European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday july 11, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 3 s los Angeles Yap a police chief Daryl Gates rejected a commissions recommendation that he resign soon As part of an overhaul aimed at curbing brutality and racism in the department. The Independent Christopher commission formed after police were videotaped while beating Black Motorist Rodney King released its report tuesday after a three month investigation. The commission found graphic examples of police racism a confrontational attitude by officers toward the Public and a deficient citizen complaint system. It broadly criticized the departments leadership but did not single out Gates. A we believe that commencement of a transition in that office is now appropriate a the report said. A we Hope that chief Gates will remain in office while his successor is being  Gates had said he would resign from his $168,000-a-year Job if the commission agreed with critics that he had created a climate of racism and brutality. On tuesday he said a a in a not going to run away a and he hinted that it would Lake a referendum to persuade him to quit. A the people will speak and that will say volumes to me Quot Gates said. The report also recommended that certain unidentified members of the police commission resign a in the interest of Harmony and  acting president Melanie Lomax and Sam Williams out. Spoken critics of Gates did so immediately. Mayor Tom Bradley and Community groups renewed Calls for Gates to quit. The chief has civil service Protection and can be removed Only by the mayor appointed police commission for misconduct. The report said the chief should serve a five year term renewable Only once at the police commissions discretion. It suggested that the mayor and the commission share this Power to fire the chief. To step los Angeles police chief Daryl Gates discusses the report on his department. The firing could be reversed Only with a two thirds vote of the City Council. The report noted that Gates has headed the department for 13 years and hell turn 65, a traditional retirement age next Mont Community leaders said that the proposed changes could take years and that Many required voter approved amendments to the City charter. A the blueprint is Here a said John Mack president of the los Angeles Urban league a but now the Mettle of this City is going to be tested a whether the elected officials and the residents at Large will have the guts to implement these  Gates defenders were a outraged at the thinly veiled attempt to Force chief Gates out the Back door a said Peggy Rowe Estrada president of citizens in support of the chief of police. The Christopher commission was formed after the March 3 beating in which White police officers beat stomped and shocked King with a stun gun. He had been pulled Over for speeding. A bystanders videotape of the beating was broadcast across the nation. Four officers were charged with assault and brutality. The commissions 10 members wer appointed by Gates and Bradley. It was headed by former Deputy . Secretary of state Warren Christopher. A the leadership of., the land must Send a much clearer and More effective message that excessive Force will not be tolerated a the report said. It added a the problem of excessive Force is aggravated by racism and Bias within the  the commission said it found recurrent racial remarks typed by officers into patrol car communication systems. They included a a sounds like Monkey slapping  a a i almost got me a mexican last night but he dropped the Damn gun to Quick lots of wit. A a i would love to drive Down Slauson a Street that runs through minority neighbourhoods with a flame thrower. We would have a  the 228-Page report said some a a problem officers in the 8,300-member department were not adequately disciplined. It said 183 officers had at least four excessive Force complaints each from 1986 to 1990. The departments a hard nosed style a produces results but it does so at the risk of creating a siege mentality that alienates the officer trom the Community a the report  finds copy of Columbus letter san Marino Calif. Up a copy of a letter written by Christopher Columbus to his son shortly before he set sail on his fourth voyage to the americas in 1502 has been found. The letter is contained in an unpublished Handwritten history of the portuguese family into which Columbus granddaughter Isabel married. The volume has been in the Huntington Library a collection since the 1920s when it was purchased from an English auction House. But i Rary officials said it was catalogued under the name of the history a author Francisco Medina nun Ibay rather than under Columbus name. A the Huntington manuscript is of considerable interest in part because it brings us several Steps closer to the actual words written by Columbus in an important letter to his son a said William Frank the Library a curator. A at the same time this appears to be the Only Case where the Best manuscript version of a Columbus letter is in an american  in the so called memorial letter Columbus gives instructions for his son Diego to carry out in the event of his death at sea and he offers fatherly advice regarding business and personal matters. Medina transcribed the letter from the original in the Early 1600s for inclusion in the portuguese family history. Shortly afterwards in 1609, the Columbus family withdrew its papers from the monastery of Las Cuevas in Seville Spain where they bad beerrkept7-and the original letter has not been seen since. Frank found the letter while he was researching material for a Huntington exhibit a a Spain in the americas 1492-1600,�?� scheduled to open in february As part of the Christopher Columbus qui Centenary. Yeltsin takes oath of office As 1st elected head of Russia Moscow apr Boris Yeltsin swore himself in wednesday As the russian republics first elected president and declared a great Russia is rising from its Knees on the path toward democracy and economic Reform. Standing beneath an enormous red and Blue russian Flag in the Kremlin a great Palace of congresses Yeltsin received congratulations and a handshake from soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev and blessings from the russian orthodox patriarch Alexi  for the first time in russian history the citizens of Russia have made their own Choice a Yeltsin said during the 50-minute ceremony. A they chose not Only an individual not Only a president but above All they chose the path along which our motherland is to travel. It is the path of democracy. The path of Reform. The path of the restoration of human dignity. A great Russia is rising from its Knees a Yeltsin said. After his 10-minute inaugural speech he received a standing ovation. After the 60-year-old Yeltsin took the oath of office the Anthem of the russian federation was played and the republics Flag was raised Over the Kremlin. Gorbachev speaking after the ceremony promised to support Yeltsin a efforts to bring democratic Reform to Theroun try a largest and richest Republic. A let me wish you Success in your activities for the people of Russia Quot said Gorbachev also the communist party a general Secretary. Yeltsin and Gorbachev had been at Odds Over the Pace and scope of efforts to move away from the centralized communist system. Their feud eased after Gorbachev agreed to give up Kremlin control Over russians vast natural resources including its Coal mines. Yeltsin took 57 percent of the vote june 12 to become the second directly elected president of a soviet Republic. The Republic of Georgia also has a directly elected president. Wednesdays ceremony was also attended by Anatoly Lukyanov chairman of the supreme soviet legislature prime minister Valentin Pavlov and the leaders of other republics. The inauguration ceremony was full of pomp and symbolism. Yeltsin walked up the same aisle that he strode one year ago when he quit the communist party during its National Congress. Seventeen trumpeters Clad in Blue uniforms with red Epa lets blew a Salute and Yeltsin took the podium on which Lay red leather bound copies of the russian federation Constitution and a declaration of sovereignty which was adopted last summer. After Yeltsin took the oath the russian orthodox patriarch Rose wearing a Black Robe and White Mantle. He read an address from leaders of the major religious groups in the soviet Union a orthodox Catholic and Muslim a then gave Yeltsin the document bound in Green leather. Yeltsin then read his inaugural address pledging to uphold human rights respect religion and creak from the political abuses of the past. A it is impossible to express in words the feelings i am experiencing at this moment a Yeltsin began. A for centuries the interests of the state were put higher than those of the individual his needs and aspirations Quot he said. A unfortunately we realized later than other civilized nations that the strength of the state lies in the Well being of its citizens. The denial of this sacred principle destroyed the greatest empires of the  Yeltsin added a the president is no god nor a new. Monarch nor omnipotent wonder worker. He is a citizen in whom is vested a great responsibility for the destiny of Russia his  reaffirming his commitment to Reform Yeltsin said that a failure is inevitable when the determination to act to take justifiable risk is lacking when people limit themselves to half measures and Stop