European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes monday. January 22.1990 Mirchell guarded on tax Cut proposal social Security plan Points to inequity tar of Illinois introduced his own proposal for preventing surplus social Security taxes from being used to reduce Washington a Senate majority Leader George Mitchell said Friday that a proposal to Roll Back social Security payroll taxes  in equity and regressive nature of the tax system. Not the class. He declined to endorse it. " Mitchell said he was concerned about the Impact that sen. Daniel p. Moynihan s proposal would have on the Federal budget deficit. The majority Leader added Hal he would await two staff studies before making up his mind. He criticized president Bush however for immediately resisting Moynihan s proposal and said. I regret the manner in which the president and the White House have treated  on thursday. Bush called the proposal a charade and vice president Dan Quayle said it a a political trap and a subterfuge for a general Urt  i Call on the democratic leaders of Congress to give the american people a break and to let the House and Senate work their will try having an up and Down vote on the capital gains an  Bush said. Discussing issues facing lawmakers when the second session of pm loll Congress convenes this week Mitchell used the social Security payroll tax Issue to attack Bush s tax policies particularly the president s quest to Cut capital gains taxes. The Maine Democrat credited Moynihan with Slat ing in very Stark terms the administration s tax 0on by which is let s Cut taxes for the wealthy but not the working people. Let the Little or talc pay. Cut taxes for the very wealthy " i think that is a lax policy that is unfair and wrong from a Pokey Stan Poya Mitchell said and Senato Moynihan his passed it  Moyn Hajy be i York Democrat whom Mitchell called pro naps the icat mag expert in Congress on so Cial Security wants to rol1hi��k the social Security it Foll tax increase that began Jan. Moynihan s proposal would save to ring Ujj billion in social Security taxes this year and $55t tettion in fiscal 1991. A the payroll tax paid by both employers and employees Rose to 7.65 percent Jan. I from 7.51 percent and is levied on wages up to $51,300 instead of $48.000. That Means a wage earner could pay As much As $3,924 in social Security taxes this year an increase of about $319 from 1989. Moynihan has argued that the payroll tax should be reduced because mounting surpluses in social Security Trust funds arc being used to offset Large budget deficits instead of being put away for future retirement benefits. Friday. A Republican in the House rep. John por news updates japanese Coronation Tokyo a emperor Aki Hilo will be formally enthroned in november in two ceremonies Cost ing $55.6 million a government committee decided Friday. The decision was made official during a Cabinet meeting after the committee chaired by prime min ister Toshiki Kaifu. Discussed and approved the ceremony dates an official at the prime minister s of fice said. The Coronation will be held As a stale affair at the Imperial Palace in Tok o on nov. 11. While the Daijo Sai. Or great food offering Ritu  will be conducted according to customs of Fth shinto religion on the evening of nov. 22 and will last into the following Day. Akihito 56. Assumed the chrysanthemum throne when his father. Hirohito. Died of cancer stage 87 on Jan. 7. 1989. But he and other Imperial family members avoided holding important Cere monies and observed a year Long mourning period thus delaying the Coronation. The government has earmarked $55.6 million As expenses for the two ceremonies in next fiscal year s budget which starts april 1. Homage to guru new Delhi. India a followers of the Laic Bhagwan so acc rain Cash. The free love Gur who was expelled by the United Stales. Saturday danced meditated and chanted the Mystic s favorite mantra Hoo. Hoo. Hoo a Day after his death of a hear attack. Rain Cash also made a final appearance before 10.000 of his Fol Lowers in a videotape and told them think deep. Go  the 58-year-old Mystic has never named a successor and his death Friday launched a wave of speculation about the future of his commune its 500 worldwide branches and its claimed 500,000members. The videotape was played at the Mystic s Southern commune in the City of Poona. Where rain Cash set up an International Headquarters after his deportation from the United states in 1985. The Federal deficit. He said that unlike Moynihan s proposal it would protect retirees without playing tax Cut poli tics with the social Security  Porter s plan which is being promoted by House Republican whip Newt Gingrich of Georgia would return the surplus proportionately to workers whose taxes created it. They would not receive tax cuts or refunds however. The Money would instead go into a kind of individual retirement account and each worker s claim on future social Security benefits would drop As the individual account grew. Over 50 years or so. Porter estimated. Social Security would gradually become a private retirement system. That would prevent Congress from spending social Secu Only surpluses and would also boost National savings and of perkers the potential for higher retirement benefits than Artu mently available. Porter said. Another la Jan has re emerged sen. Ernest