European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 10, 1993 . The stars and stripes b Page 5justice nominee Reno vows Tough stand Washington a attorney general nominee Janet Reno pledged at her confirmation hearing tuesday that her top priorities will be a attacking violent crime drug trafficking and Public  in prepared testimony before the Senate judiciary committee the Miami prosecutor also pledged Strong civil rights enforcement and added Quot i want to do everything i can to ensure equal opportunities for All  Reno was the Only scheduled witness and the committee was expected to act swiftly to confirm her nomination As the nations first woman attorney general. President Clinton was hoping for a Quick Senate vote to fill the last vacancy in his Cabinet. Clinton a first Choice Zoe Baird withdrew her nomination in january after admitting she had hired illegal aliens As household employees. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago March 10,1983 a . Defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger issued a report that he said documents a Quot relentless soviet drive toward military superiority in Alt Fields including space. 20 years ago March 10,1973 a . Treasury Secretary George p. Shultz and representatives of the world s leading monetary Powers agreed that official currency exchanges should reopen March 19 after being closed for 17 Days in the Wake of a monetary crisis. 30 years ago March 10,1963 a soviet ambassador Anatoly f. Dobrynin said his country would Quot do what we promised we will do Quot and withdraw several thousand troops from Cuba. 40 year Sago March 10,1953 a new soviet Premier Georgi m. Malenkos made the strongest Appeal yet for Quot prolonged coexistence and peaceful Competition Quot with the West but warned that soviet armed forces were ready to fight any attack. 50 year Sago March 10,1943 a the most determined wave of resistance to the nazis since the fall of France was sweeping through occupied Europe. World War ii 50 years ago today March 10 194 3 the . Government extends lend lease agreements Lor another year having provided $9 6 billion in Aid in the plans first 24 months. After Savage fighting. Germany ass corps penetrates to the Center of Kharkov reversing one of the red army s biggest successes on the Southern front soviet troops hang on in parts of the ukrainian City a Reno a 54-year-old Harvard University lawyer who has been Dade county Fla., state attorney for the last 15 years faced Little or no organized opposition As she settled into the witness chair. Sen. Joseph r. Biden jr., d-dcl., the committee chairman read a list of Law enforcement organizations that endorsed Reno and said she would bring to the Job Quot integrity that is beyond  Quot you have no idea How Happy i am to see you Here a he told Reno As the hearing got under Way. The ranking Republican on the committee Orrin g. Hatch of Utah told Reno at the outset Quot having read every Page of your Fri report i am impressed with your credentials and what you be done with your  both Biden and Hatch said the Fri had investigated numerous allegations against Reno a seemingly oblique references to  reports that she had been stopped for trunk in driving hut never arrested said Biden Quot we found no foundation a for any of the accusations that were made against  Hatch added that the nominee had been victimized by a Quot Hutc Mon Gering  Reno in her prepared testimony said that a attacking violent crime drug trafficking and Public corruption must be the first priority of the department and if you confirm me it will  Reno also promised to fight on behalf of the environment As attorney general. �?o1 want to remember the Everglades that 1 love and the Coral reefs where i have scuba dived All my life a she said. Quot and i want to do everything i can to enforce the Laws that protect the environment for All americans and Force polluters to clean up the mess they have left  More than half of Reno a thousand word Tate mint to the judiciary committee was taken up by recollections of her Early life a father born in Denmark who became a Miami newspaper reporter a Mother who built a House for the family a with her own hands with a pick and  Reno did Tell the committee that Over the last three weeks her Quot offices record has been scrutinized More closely than most any Public office in the  Quot i know they re anxious to Complete action on this nomination so a confirmed attorney general can be at the Justice department a said sen. Bob Graham a Fla. Graham said the panel could vote on the nomination and Send it to the Senate floor for action the end of the week. Committee rules require a seven Day wait after hearings before the panel votes but the lawmakers can act sooner by unanimous consent. Peace prize Kiken Ayu Murti Suhartono 12, of Indonesia poses at the National peace poster contest. The poster is on display at the United nations with her poster Quot an environment for peace a visitors Entrance of the . Grand Assembly building. More which received the grand prize in the annual Lions club inter than 200,000 children from 38 nations entered the contest. States get of for Union Only Job pacts by the new York times Washington in a unanimous decision that cleared the Way for states to use an increasingly popular tool for ensuring labor peace on major Public works projects the supreme court on monday validated a labor agreement requiring that Only unionized workers be used for the $6 billion cleanup of Boston Harbor. The decision was a Victory for organized labor. Justice Harry a. Blackmun s opinion for the court overturned a decision by the Federal appeals court in Boston which ruled in 1991 that the agreement violated Federal labor Law. The Massachusetts water resources authority the slate Agency in charge of the Harbor cleanup and an Alliance of the construction trades unions both appealed the lower courts ruling. They were supported in the supreme court by the Bush administration de spite lobbying by the group of no unionized contractors that brought the court Challenge. The question for the court was whether the National labor relations act preempted the states decision to enter into a collective bargaining agreement known As a project labor agreement. The agreement includes a guarantee of Union Only labor in Exchange for a 10-year no strike pledge from the unions. The justices accepted the argument of the stale Agency and the labor unions that Massachusetts was acting not in the prohibited role of a regulator but rather on its own behalf As owner of the project. As such the state argued it should have the same flexibility that private participants in the labor Market would have in similar circumstances. A provision of the National labor relations act that applies Only to the construction Industry permits employers to enter into Union Only hiring agreements. Massachusetts is under a Federal court order to Stop polluting Boston Harbor. One of the biggest Public works programs in the country the 10-year project includes construction of primary and secondary sewage treatment plants a five mile Tunnel to carry sewage for treatment and a 9.5-mile Tunnel for the effluent. For the water resources authority the attraction of the project labor agreement was its Promise of labor peace making possible the uninterrupted work necessary to meet the terms of the Federal court order. Project labor agreements Are also used in dozens of other Public works projects including construction of a commuter rail system in Southern California and rebuilding of the Tunnel under Baltimore Harbor