European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. June 7, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 aide s time spent on Wright Book Washington a a former aide to House speaker Jim Wright says in an interview published monday thai he spent about 200 hours or congressional office Lime working on Wright s Book reflections of a Public Man the Book and Wright s royalties from it have sparked Calls Tor an ethics committee investigation of Floc House speaker. Former Wright aide Matthew Cosso lotto who worked for the Texas demo crat from 19b3 until Early this year told the Washington Posl he spent about 200 hours working on the Book project Dur ing office hours. He said he also flew to fort Worth Texas and spent almost three weeks doing final editing on the Book with Wright s publishers. Cossolotto said that at the Lime he was working on the Book he received no other compensation besides his congressional salary of about $27,000, Coss Lollo said he became a Idle uncomfortable As the project went along but he was not clearly aware of House rules that say congressional compensation is Only for official duties. Wright told the newspaper that Cosso lotto s work on the Book was proper and that the amount of Lime he aide spent on the project was rather negligible if he gave some Lime to try to help put together a Book that would Demon Strate to the Public my philosophy my Basic beliefs that would t be too far afield from the Public business he said a complaint filed with the House ethics committee by rep. Newt Gin Grich r-ga., cited newspaper reports that Wright received unusually High royalties for the Book which was published by a Texas associate who also received nearly 1300,000 in business from Wright s Campaign. The Book is a compilation of Wright s speeches and anecdotes. It was published by Carlos Moore who was paid More than $250,000 by the congressman s Campaign committee during the same 1985-86 period in which Wright was earning royalties on the Book. Gingrich s complaint supported by 73 other House republicans also cited actions by Wright on behalf of Texas oilmen with whom he had a financial relationship Cia figures show strength of Japan s Economy Washington a figures compiled by the Cia illustrate How brilliantly Japan s Economy has per formed in the 1980s compared with those of the United slates and Western Europe. The figures show that in dealing with unemployment inflation production and foreign Trade Japan outshines the others even West Germany. The yen s value has risen at the same Lime interest rates have fallen. The Cia s directorate of intelligence issues without comment a thin pamphlet every two weeks called economics and Energy indicators which contains Only Bland looking tables of figures and no analysis but the latest Issue summarizes figures for the 1980s. Japanese Success goes Back to the end of world War ii and is due to a combination of things commented Jeffrey j. Schott of the private Institute for International economics there is a readiness to adjust to changing Circum stances they re shifting now from exports to production for Home use. There is cooperative labor and management practices. And there is just hard work. They re All  japanese unemployment a Little above 2 percent at the Start of the decade has crept up a bit but never reached 3 percent. In the United Stales unemployment was 9,6 percent in 1982, three limes Japan a ii was even higher for a while during that year s recession but has fallen since then. Still the . Rale As Given by the Cia 5.6 per cent in february is Stilt More than twice As High As Japan s 2.7 percent. Unemployment in the four biggest countries of Western Europe varied widely from West Germany s japanese investments in . Real estate in billions of dollars through 1987 Chicago Tribune graphic source Kenneth Leventha 4 co. 7,7 percent in 1982 to Italy s s2.4 percent last year. Cia figures do not always agree with those issued by other . Government agencies and Cia officials say they come from several sources. The labor department reported that . Consumer prices Rose 4.4 percent in 1987 while the Cia put the increase at 3.7 percent. There Are often several ways to calculate such statistics. On inflation the Cia showed consumer prices in the United Stales rising by 6.2 percent in 1982. Al though the increase was Only 3.7 percent last year in is climbing again according to the Agency. Western Europe s record is similar on average Al though it differs widely from country to country. Ear Lier in the decade inflation rates averaged somewhat higher in Europe than in the United Stales but by 1987 the average was nearly the same. In Japan the inflation Rale never reached 3 percent. Last year japanese Consumers paid an average of Only one tenth of i percent Over the