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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, May 1, 1985

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes May Park memorial a photo workmen erect a 15foot Bronze statue in a Public Park in Jersey showing an american Soldier carrying the body of a concentration Camp in surrounded by is the statue of which is being Central America expert Motley to leave his Post in state department Washington up Secretary of state George Shultz announced the resignation tuesday of assistant Secretary Langhorne whom he called the architect of the administrations embattled Central Ameri can Shultz said president Reagan would nominate Elliott assistant Secretary for human rights and humanitarian As Motley Reagan accepted Motley resignation with great re Shultz Shultz said Motley first expressed his desire to return to the private sector a couple of months ago i prevailed on him to stay around Little while was plucked from the embassy in Rio de Janei Roto succeed the volatile Thomas Enders As assistant taking Over july will assume his third Reagan administration Post if confirmed by the As he has been assistant Secretary for human rights since previously he was assistant Secretary for International organization he is also a former aide to Henry and Daniel Hes been a forceful advocate of Hes a Tough minded he is particularly Alert to our interest in democracy and the Rule of Shultz said of Shultz announced the change to reporters in the state department news briefing he was flanked by Mot Ley and who made no the three men took no but Shultz told go make a million Bucks fast and then come Motley resignation after two years in the Post followed last weeks House defeat of reagans proposal for million in Aid for the Contra rebels battling the leftist nicaraguan but Shultz lauded Motley handling of that some look at last weeks vote and say that we Shultz were winning the and weve closed the Gap everywhere except in one chamber of the i give Tony a lot of the credit for this very considerable tonys presided Over a remarkable improvement in events in Al Hes been the and the general contractor and chief Mason of our policy in Cen trial Shultz Shultz called Abrams one of my closest associates whom i Trust t i he noted Abrams is fluent in Spanish and he has met with the current political leaders and opposition spokesmen from virtually every latin american budget cuts May add to tax woes its getting tougher to get answers from irs Washington a if you think its growing More difficult each year to get a dependable answer from the inter Nal Revenue its not your image and according to congressional president reagans budget will make it even tougher next taxpayers with questions about tax Law could get through to the irs on the first Telephone Call Only 31 percent of the time earlier this says the general accounting that compares with 62 percent of the time on the first Call in 1982 and 78 percent in the Gao told a House ways and Means subcommittee irs accuracy is this years sur vey by the an Arm of found 14 percent of the answers supplied by irs personnel were compared to 11 percent in reagans budget for the 12 months be ginning 1 would give the irs about Down million from this and Cut Job slots by to according to the that would continue the decline in the number of people available to give assistance by from in 1984 to next irs commissioner Roscoe Egger told the subcommittee that the budget Cut is in line with the administrations Effort to freeze almost All spending he said the irs will be Able to make do with less Money and a smaller staff by boosting other witnesses and some members of the oversight said Cut Ting the irs budget could amount to killing the Goose that Laid the Golden it is not enough that the presidents budget office recommended the irs said the subcommittees i dont care if the decision was made on up in the heavens does it make sense he a system that would turn away a substantial number of taxpayers seeking Aid is said Donald Alexan who ran the irs during part of the Nixon Egger made these other Points appropriate action is being taken in the Case of a supervisor in the irs service Center in who late last year ordered the destruction of but apparently no tax although officials at Austin were aware of the Inci Dent in Egger he first Learned of it last when stories about it appeared in the irs has overcome most of the computer problems that have delayed the processing of tax returns and the authorization of refunds All some people May have to wait 12 weeks for a the Agency Hopes soon to answer most taxpayers tetters within 30 big Back logs Are being but the Gao More than half the letters to the 10 regional service centers have gone unanswered for More than 45 i expect to find out if production standards for irs workers Are too Egger but he doubts that they some irs workers have complained that the quotas Are so demanding that some employees have destroyed tax returns rather than process Al James the Public affairs director for which prepares about 10 percent of All individual said the budget Cut will reduce even further the irs ability to audit Only about 12 of each now Are he Down from 20 of each less than 20 years audits yield in tax for each he adding i cant think of a better Way to help with our budget deficit while at the same time assuring the Public that tax cheaters Are not going to easily dump their share of taxes on the shoulders of honest when Congress is weighing the irs Bud said Johnny Finch of the it should ask whether it is fair that most tax payers pay their share while the returns of Many taxpayers with High potential for tax change go tax evasion goes Unin Vest gated and unpaid taxes Are written a week without to Only for a Good cause a the Prospect of giving up television cold Turkey for a week so upset one elementary school Pupil that the youngster broke into but for others it will be a Challenge for a Good sponsors the idea is for the pupils to try other activities Reading and outings with friends while Rais ing Money for the muscular dystrophy at first they seemed mortified at the idea of not watching but after we explained to them the Good work their sacrifice can they seemed said Arthur an mad were asking them to collect pledges from neigh relatives and their families for each Day they dont watch Levine were looking for about children to turn off the that our who directs association fundraising in Essex county and part of Middlesex said the Campaign is being conducted with the distributive Educa Tion club of America at the High school and the school systems language arts they Call it to at the school we ask the students to generate their own ideas of what to said the ideas seem limitless they talk about break going Bike All kinds of boys clubs and other groups Are devel Oping special programs for youngsters next and there Are prizes for those who raise the most said Russell chairman of the language arts Dever said some youngsters Are enthusiastic about the the janitor at one school had 12 kids come to his door Over the weekend looking for he but then there was the first grader who came up to Dever at the Vining there were almost tears in Bis Dever he i cant do it i just i How about just for a Day or two he i just i told you dont have this is Levine said he Hopes the television turnoff will raise about at each he said the top prize for Money raised is a trip to Washington for two children and their but he said he Hopes an even better prize is for the children to find interests other than the electronic inside each kit is a verification slip their parents have to said were using the Honor system and having the parents watch their Levine said he got the idea of a television turnoff from a Community Effort in a year ago in which All residents were asked to give up television for one  
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