Court Choice Reaction Good by JOHN CHAD WICK Leaked As Under Consideration to Fill the Vacancies Created by Tho Supreme Court
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SEE STORY BELOW Sunny and Mild Sumty and mild today. Cloudy THEBAILY and coder! chance of showers FINAt, tonight, tomorrow and Sun- I Red Bank, Freehold 7" day. (^ Long Branch J EDITION Monition*!! County9® Outstanding Home Newspaper 26 PAGES VOL 91 NO. 83 RED BANK, N.J. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22,1971 TEN CENTS Court Choice Reaction Good By JOHN CHAD WICK leaked as under consideration to fill the vacancies created by tho Supreme Court. An urgent meeting of presidential 'advisers retirement of John M. Harian and the late Hugo t. Black. was held in tho White House yesterday morning. WASHINGTON (AP) - President Nixon's nomination of . "It is ironic that the President did not send down-these White Houso press seeretary.Ronald h. Zoigler said it was Lewis F. Powell Jr and William H. Itehnquist lo the Supreme .names earlier but rather tried to make these nominations po- on yesterday morning that Nixon decided on Powell and Reh- Court has left battle-primed Senate Democrats without their 'litical footballs — sort of a three-ring circus in which there nqiust, but ho said tho President "pretty well had these two in expected targets. was a little bit for everybody," Bayh said. mind" over the last 8 to 10 days.. The President disclosed his choices for the two court va-' Kennedy said hq is pleased "that the President has pulled One upshot of all the speculation that grew out of the leaks • cancies in a television-radio address to the nation last night. back from tho brink he was approaching," an apparent allu- of names submitted to the ABA committee for investigation Tho immediate reaction, in and out of Congress, indicated sion to the fa,ct neither Powell nor Rehnquist was among the was a decision to end ABA screening of potential nominees in they may escape bruising battles that have divided the Senate six possible nominees Nixon had submitted for screening to the future. in the recent past. the American Bar Association's Committee on the Federal Atty. Gen. John N. Mitchell sent a letter to ABA leaders, Powell, 64, a Richmond, Va., trial lawyer, and Rchnquist, Judiciary. even as Nixon was announcing his nominations, saying: "The 47, an assistant attorney general, were described by Nixon as Kennedy had called the list "one of tho greatest insults to only fair and proper course is to resume the long standing Judicial conservatives like himself. He indicated he expects the Supreme Court" in its history. practice of submitting the attorney general's recommenda- them to correct what he called a shift in the balance of power Bayh led the fights that ended in defeat of Nixon's nomi- tions directly to the President." WilliamE. Rehnquist Lewis F. Powell In American society against the "the peace forces." nations of two Southern judges, Clement P. Haynsworth Jr. of No Practical Way He said, however, that "their sole obligation is to the Con- South Carolina and G. Harrold Carswell of Florida, for an ear- Mitchell's letter to ABA President Leon Jaworskf and the stitution and the American people and not. to the President lier vacancy on the Supreme Court. chairman of the screening panel, Lawrence E. Walsh, said chell called him late yesterday afternoon to say Powell was who appointed them." Selections of Powell and Rehnqnist obviously caught many events of the past week had made clear there was no practical 'going to be nominated. Until then, Byrd said, he bad no Inkling No Fault Voiced senators by surprise. The day before Nixon's suddenly sched- way to avoid "unauthorized disclosure of the names submitted o£it. Republicans in Congress were generally quick to laud uled address to announce the appointments, key Senate and the advice of your committee." After Haynsworth's rejection by the Senate In November the President's selections. And even such Democratic senators sources reported the President was on the verge of nominating Walsh said in an toterview he thinks advance examination 1869, Byrd said he had recommended Powell, a close friend, as Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts and Birch Bayh of Herschel H. Friday, a Little Rock, lawyer, and Mildred L. LSI- of candidates' qualifications should be continued. But be added but Mitchell had told him that Powell's age was against him. Indiana, who had been blasting Nixon's rumored choices, had lie, a Los Angeles judge. bis panel will meet soon to consider Rehnquist and Powell. Byrd, saying he was tremendously pleased by Powell's no fault to voice. But the ABA's 12 member panel on Hie federal judiciary, Zeiglcr indicated Nixon personally had made the decision nomination said, "He has judicial