European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 07, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 7, 1993 . The stars and stripes b Page 5 Clinton wants sessions to quit aide says by Ronald a Ostro Wlos Angeles times Washington Clinton administration official shave concluded that the ethics issues raised by Fri director William s. Sessions conduct arc so serious that he must leave office but they Hope he will Sec reality and step Down voluntarily a senior administration offi Cial said Friday. At the same time the source said that the Whitehouse will not publicly depart from its announced plan of taking no action until Bernard Nussbaum president Linton s counsel has reviewed both a department of Justice report that found sessions had abused his office and the challenges to that report lodged by sessions two lawyers. There s no Way Bill Clinton is going to keep him but he does t want to be pushing sessions out the door said the senior official who declined to be identified by name or Agency. Sessions appointed by president Reagan in 1987, Isnow in the sixth year of a 10-year term but Clinton s spokesmen have noted that he can be removed by the president at any time. Despite the Hope that he will leave voluntarily session showed no signs Friday of giving up his fight to hold onto his Job As he presided Over an extraordinarily heated meeting with several of the Bureau s senior officials. After the meeting sessions reversed an order by associate Deputy director Weldon Kennedy who had sus Pended disciplinary action against Fri agents who have violated Bureau policy on the use of government vehicles. L ii have now considered the matter and instructed that All disciplinary allegations within the Fri be thoroughly and promptly investigated and adjudicated without delay and without regard Tony circumstance involving me Fri director William s. Sessions u is a policy that the department of Justice probe concluded sessions had violated on numerous occasions. Kennedy had suspended the disciplinary action to avoid the appearance of a double Standard with agents and other Fri employees being punished for infractions similar to those the director himself had allegedly committed an Fri source said. Kennedy acted about two weeks ago without Public no Tice the source said. Several agents who received 30-Day suspensions for personal use of Fri vehicles have pro tested the discipline and Field personnel have expressed concerns about the potential Tor a double Standard according to the source. Bureau rules strictly prohibit personal use of official vehicles inclu4ing/transportinganyone who is not involved in government business. Sessions noting that the suspensions had occurred without his knowledge said i have now considered the matter and instructed that All disciplinary allegations within the Fri be thoroughly and promptly investigated and adjudicated without delay and without regard to any circumstance involving  the meeting of senior officials called by sessions included Kennedy Deputy director Floyd i. Clarke David a Binney assistant director for inspections Steve pome Rantz assistant director for administrative services and John Collingwood who Heads the Bureau s congressional affairs office. Sessions described by one participant As enraged called the meeting to Challenge a new York times report Friday that the Fri had halted All disciplinary proceed Ings against agents accused of violating internal rules like those sessions was found to have  meeting grew especially charged when session dismissed suggestions of a double Standard and remarked that some people had questioned whether he should reusing his Fri limousine to transport private attorneys he has retained to represent him in the ethics Case according to some of those present. Sessions ridiculing the idea of applying the Rule to his personal attorneys said he had asked his Bureau Driver whether it was wrong to provide such transportation and that the Driver had assured  was not. One official then responded that sessions had place the Driver in a difficult position officials attending the meeting said. In an interview acting attorney general Stuart Ger son said that he is satisfied that the Fri is not out of control after discussions with sessions Clarke and other who attended the High level Bureau meeting Friday. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago feb. 7,1983 vice president George Bush conferred with italian political leaders As he continued a 13-Day tour to bolster support for . Arms control policies among Western european allies. 20 years ago feb. 7,1973 West Germany s Central Bank rejecting . Advice bought a record $1.5 billion in a v desperate attempt to maintain the Exchange rate at 3.15 German Marks to the . Dollar. 30 years ago feb. 7,1963 Canada s conservative government its ranks torn by a .-triggered dispute Over nuclear weapons fell after losing a showdown Confidence vote in the House of commons. 40 years ago feb. 7,1953 president Eisen Hower set up a special Cabinet com Mittee to plan american Relief to storm stricken areas in Western Europe and the British Isles. World War ii 50 years ago today feb. 7 1.9-4-3 soviet forces move into Azov at the Mouth of the Don River and also capture Kram torsk in the Ukraine cutting the main Road Between German units holding kursk and Orel. On Guadalcanal american troops push across the Masani River and Advance from Titi to Marov ovo the last 2,000 japanese soldiers on the Island prepare to flee. Source 2194 Days i War w. H. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world a Bison books corp1981 p award winning film writer director Joseph Mankiewicz Dies at age 83 Bedfprd . A Joseph , the Academy award win Ning writer and director whose films included the classics All about eve and a letter to three wives died Friday. Hews 83. Mankiewicz who lived in Bedford was pronounced dead at Northern West hcs tar Hospital in mount Kisco after falling ill at Home said his wife Rosemary. Mankiewicz s film career began at the end of the silent Era peaked during the heyday of the Hollywood studio system encompassed the controversy of Cic Opat a and ended with the hit Sleuth in 1972.he won Academy awards for writing and direction in 1949 for a letter to three wives and repeated the double Oscar the following year for All about eve. The four oscars sat on the mantel at his  also got memorable performances from James Mason and Marlo Brando in a 1953 version of Julius Caesar. He coined the phrase my Little Chicka Dee for . Fields in if i had a million. He produced woman of the