SAIGON On the peace front - Saigon - South Vietnam's Preside,it Thieu lavs it on the line. Thieu saying today there can be an immediate cease-fire - provided, one, that . - North Vietnam w i l I with draw all its troops from South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia - and, two, that Russia and Red China will tlten guarantee the peace. But come what may - said Thieu - "there will be ,io coalition" government in Saigon. "Peace is not ours to ~ ~ - - beg" _ A ..,, •••,t srJ - but something "we must grasp from the hands of the invaders." Thieu adding that, indeed South Vie · tnam has already won the battlefield war; while the Communists "still hope tltey can win a victory - by defeating our allies in propaganda warfare." "On tlaat basis" - said he - "rue can never accept a cease-fire." The South Vietnamese President also sayi,ag: "I am willi,ig to sacrifice myself, my position, a,iyl'lai,ag - . if peace can be brought to Vietnam; but l will never sacrifice mys elf . t ,, - to the schemes of tl,e Communis s. SAIGON - 2 All tltis - in a rambling two-hour speech vi a ,iatio,i w ide radio and TV. The longest speech •tat: Thier, has e v er made as President - and ma y be his most important. too . WHITE HOUSE FOLLOW SAIGON Here at home - President Nixon conferred today with Heftry Kissinger - who, as you know, laas Just retur,eetl front Saigon. Tice White House - later refuai,eg to claaracterize Dr . Kissi,eger's ret,ort ; only re1>eath1g wltot Dr. Kissinger himself had said earlier - tltat "some progress" laod bee,e ntake i,e Porta o,etl Saigo,e. As for Preside,et f'laieu's s1>eeclt - no cofflnte,et . BILL The White Bouse again - Preside,., Nixon today signed into law - a bill greatly ext,anding G. I. be,sefits for Vietnam vetera11s. Tll.ose t,resent for tlte ceremo,ay hundred incl,1di11g some t1110AVietJ1am vetera,is; ,ol,.o laeard tlae Preside,at express "a deep sense of pe rso,eal gratitude to the men a,ed wome,a wlio lrave served tlteir co1111try i,a Viet11am." TIie Preside,at adding: "T"• best way •e ca,a r . . , you for wlaat you ltave g ive,a to your co11,atry - is to b•iltl a las ti,ag r,eac e ;,. tlae 111orld. " lwc jdcatully; 7ie Preside11t 'later tallti,ag "'"" so•• of tl,e vetera,as - h1cl11dlng o,ae Larry Kirlt of Provo, Ut•la; •ho said 41•• Ire liad rece11tly applt,d for a •t>ot - ;,. tl,e WlHe Bouse Fellow,slaip Program. "Yo• •a,at to be a Wlaite ll " - said , .. e Pres.zde11t." "I s11re do" - Rouse Fellow, rea y ,. • said Ki rt. Wli ere11,po,a tla e Pre• itle,a t dee laf'i,ag: ''1 t '• arranged." POLITICS FOLLOW BILL Turn i,ag to Poli tics - tire Wlaite Bo•• e an,ao•,aced today tlaat Pres ide,at Ni~o,a t,la,as to make a,aotlaer radio atldrcJB • - to,,. o,ro., afte,,aoo,a. Su bJec t : "Tia• Federal gover,ame,at's reapo,asibililies - i,a ed•cali,rg tie• ,aaUort'• claildr•" · " NEW YORK FOLLOW POLITICS -s:-~. For 811 gs McGovern I\ - another at,t,earance today on TV; wlte · Ye Ire said again tlrat President Nixo,a could 1,ave settled the war four years ago - on "exactly tlae same te-rm•" as now being negotiated. W1,y did,a 't lae tl,en? "Purely to avoid criticism from tl&e rig1,t-toirtg toar 11atoks" - said McGover,e. Addi,eg tltat a peace settleme,et ,eow - in tlie /iflal stage• of tlae campaig,e - woKld actually "destroy Mr. Nisort" at tlle 1>oll•. "I ca,a 't imagine a,eybody voU,r,g