European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 9, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 Federal judges bitter Over loss of raise Washington not Federal judges interviewed tuesday reacted bitterly to the congressional disapproval of their Long sought pay increase saying it would further erode judicial morale and drive younger judges of the Bench. The disappointment seemed especially acute because the judicial raise appeared to have won Broad support but became hopelessly mired in the debate Over the congressional pay increase which was apart of the same measure. I deeply regret the congressional action which has prevented the Federal judges from receiving a pay raise chief Justice William h. Rehnquist stated. Our Federal judiciary has an envia ble reputation for competence and integrity. We will not be Able to attractant retain the kind of judges we need to maintain this Standard unless we Payour judges fairly and  after the votes of disapproval tues Day in the House and Senate legislator said there appeared to be Little enthusiasm in Congress for another attempt anytime soon to increase the salaries of Federal judges either through a Mea sure in which a judicial raise would belied to a congressional pay increase or through a separate measure that applied Only to judges. The increase sought in Congress would have raised the pay of Federal judges in District courts to $135,000from $89,500, while appellate judges and supreme court justices would have received commensurate increases. Senior employees of the executive ranch would also have received a raise under the proposal. Judge Wilfred Feinberg of the  of appeals in new York said the disapproval was a disservice to  judge Leon a. Higginbotham or. Of the . Quirt of appeals in Phila Delphia criticized Congress. John f. Kennedy wrote this great Book pro files in courage " the judge said. What we had today was All profiles and no courage. The courageous thin to do would have been to separate the congressmen from the executive Branchland  Higginbotham said he had receive Telephone Calls from six Federal judges tuesday who told him they planned to leave the Bench because the raise failed to pass Congress. Spencer m. Williams a senior judge of the . District court in Northern California said we have morale problems right now. We had our Hopes up and we were just a few hours away of achieving  re entitled to it. We deserve  Williams said that without a salary increase younger judges would no longer View the judiciary As a career but would leave As their salaries failed to keep Pace with the Cost of raising families and other living expenses. He said the result would be that candidates for the judiciary would be Overly represented by wealthy people an those who were unable to earn More in private careers. People who Are the High producing kinds will not come in he  Legal authorities disagreed Over the prediction made by some lawmaker that the existing pay scale is so Low it will Force out younger conservative judge appointed by president Reagan. To conservatives the presence of these judges on the Federal Bench is regarded As a Central achievement of Reagan s administration. Administration officials said tues Day that of the approximately 760 fed eral judges fewer than six a year leave the Bench at an age Young enough to suggest that they were leaving for Finan Cial reasons. The salary discrepancy Between fed eral judges and lawyers in private prac Tice has grown pronounced according to a report on judicial pay issued last november by the administrative of fice of the . Courts. In one Case the report said that lawyer sin the top 20 Law firms in new York with five years of experience earned an aver age of $114,800, which is More than any Federal judge except the chief Justice whose salary is $ 110,000. Accused terrorist sentenced for bombing plot Newark . A an accused International terrorist convicted of transporting bombs through new Jersey was sentenced tuesday to 30 years imprison after renouncing the United states for the state terrorism of trying him and bombing libyan 1986. . District judge Alfred j. Lechner or. Told prosecutors he believed their claims that you Kiku Mura 36, was a member of the japanese red army a terrorist group and that he plotted to kill . Citizens to retaliate for the libyan bombing. There is no other conclusion that can be drawn but that you Are an International terrorist Lechner said. There is Only one conclusion to draw from the design and construction of the bombs. They were intended and designed for flesh and blood not for bricks and  Kikumra told the judge before sentencing that the Case against him was a ploy by the . Govern ment to justify the bombing of Libya. I denounce the government of the . For the Legal handling of my Case and for using this Case to justify the attacks on the country and people of Libya said Kikumra in heavily accented English. I am not linked to Libya. I do not have the Back ground