f. Hollings Longtine Mosal for a 5 percent value added tax a National pcs Levy. The South Carolina Democrat Aims to replace revenues lost by the social Security tax Cut and Bush s own proposal to lower the tax on capital  White House jumped on Hollings proposal As Well As Moynihan Sas evidence that Democrat planned to seek a tax increase. Top e. Verman communist fights factions Cje mands for party split West Berlin a East Ger allegations that the communist Many s communist party Leader struggled in a Marathon session saturday to save the embattled party from a break up demanded by inside factions. Lead yet membership numbers Tell Only a croup was too slow to embrace full re pan of the Story of the communists Formi y Power since the party still has a grip on us i demands arc irresponsible and Mph att of "  amino Iii. In West Germany meanwhile. Chan cellar Helmut Kohl proposed a joint government commission As part of his Over All plan to Speed the two countries toward Unity. East Germany suffering from an eco nomic crisis a continuing exodus of Citi Zens to the West and mounting leadership troubles is lurching toward free elections in May. Pro democracy protesters arc taking to the streets medical personnel have been striking for More Money and Ruck Drivers arc walking off their jobs to show loathing for the secret police. A partner party in communist pre Mier Hans Modrow s government can  stability of the German democratic Republic party chief orc Gor Gysi Tel uhe session according to a statement issued by the leadership. Party spokesman Manfred Wolter said most speakers do against a split but the meeting saturday missing from vice chairman " Day argued add dress reportedly is to join the of were to Ching. Ion was  who Irving Ihus communists Ici Tion . Burgh Afef a charismatic Ician respected in both German Stales would Likely Jerk a further exodus of so port ers Ifor were to leave. Is cation from party ranks is Alerci Lull swing. Gysi said the members ing g a Clad its threat to abandon the coalition Jad plunged to 1.2 million from nearly Friday just As the still dominant com /j2.3 million in 1987. Muniss faced a rebellion in their of Neucks deutschland. The official com its. A munis party newspaper said it could party leaders huddled in East Berlin envision working with 500,000 members All Day saturday to discuss the do stands As Long As they were Active and tied to for a breakup. These were sparked by the new  much of the nation s business Ana Politi Cal life. West German leaders Are actively seeking to help the pro democracy opposition forces and Are cautiously consid ering support Tor smaller established parties that Are breaking their decades Long Alliance with the communists. Kohl s government expects the May elections to bring in an East Berlin leadership that favors German reunification. For weeks Bonn has been outlining its View of How the process will work. The Chancellor speaking in Bremen unveiled the idea of a joint German Ger Man government commission. He said the commission would handle permanent consultations and political agreements Between the two German a  Kohl said he hoped the  be set up shortly after the May sections. Ohl also expressed his Confidence lha germans in both East and West a orca. Unifying the two Stales created after world War ii. Fashion designer Aldo Gucci Dies Gucci Patri m of the world House Guccio Rome up Al Arch and super Era famous italian fas Gucci died late Friday after a Loi Battle with Cam a spokesman the company announced. A was 84. ? Gucci died at 8 p.m., Greenwich mean time Friday in the Flaminia clinic in Rome. He entered the clinic a week ago after suf Gucci Fering a relapse in London from prostate cancer a disease he had fought for Many years the spokesman said. Born May 26, 1905, he was the eldest of three sons of the late Guccio Gucci who founded the firm in Florence in 1904 As a workshop for making Riding boots and saddles. Gucci top Over the company when his father died and built it into a world wide purveyor of fashion articles including scarves jewelry and the famous Gucci handbags and footwear. They were sold in some 200 Gucci shops in Florence Rome Paris London new York Palm Beach and Beverly Hills. A buckled Moccasin that Gucci personally designed became a status Symbol among the Rich and elegant All Over the world. Gucci was the mainspring of the Gucci company s Success in the United states. He established himself in new York 30 years ago and lived there most of the time. But in the mid-1980s he ran into Trou ble with . Tax authorities. In 1986, he served a year Iran american jail after pleading guilty us fading some $7 Mil lion in . Taxes. Other scandals hav plagued the Gucci family during the past Arcade. The most recent was in november when an italian court sentenced Gucci Nephew Maurizio to a no year sus Pended jail sentence after a was convicted of forging his dead fax car s Signa Ture on a company share transit but in december an appeals Urt annulled the verdict and acquit cd fetaui Zio of the charges. Gucci retired As company. ___., several years ago and handed Over company to his three sons Gior Paolo and Roberto and to Maurizio. In addition to his three sons Aldo Gucci is survived by his widow Olwyn 81. After his funeral in a Rome Church monday he will be buried in the family Chapel in Florence s Soffian cemetery