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By I Gil BPIDF A Labor Wrilr-r WASHINGTON" (AF) Labor patriarch Georw yean- girded Saturday for a internal ov-r whether Hie 13.6 million member AFL-CIC will endorse a i presi- i a I nominee George McGovern, or eive- Pivside'nt Nixon the political a vantage of a virtually nc-utrat htor movement, "It's eoin-; to he a real bloody moss," one AFL-CIO i i a of next a iiwiiiy of the labor i cr-nm-il to rle- Oide (hO iS5Ut, The- 77-yr-ar-oH a and fj i political strategists of i on Political lion (COPE) K-fi the Democrat- Girds for Internecine Squabbles over McGovern 3 ic National Convention in bitter disarray after badly losing i blocf: McGovern's nomination. "I never saw such a contused, unrealistic stoup in my life," said one labor official who disagreed with COPE's ef. forts to push Sens. Hubert H. Humphrey, Muskie or Henry Jackson to (he nomi.

ration long after it was apparent dial McGovern had it locked up. One AFL-CIO leader, President i ot the American Federation of State, County ami Municipal Workers, switched from Muskie to McGovern just before the Democratic convention, and later sharply assailed COPE'Director Al Barkan's die-hard efforts to stop McGovern, "Barkan plared Humphrey's game until Humphrey himself wouldn't play i( any more, awl he destroyed Muskie as a viable candidate," Wurf said, Meany and the AFL-CIO had said before the convention they would never help Alabama Gov. George Wallace's bid tor the nomination, labeling him and a "racist," Wurf has few visible allies on the AFL-CIO executive council long ruled by Meany, bul one insider said Hie council would split down (lie middle in a direct vole on whether to endorse McGovern, If the vote IG 1 on a decision not (o make any endorsement this time, Meany probably would win against a handful of opponents on the council, leaving it up to Hie 110 individual labor unions whether to a (heir own presidential endorsements. It would be the first time in the history of the AFL-C1O that it did not endorse a Democratic presidential candidate. Despite (he attempt lo block his nomination, including a harshly worded "while paper" attacking his record, McGovern continued his peace overtures (o Meany.

Asked if lie had seen Meany- who brushed aside (wo McGovern requests for a meeting- McGovern said "No, but I will," Meany has constantly attacked N'ixon on i a every issue except the Vietnam war, Bul few knowledgeable labor officials see much room for Meany to bury the hatchet he used to try to chop down McGovern's nomination. The 50-pago document, pre- pared before the convention in Meany's eighth-floor A I headquarters offices overlooking (he White House a. block away, accused McGovern of being antilabor, against some civil rights issues and pro-Hanoi. Some saw Wednesday's bailie a test of Meany's control over the labor federation, Wwf hinted he may to bypass Meany and Barkan and set up a separate labor group to campaign for McGovern if the AFL-CIO votes to remain neutral, Much of Meany's support in opposing McGovern comes from ttie more conservative AFL-CIO construction and building trades unions representing some 3 million workers in 17 unions. a i i unions also liave a major quarrel with McGovern's opposition to shipping at least 50 per cent ot U.S.

government cargoes in American-flag vessels, Many labor officials scoffei! at the idea thai choosing Sen, Thomas Eagleton of Missouri as running mate would help McGovern assauge labor. Eagleton's vole in the Senate against federal funds for a supersonic transport airliner is not likely to help with the International Association of Machinists, who depend on (he sagging aerospace and aircraft industries for jobs. It was reported also (hat Meany may cancel a scheduled meeting of the AFL-CIO's General Board, a much larger group (hat includes the 35-man executive council and a principal officer of all 119 of the fed- eration's unions, Several union leaders who do not sit on the Executive Council have endorsed McGovern, or indicated (hey would endorse him, and cancellalion of the general board meeting thai had been scheduled for Chicago Aug. 28 would appear a further effort to squelch labor support for the Democratic nominee. In addition to specific issues, a a i criticized McGovern on grounds that he had changed his position on some issues, and some were obviously nettled that lie won the nomination with little labor support.

