November 15, 1963

Adm Judge Murtagh and Asst Adm Judge Vetrano direct judges to stop issuing written opinions; several judges to protest to Judicial Conf; complain their rulings have been questioned by Vetrano, charge Murtagh abdicates responsibilities to Vetrano; ct observers link directive to recent opinion by Judge Gassman challenging legality of 2-1 decisions

Commerce Dept repts 3d qr payments deficit on regular transactions seasonally adjusted cut dramatically to $385 million, lowest for any qr since '57; almost entire improvement was in capital transactions largely helped by proposed tax on foreign securities purchases; drop in private short-term loans abroad also linked; improvement seen reflected in NY Reserve Bank rept that US had no gold loss for 13th consecutive wk; on annual rate basis, 3d qr deficit was only $1.54 billion, compared with $5.1 billion in 2d qr; special transactions involving foreign prepayments of debts and sales of foreign-currency bonds cut deficit further; 4 ways of measuring deficit cited

Legis (Marchi) com backs ending requirement that bars serve full meals

conv opens; Gov Rockefeller, Meany, Sec Wirtz s; preconv fight nearly erupted over Meany ban on display lauding Teamster's pres Hoffa

Kennedy admits Cong is unlikely to pass bill this session, news conf; hopes for HR enactment soon, looks toward full enactment in '64; links delay on rest of legis program to rights bill