RAJICH At the LBJ Ranch -- first brief coannent today from President Johnson -- on results of Tuesday's election. The President ad■ittlng that in view of Republican gains -- "it will be ■ore difficult for any legislation we might proptse" .,_~il<_ ~ ~ ~ - d ; next year A. Adding, however, that the Democrata still retain sizable aaJor1tles -- 1n both the House and Seaate. "I don't anticipate we are gotng to have any great trouble" -- said he. -tf#- The President further stating/\..he would be "leas than trank" -- if he didn't ~ay he was sorry to lose so ■any de110cratlc seats. Nevertheless, concurring with Republican leaders -- in saying that the election "will not in any way change our cease of action in coMection with security ■attera." ~.AL .... ~4..4,,K.. I Meaning -- or course - - ~ • - POST-MORTEMS Two more political post-mortems today -- on that Republican resurgence at the polls. Both in Washington -- but from opposite sides or the fence. Republican National Chairman Ray C. Bliss -- calling the election outcome a hpubl1can victory -- "from the bottom up." Results -- said he -- showing marked gains 1n state legialaturea -- ln big cities -- 1n Negro wards; along with previo11Sly-noted Republican gains -- 1n the House and 1n the various governor's races. It shows -- said Bliss -- that the GOP ls "a very live Ra 21-■• ••4 ~ • -- 'from Senate Dellocrat1c Leader Nike Jllansfleld~- The outc011e of the ~lection -- said he -- a signal to "tighten up"~ next session of Congress. To see 1r thfatlon ls getting "value received" -- from new programs approved in the last two years. The motto~ of the Ninetieth Congress -- said he -- a should be "stop -- look -- and listen. II BALTDUtE A later report: In a subsequent speech at nearby Baltimore -- Mansfield telling the United lat1ona to "get with it" 1n regard to Viet Nam. Urging the U.N. to call a "carda-on- the-table" 1189t1ng ot all nations 1.nvolved 1n the Vletnaaeae nr -- 1nclw1ing Red China. Purpose -- said he: fo work 011t "an iaaed1ate contraction or hostilltea -- and -- •• aoon aa pos1lble, thereatter -- their coaplete teralnatlon." VIET KAM In Viet Nam -- a close call today -- for one of America's great fighting men. Brigadier General James T. Hollingsworth personally scouting a suspected Viet Cong cOtllllland post -- 1n the ■idat or that Jungle battlefield near the Cambodian border; when his helicopter was shot down -- by ene■y ground tire. ~L":' Luckily though -- the general and his crew,~uickly rescued _,_by a second Aray helicopter. Adding another daring chapter -- to the a•zlng story or "Jungle Jill" Hollingsworth. Al1101t a legend a110ng his men -- for his regular · practice or manning a helicopter machine gun; "out hunting Reda" -- aa he puts it. lleanwh1le, to the Korth -- U.S. Navy Jeta today bNaklng through deadly ene■y ant1-atrcratt fire. To blast a North Vietnamese bridge -- so h~avily-guarded that it had been nearly "bomb-proof" for more than a year. By contrast -- a trMiC accident today at Cam Ranh Bay -- recently visited by President Johnson. Hundreds of Vietnaaese waiting at a concrete pier -- for ferries to carry them to work at the U.S. military 1nstallat1on 1 .Affien the pl . er suddenly collapsed -- killing at least , .S'e~en and injuring about .8'1.xty . oth~ra. LOIDOI Soviet Pretaier Alexei Kosygin -- will travel to Britain early next year. Jhc1u to confer with British Priae Jliniater ) Harold Wilson -- about the war in Viet Nam and other East-West probleu. Thia according to a report today -- from high dlploaatlc sourcea ln London. The loaJgin Yialt la INn u tultlll•nt at long laat -- or a proalae aade nearlJ a Jear ago to the Pri• 11niater; when Wilson wu 1n lloacow -- on a futtle peace ■iaa1on. Perhaps aore i11POrtant -- lf it does c011e off -- the vlllt i would conatltute a sharp departure troll put Soviet pollcJ. the ltrealln 1n recent 110ntha _ hav1n& retuaed to 1nltlate pollcy talka with Allerlcan allies -- as long as the United States reaa1.na 1n Viet lam. lo• -- it appears -- the Jt89l.1n seeking a position - or greater flexibility -- say British d1ploaats. ll>SC~ FOLLOW LONDON Another hppeful sign -- in this next from Moscow. Latest report on the activities -- of vi.siting Canadian External Affairs Minister Paul Martin. Nartln -- whose avowed purpose is that of "seeking ■eans to end the war" 1n Vlet Na■ -- meeting t°'ay with Soviet fret1ler Kosygin, President Podgorny and FJrelgn N1nlster Oro111ko. j Arter which he said that all three -- had de110natrated a desire 11 to make progress" on Vlet laa. llart1n apparently trying to get the Kr•lln -- to agree to reconvene the N1neteen-Pltty-Pour Geneva Conrerenc~ 4ti1ch lussla was co-chalraan -- for which Canada la 1al observer in Viet Nam. BOD At BoM -- final selection today or a successor to Ludwig Erhard -- as head or West Germany's ruling Christian Democratic Party. The choice: Kurt-Gecrge Kiesinger -- presently minister- president of the province of Baden-Wuerttemberg; but long ago -- a M11ber of the Nazi Party. Kieslnger thus given the task -- of fol'llling a new coaUtlon govern.ntl.hlch would 118k~ hlm chancellor ln Erhard' plac,-- 1f he can pull 1t off. As such -- the first toraer lazi Party Mllber -- to head a post-war Oeraan governaent. P1rst C01111uni1t reaction -- trom the ottic1al East German newa agency. )161ch said th•t Kiesinger was "heavily ) tainted" -- by his Nazi past. Charglnqhat . he once acted aa a "" liaison otflclal -- between Nazi Propaganda Chief Joseph Goebbels and Poreign Minister Joachim Von Ribbentrop. K1es1nger replying, however, that he quickly became disenchanted with Hitler -- in the ea . rly Thirties. That he later refused a position of authorlLy ln the Nazi order -- serving only as a Junior officer ln the Army during the war. A'l'LAITIC The U.S. Navy conducting an ant1-subarlne wartare exerclae today -- oft the coast or Horth Carolina) ,)fHiri the rollt1ne training procedure -- almost turned into a real-live tragedy. The lalltilwa -- w,orld'• tlrat n\lclear l\lbur1ne -- running allbaerged; when lt accl4entally raaed the 11H -- or the Alrcratt Carrier la1u. The allb'a conning tower -- badlJ daaaged. But tortuna'81J -- the veaael able to 1urtace. Penonal lnJury -- 11.lllted to one CrftlllBI\ with a possible broken &I'll . Aa for the llilll Baaex -• it waa apparently unharlled. VEATIIIR For the second t1H in a week -- vicious autwnn weather 11 •king headlines tonight; fro■ the Canadian border to the ~ heart of Dixie -- and aiJ.Alio line Eastern Seaboard#. The cause -- a coll1a1on or two giant air •aaea; one nl'II -- the other cold. Leading to bllzzard-llke anon 1n llontanl -- at one end ot the scale. 4--aerlea of tornadoea at / the other -- lri the Alabua COIIIWlitlea ot CQllnan, lloundaYllle and Jetteraon. In betwHn -- • •ssh at violent thunderatol'III -- troa the Ohio Valley to the lid-Atlantic Coast. • FLCIIEKCE Two American art expert~in Florence, Italy, tonight. To determine -- if they can -- how the United States can best help to restore the city's f'lood-soaked art treasures. The two men -- John Phillips, curator of New York's Metropolitan Nuaeum of Art -- and Fred Licht or Brown University. _J I )tfpreaenting the newly-created -- "Nationwide C011111ttee for Restoration and Rescue of Italian Art." An -rgency organization -- made up or ■useUll8, toundatlona and art lovers - ln Twenty maJor U.S. cities. DAffOI Prom Dayton, Ohio -- the story today of a aenaeleaa prank -- resulting in a tenaeleas death. Truck driver Archie loland or lavaaota, Texu -- dtlvlng beneath a highway overpass ln Dayton; when soaeone -- posalblJ a child or a group of children -- dropped a Portr-pound slab or concrete through the wlnahleld or hla cab. !houp palntllllJ inJured -- loland unaglng to brlng hla truck to a atop -- berore there was any further duage. But he dled wlthln a •tter or ■lnutes -- at a Dayton hoapltal. !he d•th -- later rilled a hllllclde. At lut report -- police atlll looking tor those reaponalble. VASHDIJTON Back in . Washington -- plans for an attack on the nation's transportation ills -- set forth today by Alan I Boyd; newly- appointed head -- or the newly-created Department of Transportation. Boyd declaring he will not try to play "big daddy" -- to M/P the transportation industry. But rather"°'try to convince induatr, leaders -- or the benetita accruing troll an lllproved transportation ayatn. To do that -- aa1d Boyd -- it will be necessary tirat to build a cohesive organization -- troll the ■ult1tude ot existing agencies and nployees assigned to the new depart•nt. Which means -- hem went on -- that the new depart•nt will be seen but not heard -- tor at least a year. Arter that -- said he -- it'll be time enough to "start throW1ng b011ba." ,~ BOOK - President Johnson's apparent reluctance to d~scuss the outcome ot Tuesday's election -- perhaps understandable; when viewed in the light or a little-known incident -- that occured in the Nineteen-Sixty-Pour Presidential campaign. An incident recalled by Vhi . te House correspondent Prank Cormier -- in a book Jwst out called "Presidents are People, Too." The •••ting: A special televisio . n addh1a that LBJ mad • e 41 to the people or Louisi~and Nlasissippi -- in the closing daya or the campaign; when lt was all too apparent -- that~ • ~ ti I - was" Goldwater country. The President urging Loulsianlana and N1aalaaipplana -- to vote what they "think lis right." In th-fiope -- said he -- "that somehow or other it is the same thing that I think 1a r~t." "But if not" -- said the President -- "I won't quest1:on your patriotls■ -- I won't question your Americanism -- I won't question your ancestry." However, what "I may" do -- said he -- 11 "quietly and in the sanctity or our bedroom -- whisper to ,~ Lady Bird my personal opinion II about your Judgment."