karns said that the cases involved a matter "of even greater significance than the guilt or innocence" of the 50 persons. he said evidence was obtained "in violation of the legal rights of citizens". karns' ruling pertained to eight of the 10 cases. in the two other cases he ruled that the state had been "unable to make a case". contempt proceedings originally had been brought against 677 persons in 133 precincts by morris j& wexler, special prosecutor. #issue jury subpenas# wexler admitted in earlier court hearings that he issued grand jury subpenas to about 200 persons involved in the election investigation, questioned the individuals in the criminal courts building, but did not take them before the grand jury. mayer goldberg, attorney for election judges in the 58th precinct of the 23d ward, argued this procedure constituted intimidation. wexler has denied repeatedly that coercion was used in questioning. karns said it was a "wrongful act" for wexler to take statements "privately and outside of the grand jury room". he said this constituted a "very serious misuse" of the criminal court processes. "actually, the abuse of the process may have constituted a contempt of the criminal court of cook county, altho vindication of the authority of that court is not the function of this court", said karns, who is a city judge in east st& louis sitting in cook county court. #faced seven cases# karns had been scheduled this week to hear seven cases involving 35 persons. wexler had charged the precinct judges in these cases with "complementary" miscount of the vote, in which votes would be taken from one candidate and given to another. the cases involved judges in the 33d, 24th, and 42d precincts of the 31st ward, the 21st and 28th precincts of the 29th ward, the 18th precinct of the 4th ward, and the 9th precinct of the 23d ward. the case of the judges in the 58th precinct of the 23d ward had been heard previously and taken under advisement by karns. two other cases also were under advisement. #claims precedent lacking# after reading his statement discharging the 23d ward case, karns told wexler that if the seven cases scheduled for trial also involved persons who had been subpenaed, he would dismiss them. _washington, feb& 9_ - president kennedy today proposed a mammoth new medical care program whereby social security taxes on 70 million american workers would be raised to pay the hospital and some other medical bills of 14.2 million americans over 65 who are covered by social security or railroad retirement programs.