temperament and a deep be- Bayh said Powell and Rehnfc|Uist "appear to be signifi- meeting In New York, reportedly concluded lato Wednesday to stop submitting names to the ABA in advance. lief in a judiciary dedicated to interpreting tho law rather than cantly better qualified" than some of the names that had been that neither Friday nor Mrs. Lulio deserved appointment to Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr., D-Va., told a reporter that Mit- making laws." Tax Assurances Seen Key To Broad4o-E?iver Success ByBENVANVLIET RED BANK — Success of the vote on the Broad St. to the River plan may hinge on how well its supporters con- vince the public the project won't mean higher taxes. , And the Broad St. to the Joseph M. Malavet Vincent P.Kcupcr River Committee is going all out to tell the borough's 6,000 registered voters that the 90- year-old plan won't be anoth- er pain in the pocketbook. Malavet Conflict The committee, meeting last night at the home of its chairman, Dr. Lawrence R. Burdge, 46 Hilltop Ter., ap- proved plans for a brochure to be mailed to all residents, and Probe Is Started started plans for a telephone By WILLIAM J. and in which he found no' Thursday and more witnesses wrongdoing but he declined to campaign to elicit support for will be called later. He de- the question which will ap- FREEHOLD - A Mon- reveal the scope of the grand clined to identify the wit- mouth County Grand Jury be- jury investigation. pear oh the Nov. 2 ballot. nesses. Mrs. Katharine Elkus gan an investigation y'psv The grand jury heard testi- The prosecutor initially de- terday into allegations of con- mony from Joseph Callendo, White, former borough may- clined to reveal who wrote a or, and honorary co-chairman flict of interest against Mid- township Democratic chair- letter to the foreman of the dletown township Com-' man; William G. Foster, pres- of the committee, said the grand jury asking for the biggest obstacle will be in as- mitteeman Joseph M. Mala- ident of the Concerned Citi- probe but later said it was yet' zens Association, and Douglas suring people that a "yes" Wilford L. Wisner, Democrat- vote isn't a vote for higher County Prosecutor Vincent. Burke; a former township ic candidate for the Middle- P. Keuper saMthis probe was committecman. .-:..,. taxes next year. "~ townTownship Committee. "You simply have to stress "much broader" than the in- Mr. Keuper said two more Mri Keuper said the grand vestigation he bad conducted witnesses will be heard next the fact that it's cot going to See Malavet, Page 2 cost an awfully lot of money," Regliterstoft Photo she said. PLANNING FOR A VIEW — Members of the Broad Street to the River Committee review plans last Going on Ballot night for gaining voter acceptance of the controversial Red Bank plan. Looking at a drawing of the ex- tension of Marine Park are Dr. Lawrence R. Burdge, chairman; Mrs. Katharine Elkus White, former The question which will ap- Red Bank mayor, and Daniel Toiler, who has agreed to donate one parcel of land needed to open the pear on the general election end of Broad St. to expose the river. ballot asks voters to approve expenditure of up to $95,000 to acquire seven parcels of land at the northern end of Broad St. An Obstacle by Nadar Tho plan is to demolish tho ges Will Get Tax Break ByJANEFODEBAKO existing buildings tbus open- ing up the end of the main TRENTON (AP) - Frater- "in substantial part for charl- — $12.2 million will be dis- losses in property tax revenue WEST LONG BRANCH - shopping street to the Naves- nal organizations such as tho table and educational pur- tributed by the state begin- resulting from the doubling of While Ralph Nader challenges ink River. Elks and MODSO will be get- poses" and he said only real ning Nov. 1 to reimburse mu- ~ the tax exemption for senior tho Establishment — be it the Pedestrian Mall ting a tax'break under a new estate that was not used for nicipalities for one half the citizens. President's economic policies, Tho area would then be de- state law. profit would be exempt. labor bosses or General Mo- veloped as a sort of pedestri- Gov. William T. Cahill In other developments at a tors — he also zeroes in on an mall to bo linked with Ma- signed the measure yesterday news conference, Cahill said: college students. rino Park. which is designed to grant fra- — The State Mortgage Fi- "The biggest obstacle I see Of tho seven parcels ternal lodges exemption from nance Agency sold its first Your Youngsters on campuses today is bore- needed, one is borough owned, local property taxes. bonds, $36.7 million, to finance dom,'1 said the consumerism and another will bo donated . Cahill said that to qualify 1,750 homes for moderate in- crusader, speaking last night Sec Street, Page 2 tho organization must operate come families.