While Meany aides freely ox- pressed their bitterness, Meany himself remained silent pending Wednesday's critical later meeting, Women, Children Flee Belfast As Ulster Inches to Civil War BELFAST A More than 1,000 women and children fled a Catholic areas of Belfast on a a and took trains for Ireland, fearing ar. in Nonhern Ire-land's violence. Tlioir exit followed hours shooting in which two soldiers and two supposed gunmen died. Almost 5,000 now have headed to escape the continuing violence in Belfast and other centers, Tile evacuation was organized by i i i a who have close links with the. Provisional Irish Republican A fighting to merge a i Prct-r-sfant Ireland with predominantly Catholic Ireland.

departure brought charges from Protestants that the IRA would be organizing a weekend push against" the British a Catholics, In- contrast, contended that the British were planning sweeps through Catholic areas which had become IRA strongholds. One of the dead soldiers was a tomb disposal expert killed as he sought to defuse a milk churn packed with explosives on a country road near the border with Ireland, The oilier was a soldier '-shot dead in the Suffolk district of western Belfast, where troops have battled IRA gunmen over the past five days. Their deaths and those of the presumed gunmen brought the total in three years of violence to at least 439, of whom 231 died this a Earlier Saturday vacationers returning home from Spain by plane were caught in an hour- long gun battle at Belfast's Al- dererove Airport, ON THE INSIDE Three Sections 3-1 Pages Buzz of the A-4 Classified ads 6-11 Editorials A-4 Idaho news A 5-6 Legals B-6 Markets A-ll Obituaries A-2 Sports 1-a Social items 1-10 Astrologic.il Forecast TV Log A-10 Idaho in Restrospect C-9 Entertainment A-10 Crossword Puzzle A-iO VOL, LXXI NO, 104 JOURNAL Administration Imposes Ceiling On Leather, Hide Sales Abroad WASHINGTON (AP) The administration imposed, a ceiling on U.S. cattle hide exports today with the aim of holding down rising prices for shoes and other leather goods, Secretary of Commerce Peter G. Peterson announced he is setting the hide export levels at last year's rate of 16 million i a rate he termed ''very high by -any standard." And ho said the curb on shipments on U.S.

uifjes abroad would be carried out through an export ticket system which will avoid the windfall i for exporters or foreign Peterson, at a news conference, said inflationary pressure has developed on cattle hide prices because demand is exceeding supply, He said hides which used to average 14 cents a pound by last week had climbed to an historic high of 29.79 cents a pound, Higher prices and shorter suppUesresult in higher leather prices and higher prices for leather products, principally leather shoes, the secretary told newsmen. "These higher prices come out of the A i a consumers hide," he said. The new action was billed as temporary until the market pressure on hides eases, but Peterson declined to predict just when the export control might be lifted. The program, he noted, envisages hide export i being required at least until November. He left open what the situation might be thereafter.

The Commerce secretary also avoided any hard-and-fast forecast- about the- future effect on siloes and meat prices. it will result in a reduction in the price of American-made slices," he said. But he also said, "There isn't any possible way" he could predict just what the price results would be on shoes and meat, Other officials told newsmen (hat shoes would be going up less in price than they would without the export limitation, Greek Regime Arrests 8 Charged In Plot to Kidnap John Kennedy Jr. POCArEUQ. IDAHO li Slalff Joi SUNDAY, JULY 16, 1972 I air through Monday, with little or no chance ol rain.

High- today, DO; low tonight, 50-55; high Monday, near 90. 20 CENTS ARVN, B-52s Tighten Siege of Quang Tri The remains ot a South Vietnamese soldier marks the route of retreat token by the Saigon forces two months ago south of Quang Tri. Marines and paratroopers have retaken the area recently. (APWirephoto) By MICHAEL' PUTZEL Associated Press Writer SAIGON (AP)- U.S. B52 Slratoforlresses shattered hunkers and inflicted heavy casualties on North Vietnamese around the provincial capital of Quang Tri, the U.S.

Command said Saturday, It estimated the bombers killed aboul 300 enemy in two massive raids. On the northern front, military sources said a South Vietnamese paratrooper battalion tod moved lo within 700 yards east of the Citadel in the 'heart ot Quang i This was (he closest government troops had come to the fallen provincial capilal, A government spokesman reported (wo new engagements. Saturday outside Quang Tri and said 11 enemy were killed. He characterized South Vietnamese losses as light. i miles to the south, there was fighting west of Hue, and.

the old imperial capital was lilt by eight enemy artillery shells that killed one person and wounded three. An unusual broadcast by the VielCong'sradio said its forces had taken more ihan 200 prisoners from the 23rd Division's Regiment after they were wounded and left behind during ground fighting in Konlum Provipce between July 2 and 4, The South Vietnamese prisoners were treated for their wounds and moved to a spot identified as Hill GIG, where U.S. Air Force E52s dropped tons of antipersonnel tombs in raids (he following two days, the broadcast said. It claimed all the prisoners were killed, -A U.S. Command spokesman said he had no report of such an incident, and the South Vietnamese reported no major battle in the area during that period.

