European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page a a a the stars and stripes tuesday july 3,1990 efforts to free peace corps worker Start Manila Philippines apr a provincial governor on monday ruled out military operations to Rescue a . Peace corps worker kidnapped by communist rebels and said he would form a committee to negotiate for the Volunteer s release. Timothy Swanson 26, of Cheyenne wyo., was kidnapped june 13 from his Home in the Mountain Village of Patag by four to eight new Peoples army guerrillas. The . Embassy said it Learned of the abduction Only saturday because the rebels had warned Swansong a filipino wife a teacher at a Rural school not to report the incident. She did so Only after . Officials last week ordered the 261 peace corps volunteers in the Philippines to leave saying intelligence reports indicated rebels might try to kill or Kidnap them. Daniel Lacson governor of Negros Occidental province told reporters he conferred monday with . Officials who gave him Blanket authority to win Swansong a release. Quot no military operation unless we exhaust political Means a Lacson said. Quot Given enough time to assess everything we will put up a committee to negotiate for the release of  Lacson said the a Bottom line is to get Swanson  . Embassy spokesman Stanley Schrager said the United states will not pay Ransom for Swanson who was among seven peace corps volunteers assigned on Negros and who worked in a reforestation project. Negros 300 Miles Southeast of Manila is a stronghold of the rebel new Peoples army which has waged a 21-ear-old insurgency and seeks to establish a marxist state in the Philippines. The abduction has showed signs of straining .-philippine tics. When the United states decided last week to withdraw the peace corps volunteers Philippines officials accused them of overreacting to alleged rebel threats. But the . Embassy said the abduction showed that the intelligence information on the threats had been sound. After the abduction was reported sunday presidential press Secretary Tomas Gomez said it might have been avoided if . Officials had held Security consultations with Philippines officials. Gomez was asked monday whether a Given reports that Swanson was Friendly with the rebels a the Volunteer might have gone with them freely. He said that was Quot speculative Quot but added Quot of course the telltale Marks Are  he did not elaborate. It Swansong a father Leonard said his son knew rebels in the area but that he % i 200<nto 1 of or mini and it a never considered them a threat a the tried to be Friendly with All the folks in the Village and All who he encountered Quot Swansong a father said in an interview in Cheyenne. The retired roman Catholic Bishop of Negros the Rev. Antonio Fortich also said Swanson had been Friendly american peace corps Volunteer Timothy Swanson shown in a 1989 photo was kidnapped by communist rebels from his Home in Patag a Remote Village in the mountains of Negros Island Philippines. With new Peoples army guerrillas. According to Fortich the armed rebels came to Swansong a Home in the Negros mountains last month and told his filipino wife Merly they were a borrowing Quot her husband. The couple had been married May 29, would Tut Aid to dec Farmers Geneva up a a proposal calling for major . And european Community concessions on subsidies was presented monday ii Jah Effort to break a deadlock on agriculture that threatens the entire Uruguay round Trade negotiations. A draft of the proposal was sent to the participating countries of the general agreement on tariffs and Trade by Art de Zeeuw the Independent and Neutral chairman of the Uruguay round agricultural negotiating group. The Trade talks began in 1986 within the Gatt framework and Are to conclude this december. Major problems exist in several crucial sectors but especially in liberalizing farm Trade and policies. All leading participants have indicated there cannot be an Overall package agreement without a Deal on agriculture. Gatt spokesmen said de Zeeuw a retired dutch government farm Trade official will be consulting with All the major parties next week after they have Haa time to study his proposal. The spokesmen said Gatt Hopes for acceptance of the proposal by the end of july As a basis for negotiating a Consen a us agreement on agriculture by october. That agreement could be completed by december. A this is certainly one of the most in Gintant and vital proposals made at the Uruguay round and it could very Well be the most crucial because it is Clear that there can be no meaningful conclusion without agriculture Quot said David Woods Gattys chief spokesman. De Zeeuw worked Tveith the Gatt secretariat in drawing up the proposal and Woods said they believe it a meets the largest proportion of varying interests As  the paper Calls on the dec to substantially reduce its system of massive subsidies. The United states and the 14 other members of the a Cairns group Quot of big farming countries say the subsidies give dec Farmers an unfair Export advantage. The United states and Cairns group members a with numerous permitted exceptions a would have to Cut Back on internal farm supports on the basis of an dec proposed calculation formula. T Gatt and other Uruguay round of ii cals said de Zeeuw a Compromise proposed would certainly be discussed at next week i Western economic Summit in Houston. As Well As proposing big cuts in Export subsidies and internal supports the de Zeeuw plan would reduce quotas and various other forms of import restrictions such As unnecessarily severe sanitary  defends reforms at crucial party Congress Moscow apr Mikhail s. Gorbachev moved to take firm control of a watershed communist party Congress monday fending off a Call for his resignation and aggressively defending his Reform efforts. Quot voices Are being heard that All of our present problems should be blamed on perestroika Quot Gorbachev told the delegates to the 28th soviet communist party Congress in a keynote speech. He acknowledged that the party Stop leaders had made mistakes but said much of the blame for the nations press ing a second rate  in the Days leading up to the party Congress it appeared Quot Der a a a _ _ that the soviet Leader might face a Challenge from hard ing problems rested with the Quot heavy legacy of previous leaders dating to Jasel Stalin. V Gorbachev also attacked the soviet unions vast bureaucracy saying that Many functionaries cared Only about protecting their own Power and privileges. Radical Reform is vital be insisted because a the .s.r. Is rapidly becom tigers for the top party leadership Post and that Radical reformers might walk out and split the party. But monday Gorbachev seemed successful in his exhortations for Unity among party reformers and moderates. Members of the Radical democratic platform said they had dropped plans to walk out of the Congress to form their own party. Also hard liners who last month demanded that Gorbachev give up his Post As communist party general Secretary said they planned to support him although they might use the new policy of openness to criticize some policies. Quot Gorbachev must be the party Leader Quot soviet Premier Nikolai Ryzhkova told reporters at the Congress. Police remove a demonstrator from Moscow a red Square monday. About 100 activists protested the opening of the 28th soviet communist party Congress