for ltim" - said Mc Gover• - "after wlaa t lie laas dorte over tlae la• t Jou r year•. " I• a later radio i,etervie• - more of tlee same. McGovern sayh1g: "Tltere rtever l,,aa 6••• a,a Admi,eistraUort - as corrut>t or immoral as tlae Niso• AdmiJ1istratio11." Fur tlae-r ace•• i,ag tlr e Pres lde11 t of c o,ado•ireg "tlie • la Mg II ter of tens of ti& 011sa reds 'j - of "u,.derffl i•ing tla e 1>0Htical system at home~ - of .,..,,.,.i,ag "a• evil Admi,eistration." McGovern was tlae,e asked llow l&e cou . ld J11stify Iii• NEW YORK FOLLOW POLITICS - 2 own rile toric - in view of ltis past criticism of s om e of ti,• things Spiro Agnew has said. TIie Democratic nominee quickly replying : "I'm telling the trutli - lie was,a't." PROVO - r~ At Brigham You,ag U,aiverstty - Provo, Utalt ,,,,,,,;' - ~ , , . ~ today addressed a crowd of a6oMI twe•I; thousa,ad - mostly s tude,ats . The Vic, P ''estdent say hag lie has fou,ad duri,ag I, is curre,at camt,aig,a toar - tlaat "civility is i,a tlle asce,ada,acy a,ad not o,a tie, decli,ae." Adding tlla t "y oa,ag t,eot,le are • tarU,ag to lis te,a - rat1eer tla11 make claants """ ,aoi.•••• ti&) ■•• Q•rciai,ag tla,i.r mi,atla - _.,,..,. ,,. •• lilelr . , . , . ; - _ rat1eer tlaara tlieir luraga." ;J STAMFORD Stamford, Connecticut - death claimed today one Jac/rle Robinson - t h 1 . first man to cross tlae color line i,ato tile major leagues ; ~ -~~~~ ~ tr of tlae all-Hme greats of baseball. a star willa tlae Bro olt l y ,a Dodgers ?or f e,a year s A "' f/1'¥tlae first blaclt ever to malte tlae Baseball Hall o/ FaJNe. A11d ,ao• tlle fi,aal out . Jacllie R obi,as o,a - o,aly fifty -tlaree . From Katmandu in Nepal - a report today tltat a Japanese moun.taineerin . g team - ltas just succeeded in climbing lofty Pu tlla Hiuncltul i in Ille Hi ma lay as. Tit ia a ltuenty-tltree tl&ous,,u,d, seven ltu,adred and asve,aty-fo•r-foot ~-Ii:.~ peak;Ae ••ti owlJ one• ••ton.A by a BriUsll lea"'J_,,,.,..,. years ago. By tlle way, tlle Jat,aftsse tea,,. ir,cludiftg o,ae America" - vetera" U.S. climber Jim Pritcllard. CINCINNA Tl ' A '1e11 fJeak in Jamil)' "togetherness'' - is reported toda y from the Universit y of Cincinnati ; where the Dea,a of tl,e Cincinnati College of Education - Dr . Hendrik Gideonse - has just installed a crib in his office . Why? So he COIi bring his ten-week-old son to work with him - twice a week. The professor explaining that this is an attemr,t - al "humanizing work;" and llrus making it more compatible will, "the v alues, needs and activities - which fulfill r,eot>le emotionally a,ad aesthetically." And what about Mrs . Gideonse - how does sire feel about this? Just Ji,ae, apt,arently. Tire 11ew mollrer nolh1g : "Tise fJurf>ose of th i s arrangement - was f>arlially to free me." She admits, however, Jolan Shafer - that sire, loo, laas lo come to tire office - since tire baby hasn't bee" weaned yet . MENLO PARK For yea · rs now, women's fibbers ha ve been asking questions like: Why should it be women who have to take the (>ill? Wh) 1 can't it be men? And now the Stanford Researcll lns ,...ti tute at Me,elo Pc11•k, Califor,eia - comes ,,,, with a male contraceptive pill. In tests so far, virtually foolproof - on mice, a,ryway. The exr,erts adding that it could be available for Auman use - perhaps in a year or two. If yo" can watt t•at lo,eg. And so lo11g u11til tomorrow.