European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. June 2. 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 5irs agents to use aliases for Protection by the Washington Post Washington a the tax collector is going undercover. The most often assaulted of All Federal Law enforcement officials Revenue officers for the internal Revenue service soon will have the option of using fake names for their Protection when dealing with tax scoff Laws. A we Are unarmed a said Shirley Garcia an irs Revenue officer in the new Carrollton md., office who is listed in the Telephone directory under the name of one of her children and drives a car registered under another family members name. A a it a a very very dangerous  although using an alias wont prevent irs officers from being assaulted by people on the spot a they were assaulted 267 times last year a the intent of the new policy is to at least reduce harassment on the Job. In addition to punching irs officers seeking payment of Back taxes angry taxpayers have filed fake liens on officers property placed the officers names on junk mail lists made threatening phone Calls to their Homes and filed phony tax forms using the officers names. The decision to give the Agency a employees particularly the 8,400 Revenue officers the option of using a registered pseudonym a or their last names Only a follows a seven year dispute Between the irs and its Union the National Treasury employees Union which w anted the policy. When the two sides could not agree the Federal service impasses panel an arbitration Board was brought in to Settle the matter. The new policy will go into effect when a system is designed to Register the fake names w Ith supervisors. In opposing the use of fake names the irs maintained that adequate precautions already were being taken to protect its employees including providing armed escorts and training officers in How to Deal with potentially dangerous taxpayers. In its March ruling the arbitration panel also noted the Agency s concern that recent congressional scrutiny including passage of the taxpayer s Bill of rights a makes How the irs is viewed by the Public a sensitive  a the unions proposal if adopted would undermine its efforts to maintain open and honest dealings with the Public necessary to Foster voluntary compliance with the tax Laws a wrote the panel summarizing the Agency a position. A indeed the Public has a right to know with whom it is  a we think that they were valid concerns and still Are valid concerns a said irs spokesman Henry Holmes. A a we re going to Mal it  in making its Case the Union cited a 19ss Fri report which showed that irs officers were assaulted More often than any other Federal Law enforcement group. Irs officers were assaulted 391 times that year More than five times As Many As the 70 assaults against drug enforcement administration officers. There were 18 assaults against Fri officers and 18 against secret service officers. The arbitration panel concluded that using fake names or Only last names is reasonable adding that it did not expect that most employees would need to go undercover. It also said that it was not convinced that the Public would react negatively to the change. A i think its a Lousy idea a said Philip Proffit executive director of the National coalition of irs whistle blowers a taxpayer advocacy organization. A now they re trying to escape accountability by hiding behind a k is aliases a Proffit predicted that the new policy would make it More difficult for a taxpayer to locate a Revenue officer and that there would be no Way to prevent an officer from using a fake name and not registering it with a supervisor As required. A these Are  said Susan Holliday spokeswoman for the Union. A their Mission is to do a Job for the government not to harass taxpayers. And basically they done to deserve harassment in  Garcia said she was attempting to seize a Mobile Home and Motorboat for Back taxes when the owner released some Doberman pins her dogs. She made it to her car just in time she said. 10 years ago june 2,1982 a British troops captured Snow capped mount Kent a strategic Gateway to the Argentine stronghold of Stanley and were battling for control on other ridges overlooking the besieged capital of the Falkland islands. 20 years ago june 2,1972 a Henry Aaron tied Willie Mays for second place on the All time Home run list when he hit his 648th Homer to Start the Atlanta braves on their Way to a 5-4 Victory Over the san Diego padres. 