•I•• Gri//i,a claargi,ag tl&at tlae Democratic ,n•Jorlty i,a Co,agr••• - "is tMr,ai,ag its back o,a oMr allies:" 11,atl tti• - ••itl •• - 011 tlte asSMffl/>lio,a t•e Viel••mese • i l l t•e• "••Ille lt•ir o•• 1>robleffls - 11,ad tlte •orltl ca• live ;,. t,eac• •1•••·" Griffi,a added, lo•ever: "II'• J••t ••re•li•lic lo suggest tlaat a,a e,atl lo U.S. aitl • •ill e,ed II• ltilli•6 i• Vielll am." A,ad te /Mrtlaer stre•sell, a• llitl ,#. Ki••••1•r, tlaat "America• 116a11tlo,a,,.e,at of l,atlocll•• - •••14 •l•••I certai,aly ltave co,asqMe11ces i• otter t,art• of '"• •orlll •• well. " VATICAN FOLLOW SENATE At tlae Vatica11 in Rome - Pot>e Paal ••• •l• o addressi,ag himself today to Vieh1am. TIii• I• a •1>•cit1l Holy Weei at>t,eal - i11te,adetl, as lae t>•t it, "lo tlr•• tit• 111orld '• atte11tion to tle t,ai•f•l a•tl tr•gic tlra•• of Vi•t••• ." pret>are for ll1e joy of Easter," ll1e Vielaame•e are "suf f e ri11g a,a ,.,,. t,eaia ble ago,ay of I ••r• a,itl blootl - I• •• exodus llat Ila• ta1te,a 011 traly grave 11rot,orUo••." A•d It• added: "For all tlose dear t>eot,le, let .,. do •11•ryllal•1 •• ca,i lo alleviate Ila• tragedy - to 11ro11e lltat oar •orl,l I• •ot i,adiffere,at lo llte cries of our 6r•tlr•"·" GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY Gene,-al Omar Bradley underwent surge,-y today at UCLA Medical Center to remove a clot i• tlie 1,,-ai,a toliic• had caused a stroke earlier this month. General Bradley is Eighty-Two. A so•rce at t•e performed to speed llis recovery. AUGUSTA Mamie Eisenhower, Se v ent y -Nine, suffered a r ecurren . ce of internal bleeding Wednesday a,sd laer condit,o,a was listed as 011ly ta,r at a,a army hosr,Ual. She pre v iously had been described us i• good coJtditioJt . Major George Foster, a s#)ollesm•• for tlae U. s. Arm Medical Ce11ter at nearby Fort Gordo11, said doctor• earlier had TJelie v ed they laad stol>l)•d tlae i,at"i•li•al tle•tll•6 wlaicla caused Ille former First Lady lo be llos1>1taliaed Tuesday. "Late tl1is morni,ag, Mrs. Elsexllo111er llad a mild recurrence of i11lesti,ral bleeding" - Foster said. "Bui lier v ital sig,as remai11 stable. At Ill• #)rese•I time, she is r•sthag and lier ge,aeral co,aditlo,a is /air." Foster said tlae "worlli•g diag•o•i•" is tlaat di v rticulosis of tlae i11testine caused tlle bleedh1g tllat led to h er h osp tt alization. He de~cribed that conditio,a as a protrusion of mucous membrane in a tear in tlae wall of Ille colon. AUGUSTA - 2 First Lady Betty Ford se,at flo••r• to Mrs. Eise,ahower, widow of Preside,et Dwigllt D. El••""• er. - COLUMBIA From Columbia, Soutl, Caroli,aa, com•• •ord - there will be 110 ratification of tlie Equal IUglats Ame,ad••"' this year. Tire die cast - for 110•, at lea, t - •itla Ii• soutla Caroli,aa Bouse today reJectiJ1g tlae 1>rot,os•d .,,..,.,1,,..,.,, forty-sis to forty-three. Tlris by mea11s of a ••rt,ri•• r,ol• - wlaefl m••Y of tlae ERA ••llt>orters •ere still o•I to l••cl. B••••r, tk• latioaal 0,palutloa tor Woaea 1111 lt •• •• li'ttD up bope of gettl11 tbl •••••••., 4 MP• lt1te1 to Ntlfr tlae II& Ir 1171 - . . . . ,1. lt l• ,oa,18'Ntl11 tt, ,ttOP11 - lt11ovl, Illlaol1, florlia ali lonb Caroll•: