European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 Baker denies tax plan would Benefit Rich were on the right Side of the fairness argument Washington a denying that president Rea Gans tax plan is dynamite for the Treasury Secre tary James Baker Iii defended the proposals fairness including a provision eliminating the deduction for state and local with respect to state and local tax if you should eliminate that from this proposal i dont think you have tax said who cited projections that the provision would increase Federal revenues by Bil lion in he said that the current deduction benefits those people who itemize their tax returns and taxpayers who live where state and local taxes Are youve got 35 states that Are subsidizing the itemizes those High bracket taxpayers in the 15 High tax he said during an appearance on abcs this week with David youre just not going to find the Revenue elsewhere theres too much Revenue its basically a fairness question and were on the right Side of the fairness argue he Baker was responding to assertions by new York Mario Cuomo earlier in the program that Reagan could find ways to retain the state and local tax but would rather keep provisions that help stockholders and the Oil and Gas this plan is dynamite for the Rich Cuomo i make As ill do extremely this is a program that takes care of the people at the the people in the Middle Bakers Richard appearing on abcs meet the press also defended the elimination of the state and local tax saying Only the itemizes come out an Abc news reported that 65 per Reagan tax Reform Appeal presidents television address outlines sweeping changes in the nations income tax e would take a giant step toward an Ideal system a simple 3bracket system with tax rates of and we will virtually double the personal raising it by next year to for every taxpayer and every a he mortgage interest deduction on your Home would be fully less than in other interest expenses would still be re propose to reduce the maximum corporate tax now 46 to 33 we intend to lower the maximum capital gains tax rate to we would repeal the investment tax credit and Reform the depreciation Al Hose individuals and corporations who Are not paying their fare now they shall pay a minimum cent of the american people who have heard of reagans tax plan support while 24 percent oppose eleven percent have no Given the Choice Between keeping the system the Way it is and changing 74 percent favored change and 22 percent were satisfied with the current tax Abc said the poll of 509 americans interviewed by Telephone on May 30 has a margin of error of plus or minus five percentage while administration officials were defending the key members of the House ways and Means committee predicted it will be hard to keep special interests from hacking away at the this is going to be the biggest political Brawl that Washington and the country has Ever said Richard a leading advocate of tax re when you change the tax code to this degree you really affect everybody and every interest in the Gephardt said on every lobbyist who can be hired in Washington is going to be hired to be inside the ways and Means and 1 still question whether or not we can produce a its going to be something nobody has Ever witnessed Dan chairman of the com called work on the Bill a giant operation and said id like very much to keep up the tax Reform is not a sprinters he its for the Lon distance i just Hope we can keep the Peoples commitment and response generally As High As it has at the same he said it was important to work quickly enough so that businessmen Are not left in the dark about the future of tax that could very Well shrink up he diplomats believe embassy Security inadequate Washington a a new Survey indicates that career diplomats Are dissatisfied with Security at american embassies and also have misgivings about the state departments policy of military retaliation against the sampling showed that almost 75 per cent of the respondents believe that the bombing of the Beirut embassy Annex last september could have been prevented with reasonable Security the Survey was taken by the foreign service a monthly Magazine published by the american foreign service As the Union of career a questionnaire about the adequacy of the state departments Security measures was included in the journals March of the journal 182 re an article summarizing the results of the Survey noted that opinions were solicited from journal not All of whom Are career it also pointed out the results were not necessarily representative of the foreign service As a whole because those most concerned about the topic Are the most Likely to when asked whether they agreed with the statement that foreign affairs agencies have done All they could Over the past few years to safeguard employees against Ter 30 percent disagreed 42 percent and 16 percent were in leaving 12 percent in the article asked by the journal for assistant Secretary for Security and traction Robert Lamb we think that Protection of our embassies and employees is among the highest priorities in the de we Are doing More than we Ever have at any time but it is not just the departments responsibility the individual also has according to the journals the state department expects to spend almost billion to improve Security at overseas posts during the three year period ending in october the principal terrorist activities directed against american diplomatic installations Over the past two years include bombings at the american embassy in the embassy Annex in the same City and the embassy in the administration believes that Leb anese shiite moslem extremists with close links to Iran Are responsible for each Inci Secretary of state George Shultz and Robert the presidents National Security have said that the United states should use Force against governments that sponsor terrorist in a speech two months Mcfarlane we cannot and will not abstain from forcible action to preempt or re Spond to terrorist acts where conditions Merit the use of but Only 9 percent of those responding to the journal poll believed that retaliation was the most important step the United states could take in lessening Security threats and 58 percent said retaliation was the least thirty nine percent thought increasing physical Security of embassies and other buildings was the most important while 27 percent gave highest priority to decreasing the number of personnel and missions in dangerous another 27 percent expressed the strongest preference to improving intelligence capabilities to detect a sampling of Anonymous comments which accompanied questionnaires returned to the too chiefs of called upon to make hard decisions regarding de creasing burning evacuating first think in terms of will this action Embarrass the Host government rather what will be the Best Way to protect my staff and sensitive files if the United states would Stop treating every area of the world As a vital inter which Many parts Are truly then our lower profile would dramatically improve our All we can Hope to do is make an attack sufficiently difficult to dissuade a would be neither in Washington nor Over seas have we done that very i am now serving at my first nonhazardous and i feel less secure than at any previous Post because so Little attention is Given to 2 women arrested in protest Allison a four including two ministers jailed ear Lier this were arrested sunday at a lutheran Church whose minister has been jailed in a dispute Over his support of labor the ministers were arrested outside nativity lutheran the two other sup porters of the Daniel including his were arrested during a service when they tried to read a Sermon he wrote in his jail was jailed May 22 on tres pass charges after spending eight Days in the refusing to leave after his Bishop suspended Bishop Kenneth May took the action after a majority of the congregation complained of so bergs involvement with the denominational ministry a group that uses confrontational tactics to publicize the plight of the unemployed in this heavily industrialized and blames Banks and Industry leaders for the Douglas Roth and William Rex who have been jailed in disputes stemming from their labor were arrested sunday when they allegedly re fused to leave the Ann Solberg and Mary Ann Yost were arrested when they and about 25 others tried to read so bergs Yost and the others entered the Church during services con ducted by the Paul who is serving As interim said Raymond a member of the nativity Church Council who opposes so bergs Sampsell was preparing to deliver his ser Mon when Solberg and Yost stood and began Reading so bergs said other Solberg supporters then stood and began Reading the Sermon in Smith police escorted the two women from the and the other Solberg support ers left without when the dissidents members of the congregation who remained joined in sing ing Christian said Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today june 1945 the 10th army on Okinawa was put under the direct command of Chester forces on Okinawa made substantial gains in a drive to wind up the two month 30 years ago today june 1955 the state of California executed Barbara Graham in san Quentin prisons Gas chamber for the murder of Mabel the deceptively demure 32yearold Graham had a record As a pros drug addict and vagrant starting when she was 13 years 20 years ago today june 1965 astronaut Edward White climbed out of his gemini capsule and for the first time an american Astro naut had flown alone in the emptiness of space for 20 70 years ago today june 1975 the department of education and welfare announced that gym classes and sports in most schools and colleges in the would have to be sexually sports involving bodily Contact were excepted from the