European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 24, 1993 the stars and stripes b Pago 3 3 or 4 to replace Baird Washington up president Clinton said saturday that he is looking at Quot three or four folks Quot As possible re placements for Zoe Baird As his attorney general nominee. Clinton declined to name anyone or to even say if they included men As Well As women. Quot to not going to say a Clinton told reporters during a picture taking session in his freshly painted Oval office. Clinton acknowledged Friday that he knew about Baird a hiring of undocumented immigrants before nominating her and he took responsibility for Rush ing the process to meet his self imposed Christmas deadline for having Cabinet nominees in place. At Baird a request the president with Drew her nomination because of mounting opposition. White House press Secretary Dee Dee Myers said Clinton Hopes to name a new attorney general Quot soon but we done to have a time  a you can be sure it will be thorough a Myers said when asked about the Fri background Check that the next nominee will face. Clinton said saturday that he began his doonesbury cartoonist lost Gamble on Baird new York up pulitzer prize winning cartoonist Garry Trudeau got a Little ahead of himself last weekly jumping the gun on Zoe Baird a confirmation As attorney general and having her hire one of his Star comic strip characters. On Friday Trudeau a doonesbury was several strips into Baird As attorney general when she withdrew her nomination Over the Flap generated by her hiring of two undocumented immigrants. The sequence was left with five daily strips to go before it could be changed. It began when comic strip attorney Joanie caucus a Clinton fan and aide to venerable congresswoman Lacey Davenport was offered a Job As a Deputy assistant to the assistant attorney general. During an extended interview with Baird the two women fondly recalled the 1970s when they attended Law school at the University of California at Berkeley. In fridays strip Baird asks caucus a so ready to take Down some bad Guys a replies Joanie a yes May am. Mind if i try to put Mike Milken Back it jail a a referring to the convicted junk Bond swindler who. Is in a California Halfway House waiting for his March 2 release. Trudeau who rarely gives interviews was not available for comment on the Faux Pas but doonesbury spokesman Alan Mcdermott one of the editors at Universal press Syndicate. In Kansas City to indicated the presses were rolling of some replacement strips. He said the strip would move along unchanged until Friday and saturday when substitutes could be in place Quot Garry changed the dialogue a he said. Quot Wco re assuming that readers realize that these things happen sometimes. He a a Gambler on these  search Friday afternoon shortly after the first 13 members of his Cabinet were sworn in. Baird a nomination became controversial As soon As it was disclosed that she and her husband had hired two illegal immigrants from Peru. Baird a corporate lawyer whose salary last year was $307,000, testified she could not find a qualified Legal immigrant or american citizen and said she hired two illegal immigrants from Peru a a woman As a Nanny for Baird a 3-year-old and the Man As her chauffeur. She paid them $250 per month each plus room and Board. For Days the White House had Given conflicting answers on whether Clinton knew about the illegal immigrants. He said he got a Quot cursory report on the matter before the nomination but had been assured that Baird had acted on the advice of an immigration lawyer and that the Issue should not have been a problem during the confirmation  100 firms new York Fuji if you work for Johnson amp Johnson and fall in love you get a week off for a honeymoon. At . Fuller co., employees receive $2,000 for getting a College degree. Ana Ben so Jerry a homemade offers benefits for Gay and lesbian partners. If your company does not offer Perks such As these chances Are it May not have made it into the revised version of the Luo Best companies to work for in America published by Doubleday. The Book first released in 1984, offers a look at the most exceptional workplaces in the United states through the eyes of the employees who grind away at some of the nations top corporations. It lists Beth Israel Hospital in Boston As the no. 1 company followed by Delta air links. The authors Robert Levering and Milton Moskowitz interviewed thousands of employees across the country to draw up a list of companies where people Are Happy to work because they Are treated with  in choosing the Best companies Levering and Moskowitz used six criteria a pay and benefits opportunities Job Security Pride in work and company openness and fairness and camaraderie and Friendship. Despite Tough economic times and continued layoffs Benefit curtailments and widespread worker dissatisfaction the authors found More exceptional workplaces in the United states today than there were 10 