European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 09, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 9, 993 . The stars and stripes a Page 5 household help Issue hits Commerce chief by the Washington Post Washington Commerce Secretary Ronald h. Brown admitted sunday that for the past four or five years he failed to pay social Security taxes for his part time household help. But he said he began paying the taxes when the controversy Over illegal nannies began to unfold last month and he became aware of his obligations. Brown a lawyer said on Abc s meet the press that he had been unaware of his tax obligations and that he paid Back taxes and penalties when this came to Light with the disclosure that attorney general designate Zoe Baird had failed to pay social Security taxes for an undocumented peruvian couple working for her. Brown said his household worker was not an illegal immigrant and came to his House on an irregular basis for three hours a week to help with the cleaning. Employers Are required to pay social Security taxes on  paid More than $50 in a  s admission in response to a question placed him in a category similar to that of Washington lawyer Charles . Ruff who was ruled out by the White House As a possible attorney general because until recently he had failed to pay social Security taxes for his one Day per Weck documented household help. Kimba m. Wood the Manhattan Federal judge who was reported to be president Clinton s to Choice for attorney a incr Al after Baird s abrupt withdrawal withdrew her name Friday. She said she had hired an immigrant with an expired entry visa As a baby Sitter Wood however did so before a 1986 immigration Law barred hiring undocumented workers. She said she had paid All taxes filed All the necessary documents and fulfilled every Legal requirement with respect to the employment of our baby Sitter who obtained Legal residency under the 1986 Law s amnesty program. . Trade representative Mickey Kantor said that when he was questioned during a background Check he was not directly asked whether he had employed Ille Brown Gal immigrants. If he had been Kantor said he would have answered  speaking on can s news maker sunday Kantor said that while he thought that Wood s situation was unfair he did not believe that any double Standard was being applied to men and women in the scrutiny of Cabinet appointees As has been asserted by some Femi nist groups. The broader context is that the work Force has changed. People arc working harder for less in Ameri Ca and they re under economic pressure but they wan their children taken care of and there s a Lack of child care generally in the country Kantor said. Brown former chairman of the democratic National committee said the question of his Domestic employee did not come up during the nomination process sen. Phil Gramm a Texas also on meet the press sidestepped a question about whether he would have voted for Brown s confirmation if he Harl known about Brown s failure to pay the social Security taxes he was t totally Clear As to what he was talking a  a 1__ _ it it a Aorta a it it it  what he meant by he paid it when he knew that it was owed. Again i d like to look at. J -.,__.,_  fore making a statement like that Gramm said. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago feb. 9,1983 the commission investigating the Beirut Lebanon massacre of palestinian civilians recommended that israeli defense minister Ariel Sharon be dismissed a senior official said. 20 years ago. Feb. 9,1973 a crippled Navy Jet smashed into an Alameda calif., apartment House turning it and three surrounding buildings into an inferno for 200 persons inside kill ing an estimated 22. 30 years ago feb. 9,1963 army troops revolted in Iraq apparently overthrow ing the regime of prime minister Abdul Karim Kassem. 40 years ago feb. 9,1953 Queen Juliana led the Netherlands in a Day of mourn ing one week after Hurricane driven seas smashed the nation s dikes and killed at least 1,362 people. 50 years ago feb. 9,1943 a National service act to Grant president Roosevelt Broad Powers to utilize the nation s men and women in any Job deemed essential was introduced in con Gress. World War ii 50 years ago today feb. 9 19�43 in a characteristic burst of optimism Britain s prime minister sir Winston Churchill predicts in a letter to soviet Premier Josel Stalin that the North Africa Campaign will end by april the italian Peninsula will fall by july and Allied troops will land in France by August soviet troops take Belgorod North of Kharkov on the rail Lino to kursk . Forces discover japanese troops have fled Guadalcanal source 2194 Days of War w h sir us publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii. Bison books corp. 1981 a Wood denies she misled president about using illegal alien to baby sit Washington a . District judge Kimba m. Wood denied sunday that while under consideration to be at Torney general she had misled the White House about her hiring of an illegal alien to care for her child. I did not mislead anyone at any Point and i have obeyed All Laws Wood said in a letter sent sunday to the new York times. Wood withdrew her name from consideration Friday after saying her baby Sitter had been an illegal immigrant when she was hired in 1986. The judge stressed that she had broken no Laws because hiring undocumented workers was not illegal at the time and the White House agreed. The Issue took on special significance because Clinton earlier had nominated corporate attorney Zoc Baird who with Drew after it was revealed that she had illegally employed aliens in her House hold As a Nanny and Driver. Administration