European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday january 9,1991 War scenario Aspin Washington up a if War comes to the persian Gulf the United states and its allies plan to mount a phased Campaign that relies heavily  attacks to drive Iraq out of Kuwait,.-chair-Man los Aspin  of the House armed services committee said tuesday. Aspin predicted that Allied ground forces would not of take any major offensive moves during the initial phase of air strikes and he said the strategy Likely would minimize Allied casualties. The War scenario was described in a White paper prepared by Aspinw a committee based on a series of hearings last month and apparently discussions with top . Military officials. Based on the Likely course of the War Aspin said he will vote to authorize the use of Force if diplomatic. Efforts fail to resolve the crisis. A if All else fails War is a reasonable option in this Case a Aspin told a news conference. The House and Senate will begin debate later this week on resolutions declaring whether the .-backed coalition should take military action a against Iraq or should continue to rely on economic sanctions to Torce Iraq out of Kuwait a i believe that the risks and costs of military action revealed in this review arc commensurate with what we have at stake in the persian Gulf a Aspin said. He said the strategy against Iraq a will begin with an air Campaign against strategic and military targets in Iraq then proceed to a sustained air Campaign against iraqi military forces in or near Kuwait. The final stage will be the commitment of ground  advocates of air Power a will Likely get a full Opportunity to see if air Power alone can win the War but there appears to be sufficient ground Force capability to finish the Job if necessary a Aspin said. V v Aspin cautioned that there is a Little possibility of achieving a bloodless Victory a but said the Campaign he described should provide a military Victory with the least possible casualties. And he said it would not be a Long drawn out conflict. A i believe the prospects Are High for a rapid Victory with Light to moderate american casualties perhaps three to five thousand including five Hundred to a thousand  Aspin said he believes a the risk of the much More bloody Campaign some have predicted a with casualties in the 10,000 to 20,000 Range including several thousand fatalities a to he small.�?�. While Allied ground forces initially will not go on the offensive Aspin said they Hope the iraqi forces will attack because they would become much More vulnerable. Washington apr americans who refuse to pay their Federal income taxes because they sincerely believe the tax Law is unconstitutional cannot he convicted of a will full tax evasion the supreme court ruled  ruling does not shield Vliem from paying taxes and penalties however. The 6-2 decision set aside the conviction of John l. Check an american airlines Pilot who filed no Federal income tax returns for six years in the 1980s. Writing for the court Justice Byron r. White said people holding the Good Faith belief that Federal taxes of their wages Are unlawful a no matter How unreasonable that belief a Are not guilty of a wilful crime. However even if juries believed defendants claims that they sincerely Felt they were not breaking any Law or that the tax Law was unconstitutional the Youki be protected Only from convictions for wilful tax evasion. They could still be found guilty of not paying taxes and supreme court Roundup might have to pay Back taxes with penalties. In other action the court v a upheld the governments Power to lift Price controls on some natural Gas. The justices voting 8-0, reinstated Federal regulations that allow Gas producers to raise some prices charged to pipeline companies. A ruled unanimously that state prison inmates asked to testify in Federal trials must be paid witness fees. The justices said the Denver based 10th . Circuit court of appeals was wrong when it ruled that Federal Law does not require such  the tax Case the jury that convicted Cheek in 1987 was told he should be found guilty of wilful violations of Jax Laws unless his asserted misunderstanding of the Laws was a objectively  a his conviction in a Federal court in Chicago Drew a sentence of a year and a Day in prison and five years probation. Tuesdays decision Means Federal prosecutors must retry Cheek a commercial Pilot since 1973 who stopped paying Federal taxes in 1979, he became what lower courts called a a tax  a Check also claimed an increasing number of withholding allowances a claiming 60 by mid-1980. He later filed forms with his employer indicating he was exempt from Federal income taxes. A at his trial Check testified that in 1978 he began attending seminars sponsored by a group that believes among other things that the Federal  is  a a Check produced a letter from a lawyer stating that the Constitution does not authorize a tax on wages and salaries but Only on gain or profit. A. In his opinion White said ignorance of the Law or a mistake of Law is no defense. V. A. But he added a if Cheek asserted that he truly believed that the internal Revenue code did not purport to treat wages As income and the jury believed him the government would hot have carried its Burden to prove Wilfulness however unreasonable a court might deem such a  a 7.v 1 while saying jurors cannot be told to disregard Cheeky a beliefs White said a of course the More unreasonable the asserted beliefs or misunderstandings Are the More Likely the jury will consider them to be nothing More than simple disagreement with known Legal duties.