European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a a the stars and stripes thursday september 13,1990unity from Page 1 Vard adze Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii and British foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd. After the signing Shevardnadze Shook hands with Genscher and de Maiziere. The six ministers plus Gorbachev drank a Champagne Toast. A this treaty Marks the end of the cold War Era a de Maiziere said in a speech. A it is part of the most important body of european treaties of the postwar  Western diplomatic sources said the participants finally resolved a dispute Over nato troop Maneu vers in East Germany after the withdrawal of red army troops by 1994. The ministers negotiated until 3 . And again later wednesday morning before reaching a Compromise two hours before the treaty was to be signed the sources said speaking on the condition of anonymity. They did not say what the Compromise entailed. Genscher lauded the treaty late tuesday saying it Marks a a new chapter not just in German history but also in european  the two Germany have chosen oct. 3 As their Unity Date less than a year after East Germany a hard line communist rulers were ousted in a peaceful popular revolution. Full German sovereignty is expected a couple months later after ratification by the Legislatures of the four allies and an All German parliament. Genscher said the four allies Are expected to sign a pact in new York on oct. 1 to suspend Allied rights in Germany after unification. He said the rights including control Over air corridors to Berlin will permanently end after the treaty a ratification. In addition to the 2-plus-4 agreement Bonn and Moscow have been negotiating agreements covering Long term financial Aid to the soviets As Well As generous payments to facilitate the withdrawal of red army troops from East Germany. West German officials said the two strictly German soviet documents Are nearly ready to sign. The soviet unions decision to give full Blessing to German Unity has been made in tandem with Bonne a promises of financial help. The Aid will mean a sizable German commitment to help Salvage the soviet unions devastated Economy. Details on the financial Aid package have not been released. However West German finance minister Theo Taigel said tuesday that his government had agreed to pay $7.6 billion for retraining red army troops and for building housing for soldiers returning Home. The soviets had demanded about $12 billion to cover the costs for the four year withdrawal of the 370,000 red army troops from East Germany. Bonn had initially offered $4.5 billion. The final haggling was left to West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Gorbachev who discussed the matter by Telephone monday. The United states and its two Western partners were Quick in giving their approval to German Unity but the soviets were harder to convince. At first Moscow stiffly rejected Western insistence a United Germany remain a member of nato. The soviets dropped their objections after a pledge that nato troops would not be stationed on East German soil that red army troops would have up to four years to withdraw and a United Germany would keep its troop Levels Down to 360,000. The two German nations have a combined troop strength of about 600,000. Prosecution rests in Mph a Trio for murder of his infant so by Ron Mckinney staff writer Darmstadt West Germany a the prosecution rested its Case wednesday in the general court martial of a military policeman being tried for pre meditated murder in the Christmas eve death of his 9-month-old son. Pfc. Douglas Hailey of the 6th my co at Munster faces charges of assault and false statement along with the charge of premeditated murder by Means of suffocation. He is being tried by military judge col. Peter e. Brownback Iii. Capt. Peter m. Cullen rested his Case after recalling the soldiers wife to verify that the baby Jeremy t. Hailey was wearing his yellow Sleeper when his father carried him to the bedroom to Tell her that Jeremy Wasny to breathing. The prosecutor contends the death took place in the baby a crib where a Pool of baby Oil soaked the Sheet and Pillow where Jeremy had been sleeping. There was no evidence of the baby Oil on Jeremy a Sleeper said or. Capt Glenn Wagner a Navy Foren sics pathologist at the armed forces Institute of pathology in Washington. But Wagner concluded that the manner of death was undetermined. A there was no acute injury in the child a death he said. The death was not consistent with something done in a fit of anger he added. A if this was a child abuse death you would expect to find a trauma injury to be evident a Wagner said. Or. Maj David Hause the forensics pathologist at Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center conducted the autopsy on Jeremy. Hause testified tuesday night that he could not say absolutely How the child had died. �?o1 think he was smothered a he said. But Hause also said Jeremy could have died of sudden infant death syndrome. Hailey a wife took the stand for More than two hours tuesday evening. Spec. Caroline Hailey also a military policeman with the 6th my co testified after being granted immunity. Prosecutors would not explain Why she received immunity. During testimony she expressed disbelief that her son could have suffered fractured Bones on at least five different occasions. On tuesday or. Maj Lawrence Deutsch an orthopaedic surgeon at Lan Stuhl testified that Jeremy had suffered the broken Bones before he died. A i done to think anyone who a had injuries like that could be As Happy As that baby was a she said. The prosecution also presented diary entries in which Caroline Hailey expressed bitterness about her life since Jeremy a birth on March 14,1989. A i took my anger out in that Book a the woman said in her diary and letters she said her life would be better off without the child. She also admitted that she wished the child a father had been a former Boyfriend. The Baileys married a month after Jeremy was bom while Douglas Hailey was stationed in Neu Ulm. They began living together in Babenhausen on sept. 22, 1989, just three weeks before Jeremy