officials said Clinton worked on the attorney general Choice sunday. One aide said the selection could be announced in a Day or  Wood s letter released by the White House and the judge was drafted in response to a times report sunday that quoted friends of the Jurist As saying she had fully supplied the Clinton administration with details of the hiring. After abruptly dumping Wood from the Short list of candidates thursday night administration officials worked feverishly to show that the Manhattan judge did not fully disclose her situation. The decision was especially Embarrass ing after Middle level aides told reporters earlier thursday that Wood was the Odds on favorite to become attorney Gen eral. Senior aides tried to scuttle the leak late thursday after Clinton decided to drop her from consideration. Woods wrote that she was compelled to Correct the impression conveyed in the feb. 7 new York times that there is a significant dispute Between her and White House Legal counsel Bernard Nussbaum As to who said what to whom  but Wood s letter did t Challenge the times Story s main Point that friends quoted anonymously said Clinton unfairly blamed Wood after deciding it would be politically Tough to explain How her situation differed from that of Baird. Wood s letter did take Issue with the times account which quoted a Friend As saying the judge told administration officials Jan. 28 and Jan. 29 that she had hired a woman whose visa had expired. I did not communicate this orally on Jan. 28th or 29th," the letter reads. Wood said she was asked on those dates if she had any Zoc Baird prob lems. I said i did not and said that 1 have paid All required taxes for 20 years and that i complied fully with the Laws re lating to household help the letter says. She said she was not asked to prove the assertion until feb. 3, when she was ask cd to bring documentation to Washington Wood provided evidence that she had Hiick an undocumented worker in 1986 before Congress had outlawed hiring Ille Gal aliens. Unlike Baird who hired an illegal alien after employer sanctions were adopted by Congress Wood paid the required withholding taxes. White House aides verified that Day that she complied with All Laws Wood s letter said. The judge wrote that she did not explain her situation in detail Jan. 28-29 because i was not asked for any further detail " White House aides have said Clinton was More upset with her failure to Volunteer the details than with the hiring itself. Failing to fully inform the president raised a serious question in judgment a senior White House official said Refus ing to be identified. Doctors increasingly seen As source of aids san Francisco him More americans Are convinced they can get aids from their doctor or dentist says a Survey that updates a 1988 poll. The Survey conducted in late 1991, said 38 percent of those questioned expressed concern about his transmission in health care settings. Only 19 percent expressed such concern in 1988 said the report by the University of California san Francisco. Similarly the number of those believing they could be infected by a doctor Rose from 33 percent to 46 pc Cen in the four years. I3ut the Survey reported monday inthe archives of internal Medicine found Only 5 percent of the 1,350 adults questioned around the country thought doctors with the disease should quit their jobs. The study showed 37 percent would change physicians if they knew theirs was infected with the human immunodeficiency virus. In a similar 1988 poll 56 percent said they would switch. The highly publicized 1990 cases of Krift Burly Bergalis and four other patients apparently infected by a Florida dentist with aids swelled Public concern about his transmission in a health care Center the researchers noted. In the new poll 92 percent said health care workers should be tested for aids and 93 percent thought infected professionals should be required to disclose their condition to their patients. Only 6 percent had Ever asked their doctors whether they were infected. A vast majority 89 percent said health care providers have the right to know their patients status. The same number would consent if asked but not required to get an his test by their Doc Tor or dentist and 78 percent favored mandatory testing of All surgery patients. Support for mandatory his testing and disclosure of his ser status does not necessarily imply support for Draco Nian measures to limit patient Contact with his infected health care provid ers said Barbara Gerbert chairwoman of the division of behavioural sciences at a Csc and Lead author of the report. Gerbert s study found 63 percent of the participants supported limited prac Tice by infected doctors while 21 percent thought no change wus needed. The number of those stating infected doctors should not be allowed to work dropped from 45 percent in 1988 to 39 percent in 1991. For surgeons the figures decreased from 59 percent to 54 percent and for dentists from 52 percent to 47 percent during that time. Those who personally knew an aids victim were less concerned about his transmission and More supportive of infected workers right to their jobs. The percentage of participants who knew an infected person jumped from 20 to 35 in the four years Between the two studies while that of respondents acquainted with an individual in a High risk group Rose from 38 percent to 51 percent. Only 21 percent of those who knew a victim and 29 percent of those acquainted with someone at risk said they would switch from an infected physician com pared with 44 percent of those who had no Contact with an aids patient and 46 percent of those who had never met any one at risk