European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                March 1985 the stars and stripes curbs on japanese Trade considered Washington not the Senate finance com reacting to the growing Trade imbalance with has taken up legislation declaring Japan an unfair trader and calling on the president to retaliate by curbing imports from sponsored by John the legis lation would be the strongest measure against Japan yet considered by the the chances Are committee aides said in disclosing the that the legislation will win panel approval and be sent to the Senate what it one aide said is that the conditions for action under our unfair Trade Law have now been fulfilled and the president should use All his authority to the measure is one of a series introduced in recent weeks mirroring the concern that has Arisen in washing ton Over the Trade deficit with which grew to billion last year from 1983s billion according to most is continuing to Widen this John is seeking cosponsors for a Bill that would impose a 20 percent surcharge on All imports from Japan for three John has introduced a Bill bar ring the japanese from Selling telecommunications equip ment in the United states until Japan opens its own mar Ket fully to similar american made the Reagan administration said it would have no com ment on the finance committees David Dema assistant Trade called the Senate Mea sure a sign of the growing dissatisfaction with the japanese being registered on the other who asked not to be said the administration was not unhappy because the legislation would put More pressure on the japanese to open their the congressional Effort comes As the Reagan administration is locked in negotiations with Japan Over measures that Tokyo might take to open its Market and reduce the Trade imbalance with the United these talks were set in motion following a 2 meet ing in los Angeles Between president Reagan and prime minister Yasuhiro Trade sectors where further liberalization is sought Are Forest pharmaceuticals and medical the telecommunications talks Are racing against a deadline of next the effective Date for japanese steel imports in millions of tons Market year Japan dec Canada other penetration 1974 first 10 months note dec is the european economic Community Market penetration is total Market share of imported steel Chicago Tribune graphic source american Iron and steel Institute regulations that could give american companies greater Access in Japan or shut the door even Tokyo has not yet disclosed what these new marketing rules will the Danforth measure that is being taken up by the Senate finance committee grew out of a Resolution drafted by its Trade subcommittee it has 38 the Resolution called on the president to extend limits on Auto imports from Japan until he saw a significant opening of japanese the president decided a month ago to let the car quotas expire March the measure drafted by the committee wednesday contains a finding that the Trade deficit results from the closed japanese Market and says the United states has a right to respond because japans practices Are it Calls on the president to use the rarely invoked Sec Tion 301 of the Trade act of As amended in 1979 and which gives the chief executive Broad authority to curb imports of countries that Are found in violation of International trading it says specifically that the president must announce a plan of action within 45 Days and put it into effect within 90 school bans Book with Bikini Clad Beauty on cover up a Booklet on the metric system has been banned by school officials because one Parent complained about a Bikini Clad woman and her measurements being on the the Booklet has been deemed offensive and discriminatory by George Mclaughl director of secondary education for the Warwick school the 50page Booklet was published in 1974 to help students understand How the metric system on the cover is a picture of a voluptuous woman with her body measurements listed in we came to the conclusion that by to Days standards it is at the very least Offen Mclaughlin there Are Many other things that can be used in the teaching of the Booklet was written by John the head of the math department at toll Gate High Izzi admitted the cover probably is but said it was the idea of the Indiana based Phi Delta Kappa educational foun which published the Warwick school officials didst think twice about the 11yearold Booklet until last month when an angry Parent complained about the cover in a letter sent to the school Izzi is no stranger to he was the target of complaints last year after making disparaging remarks to his class about i the last woman to have a Crea Tive idea was and the Devil had to help Izzi i was just joking with the fiction title nonfiction title Ourer save on each e to save 25 or More on bestsellers from the new York times bestseller listing bookstores