European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 22. 1992 . The stars and stripes Page 5 japanese american oct ouster Arlington a. Apr a Honolulu attorney is fighting the Marine corps Over his dismissal from officer candidate school saying it was based largely on ethnic discrimination. Bruce Yamashita whose family left Japan for Hawaii nearly a Century ago presented evidence thursday before the naval discharge review Board seeking to have his dismissal overturned. A i thought a gee i wish i was just White maybe 5-10, 180 pounds a a Yamashita recalled. A then nobody would bother you. The worst thing you can do is complain about your civil rights and the  although Marine officials dispute the specific charge of discrimination against Yamashita they do say they Are concerned about the rate at which minority group members fail to Complete the officer candidate school course. Gen. Carl e. Mundy jr., Marine corps commandant has appointed a panel of officers to study the problem and recommend solutions. A obviously we know it is not in our interest to recruit minorities and bring them out to officer candidate school Only to discharge them and Send them Back to the very communities and col in the stars and stripes 10 year Sago nov. 22,1982 a the Navy instituted a new military mail search policy that officials say will Stem the flow of illegal drugs and contraband to service members overseas. 20 year Sago nov. 22,1972 a president Truman fired Gen. Douglas Macarthur As . Commander in Korea in 1951 because he Felt the general Quot sort of panicked Quot his daughter Margaret said. 30 year Sago nov. 22,1962 president Kennedy ended the . Arms blockade of Cuba after soviet president Nikita s. Khrushchev promised to pull All offensive bombers out of the country in 30 Days. 40 year Sago nov. 22,1952 William Green president of the american federation of labor since 1924, died at his Home in Coshocton Ohio the Union announced. He was 79. World War ii 1 the Northern and Southern pincers of the red army s Stalingrad offensive snap shut at Kalach cutting off nearly 300,000 German soldiers 100 tanks 1,800 artillery guns and 10.000 vehicles in Libya Field marshal Erwin Rommel s afrika Korps slows British attacks on aged Abia in the Pacific . Marines unsuccessfully attack japanese positions West of Lunga source "2194 Dudji pub Visners in a Leges where we do our recruiting a said col. David a. Vetter who Heads the panel. A it is Clear that minority dropout rates Are higher and we Are concerned about  an analysis by the japanese american citizens league showed that from 1982 to 1990, 41 percent of minority officer candidates did not Complete the Basic officer training course at the Quantico va., Marine training base. The comparable rate among Whites was 33.5 percent. In Yamashita a class 60 percent of minority group members failed to Complete the course. Vetter said he could not explain the attrition rate for minorities. He added however that no institutional discrimination has been found in the oct program. The marines have admitted that Yamashita was called a Kawasaki Yamaha Yamashita and a Kamikaze Many by instructors in february 1989. One boasted of having a whipped your japanese ass during world War ii. In world War ii Yamashita a Uncle served in the . Army a heavily decorated 442nd regimental combat team a unit made up of japanese americans that saw some of the heaviest fighting of the Campaign in Italy. Bush aides get of to destroy personal logs by the new York times Washington the chief lawyer at the White House has told president Bush a aides they May destroy Telephone logs and other personal records during the transition. Congressional aides say the Legal opinion will hinder their investigation of the search through Bill Clinton a passport files. Telephone Calls Between the state department and the White House have emerged As a potentially valuable source of evidence for congressional investigators trying to find out whether the White House was involved in the search for information that might have damaged Clinton a presidential Campaign. In particular congressional investigators want Telephone logs for James a. Baker 111, White House chief of staff and two of his aides Janet g. Mullins and Margaret d. Tutwiler to Sec if there is any indication that they discussed the search with officials at the state department or the Bush Quayle Campaign. But in a memorandum issued two Days after the election c. Boyden Gray counsel to the president told White House employees that the 1978 Law prohibiting destruction of a presidential records does not cover a a non record materials like scratch pads unimportant notes to ones Secretary phone and visitor logs or informal notes of meetings Etc used Only by the staff  it is not known How Many such records if any already have been destroyed. In an interview Friday Gray said a efm not aware of anybody destroying phone logs in relation to the passport  when a president leaves office the Fate of government records often is in doubt. In a separate action Friday a Federal District judge issued a temporary order that prevents the Bush White House from destroying computer records. The 10-Day restraining order by judge Charles r. Richey applies to president Bush the executive office of the president and the National Security Council. Pc Sidcot a acct Clinton and vice Prosl Dent a acct Al Gore meet at the governor s mansion in Little Rock Ark., on Friday to discuss transition plans. Clinton transition team May run out of funds Little Rock Ark. A president elect Clinton could have to court democratic donors again because the $3.5 million provided by the government for the transition does no to appear to be enough. A i think Well sort of Cut Comers and count pennies and make the Money last As Long As we can a spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers said Friday. A but we re prepared to raise some additional private  meanwhile Clinton combined jogging and walking in a 35-minute rain soaked workout session through his neighbourhood at Daybreak saturday. Afterwards the pc Sidcot a acct deflected reporters questions about Frances opposition to a newly signed Trade agreement Between the United states and the european Community. A i Haven to reviewed it yet a he said. A a in be got to look at  he returned to the governors mansion and then headed out for a round of Golf As the rain subsided. From the $3.5 million appropriated by Congress the transition team must pay salaries office equipment costs rent travel expenses and utilities for the 10 weeks Between the nov. 3 election and Clinton a Jan. 20 inauguration. The amount May not be enough Myers said noting that the total is about what the Arkansas governor spent each week during the Campaign. Federal Law permits a president elect to pay part of the Bill with private funds she said and noted that it has been done before Ronald Reagan raised private funds for his 1981 takeover from Jimmy Carter. On Friday Clinton and vice president elect Al Gore worked in private talking about their meetings in Washington the previous two Days. A a we be just been off loading our information on one another a Clinton said posing for pictures at the governors mansion he brushed off questions about a conversation Between transition director Warren Christopher and sen. Lloyd bunt san a Texas about the Treasury Secretary a Post. Christopher asked bunt san chairman of the Senate finance committee if he wanted to be considered. Clinton asked if he were looking at bunt san for the Job said with a laugh �?o1 look at him every time 1 go to Washington if 1  aides said Clinton Hasni to offered a Cabinet Post to anyone yet. Clinton planned to take most of the weekend off and attend Church today with civil rights Leader Jesse Jackson who was invited to Little Rock by area clergymen to deliver a guest Sermon. Source of King memo leak sought by the los Angeles times As department of Justice officials scrambled Friday to control damage from the improper release of a confidential prosecution memo in the Rodney g. King beating Case members of Congress called for a Swift inquiry and sources said investigators Are studying several theories including whether the document was released by a government  sen. Joseph r. Biden jr., d-del., said he was a deeply disturbed by reports the memorandum a which lays out the prosecutions Case including questions about the credibility of King and other witnesses a had been Given to one of the defense lawyers. Biden who chairs the Senate judiciary committee urged attorney general William p. Barr to quickly resolve the matter with disciplinary or criminal action against anyone found responsible. Prosecutors allowed a copy of the sensitive memorandum to fall into the hands of one of the defense lawyers in the highly charged Case against four los Angeles police officers accused of violating Kings civil rights while some sources close to the Case suggest the release May simply have been a mistake most department of Justice officials appear to believe it was intentional a either the result of a mole inside the prosecution team or even from a break in at the . Attorneys office in los Angeles