European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Paga 2 the stars and stripes monday october 26,1987 news Upcott is Vietnam memorial Washington api the Federal commission on Fine arts has rejected a plan to add a statue of a woman to he Vietnam veterans memorial in Honor of nurses and other women who served in thai War. The commission s 4-1 Vot Cappar in to a hair Uhr Ruji Tea vow we pm Civ to we Aoudy ii Utt to gulp in ironing. Cwt my pm Maud in � Otra Tan Ofira of Rokni n m snip in Zimm girl Rognoni n a i Dauvd us my n own tog. Alwn Oan Nui int in run. Cowra of a Wtown Uhi i in 4km 4 in to n can Lungi i a up n b h1 i Frumm. I 4n torn i 41 -. a 13 my in unon. I 14 � 41 � Tow. I u h Taaron r u 7b &4 so Vic hot of St 43 teamsters allowed to rejoin Al Cio after 30 years exile Miami Beach Fla. Up the executive Council of he Al Cio voted saturday to allow he International brotherhood of teamsters to rejoin the labor federation after 30 years of exile for co eruption. Tane Kirkland president of the Al Cio said at a news conference following the Council meeting that certain Mem Bers of the Council expressed reservations about inc readmission of the teamsters but the Vole was 35-0. Kirk land did not elaborate on what those reservations were. I presented this application to the Council today Kirkland said. We Hadan extended discussion and the Council voted without opposition to accept this application for a affiliation effective nov. 1." Kirkland also said it was Likely that the teamsters would be Given a seat Onich executive Council in inc future. The Al Cio president said the teamsters by Raffi filling with the labor federation agreed to abide by the federation s Constitution but no other conditions were Sel. Another prominent labor Leader said the teamsters Riffil Igliori with thearl Cio would strengthen organized la Bor s hand at the bargaining table and in the 1988 presidential election. Morton Bahr president of the communications workers of America also said that the return of the teamsters after 30 years of exile could eliminate infighting among unions for membership. I m looking Forward to this As a very positive development Bahr said. The teamster were Cupelle from in cafe Cio in 9i7 Smid charges of corruption and after the Union refused cosign a code of ethics. The current teamsters president Jackie Presser is under indictment on charges of hiring so called ghost employees 1 at the Union s Cleveland local. On thursday teamster leaders still facing allegations of corruption an threatened with losing control of the 1.8 million member Union through possible Legal action by the . Government asked to be let Back into he federation. Bahr discounted the idea that team sters could win More support from the Al Cio in their pending Battle with the . Justice department by be affiliating. Justice officials reportedly Are contemplating a civil suit aimed at wresting control of the teamsters Union from tit current leadership and placing it under control of b Federal Irislee. N August inc Al Cio Leaden issued a statement condemning such a move. Duke Zeller. Spokesman for the team Serj. Laid that Ila tement helped con Vince teamster Leaden that was the right move. Bahr called government trusteeship a Nightmare and said such an Koa again ii the teamsters would let very dangerous Bui he said the team Len could not Hope for More support from the Al Cio by affiliating with the Fede Nuon. I Don t think the team ten win any More support on that Issue by affiliated tie said. Bahr and other labor Leaden did that rapprochement with the Teuten would strengthen Jabor t influence to the presidential election and in Cott Cativo bargaining Les Sioni car Obj the country. In this Era of labor bashing by cd Portac America ill element of the Tabor Trade movement must hive dose working relation sip Bahr a Tojiu Ines pc Nain Oai ii in in Irao in b re affiliating Workin . W/7/ trigger Contra pullout plan if peace pact succeeds paper says Miami a despite vows to Cial said the administration is not Buls in Cambodia b never abandon the contras the Reagan drawing contingency plans to withdraw Aid such As food i administration is drawing up plans to withdraw the nicaraguan rebels from combat if a Central american peace treaty succeeds it was reported sunday. A pullout plan was ordered after new assessments of the peace agreement suggested it May in fact bring about a cease lire according to a Story published in the Miami Herald. If that were to happen. Congress prob ably would not approve More Aid and the Cia would have to assist the contras in getting out of combat safely unidentified . Officials told the Herald. An administration official who deals with the contras said that with a successful cease lire he would expect most rebels to return to Nicaragua with the rest moving to Large nicaraguan enclaves in Miami new Orleans and san Francis co. The idea would be to get the contras off our payroll and Back in Nicaragua or the untied states As productive Citi Zens an official told the newspaper. The while House die slate depart ment and the Cia All declined to com ment officially. But a White House offi Cia drawing the contras. A state department official said that even if such plans existed they could not be forced on the Contra leadership which has to decide for itself what it Wanis to Contra military spokesman Bosco Matamoros echoed that sentiment. The objectives of the United slates and ours May coincide in that we Are allies but As to whether we continue the struggle that is a decision that belongs to the nicaraguan resistance he said. This is the third time since the Cia launched the Contra program in 1981 that the administration has worked on recall plans while facing a possible sus pension of Aid by Congress. The Herald also reported sunday that the Cia thinks the contras Are the least successful of current .-Backect rebels even though the nicaraguan resistance May have gained the tactical advantage Over the sandinista government. The other foreign rebel movements that receive military support from the United states Are in Afghanistan and an Gola. The United slates also supports re Bel but Only with logistical Ai Medicine and uniforms. Recent Cia evaluations lug Gisl the angolans arc doing the Best and land in a position of dividing the country and defeating the government but the con tras still Don t have the capability of overthrowing the leftist government in Nicaragua Cia reports say. Without commenting directly on the Cia evaluations Malam rofl Laid the nicaraguan rebels have not always per formed at their maximum capability be cause assistance from the United Stiles has always been Mau Moros said in is unfair to com pare the angolans and afghans to the nicaraguans. We have a common Factor in but we Are fighting soviet bloc forces but conditions arc different he said. Bus collision kills two Budapest Hungary a two people were killed and 27 injured sat urday when a bus and a truck collided head on in the southwestern hungarian Village of Somogy Apati hungarian radio reported. Thousands protest . Bases in Spain Madrid Spain a spaniards look to the streets by the thousands Sun Day As they demonstrated peacefully against the . Military presence in their country and for removal of nuclear weapons from Europe. The protests occurred two weeks be fore . And Spanish negotiators Are to hold their seventh round of talks on re Newing a 34-year bilateral treaty of Mili tary cooperation. Another demonstration against . Bases is reportedly scheduled to Lake place in Madrid next sunday. Police estimates from the dozen cities and towns where the marches took place put the Tola number of demonstrators at 50,000, with 25,000 in Madrid. Madrid March organizers estimated the crowd at 150,000. No incidents were reported in the that were organized by pacifist groups and leftist political Par ties and Trade unions. Other demonstrations took place in Barcelona Bilbao Valencia Zaragoza Albacete and several towns in Southern Andalucia and Northwestern Galice. Radio reports said demonstrators souled slogans against the four joint use . Bases in Spain nato the ruling socialist party of prime minister Felipe Gonzalez and president Reagan. Spain wants the United slates to re move its 401 is tac Wing of 72 f-16 Jet fighters from Torrejon a outside Madrid but . Negotiator claim the unit is vital to nato defense. If no agreement is reached at the nov. 5-6 talks Spain is reportedly prepared to renounce the treaty that was in 1953 by president Eisenhower and Spain s longtime dictator. Gen. Francisco Franco. The current five year Extension sex Pirn in May. After a major ill of spaniards approved a March i9s6 referendum to keep Spain in nato the government committed itself to negotiating sub Stantial reduction in . Military pres ence