30 years ago june 2.1962 a a smile played Over the  of former is col. Adolf Eichmann moments before he was hanged. Stick unrepentant for his role in the nazi Slaughter of 6 Mixcon jews. He was pronounced dead at two minutes before Midnight his body was cremated and the ashes scattered on the Mediterranean. 40 years ago june 2.1952 a tank led infantry soldiers moved out of their Foxholes in tactical Maneu vers Only seconds after the 19th atomic explosion at the Yucca Flat test ground. The troops were Only 7,000 Yards from the blast and immediately moved toward the explosion site. Pat 50 years ago today 2 june 942 More than 1.300 German Cannon begin Shettig Sevastopol in preparation Tor an Ana on Fie important crimean port on tie Southern soviet Trant in tie Paack. Tree . Air Craft Carters take up Staton 350 Mies Northeast of Midway Island lying in wad Tor the approaching japanese invasion lore japanese naval planes altar1 dutch Harbor n Alaska s ate fan islands some 29, people stand under a sea of umbrellas sunday a new Yerks Central Park the raise Mmry for aids services reaps. Wet new yorkers March for aids by the associated press Twenty thousand people slogged through the rain sunday in new York to raise Money for aids services groups. Another 35,000 walked under threatening Clouds in Boston while 6,000 marchers in Minneapolis enjoyed sunny skies. Marchers in new York got a rousing Welcome from actor Gregory Hines who serenaded them with singing in the rain. A closing ceremony in Central Park was cancelled because of downpours. Participant Donald Jones said he was a freezing like a Zombie but said it was important for him to participate because he knows someone who is dying of aids. A i raised $200,�?� Jones said. A i did my  about 28,000 people  for the six mile walk but about 8,000 stayed Home organizer Craig Miller said. The event was expected to raise More than $4 million. The walk in Boston was festive. Blues jazz and Rock bands played at Sites along the route and companies donated drinks oranges and cookies to walkers. But there were reminders of the tragedy behind the event. Nancy Rhodes 42, of Gloucester mass., held a sign Reading a in memory of Jerry Benanc Nitti. March 5, 1955, to March 30,1991.�?� a the was my Only Nephew. He was Gay Quot Rhodes said. A i thought id do this in memory of him. I thought id feel embarrassed carrying my sign. But i feel  the aids action committee in Boston estimated walkers raised $2.5 million. In Minneapolis the walk raised $350,000, organizers said. Up to april 1, the Federal centers for disease control in Atlanta had recorded 218.301 cases of aids in the United states with 141,223 deaths. 7railroad to Aid abortion seeking women it Urcy 219 Days at my. W h sir Van a our was inc. A tar Atma Ruc but of m a b son  co a -6 Philadelphia a a network modelled after the underground Railroad that transported slaves to Freedom is standing by to help women if a . Supreme court ruling on a Pennsylvania Law makes it More difficult to get an abortion. The a overground Railroad a based in the Philadelphia suburb of Skippack has signed up More than 300 volunteers in 31 states since it originated at a Quaker gathering three years ago. The . Supreme court had just ruled in a Missouri Case that Stales could impose More restrictions on abortion. A everybody was really upset a said founder Mary Ellen Mcnish. A we just All got in a room together and tried to figure out what we could  the network is awaiting a decision by the supreme court on a restrictive Pennsylvania Law the court could use to reverse the 1973 Roe is. Wade ruling that legalized abortion. A decision is expected by july. A by organizing now the Railroad will have a network in place should any states severely restrict Access to abortion a the organization says in a pamphlet seeking volunteers and contributions. The network could be needed this summer if for example the Pennsylvania Laws 24-hour wailing period is upheld said Mcnish executive vice president of planned parenthood of Maryland. A woman travelling to a Large City might need transportation or a place to slay she said. The network for exam pc would allow a woman in new Orleans to travel to Atlanta with one person to Richmond with another person and then to Washington with a third to obtain an abortion Mcnish said. Women would pay their expenses if they were Able and volunteers would be screened to make sure they did no to plan to harass women. A this is merely an Effort to help some women get to states where its Safe and Legal so they Don t have to go to a Back Alley a Mcnish said. The Railroad is Noi a formal project of the religious society of f friends which has no stance on abortion hut Man it volunteers Are quakers