European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 7. 1987 the stars and stripes Pago 7 seasonal farmhands offered amnesty immigration Law s program spurs debate Washington not the Rea Gan administration expansively interpreting the new immigration Law plans to offer Legal status to illegal aliens who have been harvesting fruit vegetables and other perishable commodities such As Christmas Trees and tobacco. The new Law prohibits employers from hiring illegal aliens but offers Legal status or amnesty to illegal aliens who have lived in the United states continuously before Jan. 1,1982. Congress recognizing that Many farm ers were dependent on illegal aliens to har Vest their crops created a separate program permitting such workers to become lawful residents of the United states. This program for aliens who per formed seasonal agricultural services for at least 90 Days in the year ending May 1, 19b6, it More generous than the amnesty program for other illegal aliens. The special program for farm workers which begins june 1, will be open to aliens who worked in the cultivation of frail vegetables and other perishable commodities new rules drafted by the agriculture department define perishable commodities far More broadly than expected by the Law s sponsors. Thus More aliens Wilt qualify and intense debate Over the Wisdom of the new rules is Likely in Congress. The official record of congressional debates shows that lawmakers intended the new program to provide a steady Supply of labor Tor growers of cherries grape apricots peaches lettuce and similar produce mat can spoil if not picked immediately when Ripe. But a confidential draft of the new rules prepared by the agriculture department defines perishable commodities to include Christmas Trees Cut immigration act key elements of the immigration Reform act of 1980 Amr titty and eventual citizenship for aliens who illegally entered the United Stales prior to Jan. 1,1s62 and lived in the . Continuously since then. Jail a trim of up to six months and fines of from $250 to $10,000 for an employer who knowingly hires an illegal alien after nov. 6,1966 employers Are responsible for checking birth certificates or passports of prospective workers. Temporary residence status for undocumented aliens who worked in agriculture for at least go Days in the year that ended May 1,1986. Reimbursement of up to $4 billion Over four years to stat and local governments to help defray costs of schools and Foodai services used by re Way legalized alerts. Discrimination banned unemployment due to citizenship or National origin Justice department to enforce protections. Chicago Tribune graphic Soureyi Chicago Tribune Siwwi report to Flowers herbs hops horticultural specialities Spanish Reeds spices sugar beets and  horticultural specialities would in clude Shrub seedlings fruit and nut Trees vines potted plants Flower bulbs and other Nursery  the special amnesty program for farm workers was indispensable to passage of the immigration Bill. Rep. Charlese Schumir of new York one of three democrats who devised he program said it was not meant for producers of tobacco or hops. The Broad definition of perishable commodities like the special program fat farm workers reflects the economic and political importance of Farmers who have lobbied the agriculture depart ment in the five months since Reagan signed the immigration Reform and control act of 1986, during debate on the Law sen. Alan k. Simpson. R-wyo., who was chief sponsor of the Bill said the growers de mands far special treatment were motivated mainly by  but other Law makers said the growers were fighting for economic survival. While the eligibility criteria for farm workers Seekin Legal status arc relatively Liberal the standards for other illegal aliens Are More stringent than Many in Congress had expected. Hispanic groups and some religious organizations say the roles Are so strict in requiring aliens to document five years continuous residence thai they will exclude thousands of illegal aliens whom Congress had intended to include. No one has determined How Many illegal aliens Are in the United states. Labor department estimates Range from 3,5 million to 6 million and Here May be 100,000 to 1.25 million working in agriculture. One agriculture department official said that Farmers wanted officials to in clude livestock in the definition of Peri Shable commodities. But the proposed rules to be issued later this month explicitly exclude livestock poultry Dairy products Cotton earthworms fish oysters rabbits Hay Honey hones soy Beans Wool and sugar Cane. Rep. Howard Lawman a Calif. Said the exclusion of sugar Cane would adversely affect jamaicans haitians and other caribbeans who performed the backbreaking work in Florida sugar Cane Fields. Farm lobbyists have belatedly discovered that substantial numbers of illegal aliens Are employed by livestock Dairy and poultry producers. Cd. Fields a lobbyist for the american farm. Bureau federation said nobody knew there was any sizable number of Ille Gal aliens in these segments of agriculture. But evidently there were More than any of us dreamed. The livestock Dairy and poultry producers Are coming Oil of the Woodwork sounding cries of alarm in an Effort to get included in the pro Gram for perishable  Conrad Grogg president of the United dairymen of Arizona said our cows and milk Are every bit As perishable As the fruits and  under the new Law illegal aliens who have picked fruit vegetables or other perishable commodities May become lawful temporary residents. After one or two years in that status they May be come permanent residents. After five years