European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Friday december 24,1993management jobs targeted by Clinton by the Washington Post Washington the Clinton administration expects to Cut 140,000 Federal management jobs As it seeks to eliminate 252,000 government positions Over the next five years officials say. The remainder of the reduction a 112,000 non managerial jobs a would come from categories that vice president Al Gores National performance review has labelled As Quot Central control or "micromanagement.&Quot. The Job functions include personnel budget audit procurement and Headquarters administration the target numbers used in an internal memo prepared for the Quot reinventing government initiative were first reported by government executive Magazine in its january Issue. Administration officials on wednesday declined to release the in the stars and stripes 10 year Sago dec. 24,1983 a italian president Sandro Certini accused . Forces of remaining in Lebanon Only to defend Israel and called for the withdrawal of Italy a 2,100 peacekeeper Force italian Media reported 20 years ago dec. 24,1973 a Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi announced that persian Gulf Oil producers had decided to double the Price of crude Oil and warned the Industrial world to Quot tighten your  30 years ago dec. 24,1963 a fire and explosions forced abandonment of a Christmas cruise liner with 1,031 persons aboard but a Rescue Effort by a mercy Fleet saved hundreds from death in the Atlantic. 40 years ago Doc. 24, 1953 a Rene Coty a 71-year-old Grandfather virtually unknown two Days before was elected president of France on the 13th ballot by parliament. 50 years ago dec 24,1943 a soviet cavalry and tanks smashing West in a Broad drive to encircle Vitebsk trapped and routed thousands of nazi troops in the marshes South of novel German tanks launched a diversionary offensive Southwest of Shlobin. C world War tl50 years ago today dec. 24 comr. Rrml1 a 9 a 4 �3 Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower is named commander for operation overlord the Allied invasion of Northwestern France. A major soviet attack strikes at thinly spread German units West of Kiev on the Southern. Front the red army captures Gorodokin the North. New zealand troops outflank Orsogna on Italy s Eastern front by taking Hills overlooking the town. Source 2194 Days of War w h. So to publishers inc. World a Imam Book i world War it Bison books corp., 19st a memo which they described As a staff paper. While the reduction plans have caused anxiety among Federal managers the administration gave them some Holiday cheer by extending Quot locality pay next month to Federal executives professionals and members of the foreign service. Congress was notified of the Extension wednesday the office of personnel management said locality pay is designed to close a pay Gap that statistics showed existed Between White Collar civil servants and private Sec Tor workers in comparable jobs in Many areas of the country. Carol a. Bonosaro president of the senior executives association praised the administration pay Ducci Siori As Quot a fair and just  Bonosaro however urged the administration to Quot proceed with a whole lot  a a Ai a a caution on its streamlining proposals. A we Are rather convinced that the net result of doing this is to eat away at jobs that in fact done to have much supervisory responsibility jobs like attorneys scientists specific occupational categories that happen to be classified As managers frankly for pay purposes a she said. Until agencies submit detailed streamlining plans she said there will be Quot a lot of unanswered  Robert Stone project director for the National performance review said wednesday that the target numbers used in the staff memo reflected president Clinton a sept. 11 guidance on streamlining. That guidance directed agencies to prepare plans that a will reduce the ratio of managers and supervisors to other personnel with a goal of. Halving the cur rent ratio within five  j Stone said no policy interpretation should be attached to the memo since work Force reduction decisions will be handled either by the office of management arid budget or the presidents management Council. Quot nobody has Given out quotas for Job reductions. Stone said. Quot agencies Are struggling with in members of the presidents management Council will meet in a couple of weeks and Deal with  the administration Hopes to offer buyouts of up to $25,000 next year to encourage workers to take Early retirement or voluntarily resign. National performance review figures show that about 360,000 Federal employees Are eligible for Early retirement or regular retirement a senior administration official said. It to a. It. V it i so. Crosses Rise fall Law. As with churches Columbus Ohio a a Kun flux klan Cross erected outside the statehouse took a beating from opponents and eventually was removed wednesday later crosses from Church groups took its place on the Capitol Lawn. An unidentified Man was seen taking the klan a Cross wednesday night. As a counter protest the metropolitan area Church Council placed seven crosses where the wooden klan Cross had stood on the southwestern Corner of the statehouse Lawn. In Cincinnati where a different klan group put up a Cross on Fountain Square Early monday the Day passed without incident. Klansmen erected the 10-foot-tall put up a Cross at the statehouse about 12 30 . Wed Esda. App a in the next 12 hours. Vincent Pinette of Cleveland a but it was toppled by klan opponents three times wit regional coordinator for the knights of the Kun flux klan was heckled after setting the Cross Back on its stand on one of those occasions. A we can to answer for the violence of others a Pinette said. A a we re not Down Here to create a problem. We re just Down Here to have our first amendment right which is Freedom of  the metropolitan area Church Council got a1 permit wednesday to place its own crosses around the wooden klan Cross on the statehouse Lawn. Quot our secret desire is to make the klan Cross less significant by surrounding it with dozens of identical crosses a said the councils director the Rev. Burton Cantrell. An attempt by state officials to Block the klan Cross opponents and supporters of the Kun flux klan struggle Over a Kkt Cross erected wednesday on the Ohio statehouse a Lawn. Present government endorsement of religion. On wednesday the 6th . Circuit court of appeals in Cincinnati refused the states request to halt the klan display while its Appeal of grahams ruling was pending. Job for silence Story disputed Little Rock Ark. A an Arkansas trooper says neither he nor his colleagues were offered jobs by president Clinton in return for their silence on Clinton a alleged sexual affairs. The statement wednesday by trooper Danny Firguson called into question a key allegation by two members of the gubernatorial Security detail who say they helped arrange extramarital affairs for Clinton when he was governor. Quot president Clinton never offered or indicated a willingness to offer any trooper a Job in Exchange for silence or help in. Shaping their stories a Ferguson said in a statement through his attorney. Larry Patterson and Roger Perry and their attorney Cliff Jackson have said Clinton offered jobs to troopers in Exchange for silence about his alleged affairs. The White House acknowledged this week that Clinton had spoken recently with members of his old Arkansas Security detail. But the White House denied the president made Job offers Robert Batton Ferguson a attorney supported the White houses Story. Ration said his client did speak by phone with Clinton in Early september and asked whether the president received a memo from Perry requesting a position on one of the president scout Wilson drugs. Clinton was unaware of such a request Batton said. But the president said he would try to track Down Perry a request and asked Ferguson to get in touch with Perry to find out the Content of Perry a memo and to get Back to Clinton Batton said. Batton said no further discussions took place. Jackson said in response that his clients a stand by their full Story specifically the Calls from Bill Clinton to Danny Ferguson offering a Job both to Ferguson and to  Quot Ferguson confirmed that to me himself a Jackson said. Quot the truth is sharper than a two Edge sword and it usually comes  a Jackson accused a former longtime aide to Clinton Betsy Wright of running interference for the president. Quot Betsy Wrights in town same old lies same old deceptions. Bill Clinton is duping you through Betsy right a Jackson told a reporter. Wright a Washington consultant who was Clinton a gubernatorial chief of Stalf for Many years w As in Little Rock this week and returned to Washington on wednesday. She said she was in Little reckon personal business but did talk to several people about the episode and the desire for a statement disputing the allegation of jobs for silence