THE MICHIGAN DAILY I louse Approves Tax Bill ' Following Kennedy Plea Whittzaker Resigns Post As Justice WASHINGTON (M - Supreme Court Justice Charles E. Whittak- er is retiring at 61 on doctor's or- ders. The jurist, who wanted the high bench five years ago this month, said he is exhausted. His retirement effective April 1 was announced by President John F. Kennedy. Kennedy told his news confer- ehee he will name a successor shortly, but he declined to be drawn into any discussion of whom he will choose as his first appoint- ment to the Supreme Court. Associates said the President has a number of possibilities under consideration but no firm decision has been reached yet. An author- itative source was asked if any Negro was among those under con- sideration and he replied it might be assumed that the list would in- clude "someone from this group." A newsman asked if this group included Thurgood Marshall, spe- cial counsel to the National As- sociatio for the Advancement of Colored People. He was told that discussion of any individual should be avoided. Whittaker, who retires on half pay of $17,500 a year, was one of four Republicans appointed to the court by former President Dwight D. Eisenhower. In the loosg classification of jus- tices into conservative and liberal blocs, Whittaker is ordinarily re- garded as a conservative, although occasionally swinging to the other side on some issues. 'Whittaker, the ex-Kansas farm boy, lawyer and United States Cir- cuit Court judge, issued a state- ment from his chambers saying he had "reached a point of physi- cal exhaustion from the great vol- ume and continuous stresses of the court's work." Whittaker left Walter Reed Ar- my Hospital last Friday after spending a week there undergoing what was described as a physical checkup. "The doctors advise a period of, rest and conclude that my return to the court would unduly jeop- ardize my future health," his statement said. TDemocrats Overcome -AP Wirephoto PAPER WORK-President John F. Kennedy utilizes a sheaf of note paper to emphasize a point in his news conference yesterday in Washington. Commenting on Berlin, he noted both sides' han- dling of a "touchy" situation. Lauds Careful' Handling, Of 'Touchy'.Berlin Crisis WASHINGTON () - President John F. Kennedy said yesterday both the Soviets and the West have handled the touchy Berlin dispute "with a good deal of care." He voiced hope for "a very hap- py solution'" if this keeps up. Kennedy tempered this opti- mism by reporting no agreement yet on this "difficult situation" in which he said miscalculations could bring unhappy results. He welcomed continued U n i t e d States-Soviet talks. Kennedy said he wanted no un- derestimation of "the urgency and the immediacy" of the Berlin quar- rel." Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Soviet Foreign Minister An- drei Gromyko agreed at Geneva to continue United States-Soviet discussions, expected to start soon in Washington. But the President seemed more hopeful publicly than at any, time since Khrushchev revived the issue at their Vienna meeting last June. "We continue to talk because we are anxious to see if it is possible to prevent a situation arising where excessive action might be taken by either side to advance its own interest which would lead to a response which, as I say, has a good deal of potential danger in it," he said. "It is a matter of importance to both sides, and, therefore, I think both sides have proceeded with a good deal of care, because they realize it is so important and, therefore, could bring about, we hope, a very happy solution." World News Roundup By The Associated Press WASHINGTON-The outflow of gold from the United States is in- creasing again and threatens to run well ahead of 1961 levels. The situation is causing concern in of- ficial quarters because the out- ward movement of gold in recent years has reduced the total Unit- ed States supply to a 23-year-low of $16.6 billion. JERUSALEM-Israel's Supreme Court yesterday heard Adolf Eich- mann's final arguments against his death -sentence. Then it ad- journed to decide whether he should hang for complicity in the Nazi slaughter of six million Jews. The five justices are expected to take at least a month to frame their verdict on the former SS colonel's appeal. ** * WASHINGTON - The Senate Armed Services Committee joined yesterday in the effort to induce Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara to spend a lot more money on the RS-70 bomber. Mc- Namara promised anew to study the matter very carefully. * * * ALGIERS-Abderrahmane Far- es, president of the new provincial executive regime for Algeria, ar- rived from France yesterday un- der cover of official secrecy and a massive deployment of security forces. * * * WASHINGTON -The Senate sidestepped yesterday in a sharp dispute over Republican charges of GOP Move Senate May Proceed With Investigations WASHINGTON ( - A few hours after President John F. Ken- nedy made a public appeal yes- terday for passage of his pending tax measure, the House approved it over determined Republican op- position. A GOP effort to return the bill to committee with instructions to cut two major administration pro- visions was beaten 225 to 190. Final passage followed a little later on a 219-196 vote. The measure goes now to the Senate where it was given a good chance to pass without major changes-but only after prolonged committee hearings and floor de- bate. On the crucial recommital test, the Republicans held their ranks solidly but were able to rally only 27 Democratic votes. On final passage, 34 Democrats voted against the administration while a lone Republican-Rep. Richard H. Poff of Virginia-sided with the majority. Republicans centered their fire on two main provisions. One would require withholding of 20 per cent on dividends and interest pay- ments-which would' add an esti- mated $630 million in annual rev- enues. The other would allow 7- per-cent tax credits for business expenditures on modernization of production facilities-estimated to cut revenues by $1.2 billion a year. Kennedy made a strong pitch for the bill at his morning news conference even though it repre- sents considerably less than he originally asked. As submitted by the adminis- tration, the measure would have balanced loss of revenue through the business tax credit program by tightening of collections in sev- eral areas in addition to the in- terest and dividend withholding. These would have included virtual elimination of income tax deduc- tions for business entertaining plus much heavier imposts on income earned overseas by American com- panies and individuals. Archdiocese