As permanent resident they May apply for citizenship. Hahn talks of meeting with Bakker 2nd minister new York a Jessica Hahn says she was forced into sex with the Rev Jim Bakker and then with another evangelist and that Bakker could t get enough Newsweek Magazine reports. The session with Bakker 47, in a Florida hotel seven years ago lasted for what seemed like an hour and a half the 27-year-old former Church secretory said in a transcript quoted in the Magazine s april 13 Issue. Newsweek said the transcript was from a statement taped two months after the encounter. On the tape the second evangelist who was not identified by the Magazine is quoted by Hahn As say ing you re not just going to give it to Jim you re going to give it to me  Hahn according to the transcript said Bakker forced her to engage in Oral sen and Intercourse while she was woozy from a gloss of wine. I tried to get him off me Hahn said. He could t gel enough. He had to find new things to  Hahn said that after she told Bakker she was a Virgin and worried about becoming pregnant he said i be had an operation. Don t worry about it you la appreciate it  Newsweek said Hahn said she then was forced into sexual activity for another hour with an evangelist working with Bakker. Bakker resigned As head of the 500,000-Membcr pal television ministry after claiming he had been blackmailed Over the extramarital tryst. Hahn has said she reached a $265.000 settlement with Bakker but received Only a Small part of the Money. Hahn a account which was allowed by the settlement quotes evangelist John Wesley Belcher who brought her to Bakker As saying Bakker has no sexual. Life with his  Newsweek said. Without confirm ing the contents of the transcript Hahn told the associated press that however it was obtained it was immorally done and with the obvious intent to further damage and Embarrass  she said that such a Story would make the victim twice the  elders of the assemblies of god to which Bakker has submitted his resignation Are investigating various charges in the matter including Hahn charge that two pal officials the Rev. Richard Dortch now president of the organization and former Board Mem Ber the Rev. Aime Garcia Cortese of new York Learned about the hotel incident three years ago. Hahn s statement said she Felt pressured by them to sign a three Page disclaimer that the incident had taken place. She said Cortese warned her on nov. 1,1984, sign the papers or you will never have any  Sparks profess new York a about so people demonstrated sunday outside the clinic where Mary Beth Whitchead met the couple who won a court fight to keep the child she agreed to Bear for them. Members of the groups committee to defend Mary Beth while head and women against pornography were among those attending the two hour pro test outside the infertility Center of new York. They said they were demonstrating against the exploitation of women used As surrogate mothers. Protester Janice Raymond a professor of medical ethics at the University of Massachusetts said the baby m ruling has International and political implications. We re going to Sec women being brought in from developing countries from third world countries because it will be cheaper to hire them than it is to hire a White american woman she said. Ruling fraud charged in defense contract new York a two former defense subcontractors have been accused of rigging tests in order 10 con ceal problems thai could cause radar jamming equipment to fail in combat and make pilots sitting ducks authorities say. A Federal indictment charged Albert Laskow 64, of North Miami Beach , and George Rullman 49, of Oil Hills with one count of conspiracy to defraud the . Government and 2i counts of filing false documents. They headed the now closed Feustal industries corp. Of Plainview which had a $6 million contract with Ray Theon corp. Between 1979 and 1984 to produce electronic components for a radar jamming system for the air Force s ef-111a Raven aircraft. Neither Raythelon nor Grumman aerospace corp., which developed the plane was accused of wrongdoing. The $25 million Jet is an unarmed escort plane thai broadcasts a wide Range of electronic signals to Block or confuse enemy radar. Thomas sheer head of the new York Fri office said some components made by Feustal failed specifications for withstanding variations in temperature vibration and pressure even though the company s test results said they had passed. While the equipment might work under Normal conditions it could fail under the extremes of Ombal he said. By producing this useless piece of junk they were in effect jelling fighter bombers. Go on missions believing they were invisible to enemy radar when they were sitting ducks said sheer. You can assume that greed was a motivation Here he said. Air Force Capi. James Stratford a spokesman in new York said preliminary indications showed no injuries or training accidents attributable to the components. Four of the aircraft flew in he . Raid Over Libya last april but there is no indication that any malfunctioned air Force officials said. The air Force said the Feustal components would be replaced As they Wear out but that no special Effort would be Mode to change them at once. No planes have been grounded As a result of he indictment he said. The investigation began in Early 1985 after Federal authorities were tipped to the allegations by a former Feustal employee said Brooklyn . Attorney Andrew Matoney adding thai investigations into possible waste and fraud by government contractors were continuing. We intend to keep a tight Monitor ing of this Industry said Malaney. We will continue to be very Daggres