PARIS .. 1-_n;_ ~ . - bC/, : 1 3 ~ ~ f ~ ~ ~ : T ~ Excitement in Paris. French President Pompidou --= 1:'f ~?~~~~ ; ~ A an imediate twelve per cent devaluation 0 of the French franc. Cutting its exchange rate from the previous twenty cents-American - down to roughly seventeen cents. An attempt - said he - to build a new ~ase for financial recovery." This Pompidou's first major policy decision - coming in his seventh week in office. In effect, a bowing to pressures that former President DeGaulle had stoutly resisted. - fl!tr son•a _..,. laCnN A:but. llo■BYBJ!. the new Presid~ 9 deval~~evitable : " 11■111 Ullg" that any ot~r course under present circ\1118tances - "would have c011pr0111sed>l 1-~ci y 9llr investments and~ future:-=- / WHITE HOUSE ~ For President Nixon A.a long, busy day teday---- and ltf:B not over yet. First -01 &eR out or the IHJ7r - the President conferring with key Congressional leaders for two hours. ,,.H'•ering ) out last minute changes - in the broad d011estic progra■ he will unveil for the first time later tonight. A progru including - we are told - first •J~r overhaul of the nation's welfare system. Later, the President takirtg time out - for a brief anniversary celebration. The first anniversary - o f his acceptance of the Republican n0111nation for President. About two hundred campaign workers - Joining in the observance. lext up - another meeting with West Germany's Chancellor JCiesinger. The two....- later announcing - among other things - plans for a new "hot line" between Washington and Bonn. In the words of the official announcement - "to assure that they will be able to communicate rapidly - in case of emergency.'' SAIGON On the war front - Vietnam - a sudden "second think" ~ today on the part of U.S. strategists.~ming to the tentative conclusion - that the current lull in the fighting may ha v e just about run its course; that, indeed, the Viet Cong may be planning a number of attacks next month - 1n and around the Saigon area . Som~~ ~ ::;;i:;. .£fl'4,, predicµ ; ; . ~ m ~ f ~ n s i v ~ . , 1n Blnh Dinh Province on the Central Coast. All this - based on captured documents, prisoner interrogations and various AlUee int;:;;;_ce reports . But for now, at least - the quiet continue~ Allied c011118nders still reporting tbd&J- - only "infrequent contacts" with ene■y forces. EOOARTOWN The Kennedy-[opechne Case - Part Two - coming up September Third at Edgartown, Mass. District Judge James Boyle ordering today - the start of an inquest on that date. Judge Boyle - as you know - the jurist who presided at Senator Kennedy's brief trial two weeks ago; and he will also preside •satn ==- this t1me.aPowid. Incidentally, District Attorny 1Ma!Jlld. D1n1a - who ~ originally deaanded the inquest - eeuli1@ up with s011ethlng A or a surprise today; J'y1ng he intends to call about fifteen witnesses - in an effort to get the full story of ~It:.~ Miss Iopechne 1 s death. He added, however: ~'I have no ,1 intention of · calling Senator Iennedy .. -et ~hli tlllw,!l BETHESDA One of the problems in probing the human mind - the fact that research psychiatrists have had so little to experiment with; having found not a single test animal - whose psyche even remotely resembles that of a human. low - a breakthrough at last. In fact, a whole string of successes - reported today from the National Institute of Mental Health - Bethesda, Maryland; where doctors have succeeded in producing irrational, persistent depression - in any number or test anima\s. Apparently the sa■e kind of depression - that causes so 111.1ch ■isery among humans. 111at-Th1L? m.-.- the first ~ n d i n g a cure. orteVtha✓ra se kn~as TIES In the midst of another long. hot, sticky summer - the question nl■ •• aeatn: Why do men have to wear ties ? • • ,1ua ~swer{ Blame it on the Croats. As far as is known - seventeenth century Croatian ~ soldiers~ the first to march into battle wearing knotted scarves around their necks: The fad quietly spreading to Prance - where the new neckwear was christened the "cravat" - Prench for Croat. When the French Revolution came along - the cravat becoming a badge of sorts; taking on extravagant colors and patterns - designating various political groups, fraternal orders and so on. The trend spreading next to England - where the "old school tie" became a way or lite. I a.way of life - that Britain • soon carried around the globe. / Jt6the point where Americans - alone - spent nearly Half-a- Billion Bucks on ties Just lest year. knots th+ational oeorgraphic ~ the so-called "Gordian" Imo'.; of the TW - 2 early Nineteenth Century. It took two hours to tie - and when the wearer wanted to take it off - he had to cut 1t orr. ~~~~ > ~'> WASHIIGTON What with m o re and more women entering politics these days - it had t~ happen sooner or later; and now - here t is. The Democratic Rational Committee distributing to its members t o day - a bulletin called "Tips for a Candidate's Husband." A list of "do 1s" and "don 1ts" - for the man who wants to help his wife get ahead in politics. ~ To begin with - the bulletin asserts that voter~don 1t care - whether a dl81e candidate has a happy home life, an orderly household, or well-kept children. "Butrwith a w011an" -~ - we are told - "/t•s diffe~1:.{_ 118.lly people - even in this enlightened age - distrust the motives or a wo•n who runa tor office; the rumors spread and people ask - how can ahe hold down moffice and keep the home fires burning." .-:-- ~ihat1s where the husband coaes in. "It's your job" - r/ile ~ , - says the bulletin 'j.._ "to let the voters know that she can do it - and that you want h ~ r to GO it - that you're with her ~ all the way)" ~ n if i~rneana TV dinners - baby-sitting W ASHOOTOI - 2 ~ ~ with the kids /~serving as a sort of male secretary. A tough job - the bulletin admits. "But be heroic" - it tells the husband. Adding: "Remember - she won't be a ~ candid£te for long; llllle win or lose - she's still your wife." (J I) t\. \ llv'Jyf ,4- - j - '-\ - ~ .