claimed by the United  Kikumra said the attacks against Libya violate International Law. So i denounce these immoral acts of state terrorism he said. Dressed in an Olive shirt and Tan pants Kikumra stroked his Chest length Black Beard smiled and chuckled through much of the six hour hearing. He repeatedly left his seat to examine government Evi Dence against him. . Attorney Samuel Alito said Kikumra planned to use the bombs to destroy a military recruitment office in the Veteran s administration building in lower Manhattan. He said Kikumra planned to carry out the bomb ing in conjunction with the april 14, 1988, attack on a Uso club in Naples Italy that killed five people including a . Servicewomen. Kikumra was arrested two Days before the Naples blast which Wason the second anniversary of the . Air strike Pyu Kikumra wearing chains and a bulletproof Vest is led from a new Jersey courthouse after sentencing. Against Libya. He s a terrorist and he has been a terrorist said Alito arguing that Kikumra s attorney offered no other reason Why Kikumra had the three bombs. Attorney William Kunstler argued that prosecutors offered no firm evidence that his client kikuyu a planned to use the bombs. Investigators testified that they used hotel an store receipts to track Kikumra s travels through new York new Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio Michi Gan Illinois Missouri Tennessee Kentucky and West Virginia As he picked up bomb parts before his april 12 arrest on the new Jersey Turnpike. Alito argued for the maximum 100 years in prison for the explosives and firearms charges. Defense attorneys argued for 27 to 33 months imprisonment. Alito said outside the courtroom that he was pleased with the judge s sentence. The sentence was based on what he did and what he intended to do he said. That was to set off those bombs and kill  Kunstler and an associate Ronald Kuby said the would Appeal the Case on grounds that include whether the search of Kikumra s car was constitutional. State trooper Joseph Fuentes testified at the sentencing hearing that witnesses told investigators they saw Kikumra at the recruitment Center in the Veter ans administration building in lower Manhattan. Fuentes also said the building was marked by Felt Tippen on a map found inside Kikumra s car when he was arrested. Also circled on the map were Columbia univer sity new York University and a lower Manhattan state University Campus Fuentes said. Kunstler objected to Fuentes testimony saying he should have the right to question any witnesses but Lechner said such testimony was admissible at a sentencing hearing. Courtroom Security was heavy for All of kikuyu a s court appearances. . Marshals carried Rifle Sand shotguns and extra Metal detectors were set up. Authorities also closed a westbound Lane of the Holland Tunnel Between new York and new Jersey for 15 minutes As Kikumra was brought to and froma new York City jail. Judge oks probe of . Boy who wrote soviets Newark . Up the feb conducted a proper investigation when it looked into the background of a seventh Grade student who wrote to the soviet Union for information a Federal judge ruled tuesday. But . District judge Alfred Woli urged the Fri to follow through on an offer to expunge the file it compiled on the boy Todd Patterson. The facts of this Case vividly Illus trate the parental concern and Public consternation which can be produced when the apparently Remote world of High tech intelligence and counterintelligence is applied to the everyday world of Grade school and school projects in the name of National Security Wolin protein his opinion. Patterson now a 17-year-old High school senior sued the government in an Effort to obtain a copy of his entire Fri file including sections that were blacked out when he obtained it in 1987 under the Freedom of information act. Patterson also asked for a ruling that maintaining a file on someone for no other cause than letters written to a for eign country violates the privacy act and for an order that the file be expunged. Patterson who Calls himself a conservative Republican and says he fears that the Fri file could Hurt his ambition to serve in the . Foreign service got Legal help in the Case from the american civil liberties Union. Wolin who heard arguments on therase in december issued his ruling after examining Fri documents Given to him but not to the defense. Frank Askin a Rutgers University Law professor who represented Patterson said he is urging the family to Appeal. Patterson first came to the Fri s Atten Tion in 1982 when he decided to spend the summer before he entered seventh Grade at most blessed sacrament Schoolboy putting together an encyclopedia of the world. He wrote to 169 countries including the soviet Union seeking magazines and other literature. The Fri said it was concerned because Patterson used envelopes with the return address of Laboratory disposable products a company his parents ran out of their North Haledon Home