suffered a fractured Skull while he was under his fathers care. Although Caroline Hailey testified that she never saw her husband abuse Jeremy the prosecution pointed to several diary entries where she expressed concern Over their rough play. She testified that their baby Sitter warned her they could lose Jeremy if they weren to careful about the bruises on the baby. A we had arguments about How gentle he should be a Caroline Hailey said. A i just did no to think he should be that  she also wrote in her diary a Doug says i done to Trust him with the baby and he a right. I  spec. Elisa r. Martinez an ammunition specialist with the 184th Ord co in Munster said she saw Hailey shaking his son on one occasion when the baby was crying. A the held the baby up in the air Shook him and said a shut the. Up a a Martinez said. Martinez also said that on Christmas Day the Baileys exchanged gifts with her children and said nothing about the baby a death. A the tried to Tell me but she  let him a she said. Martinez who said she was a close Friend of Caroline Hailey a said she found out a week later when the woman admitted it. Martinez said Caroline Hailey was smirking at the time and had an a ooh Well attitude. Another witness spec. Rodney Robinson said he never saw Douglas Hailey show any animosity toward the baby. However he said he once saw Caroline Hailey being rough with her son a Jeremy  eat the mixed Rice Cereal and so she began shoving it in his  testimony continued wednesday  from Page 1 if you Start a War know that we will finish it a House majority Leader Dick Gephardt of Missouri said. Gephardt also delivered a Blunt message for West Germany and Japan which have been slow to respond to the . Call for help in financing the Gulf deployment. A when countries like Egypt can stand beside us when Young americans stand on front lines Only Miles from the threat of Poison Gas the least the japanese and germans can do is support us a and not just with words. They must respond to our potential sacrifice of lives with at least a financial sacrifice of their own a Gephardt said. Fresh from his Summit with soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev Bush said a a new partnership of nations stands aligned against iraqis aggression and that the superpowers Are working together on the crisis. Bush said his heart went out to the families of the hundreds of americans held hostage by Iraq but he declared a your policy cannot change and it will not change. America and the world will not be  the address was Bush a third appearance before Congress during his 20 months in office and partisan bickering was set aside a the president was greeted by a standing ovation in the crowded House chamber and interrupted by applause 38 times. He singled out one Soldier pfc Wade Merritt of Knoxville tenn., who wrote to his parents of his Pride in serving in saudi Arabia. A let me just say Wade America is proud of you a Bush said. A and grateful to every Soldier Sailor Marine and airman serving the cause of peace in the persian  Bush said that if the United states had not reacted swiftly to iraqis invasion it would have been a a signal to actual and potential despots around the world. America must stand up to aggression and we will. A and one thing More a in Pursuit of these goals America will not be intimidated a Bush said. A Vita issues of principle Are at stake. Saddam Hussein is literally trying to wipe a country off the face of the Earth. We do not exaggerate. A nor do we exaggerate when we say Saddam Hussein will  Bush used the speech to explain anew the High stakes for the United states in the Oil Rich Middle East. A we cannot permit a resource so vital to be dominated by one so ruthless. And we wont a the president  from Page 1 defense advisory committee on women in the services said the number of women who said they have been sexually harassed tracks fairly closely with Field interviews the committee has done recently. But the figures on the most extreme forms of harassment a pressure for sexual favors and actual or attempted rape or assault a Are a very alarming a Neizer said. A something is wrong  the Survey also showed that nine out of 10 victims took no formal action against the harassers although three quarters of respondents knew about local programs and policies to combat sexual harassment. A that says to me that women Are not letting the system work on their behalf a Neizer said. The respondents were Given a list of responses for not filing formal reports. Sixty four percent of them said they took care of or thought they could take care of the problem by themselves. One third of the respondents listed a would be labelled troublemaker if they filed complaints 27 percent a did no to think anything would be done a and 38 percent thought working conditions would become unpleasant. Lawrence Korb who was the Penta gone a manpower chief in the Early 1980s when the defense department was formulating its policies on sexual harassment also expressed Surprise at the figures on serious harassment. A i would have thought that the military would be doing better than the numbers show a he said. The Survey May indicate that women still Are not being accepted in traditionally male military occupations he said Neizer said part of the problem also May be the military mind set that requires strict obedience of orders. A a that a what you re trained to do a she said. A when a Superior says you do this you do it no matter what even if the order May in fact be a form of sexual harassment. In civilian life that does no to happen. You can always say a see you later a and get another  defense department officials took some Comfort from the figures showing that the majority of respondents knew of programs to reduce sexual harassment. A while we Are concerned about the incidents reported and Are reviewing the findings most of those who have experienced some form of sexual harassment also believe that we Are moving in Good Faith to do something about it a said Christopher Jehn the Pentagon a manpower chief. Neizer agreed. A you never see this kind of Survey in the private sector a she said a and even if it was done the results would never be released