European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Thursday december 10,1992proposals offered on ending Gay ban by Nancy costello the associated press Gay groups and civil rights organizations have begun to draft Sample executive orders to offer the Clinton administration on How to end the military a ban on homosexuals. Some of the proposals Call for the creation of an advisory committee to assist the defense department and anti homophobia training for officers who would carry out the policy. A presidential order also should restore health benefits upgrade less than honorable discharges and allow Gays to re enlist one coalition said. And any new code of conduct should govern the sexual behaviour of Gay and straight soldiers Gay activists said. A inevitably you Are going to have situations of inappropriate conduct by heterosexuals and Gay people. When it happens they should be disciplined a said Mary Newcombe attorney for former col. Margarethe Kammermeyer who was recently discharged from the National guard in Washington state after disclosing her homosexuality. A but making the presumption that Only Gay people will commit a sexual crime is unfair and  More than 15,000 people have been discharged from the military since 1982 because they were Gay. At least 300 others May face administrative discharge hearings according to estimates by the military Law task Force of the National 21 groups see no basis for Pentagon s policy Washington a the defense department has provided a no sound rational or scientific basis for its policy excluding Gay men and lesbians from military service the american psychological association says. The association along with 20 other National organizations issued a statement monday supporting president elect Clinton a plan to lift the ban. The statement was issued As part of a Daylong meeting of people repress .1-ing groups offering to help the armed forces Cope once the ban is lifted. Clinton said during his Campaign that As president he would Issue an executive order rescinding the nearly 50-year-old prohibition. A although defense department policy states that homosexuality is incompatible with military service the department has provided no rational or empirical basis for its policy a the two paragraph statement said. A your organizations assert that there is no sound rational or scientific basis for this poli a a if by. Groups signing the statement included the american civil liberties Union the american jewish committee the american nurses association the National association of social workers the National Gay and lesbian task Force and the National organization for women. Lawyers Guild. President elect Clinton has said homosexuality should not bar anyone from serving in the armed forces. He said he plans to consult with military leaders and others to overturn the ban. Los Angeles corporate consultant David Mixner who served As a senior adviser to the Clinton Campaign on Gay and lesbian issues said the presidential transition team is soliciting information on the ban from several Federal agencies. Views from Gay groups also is welcomed he said. The Lambda Legal defense and education fund for which Newcombe works and the military Freedom project a coalition based in Washington d.c., Are drafting Sample executive orders. The coalition includes the Gay lesbian bisexual veterans of America National organization for women american civil liberties Union National Gay lesbian task Force and the american psychological association. The proposal drafted by the military Freedom project would add a sexual orientation to a 1948 order signed by president Harry Truman that called for a Equality of treatment and Opportunity for All persons in the armed services without regard to race color religion or National  the projects order would ban discrimination of Gays in military recruitment Job assignments and promotion. It also would have All negative references to homosexuals stricken from documents said Tanya Domi National Board member for the Gay lesbian bisexual veterans of America. Reversing the ban could save the military Money she said. A recent general accounting office study found the military spent almost half a billion dollars Between 1980-1990 to kick out homosexuals. But an executive order that upgrades discharges and restores health and retirement benefits for Gays also could be costly. Pentagon spokesman it. Col. Doug Hart said too Many variables such As the ranks and Ages of Gay veterans make it impossible to estimate costs. Some military officials and groups disagree with lifting the ban. They include the veterans of foreign wars Marine corps league non commissioned officers association and the air Force sergeants  readies appointments to his Cabinet Little Rock Ark. A president elect Clinton is approaching his first Cabinet appointments awash in pledges from Congress to swiftly confirm nominees and act equally fast on an Agenda Clinton promises will include serious deficit reduction. Clinton returned to Little Rock Early wednesday after courting democrats on Capitol Hill on tuesday. Aides said he was set to make a handful of major appointments. First Clinton a transition office planned to release wednesday details of the ethics guidelines that will apply to key appointees. The highlights Are a a five year ban on lobbying agencies related to their government work. A and a lifetime prohibition against working As lobbyists for foreign governments. T he initial appointments Are set for today with transition and democratic sources saying Clinton plans to name . Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas As Treasury Secretary and new York investment banker Roger Altman As Deputy Secretary. Aides painted those choices As signals to Congress and Wall Street that Clinton is serious about economic reforms and deficit reduction themes Clinton sounded tuesday after a Day of private meetings with the congressional committee chairmen who will consider Clinton a programs. A there must be a very Strong multiyear deficit reduction plan submitted at the same time i submit this coming years budget a Clinton said. A a that a what i am going to  in addition Clinton is said to have picked California rep. Leon Panetta to head the office of management and budget. After the major economic appointments Are made it was not Clear How the announcements would unfold. Quot there will be a flurry Over several Days a said a senior Clinton adviser speaking on condition of anonymity. Another suggested that Clinton would make a handful of appointments before the weekend and several More after his two Day economic conference scheduled for monday and tuesday. In Between Clinton plans to resign As Arkansas governor a move scheduled for saturday. Afterwards it. Gov. Jim Guy t Ucker will be sworn in and preside Over president elect Clinton is greeted by a girl As he talks to reporters in Washington on tuesday. A special state legislative session. In Bentsen and Panetta the president elect is turning to two respected Capitol Hill veterans to push his economic plan. Bentsen a skillful legislator is liked on Capitol Hill and on Wall Street. The texan is interested in tax policy particularly As it affects corporate America and he has pushed for better health care for children. And like Clinton he favors a Middle class tax Cut. Picking Panetta would give Clinton a Well respected budget expert on Capitol Hill who has made deficit reduction a priority. Panetta has urged Clinton to go even further than his Campaign pledge to halve Federal red Ink within four  delegates endorse proposal to cover everyone Nashville Tenn. Apr the american medical associations House of delegates voted tuesday to support a health Reform plan providing medical care for All americans. In addition the delegates ruled that it is unethical in most situations for a doctor to refer patients to diagnostic centers or clinics that the doctor owns. The health Reform plan was to be presented to Congress and president elect Clinton for consideration. It is a refined version of a health Access America a a plan that the Ama has considered for nearly three years. The delegates called for the plan to be administered by an advisory Board made up of government officials and private citizens such As doctors. They did no to say How it should be funded. Clinton has said he expects to present a health care Reform plan to Congress within 100 Days of taking office Jan. 20. Ama officials said they did no to know How their proposal would fare. A i can to Tell you where the president elect is coming Down we Haven to seen any proposal of his we can Analyse a said or. James Todd the amass executive vice president. One of several ways that the plan differs from other proposals is its opposition to global budgeting the notion of placing health care Money in one pot and doling it out after services Are rendered Todd said. Delegates expressed concern that if such a Pool of Money were drained before All services were rendered some people could be denied care. I he Ama plan Drew opposition from the american College of physicians an organization of 77,000 medical specialists including Many Ama members. The group said the proposal did no to live within a budget. Health care Reform begins with Cost control and Cost control begins with the commitment to living under a budget a said or. John r. Ball the colleges executive vice president. Earlier delegates adopted the Resolution saying its unethical for physicians to own centers used for self re Terral except a when such a Center is needed to meet a special need in a Community. Sch when the Only Way the Center could be Stab is let is through involvement by doctors who would rely there