years ago. Quot last time around it was hard to find 100 companies top 10 places to work a so. Thousands of people interviewed across the United states rated these of the Best companies wh0re people Are Happy to work because they Are treated with respect a company. Number of employees Beth Israel Hosp al. Boston. .5,100 Delta air lines. Donnelly Glass manufacturer. Federal express. .77,700 Fel pro Gasket maker. .1.700 hallmark cards. .13,200 pub fix super markets Florida. .60.000 Rosenbluth International travel Agency. Southwest airlines,.,. .9.500 United service automobile . .14,840 source the 100 Best companies id work for in America s4s that were Good enough to make the Book Quot they said. The authors said the growth in the number of Good workplaces reflected a renewed emphasis by companies on the Quality of the work environment. They also cited the advancement of women and minorities into management ranks which has brought a fresh perspective. The authors said some of the Best companies for women include Nordstrom Mary Kay cosmetics Xerox and Pitney Bowes and a few that offer child care at the work site. Such As Merck Ben so Jerry a homemade syntax and Baptist Hospital in  Sailor gets discharge reprieve from wire reports Bremerton Wash. The Navy postponed a discharge hearing for a Gay Sailor Friday pending executed action by president Clinton to lift the military san on homosexuals. Radioman 2nd class Robert e. Malt a member of a submarine Crew until he disclosed his sexual orientation last fall had been scheduled to appear Friday before a three member administrative Board at the Bangor naval submarine base West of Seattle. Quot in a very Happy a Matt said after the hearing was postponed. A people Are shaking my  it made no sense to hold the hearing before Clinton a decision is released Bangor spokesman it. A null. Scott Wilson said. Matt formerly served aboard the Trident missile submarine Alabama. He disclosed his homosexuality in september in an emotional letter to rear adm. Richard a. Riddell administrative chief of Bangor a Fleet of eight Trident submarines. He was transferred from the submarine to base duty and now supervises parking lot cleanup Crews. A 22-year-old enlisted woman at Goodfellow Afu in san Angelo Texas was apparently the last individual thrown out of the military under the homosexual ban. Airman Laura Little said that on tuesday the Day before Clinton was sworn in she received discharge papers citing a homosexuality acts for her dismissal. Little said she was Quot very angry because of the Way they seeded it  she said base officials expedited her discharge so they could gel her out of the air Force before Clinton a inauguration. Powell urged scrapping of space available fee were space available passengers in fiscal 1992, according to air Force offi Byra Crowden Washington Bureau Washington a it might seem like a lot of trouble for just a Sambuck but last weeks announcement by the air Force that it was dropping the $10 fee on space available travel was a decision made at the highest defense department Levels. In fact Pentagon officials intended to raise the fee to $15 to help offset the Cost to the military of space a travel. But Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff argued in a letter to former Secretary of defense Dick Cheney that allowing servicemen Bers to ride free was More valuable than any revenues that the fees might generate. A was we draw Down space available travel is one of the benefits that makes the turbulence of service life More tolerable Quot Powell wrote. The result an order from Powell on tuesday saying a cancel the collection of fees at air mobility come terminals  dropping the space a fee was among the last actions during Cheney a tenure. He was replaced by Les Aspin on wednesday following the Clinton nominee s Senate confirmation Powell a order will have widespread Impact. Almost half a million travellers vials. Active duty members comprised 65 percent of space a passengers 23 percent were dependents and 12 percent were retired most travellers were Junior military members making their Way Home to leave from overseas duty. The fee which began in 1979, applied to flights entering or leaving the United states As Well As those Between foreign countries. There were no fees for Domestic military hops Powell found ammunition to argue his Case against the fee through Gen. Ronald r. Fogleman who commands both the . Trans come and the air forces air mobility come from Scott Afu 111. A 1991 inspector general report showed that in fiscal 1989, the $10 fees repaid the air Force Only $4.6 million or about 19 percent of the $24.2 million space a operating costs. In fiscal 1991, the air Force recouped $3-5 million in fees. The air mobility come said Cost figures for operating the space a program in fiscal 1991 or 1992 were not readily available. Passengers entering the United states still must pay a $10 customs administration fee air Force officials said