TUESDAY, JANUARY Steel C tract Settlement Gives Nixon Sharp Boost WASHINGTON (EP) Monday's steel contract settlement appears to give Vice President Richard M. Nixon the sharpest boost yet toward the prime objective of his political life the presidency. But the happy note of an agreement brought about on New Steel Pact Reduces Chalice Of Stiff Laws WASHINGTON iiP) The steel peace pact yesterday apparently reduced to a shadow any chance that Congress will consider tough new laws to compel strike-settle ments in basic industries. Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell hinted strongly that the administration will refrain from asking for any such new legisla tion. He said this at a news con ference after several key mem bers of Congress told newsmen the end of the bitter steel dispute —and the avoidance pf a new strike—did away with the need for Congress to act. But others in the House and Senate said Congress still ought to consider whether legislation is needed to minimize future threats to the economy from industry wide strikes. News of the agreement be tween the Steelworkers Union and the nation's big and little steel companies brought expres sions of relief from many of the 500,000 steel hands: It removed the specter of another walkout and more payless paydays. Secretary of Commerce Fred erick li. Mueller promptly fore cast the economy would leap ahead to even greater prosperity, now that the threat of a renewed strike has been ended. ' The long and increasingly bit ter steel deadlock was dissolved only two days before Congress is due to reconvene. With the prospect of a renewed steel strike later this month, some senators and representatives had been talking in terms of new legis lation to strengthen the emer gency machinery of the Taft- Hartley law. Traffic Deaths Set New Holiday High By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Traffic accidents across the country claimed a record number of lives during the three day New Year's holiday. Between 6 p.m. (local time) Thursday and midnight Sunday 374 persons perished in crashes involving automobiles, buses and trucks. In addition to traffic, 63 persons died in fires and 76 lost their lives in miscellaneons accidents for an over-all total of 513, matching the 1955-56 New Year's record. , 1960 terms proposed by Nixon and Secretary of Labor James P. Mit chell could turn sour :if it is followed by an increase in steel prices and a new upivard spiral in the cost of living. Now unopposed for the Repub lican presidential - nomination, Nixon emerged from three weeks of secret negotiations as the dom mating figure in a compromise that averted what might have been an economically disastrous resumption of the steel strike. Friends think it will not be lost on the voters that President Eisenhower turned over to Nix- on a role frequently filled by presidents themselves in the past. Mitchell, who would like to be second man on a GOP ticket head ed by Nixon, gave full credit to the vice president. "Without the vice president," Mitchell said, "we would not have had a settlement. His in fluence, his leadership and his prestibe were very significant in this settlement." Industry and labor leaders were equally complimentary. DON'T PUSH... DON'T SHOVE... 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As the measure now stands, the present maximum subsidy base ofl $5BOO per teaching unit 30. ele.4 mentary school pupils; 22 in high school would be increased to , $6200 in the current school year.l The figure would fall back to , $5BOO in 1960-61. The House, however, wants an increase to apply to both years.! It was one of the last stumbling! ! 'blocks confronting the lawmak-, ers, Who will begin the 1960 ses4 sion of the Legislature at noon today. ;4- • January Clearance It's the Big Event of the Season. The Sale you've been waiting for. Famous Brand Merchandise going at rock bottom prices during this big JANUARY CLEARANCE. Come in and get your share of the bargains ... Regular 3.98 8,93 6.88 7.88 ;-;' ',.<-`5,:.."4,7''.,',," '" , 3 ' I- ,:::-.. ,---, •-• ".., 4 4 .`4 33 ~[ sL"' :~ _ xy Y£ {, r