level of 1986. Prices Are falling fairly sharply this year with Llic drop in february being at an annual Rale of 2.4 percent. In 1982, the United states bought foreign goods Worth 132 billion More than the goods in sold abroad. Though Trade was almost in balance for part of 1982, imports Rose so fast in the rest of the 1980s that in 1987 the . International Trade deficit amounted to a record is s3 billion. Japan started with a Trade surplus of 119 billion in 1982 but the surplus rocketed to a record 196 billion in 1987. The level dropped a Little Early last year but Rose again through february. The japanese performance would t look so Brilliant if our own had not been so in Brilliant said Robert Solomon of the Brookings institution a major Washington research group. Japan s big growth was based on exports. How big would it have been except for the . Budget deficit Western Europe has had a Small bul rising Trade surplus since 1985 due largely to West Germany s re Cord exports. Britain France and Italy All had deficits in their world Trade last year As they have throughout the decade. Yale alumnus charged in Shantytown torching new Haven Conn. Up1 a Doc Tor who was among thousands of Yale University alumni attending an annual reunion sunday was charged with arson in the torching of an Ami apartheid Shantytown on Campus police said. Yale president Mcnno Schmidt or. Was Swift to condemn the action which police said look place at about 7 30 . No injuries were reported. Or. Elwood g. Braccy 51, of West Palm Beach fla., was charged with first degree arson and released on $50,000 bail. Fire Cape. Jack Rourke said. Investigators believe thai a Flamma ble liquid May have been used to Start the  said Rourke who confirmed that a Jogger chased Down Braccy before Yale Security police apprehended him. He said the Shantytown built by Stu dents two Yean ago to protest the apart Heid government in South Africa appeared to be completely  he said if convicted of first degree arson Braccy would face 25 years to life in prison. Police declined 10 comment on a pos sible motive bul the new Haven Regis Ter quoted two alumni As saying Braccy was opposed to the student protest and thought the shanties were a  Michael Charncy & Boston Psychia Trist and member of the class of 1968 who chased Down Braccy after the fire said the doctor told him he had worked in a South african Hospital for several months and believed Blacks there have Good medical care and adequate Job opportunities. Paul Hoffman of Raleigh  a member of Braccy s class of 1958, said Bracey told him saturday that he Felt it was a disgrace to the Yale Campus but made no mention of any plans to destroy the shanties. The shanties were erected by Yale Stu dents in april 1986 during it wave of anti apartheid protests on College campuses across he nation to pressure schools into divesting their stocks in companies doing business in South Afri Ca. More than 100 Yale students were arrested during a series of rallies and marches to press their divestment de mands. The University later agreed to divest securities in firms that failed to abide by the so called Sullivan principles a set of guidelines designed to pro mole belter pay and Job opportunities for South african Blacks. Yearlong class pro eco comes up 375,280 Short Janesville wis. A the magnitude of a trillion Dollar deficit is a Lille More comprehensible to David Wilde and his sixth Grade classmates after they tried bul failed to collect i million bottle Caps and pull tabs. Frank Cha Wolc s students finished the yearlong project with 624,720 of the Caps and labs from Dunk containers. A million is a lot More than a person thinks David said adding that the . Government is not a million dollars or a billion bul a trillion dollars in  a billion is a thousand million and a trillion is a thousand billion. Classmate Jay Lippincott agreed with David when i think of a trillion 1 Don t want to think of in. We tried and we Only got half a million he said. "1 thought we could do  the project produced overflowing boxes and barrels of Caps and tabs in the Comer of the Lincoln elementary school classroom. Students got friends and relatives to help by donating the Caps or labs. Julie Higgenbothom said organization was the key to collecting so Many items. I be Gyllen lots of friends to help and when you gel organized it s a snap she said. Angela Swartout got both her parents involved. Her Mother brought in a Box containing 6,000 labs and her father contributed a 40-Pound bag of them restaurants and taverns also helped. When collecting ended last week the 400 pounds of Caps and 602 pounds of tabs were taken to a recycling company which paid the class $315 for  of the proceeds went for a class lunch of pizza. Students Are considering what they want Touy with the rest