European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 6, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday december 6, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 3 ethics office says Humbug to gift giving by Mike Causey the Washington Post Washington a Federal workers worrying about what to get the Boss for Christmas really done to have any problem. The perfect gift nothing. Co workers planning to Exchange Holiday or birthday gifts also need to be careful lest they run afoul of Uncle same a code of conduct which gives new meaning to the old phrase a i give at the the Rule of thumb is that if the gift giver earns less Money than you done to accept the gift unless you Are willing to risk your Job. The office of government ethics has proposed a new code to go into effect next year. But these Are the rules for this Holiday season a unless there is a specific exception an employee shall not accept directly or indirectly any gift from a person or organization that has a financial relationship with their Agency conducts operations or activities that Are regulated by their Agency or has interests that May be substantially affected by the performance of the employees the exception to the above in most agencies is when the employee has a a family or personal relationship with the gift giver. Most agencies also allow employees to accept promotional items a Calendar Coffee Mug or inexpensive ballpoint pen of a nominal value from outside to be a promotional item the gift should Bear a corporate name or logo like Nike Westinghouse or the Washington Post for example. Employees cannot solicit contributions from coworkers for a gift for an official supervisor. Also an employee cannot make such a donation or accept a gift a from an employee receiving less pay than the exception to the above Rule the ethics office said is a a voluntary gift of nominal value or donation or nominal amount made on a special occasion such As marriage illness birth of a baby baby Shower or because they Are annual events Quot holidays such As Christmas hanukkah and birthdays. Do not fall into this special occasion category. Therefore employees May not annually give gifts to their supervisors or receive gifts from their subordinates on these delay on female combat pilots called insult Washington a defense Secretary Dick Cheney a decision to put off opening combat Pilot slots to females for at least a year is a an insult to women a rep. Patricia Schroeder says. The Colorado Democrat a senior member of the House armed services committee supports recently approved legislation to repeal the ban on female combat pilots. She criticized Cheney a move to put off any action until after a presidential panel studies the Issue. A this is certainly not what we intended a Schroeder said. A it sounds so reasonable. But we could fill a room i with studies on i women in the Congress has re Schroeder pealed the ban on women a flying combat missions for the Navy Marine corps and air Force. But Cheney Isnit expected to seek a any substantial change for the female pilots until a presidential commission issues its findings next november Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said tuesday. The legislation that repeals the decades old ban on female combat pilots in the air Force Navy and Marine corps is before president Bush who is expected to sign it in the next few Days. Women in those branches of the armed services were barred from serving in combat positions under a 1948 Law. The army has its own regulations Banning women from combat jobs but Given widespread Public support for the role female pilots played in the persian Gulf War Congress approved the legislation late last month to lift the restrictions. While the Law opens the Way for female pilots to be assigned to units that might enter combat a such As fighter Jet squadrons or air wings aboard aircraft carriers a it does no to require they be put there. Instead the legislation establishes the commission of presidential appointees to study among other things a the implications if any of the armed forces of permitting female service members to qualify for assignment to positions in some or All categories of combat the panel May ask Cheney for permission to conduct a test assignments of female service members in combat positions the legislation says. Becky Constantino the head of the Pentagon a advisory panel on women a issues has expressed concern that the commission will not have enough time to conduct any meaningful tests let alone a thorough review of the Complex Issue. Army will store military gear in Omari Schroeder reveals Washington apr the . Persian Gulf has been reluctant to a army will be allowed to pre position knowledge the extent of its relations some military equipment in the mid with Washington on military matters die Eastern country of Oman rep. But the cooperation has grown Patricia Schroeder said wednesday. Since the . Effort several years ago although the Pentagon has sought to escort kuwaiti Oil tankers during approval to store military supplies in the War Between Iran and Iraq several persian Gulf nations since