Page 28 THE STARS AND STRIPES Saturday, March 14,1937loclcefeller urges gas tin social serviceFRANKFURTManhattan Bank enprathe future of ihc worliJ.L. KOMI NICK!t Staff writerhe former chairman or Chase(d "cautious optimism" fornnomy Thursday, but heailed for cuts in U.S. 50-ograms and an in-tjn taxes'at the gas-oiine^tarp as a meant ofspurring^ronlinucd ceo-,nomic groHb in Ameca.David\ said America hasthe "pinnacle cty by scalingjlrnounUof debt," turtle lermereducing Jnb country'sstaggeriiriradc and fed-Rwkcfdfer erarjpfidis "the mostimportant items on America's ccgpomic agenda."Congress expects to trim abjmS.W billion from thedeficit this year, but furthcrjwuclions "will be muchmore difficult to achieve,"*fckefeller said in a lunch-eon address to the Amc^fnn Chamber of Commercein Germany,"The federal govj^Tmcm's administrative budgethas been cut to the mfnc," and "even defense spendinghas been grcwina/t a much slower pace during thepast coupic of yufffs," he said."This leaycjfuls in entitlements such as health andwelfare scrvUEs, or a lax increase, or a combination of'both, as Ihrprincipal alternatives to the prospect of adeficit oalv more on the rise."Marur U.S. social programs, he noted, have beenSrowi* out of control since their creation during theohJKon adminibtralion 20 years ago.There is no doubt that we need to provide, that weI to be helping those who cannot help themselves,Judge rulesagainst NorthFrom Page 1supplies for the Nicaraguan rebels, who areknown as Contras, Attorney General EdwinMecsc 111 said (asi November that some of theprofits from the arms sales were diverted to theConiras.Parker noted Thursday that Meese had ap-pointed Walsh as a special Justice Departmentprosecutor "to en-sure that the inves-tigation continuesunimpeded"should Walsh'sseparate court-ap-pointed position befound unconstitu-tional.North, who wasfired last Novem-ber from his post asa National SecurityCouncil aide, hadNorth filed two lawsuits.Parker dismissed both.The first contended the independent counseloperated unconstitutionally because he was ap-pointed by a three-judge federal court, not by thepresident or other executive branch officials.The second argued that Walsh's role was stillunconstitutional, even with the Justice Depart-ment appointment.Parker said the the overall case "presents is-sues of particularly grave consijjutional impor-tance" because North'* challenge calls into ques-tion the constitutionality of vestingprosccuioriai power in independent agenciesand non-executive branch institutions,A similar legal challenge has been mounted bylobbyist and former presidential aide Michael K.Denver before U.S. District Judge Thomas Jack-son.But something rnustjwonc to stop the rate of growthoflhesc programsJ*^Roclcfd]cr,.jposcrvcs as chairman of Chase Man-hattan's inlcdpRTonal advisory committee, said nn in-crease tn-MBs on personal income would "kill the1986 tajaffform law in its crib" and "make a farce" ofa prjojPIrn that he expects will benefit the U.S. ccon-thc long term.TC&S could belter help the economy by examiningson of consumption-based tan — on gasoline at(he pump, or if that is not sufficient, even a value-addedlax as an approach to increasing revenues.The outlook for the world economy is good. Rockefel-ler said, despite Ihc huge debt carried by the Third World,runaway consumer borrowing in the United Slates andviolent swings in the world's money markets,"Volatility seems to have become a permanent fca-rc of the global landscape. Interest rates, oil prices,' :ncy values, and Ihe slock market have all beenig in wider swings, and far more swiftly, thantheymerdid in thepast."To cDvbal such volatility, America and its tradingpartners ink! reach new levels of cooperation on tradepolicy and cltncy exchange rales, he said."The debt cTfct of Ihe Third World, especially (hatof the Latin Anwcan countries, has most recentlybeen brought lo oj^tttention by Brazil's announce-ment that it will susplKdcbt payments, While this isan unusual approach loawpblem, this isn't necessari-ly theend of the world of b"Accommodations will bewund Tor Brazil," hesaid. ^Rockefeller, who arrived in GenritfeTrom Portugal onWednesday, said the prospects Tor tnadpbal economy"could be quite bright" if Ihe United Sflfcs can avoidprotectionist measures in reducing its trandcfitii, ifJapan and European nations liberalize their trmng poli-cies and "if Congress and Ihe president can demtheir commitments to continued deficit-trimming.learn of suppoMnikstt and Umielikazl Mm> display lighted candles as part ofDetainees Day observance tn South Athan 25,000 people have beenJune 1986 under the government's staleemergency,3 Detroit firemen die in blazeDETROIT (AP) — A five-alarm fire ragedthrough an abandoned warehouse and part of apaper-products company Thursday, killing threefiremen, injuring at leasi six others -and snarlingrush-hour traffic.Two of the three firefighters who died had beentrapped when a roof collapsed about three hoursafter the fire started at about 3 p.m., officials said.The third firefighter died earlier.Deputy Fire Commissioner Phillip Gorak said thefire was still burning about 10 p.m., but had beenbrought under control. "It's the worsl tragedy (inDetroit Fire Department history) thai anyone canremember for 30 years," he said.The fire began in an abandoned three-story ware-house less than five miles from downtown, andspread to part of the neighboring Continental Paper& Supply Co., fire officials said.Smoke and names erupt Tram an abandoned Detroit warehouse Vi here three firefighters died Thursday.APpnoto