European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday. April 1.19bb Meese told of lawmakers concern from Page 1 Arnold Burns and assistant attorney general William Weld. Mcnese said he would answer questions on the Resig nations within the next several Days when i Hope and i fully expect. To be announcing various appointments to fill those  the business of Law enforcement is going Forward energetically and without interruption asserted Mccase. Our Strong management team is on the  Meese refused to respond when asked whether he would resign and i interrupted a it Porter who at tempted to ask him about his face to face meeting tuesday with Weld. The Washington Post reported thursday that Weld had told a desc that the criminal investigation or the attorney general is a close Call. Weld went on to say that if he were the Independent counsel investigating Mccase he would present the cose to a grand jury seek ing indictment. Meanwhile. Sen. Arlen Specter r-pa., said presi Dent Reagan should meet with Weld and then recon  should stay on the Job. Specter said Weld s reported remarks require a presidential inquiry and decision. You finally reach a place where there is a Cloud of suspicion a sufficient Cloud of suspicion thai i think you owe it to the president to remove yourself he said Weld told the times that he had become concerned palestinians plan riots to protest visit by Shultz Herod on occupied West Bank api leaders of he palestinian rebellion called thursday for riot during the visit of Secretary of state George p. Stultz Neil week and Israel s prime minister vowed to crus the uprising. Soldiers shot one palestinian dead bringing Theara death toll to at least 124 since violence began Pec. 8 in the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip where 1.5 million palestinians live. An israeli Soldier also has been killed. Israeli officials said they would lift a three Day clo sure of the occupied territories at 3 . Friday As scheduled issuance of leaflet no 12 from leaders of the rebel lion indicated Israel had not removed its leadership despite mass arrests last week of More than 1.000 peo ple including those Israel said were responsible for publishing the leaflets. Prime minister Yitzhak Shamir told hundreds of cheering jewish settler Israel would crush the rebel lion in the lands it has controlled since capturing them from Jordan and Egypt in the 1967 Middle East War. Authorities put new restrictions on the 130,000arabs of East Jerusalem but greek orthodox christians fearing for their safety decided nonetheless to cancel pc Easler processions. Soldiers allowed the 650,000 palestinians in the Gaza strip to leave their Homes for the first time in three Days when the army lifted a curfew for five hours. Street clashes Between Young arabs and soldiers soon began in Kojian Yunis Safah and the Jab Aliya refugee Camp and the army restored the curfew at Jab Aliya Israel radio said. The latest leaflet signed by the Palestine liberation organization urged All the Arab world to blockshultz1 plan and to Stop him from killing the  to ordered riots monday through wednesday of next week to protest the Shultz visit and a proposed  plan. The Secretary of state a to begin a shuttle through the Region sunday. Patriarch Diodoros of Jerusalem cancelled three pre Easler processions of the greek Otth Odoi Church be cause of the violence said the Rev. Thimo Tetu Marga Ritis Church spokesman. In another development. Benjamin Netanyahu announced his resignation us Israel i . Ambassador to protest a meeting Between Sulu and two Arab Ameri can linked to the i to. It was the strongest indication yet of israeli displeasure Over the meeting last saturday with the members of the Palestine National Council which acts As the Plo legislature. In remarks broadcast on Israel radio Shultz said it was beyond the Pale to suggest he could not meet with american citizens. About the collective damage being done to the jus Tice department Fay having its Leader under investigation. The times quoted a source As saying Weld told his aides in announcing his resignation that to him it was a question of moral authority and the tarnishing of the  sen. Howard Metier Kaiim a Ohio said thursday that Reagan s duly is to bring about the resignation of or.  the president owes a duty to the country that May be much higher than that which he owes to his person Al Friend Metzenbaum said at the Man of a Senate judiciary subcommittee hearing on antitrust matters. The question said Mere Baum it if or Meese does not shortly resign whether Ibe Public will be los ing Confidence in government As a  the Boston Herald meanwhile quoted Weld As say ing in an interview that when he and bums told Meese they were resigning the attorney general thought we were joking. I told him it was so. He seemed a Little taken Aback for Bil part Meese said there s no reason to re sign and Reagan reiterated his support for his old fiend saving he s been a Friend for Over 20 Yean. I have every Confidence in  while House spokesman Martin Fitzwalter was asked wednesday Why Meese remained on the Job when White House chief of staff Howard Baker vice president George Bush and tin lady Nancy Reiga wanted him oui. I Don t think any of that is True Fitzwater replied. In. Reagan i pros Secretary Elaine Crispen. Said thursday trial reports that the tint lady is campaigning for Meese s removal arc absolutely not  she has t talked to anyone and no one has talked to her about ulc i be Crispen said by Telephone from los Angeles where mrs. Reagan is visiting before join ing the president at their California ranch Friday for easter. Four aides quil along with Weld and bums the no.2 official in the department. Meese predicted on wednesday that solicitor Gen Era Charles Fried who had said he was reconsidering his future with the department would not follow suit Meese who met with Fried on wednesday said i have no doubt that or. Fried will remain i Strong member of the management  