�?�. A v v in that Case White said government prosecutors will have proved Wilfulness. Justices Harry a. Blackmun and Thurgood Marshall a dissented a a a  \ a. A it is incomprehensible to me How in this Day More than 70 years after the institution of our present Federal income tax system. Any taxpayer of competent mentality can assert As his defense to charges of statutory Wilfulness the proposition that the wage he receives for his labor is not income irrespective of a cult that says otherwise a Blackmun wrote for the two. Justice David h. Souter did not participate in the Case which is Cheek is. U.s., 89-658. Houston for 1992 convention Washington apr Houston was selected tuesday by Republican officials As the site for the 1992 gop National convention. The party a site selection committee chose the Texas City which is president Bush a Hometown Over new Orleans and san Diego. The recommendation is slated to be ratified by the 165-member Republican National committee when it meets on Jan. 25.a the committee conducted a very i Reful review of All aspects of the three bids and though it was very close it was Clear that Houston offered the most Complete package when you looked at the criteria from housing to convention facilities a said Jeanie Austin who cd chairs the  selection of Houston was made in a conference Call that included All members of the selection panel. When party spokesman b. Jay Cooper was asked if Bush played a role in the Choice he replied a this is an inc  he said the Only direction from the White House was to look at everything and get the Best  Houston apparently won out on the strength of Superior facilities particularly the availability of the Astrodome for the convention sessions. Some Republican officials had been concerned about going to the Texas City after Democrat Ann Richards was elected governor As keynote speaker at the 1988 democratic National convention Richards delivered a scathing attack on Bush. By new Day new York a a second autopsy will he performed on a i year old Marine from Yonkers n.y., whose dec. 29 death in saudi Arabia was classified by the Marine  an accidental shooting. The marines family has challenged the finding. Or. Millard Hyland Westchester county medical examiner agreed monday to perform a second autopsy on Lance Cpl. Anthony Stewart at the re quest of his family. The first autopsy was conducted after Stewart was killed by a a shot to the Hack of the head that was the result of a negligent discharge a said it. Mike Snyder Quot a Marine corps spokesman. But Stonewall Odom a spokesman for Stew arts family said that they were first told by the marines that St Wurt had committed suicide then later that he was shot when a fellow Marine cleaning his m-16 Rifle accidentally discharged it. Odom said Stewart had complained frequently of racial discord within his Marine unit and had written several troubled letters to his family. He had been in the Middle East since september As part of operation desert shield friends said monday. A the believed it was a problem of such a serious nature hat he had asked his family to Pul him in touch with his congressman Quot Odom said. He would not divulge the contents of the letters or disclose when they were sent but said that family lawyers w Ere a scrutinizing  stewarts family gathered monday w Ith More than 400 mourners for an or notional service at the Messiah Baptist Church in Yonkers. Scores of sobbing shrieking friends and relatives streamed past his open coffin draped with an american Faleu before the body was transported to White Plains n.y., for the autopsy. At a news conference following the hour Long service Odom said that Stew Art had written letters and made Telephone Calls to his Mother Yvonne Hall and his Fiancee Dana Kibler detailing incidents of racial confrontations Between him and two other marines. One White the other latino. Odom and others at the news Confer Cnoc including the Rev. Al Sharpton am attorney Alton Maddox called for that marines to release the first autopsy re port. Odom said that the Marine corp was refusing to release it before an Intel Nal investigation is completed. A we jus want a second opinion a he said. Stewarts body was returned to the United states on. Thursday the Day be fore his 20th birthday. Snyder said that nothing would be re leased before the completion of the Intel Nal investigation which he said woul probably take at least six to eight week rep. Eliot l. Engel d-n.y., said Monda that he had spoken to sufi arts a famil and Hud offered to ask that the inquiry into his death be conducted quickly