To Integrate NEW ORLEANS (P)-Six years after he declared segregation "morally wrong and sinful," Arch- bishop Joseph Francis Rummell Tuesday ordered anend to segre- gation in all Roman Catholic schools in the vast New Orleans Archdiocese. The order becomes effective next fall. There had been reports for some time-neither confirmed norde- nied by the Archbishop-that the order was imminent. The New Qrleans Archdiocese covers 10 civil parishes (counties) in Louisiana and part of another. There are 116 elementary and 37 high schools in the Archdiocese with a total enrollment of 75,276. Consider Arms Ban Preamble GENEVA W) - The 17-nation disarmament conference agreed yesterday on a procedure for draft- ing a preamble for a disarmament treaty but the Western powers ex- pressed some concern about the attitude taken by the Communists. In British eyes, at least, Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Valerian A. Zorin seemed determined to plug the Russian disarmament line from first to last, with little consideration for the views of the non - Communist nations. The Americans took a more hopeful view following a three-hour ses- sion. Specifically, the delegates in- structed their co-chairmen - American Ambassador Arthur H. Dean and' Zorin -- to work out agreed language for a preamble and report back by the middle of next week if possible. Leaders of the other delegations will submit comments and sugges- tions of their own by Monday morning and these ideas will be considered by Dean and Zorin. The co-chairmen also may call in var- ious delegates to help them in their work. Zorin urged the conference "to move forward speedily and ener- getically" toward the completion of a preamble setting the goal of. general and complete disarma- ment. "In this way we can give evi- dence to the world that we are tak- ing decisive steps," the Soviet dip- lomat declared. Dean agreed the time had come to get down to details. He said great care should be taken in drafting the preamble, which he predicted would rank historically with such modern declarations as. the United Nations charter-if a disarmament treaty ever is agreed upon. By NORMAN WALKER Associated Press News Analyst WASHINGTON - The Kennedy administration appears to have gambled and won by insisting on an early and responsible steel in- dustry labor settlement consistent with the national interest, as steel negotiators discuss final settle- ment details. The reported new steel pact seems to fit perfectly into what President John F. Kennedy and his active labor secretary, Arthur J. Goldberg, have demanded -since early this year:, They wanted to avoid a strike. Clearly, there won't be one. They wanted an early agree- ment. This one comes a full three months ahead of the June 30 ex- piration of existing contracts - long enough ahead to avoid the full brunt of a disruptive steel in- ventory buildup. They wanted an agreement that would avoid touching off a new wage-price spiral. The reported new pact's terms of about 10 cents an hour are described as well with- in productivity gains and as in a range that should void any price increases. All Gamble Suggesting, or rather pointedly insisting, on all this was a gamble. In an industry that has been no- torious for turbulent labor-man- agement relations Kennedy was laying his prestige on the line in calling for an early settlement without pressure of an imminent strike. Moreover, the objective was ac- complished on a basis of assist- ance and firm guidance while let- ting the steelworkers union and major companies reach their own decision within the suggested framework. This can be contrasted with what happened in the last steel dispute, featured by a record 116- day industry strike. That fracas was settled only after the then vice-president, Richard M. Nixon, helped write out the actual settle- ment terms. Heavy Role The government for many years has felt it necessary to play a Kennedy Establishes Office For Science Coordination r+ By The Associated Press WASHINGTON-President John F. Kennedy moved yesterday to establish a new office of science and technology to coordinate mul- tiple federal activities in these fields. His proposal was sent to Con- gress under a statutory govern- ment reorganization plan and, ln- der terms of the law, will become effective automatically in 60 days. unless vetoed by the House or Sen- ate. The proposed office would be headed by a $25,000-a-year direc- tor, and a deputy director, both appointed by the President and subject to Senate confirmation. Science Role Because of the rapid growth of the role of science in government, Kennedy said the new office was needed to assure that science is used most effectively in the na- tion's interests. At present, the National Science Foundation evaluates Federal sci- entific research programs. This responsibility would be transfer- red to the new office. "The Government is beginning to recognize science as a major activity of the country," Robert E. Burroughs, director of the Office of Research Administration, said of Kennedy's proposal. Unanswered Questions However, Burroughs pointed out two unanswered questions--the relationship of the Science Ad- visory Board, the National Science Foundation and the National Academy of Science to the new office, and the extent to which the new organization may compound coordination of scientific activity. Kennedy said that while NSF has doneya good job of admin- istering its own extensive research programs, it Is. at the same orga- nizational level as other agencies whose programs it is supposed to evaluate. heavy role in making steel settle- ments. It appears this time the government played a lesser role than in earlier years-and did it more openly. Goldberg also had much at stake. As former counsel for the' steelworkers until his surprise ap- pointment to the Kennedy cabinet, he was heavily relied upon to guide the administration through a safe and successful course in the big- gest 1962 labor crisis Kennedy was likely to face. Signed, Ratified Once the new steel contract terms are safely signed and rati- fied-these being regarded as mer formalities due this weekend-th administration can be expected I point to steel as an example c what can be accomplished in un ion - management r e l a t i o n throughout the country. Basically, Kennedy and Gold berg felt the steel industry ani union learned a lesson in the 1959 strike showdown-that it wa better to negotiate a peaceft agreement ahead of time tha after a costly strike. The admir istration hopes others on the la bor-management scene will tal the lesson to heart. 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