European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes . Thursday january 28,1993clinton plans economic jump Start Washington a the Clinton administration declared on tuesday that the president will Likely propose $15 billion to $20 billion in government spending and tax Breaks to jump Start the Economy this year. The White House said tuesday that president Clinton a economic program which will link stimulus this year with a Long term Effort to reduce soaring budget deficits will be unveiled by the president in a state of the Union address to Congress on feb. 17. The plan comes amid Stark new evidence that americans corporate giants Are still shedding jobs by the thousands. Labor Secretary Robert Reich and other administration officials insisted that no final decisions had been made but his comments were the strongest indication yet of the shape of the administrations proposed stimulus program. The Economy while showing improvement in recent months is still troubled. On tuesday some of the mainstays of corporate America a ism the Boeing co. And United technologies corp. A announced new Job layoffs in further efforts to Deal with weak sales. That followed the announcement monday by Sears Roebuck and co. That it would eliminate 50,000 jobs close More than 100 stores and shut Down its Catalon operation. Reich said that while some economic indicators have moved up recently it has not been matched by significant improvement in unemployment which remained at 7.3 percent in december. A we can to have a genuine recovery a real booming recovery until we get those jobs Back a Reich said in an interview on abcs Good morning America. For this reason Reich said a i think there probably will be a stimulus  he said it was Likely to be in the Range of $15 billion to $20 billion. Reich admitted that in terms of the Overall Economy such an amount was a very Small but it docs Send a very Clear signal that we have to get the growth Back we be got to get the Economy a St on  at the White House communications director George Steph Nopoulos agreed with Reich a assessment that a stimulus package was Likely but he told reporters that it could be a a Little higher than the figures mentioned by  Reischauer head of the congressional budget office released new deficit estimates tuesday that were even More Bleak than those included in the Bush administrations final budget. The budget office projected that last years record deficit of $290 billion would grow to $319 billion in 1997 and hit an astounding $650 billion by 2003 if nothing is  lady starts task Force Job picks up award new York a Hillary Rodham Clinton got a Quick Start tuesday on her Job heading her husbands health care task Force pursuing support on Capitol Hill within hours of the appointment and seeking advice front health care experts. She also wowed some new York school kids one of whom said she was pretty a and i think she a  Clinton picked up a Community service award on her first trip outside Washington As first lady and used the occasion to question fellow winners whose projects involve health care for children. The Lewis Hine award was for her service to children Over the years. President Clinton appointed his wife a former corporate lawyer to Lead the task Force on one of the most important issues of his presidency saying monday that she was a a first lady of Many  asked what she planned to do in her new role the first lady said tuesday a do what my husband asks me to  prodded for specifics she said her Job will be a to perform the function that he outlined yesterday and to come up with a by working and coordinating with a lot of people a his health care proposal that he will present to Congress in  said she called several congressmen. The conversations were general part of an initial Effort a to reach out to people a said one official who believed some of the Calls were made from new York. Sen. Donald w. Riegle jr., d-mich., said he got a phone Call from Hillary Clinton late monday. Hillary Rodham Clinton meets children at Public school 115 in new York on tuesday morning. From left Are Snelsa Vasqucz Chivon Peny and Tanya Perry who Are tutored by volunteers. For her first trip since the inauguration she chose to forgo the government Jet generally used by first ladies and took a commercial flight to new York. A she just wanted to Fly commercial spokeswoman Lisa Caputo. Her first Stop was at Alexander Humboldt school a also known As . 115 a in an immigrant neighbourhood in upper Manhattan she spent about 30 minutes helping Bank executive Maria Alvarez Tutor fourth and fifth Grade students. Alvarez a vice president at Chase Manhattan Bank is a member of new York cares a Volunteer group. She also was a Lewis Hine award Winner. Clinton said she met informally with four Hine health care winners to a learn More about the prosaic her Grams Why they be been singled out get their advice about what they think will  she told a Small crowd on the top floor of the chemical Bank building that she and her husband would dedicate the presidents term to improving the lives of american children. A but no matter How much work we do from the White House to the courthouse up and Down every Street in every Large City in every Small town what children need More than anything else Are adults who care about them who love them who teach them and who Are willing to stand up and fight for them against a world that is often cruel and unfair a she said. Pickering gets russian Post Washington a Thomas Pickering a career Diplomat who served As president Bush a . Ambassador during the persian Gulf War was named ambassador to Russia by president Clinton on tuesday. Pickering 61, is the first Cabinet level official in a previous Republican administration to get a High profile assignment under Clinton. Pickering cur Pickering really ambassador to India will work closely with Strobe Talbott whom Clinton earlier named As coordinator of . Aid to the former soviet republics said White House communications director George Steph Nopoulos. The Moscow Post has been vacant since last fall after Bush appointee Robert Strauss a former . Trade representative and chairman of the democratic National committee resigned. Strauss called the nomination a a splendid appointment and said he planned to Send a message to russian president Boris n. Yeltsin saying the career Diplomat was the right Man for the Job. A i m certain that As he gets to know Tom Pickering As the rest of us have that he will come to rely on him and his judgment Quot Strauss said. A member of the foreign service since 1959, Pickering has had High level jobs in the Nixon Ford Carter Reagan and Bush administrations. Family leave Bill goes to Senate for approval Washington a Congress kept the family leave Bill on a fast track tuesday As a Senate panel sent the measure to the floor. Republicans objected that government would be forcing companies to provide employee benefits. The Senate labor committee on a 134 vote approved the Bill. It would require employers to give workers up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a Newborn or take care of a family illness. Companies with fewer than 50 workers would be exempt. Sen. Edward m. Kennedy d-mass., the panels chairman said the full Senate could debate the Bill As Early As today. Supporters Hope to have it on president Clinton s desk within a few weeks in a demonstration of new cooperation Between the White House and Congress. The Bill is nearly identical to versions twice vetoed by former president Bush Clinton plans to sign the measure. The House was moving with similar dispatch. The House education and labor committee reviewed its family leave version at a hearing tuesday and scheduled a vote for wednesday which would Clear the Way for House action next week. The committee passed another Bill vetoed by Bush last year a the authorization Bill for the National institutes of health to allow Federal Money to be used for fetal tissue research. Since Clinton lifted the governments ban last week by executive order that portion is no longer needed but the Bill also establishes safeguards for the use of fetal tissue research such As Banning the Purchase or Sale of human fetal tissue