In another incident, field reports said an American helicopter crewman was shot and killed by a government marine on the northern front when the helicopter, on a medical evacuation mission, was mobbed by- marines. The U.S. Command said It could not confirm the report but acknowledged that an American was killed by rifle fire as he was being rescued from a crash site Thursday afternoon. Secretary of State William P. Rogers held open Saturday Hie possibility of new secret Vietnam peace talks and said "there are some slight nuances" in Hanoi's latest proposals that "give us some encouragement." Emerging from an hour-long meeting vvith President Nixon, Rogers fold newsmen on the lawn of the Western White House that he did nol want to raise premature hopes of progress toward ending the war.

He would not comment directly on the statement Saturday by a chief North Vietnamese negotiator, Le Due Tho, thai he is ready to hold more i private talks with Presidential adviser Henry Kissinger if Kissinger has "something new" to discuss. BALLAD OF BOBBY AND BORIS ATHENS, Greece (AP) The government announced Saturday the arrest of ek'h' Greeks who it claimed to kidnap John F. Kennedy son of Jacqueline Onassis who lives part of the lime; on a Greek island, The government also announced that police had arrested four Wtsi Covmans, in- cluding a woman, on charges of planning bombings, kidnapings and assassinations in Greece. The government announcement said that the eight Greeks had patterned themselves after the Tupamaro urban guerrilla organization in Uruguay and that they sought to overthrow Greece's military-backed regime. The announcement described the eight as being members of an organization called "New Left," They range in age from 23to-15.

They had planned to kidnap ambassadors, bankers, and such people as noted Greek- businessman Tom Pappas and young Kennedy, the government said. Third Round Due Today in Chess Sitzkreig REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Boris Spassky fished for salmon and Bobby Fischer kept his Sabbalh Saturday as chess officials scrambled save the world championship, After talks with officials of the International and Icelandic chess federations, Fischer's lawyer, Paul Marshal, announced the A i a challenger had withdrawn his ob- jeclion to the presence of movie cameras in the playing hall "so long as they don't blow his mind." Marshal also asked the officials to reconsider their decl- Today's Chuckle One businessman to another: "We're a nonprofit organization. We didn't intend but we are." sion lo uphold the referee In declaring a forfeit because Fischer missed the second game oflhe 24-game series Thursday. Fischer boycotted the session, saying the cameras distracted him. Marshal said new evidence was being prepared that might stave off cancellation of the match.

He wouldn't say what the evidence was. Fischer's failure to turn up for his second encounter with, the world champion gave Spassky a 2-0 lead. 'Potted' Plants A little weeding never hurt anyone, except, perhaps, the persons who were cultivatingthispatchof465marijuana plants near the headwaters of Garden Creek about 15 miles west of McCammon, Two teen-age boys fishing In the area found the patch which Ken Maddox, criminal deputy at the Bannock County Sheriff's office, pulled one by one Friday. The office and jiartulk's agents here are Invesllt'Jtinff the "garden" Just above a farmer's cultivated fields. Maddox fags and stals bags of marijuana which a used for evidence before they are burned.

The foot-high plants were about three weeks old, Maddox believes they were being grown for commerlca! use- because at maturity they would supply a man mow than a year's worth of illegal smokes. The narcotics bureau said the largest cullivalod marijuana garden found iii Idaho was at Slar wherr si-veral trucklcads were pulled tin; ground. Nothing is left but non-smoking weeds and a caUJng card from Maddox "for a little paranoia." Like other marijuana patches found near here, this one was in a quiet area about one-fourth mile off a road, The narcotics bureau found a garden aboul a half mile from the city limits which it pulled up within Uie past two weeks. It's easier pls.nt marijuana than to purchase and "besides, Idaho Is a pretty remote state," an agent said. (Pholos Bob Jensen).