European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 311 1993 commentary the stars and stripes Paga 15 Sykond hand  newspapers a re saying at Home the following editorial excerpts Are selected from a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials Are provided by the associated press and United press  Sun Baltimore homosexual men and women have proven Over the years they can be As patriotic and effective in the armed forces As their heterosexual critics. A a 1 a. They have every right to seek full acceptance in the military and they have a right to expect that Bill Clinton will work in their behalf to Oring that about. He supported it almost from the beginning of his presidential campaign., we believe rescinding the ban would not be incompatible with Good military order and performance. But the military leaders whose life and death responsibility it is to defend the nation do believe that and they have a right to have their fears considered los Angeles times Secretary of defense Les Aspin a 22-year Veteran of the House and the respected former chairman of its armed services committee is both adept at gauging congressional sentiment and sensitive to the special culture of military life. What his political antennae Tell him now is that president Clinton had better move carefully and with consideration for feelings All around As he prepares to carryout his Promise to lift the ban on homosexuals serving in the armed forces Tjie Boston Globe indications that the Clinton administration is considering a Broad based Energy tax for the dual purpose of raising revenues and encouraging conservation raises interesting questions. The implications of such a plan must be understood before any action is taken. An Energy taxes Broad application might serve As a prelude to a More general consumption tax like those of europeans on value added products. Such a shift would constitute a True revolution in the american tax Structure a one that should be preceded by serious  Atlanta the Clinton administration is beginning to build a Case for tax increases cuts in entitlement programs and other painful Steps that Are absolutely necessary if this country is to regain control of its economic destiny. However if voters must be asked to Swallow such bitter Medicine the administration and Congress have an obligation to ease the pain As much As possible by making serious cuts in defense spending. Tho Philadelphia inquirer now comes the a a sacrifice part that Bill Clinton mentioned in his inaugural americans can indulge their anger pretending that the costs of benefits can go forever up while taxes go Down. Or they can decide that indeed some sacrifice is in order a fairly spread and equitably shouldered. No pain no gain its just that . Petersburg Fla times in any presidential administration other than her own husbands Hillary Rodham Clinton  have to answer questions about her qualifications for High level White House work anyone who is truly surprised by her unique influence does no to know much about politics. Or  new York times president Clinton inherited Many problems but none More brutal than this 70,000 bosnian prisoners most of whom languish in the 135 serb run concentration Camps. . Secretary general Boutros Ghali seems to fear that efforts to dose the Camps will Quot undermine the role of the ., or the Geneva peace  the opposite is True failure to close the Camps mocks both the  And the talks.,St. Paul Minn Pioneer press William sessions flunks the ethical test to finish his term As Fri director. President Clinton should ask for sessions resignation. The Case of Zoe Baird who withdrew her name last thursday As Clinton a Choice for attorney general argues loudly that this kind of stuff wont do any More in the top cop shop in the United states. Its time for sessions to  Orlando Fla Sentinel should William sessions be ousted As director of the Fri if the facts Are unequivocal As presented by former attorney general William Barros Justice department the answer is yes. The evidence. Requires an impartial a and expeditious a review by the Clinton administration. If the allegations Are sustained or. Sessions must go,.the Columbus Ohio dispatch president Clinton received a Large gift when Zoe Baird withdrew her nomination for attorney general. In an administration that promised to raise ethical standards she would have been an Albatross. The Miami Herald Little by Little the message May be getting through even to Washington. Americans a those Ordinary people who in president Clinton s phrase play by the rules a arc sick of a governing aristocracy to which rules done to apply. That is or should be the lesson of Zoe Baird a aborted nomination to be attorney Genera the Phoenix Ariz Gazette strike two. Bill Clinton must now turn to his third Choice for attorney general. Clinton a first selection judge Patricia Wald of the . Court of appeals for the District of Columbia circuit turned him Down. His second Choice Zoe Baird has withdrawn her nomination to save Clinton further embarrassment Over her knowingly breaking Federal immigration Law. For a president who boasted about his personal participation in the Cabinet selection process Clinton s administration is off with a stumble Democrat amp chronicle Rochester . The Zoe Baird affair has done More than Embarrass the newly sworn in president who nominated her to be attorney general it has helped illuminate two troublesome areas of our society and our Law a child care and illegal immigration. At first glance the two seem not to be connected. But they Are As Baird s illegal Nanny Saga and the ensuing confessions of so Many working mothers have demonstrated. It would be a shame if the Zoe Baird affair turned into an argument for relaxing the Law on illegal workers. Rather it should encourage everyone a government employers and workers a to uphold the Law for All of our  Sentinel some pundits who have pored Over president Clinton a remarkably a Wordy inaugural address seeking insight into things to come say that Clinton Scall for Quot sacrifice can mean nothing but a tax increase. Indeed a keep it simple stupid should be the operating version of Quot its the Economy stupid a which defined the president s successful  fort Lauderdale Fla. The distinctive attributes of Thurgood Marshall a courage in forging new Legal paths and tenacity in using the Federal courts to achieve True Justice a became known in South Florida Long before his 1954 Victory to end Quot separate but equal Quot schools. When historians write the full Story of americans painful civil rights struggle in the 20th Century Thurgood Marshall will rank at the top with two or three others. He was in the most positive sense of the word an  Indianapolis Star Law and Justice too often diverge As they did for years in . Civil rights but Thurgood Marshall the first Black Justice appointed to the . Supreme court discovered ways to make them coincide. In doing so he improved millions of lives and made history. Marshall who is dead at 84, used the lever of Law to move the Mountain of civil wrongs and open the Way to Justice for millions of american Pittsburgh Post Gazette a Retiree it seems is no longer someone who has withdrawn permanently from an occupation but an individual simply resting up Between jobs. A study by a Penn state sociologist has determined that a third of americans put out to pasture Between 1972 and 1980 eventually slipped Back into some sort of harness usually within a year. With so Many returning to the work Force the retirement party and All those traditional going away gifts May become a thing of the past. After All who will be Able to get in the spirit of such gatherings if the chances Are that  respite is involved Chicago Sun times rep. Dan Rostenkowski o-lll., cannot continue to Stonewall his Way through steadily escalating troubles. The Cloud Over the financial ethics of Chicago a most influential congressman will not dispel easily but one this is certain. The longer Rostenkowski clams up the worse his conduct looks. Amp