business is operating is usual at the Justice department Meese declared. He said replacement Are being sought for bums and Weld and thai everything is going along Well the criminal investigation of Meese launched last May 11 by Independent counsel James Mckay is continuing and so far has delved into nil involvement through longtime Friend a Robert Wailace with scan dal plagued we tech corp and a ii billion proposed iraqi pipeline project. Mckay widened the probe this week by  records and other documents of the washing ton chapter of the multiple sclerosis society in connection with a $40,000-a-Ycar Job Meese s wife Ursula got with the Charity in 1985. Investigator Are examining Wallach s role in helping in. Meese get the Job. Raise from fags 1 Congress several months ago said a House armed services committee staffer As Long As the committee members stayed within thai ceiling we Felt we could allocate the Money however we  the staffer told the stars and Snipes  the Job will be to defend that action on the House floor when we debate the authorization  the full armed services committee voted to accept almost every recommendation made by its personnel and compensation subcommittee last week. The committee trimmed the administration s re Quested 4. Percent raise and plans to use the extra Bilof Money to boost Basic allowances for quarters by 7 percent effective Jan. I 1989, and fund an increase in household goods weight limits a longstanding goal of he defense department. Military officials in the Pentagon grumbled mildly that the action is unfair to single personnel living in government housing who Don t gel quarters allowances and to those members who manage to stay under their current household goods weight limits that s like having your cake and eating it Loo the staffer countered. Dun has complained about  Are hurting because of rising housing costs and that s certainly True Bathas cot Kepi Pace with housing Cost increases. And Dod also ha3 complained about How Many members pay out of pocket costs during pcs permanent change of station moves because they go Over the weight limits. But Here we Are responding to their complaints and they complain about that. There just not enough Money to go around. The Way Ibe committee Brake Down the Money was designed to try to help As Many service members As  in addition to the bad increase the committee also recommended approval of an increase of 3.4 percent in variable housing allowance for stateside members. Which will further ease the out of pocket housing crunch for Many military  committee voted to repeal planned officer cuts of 4 percent Over the Neil two years. The services will still have to make some minor administrative eur in officer strength that were already planned but a 3 Inch Nick requirements study tent to Congress in Earl March appears to have persuaded the committee to abolish the larger cuts. That report definitely helped Dod i Case Ibe staffer said. It was quite a bit More detailed thin Shefi Depages they gave us last  the household goods weight allowance increases approved by the committee were the same recommendation made by Dod in a report but year that showed thai 19 percent of officers and 15 percent of enlisted personnel Cuc reded their weight Simili an had to pay for the excess poundage. The plan which will go into effect May 1,1989, lists different Rales for married and single personnel. Mem Bers with families would Benefit More with increases of up to 133 percent for those in the Grade of e-4 with under two years of service. Single members would see increases of Between 15 percent and 33 percent. The committee approved a Pentagon request for a Bonus for pilots of up to 112,000 per year but directed military officials to Grant the Bonus Only to pilots in Job skill specifically designated As having critical shortages. The committee also gave the Pentagon approval tomake permanent a test program thai allows service members to lease off base housing without having Topy Security deposits. If a Jemc recember broke a lease the government would guarantee the amount of the Deposit for the landlord. Rep. Let aspire d-wis., House armed service committee chairman Hopes to bring the defense authorization Bill to the House door for debate and a vote the week of april 18, after Congress returns from the easter  Senate is moving More slowly on in version of the defense authorization Bill. The Senate armed serv ices manpower and personnel subcommittee has not Yel begun work on the Bill. Contras from Page 1 would have no incentive to continue to  among major features of she  legislation Contra humanitarian Aid totalling $17.7 million Over the next six months. The Money would flow at a rate of j2.7 million monthly to buy lend clothing and medical supplies. It also could include to .5 million for  equipment if that is deemed in so Cord with nicaraguan cease fire agreement a new j17.7 million program to pay for medical can for children who Are victims Ottic nicaraguan civil War. Some s10 million to pay tie expenses of a commis Sion set up to verify compliance with the provisions of the cease lire. The commission includes Nicaragua Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo and Joao bunt soard Terela a Gutti Gralof the organization of american states. Another $2.5 million for the stale department i Agency for Loiemay Orul development to pay costs of administering the Aid program. Coat supporters dropped their put demands to in dude in Ibe legislation an in Clad guarantee that an future request by the administration Tor military lid for the rebels would come toe Quick vote in Congress accent ing instead assurances from Byrd and House speaker Jim Wright a Texas Hal they would not Day toed i request. The vote in the House to approve the measure on wednesday was 345 to 70, with 179 Democrat joining166 rep Picani in voting  the largest group of dissenters seemed to be Liberal demo Nus nun of who oppose any form of Contra Aid on principle