the Schroeder speaking with reporters end of the War against Iraq no said she supported the concept of pre agreement with Oman has been disclosed by the Bush administration. Pacts with Kuwait and Bahrain were announced this year. A senior Pentagon officer confirmed Schroeder a statement but refused to elaborate on the amount of Materiel to be stored in Oman. During the War Oman allowed the . Air Force to use its airfields for delivering supplies to Allied forces. It positioning . Military equipment overseas to Cut Back on the costs of Basing americans in foreign countries. She is a senior member of the House armed services committee and Heads its subcommittee on military installations. Asked about the status of . Agreements with Gulf nations in the Wake of the War Schroeder said she did not know the status of All the negotiations but she added a i know also provided crucial support to . Oman would Only previously let the naval vessels during the conflict. Air Force in and now i guess they Are the strategic nation a part of going to let the army pre position which is located at the entry to the some stuff in War gave us Chance for peace Schwarzkopf says by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau Antwerp Belgium a desert storm commander h. A a storming Normand Schwarzkopf said thursday that he believes the release of Western hostages in recent weeks was a fruit of the War he led. A i personally like to think that there was a connection. I really do a said the retired . Army general. A we right now and very much As a result of the Gulf War stand on the Brink of the greatest Opportunity for peace in the Middle East that we have had in any of our Schwarzkopf was ending a european trip which included speaking engagements in the Netherlands and Belgium. He was in Antwerp on thursday to receive a belgian military medal give a speech and appear at the european Community Tennis championship. The Leader the 800,000-member coalition Force told the stars and stripes the Western world forged a Friendship with Arab nations throughout the War. A we went Over there and helped our Arab friends when they needed help a Schwarzkopf said. A we worked together. I think we Learned a lot about each other and because of that i think its led directly to number one this wonderful Opportunity we have to have peace in the world and number two of course its led to the release of the when talking of the release of the longest held hostage Terry Anderson Schwarzkopf smiled ear to ear in a fashion reminiscent of his Post desert storm Days when the War hero wore four stars rather than a Blue pin Stripe suit. �?o1 was so Happy today. Its just such a great thing that the last american hostage has come Home a he said. A if we could just get the two German hostages out that would be icing on the during the Small ceremony in Antwerp a historic City Hall Schwarzkopf thanked and praised the belgians for their role in the War especially their Navy a involvement. Belgian foreign minister Mark Eyskens presented Schwarzkopf with the grand officer of the order of Leopold medal. Daily news files for bankruptcy Protection new York up a the new York daily news thursday filed for Protection under chapter 11 of the Federal bankruptcy code within hours after the family of its late publisher British press lord Robert Maxwell asked for a similar form of receivership in London. In filing in Manhattan Federal court the tabloid listed assets of $37.3 million and liabilities of $53.3 million. News spokesman John Campi said the news took Legal action shortly before noon a to protect itself against uncertainties involving Maxwell family creditors in England and from a capital squeeze due to the debt problems of the family owned in court papers the newspaper said it a currently faces a liquidity crisis and does not have the financial resources to weather this storm without court the paper estimated its payroll and other expenses at about $23.4 million while it expected to bring in revenues of just $21.5 million in december traditionally the busiest month for advertisers. The news also listed its top three unsecured creditors As paper companies who were owed a total of $15.8 million. Maxwells sons and heirs Kevin and Ian Maxwell earlier thursday asked British courts to place two key companies in the Maxwell family Empire in the management of outside administrators following a breakdown in talks seeking investors. The daily news is owned by the Robert Maxwell group which managed Many of maxwells private holdings and is one of the two companies the Maxwell Brothers Are seeking to place in receivership. The Maxwell Brothers said they believe that outside administrators will a stabilize As far As possible the jobs of employees across the group companies. They also said they Hope the move will a reduce alarm and the Prospect of precipitous action being taken in overseas Robert Maxwell whose nov. 5 death in the water off the Canary islands is still under investigation bought the news from the Tribune company of Chicago last March after a bitter often violent 147-Day strike during which the paper continued to publish
