European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Miks vol. 50, no. 295 350 tuesday february 4,1992 d 6693 . Lacks work ethic japanese Leader says Tokyo a prime minister Kii Chi Miyazawa told parliament on monday that americans Are losing their Quot work ethics and the drive a to live by the sweat of their despite a later apology by the foreign ministry the White House countered that a the american work Force is second to none and that the japanese comments could help in a stirring the competitive rages of . Workers. Two weeks ago Yoshio Sakurauchi speaker of the lower House set off protests in the United states when he said american workers were Lazy and partly illiterate. His statements were disavowed by Miyazawa a administration but the fact that such remarks continue to surface reflects an ingrained sense among japanese politicians that the United states is a deteriorating superpower. Miyazawa a statement came during a discussion among legislators monday. Lawmaker Kabul Muto told a parliamentary committee discussing the faltering american Economy that . Workers put in Only three Good Days on the Job each week. He asked Miyazawa How the . Economy could recover. The prime minister responded that in the United states the belief in a producing things and creating value has a loosened too much in the past 10 years or in its place has come the . A Money Market system including junk Bonds and leveraged buyouts Miyazawa said. He said Many american College graduates a landed High paying jobs on Wall Street and As a result you and i have seen that the number of engineers Able to make products has fallen year after in summing up Miyazawa said a i have Long thought that they americans Lack a work ethic. To live by the sweat of their hours later the foreign ministry issued a statement saying the prime minister a had no intention whatsoever of criticizing american Miyazawa Only intended a to stress As part of his economic philosophy the importance of producing things and creating value by the sweat of our brow in our approach to work. The prime minister regrets any misunderstanding which May have been caused a said the ministry spokesman Masamichi Hanabusa. White House spokesman Marlin Fitz see . On Page 2 prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa a Reffigee Waits to be interrogated by immigration officials monday after being repatriated to returned to Haiti port a Prince Haiti a More than 160 people who risked their lives fleeing Haiti in Smalt boats Only to be interned by the United states were returned Home monday. Activists predicted Many would face persecution or death. The boat people who arrived on a coast guard Cutter from the . Naval base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba Are the first of thousands of haitian refugees being sent Back by the . Government. A second Cutter carrying 250 haitians was expected later monday. That morning the refugees Only greeting at Dock Side was by port authority police immigration officials and . Diplomats monitoring the process. Most of the 162 refugees were Young men Al though a few women and Small children were aboard the boat. They filed off the Cutter clutching Small bundles of clothing and other items Given to them in Guantanamo Bay. All appeared tired after their Long ordeal but they stood quietly in line and followed instructions without complaint. A Roll Call was taken in a receiving room at Dock Side where the greeting a Welcome to Haiti was printed in Block letters across a Concrete beam. After passing through immigration the refugees were Given food and $15 each by red Cross volunteers and taken to bus stations in a red Cross see Haiti on Page 2toll in Turkey grows to 135 after new slide from staff and wire reports Ankara Turkey a a Snow slide claimed four new victims monday As rescuers resumed the search for those missing in the Avalanche disaster that has killed at least 135 people the Anatolia news Agency said. Meanwhile the turkish government terminated its request for american assistance in support of Avalanche victims at Gorec the worst affect cd Village a spokesman from the combined information Bureau at in Ciurlik a said monday. . Rescue teams from in Ciurlik and Piri Cilik military coordination Center had been working on Rescue efforts for the Village of about 250 soldiers and residents since saturday. . Aircraft that were sent to Aid in the Effort included four uh-60 Black Hawk helicopters two Mh-60 pave Hawk helicopters one Hc-130 transport two c-130 Hercules transports one e-3 sentry Early warning Azacs one c-12 super King one c-212 Casa see toll on Page 2
