European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday january 21, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5 re p u b i icon to h a d Clinton i Enqu i by Washington a former . Attorney Robert b. Fiske jr., a Wall Street lawyer arid Republican was named thursday As special counsel to probe president Clinton s ties to a failed Arkansas savings and loan when he was governor. Fiske said it was virtually certain that he would ques Tion the president and the first lady under oath in the investigation which he said would be Complete Thor Bugh and  the appointment announced by attorney general Janet Reno came on the first anniversary of Clinton s inauguration. Fiske said his review would determine whether any individual or entity has committed a violation of any criminal Law in dealings surrounding the Whitewater development corp. And the failed Madison guaranty savings and loan in Little Rock Ark. Thus far a Justice department investigation has focused on Madison guaranty which was owned by James Mcdougal. Mcdougal and his then wife were partners with the Clinton in Whitewater an Ozark land venture. Investigators have been trying to determine whether Madison guaranty funds were improperly diverted to Mcdougal s projects including Whitewater and if any of the Money was used to pay for Campaign or personal debts of the Clinton. Fiske said the investment dealings of the president and Hillary Rodham Clinton would be closely re viewed As would the july suicide of White House Dep Uty counsel Vincent Foster. A file on the Clinton s Whitewater investment was among the items found in Foster s office after his death. White House press Secretary Dee Dee Myers said the White House would have no comment on the Selec Tion. We asked the attorney general to appoint a Spe Cial counsel and she did. We have nothing More  s selection of the 63-year-old new York attorney answered suggestions that the special counsel be a Veteran lawyer and to demonstrate Independence a Republican. Fiske ran the . Attorney s office for the Southern District of new York in Manhattan from 1976 to 1980.he was appointed by president Ford but continued in office during the Carter administration. Fiske said he would conduct the investigation As quickly As possible but could not set a timetable he said he would hire his own Legal team and planned to meet with Justice department lawyers who have Bee conducting a government investigation of Whitewater and its dealings with Madison guaranty. Fiske said he expected to open an office in Little Rock where the Center of Gravity  i think this is a very important assignment Fiske said. I think this is important for the  Fiske said that at the conclusion of his review he would make a Public report explaining his investigation. Reno told reporters that she Felt very comfortable that Fiske will conduct an Independent investigation. She said she did not expect Fiske to report to her and that she would not try to Monitor his work. I expect him to report to the american people she said. I wanted him to be As Independent As possible. I wanted him to define the scope. I wanted him to define what he needed in terms of staffing and  unlike his former Law partner Lawrence e. Walsh the Independent counsel who investigated the Iran Contra affair Fiske was appointed by the attorney Gen eral who exercises ultimate authority Over his work. Walsh and other Independent counsels named under the recently expired special prosecutor Law were appointed by a special court. Under that Law the attorney general sought appointment of the Independent coun Sel by the special court and set the general scope of the investigation. Envoy asks indians to make peace in Mexico san Cristobal de Las Cas As Mexico a an envoy for the mexi can government appealed in a radio broadcast for a peaceful settlement of a rebel uprising amid warnings that the guerrillas May strike again. In a message broadcast overnight Manuel Camacho Solis declared that it was time to ask for the forgiveness of the Chiapas Indian Community for the suf Fering they have lived through in mexi co s poorest state. Let s All make the Effort truthfully All of us to create peace Camacho Solis said in the message which was recorded wednesday and translated into an Indian language. The broadcast appeared aimed at de fusing support for an estimated 2,000 in Dian guerrillas who briefly seized san Cristobal de Las Casas and outlying towns on Jan. 1, retreating before ground and air assaults. The rebels of the Zap Atista  National liberation have said they Are fighting for the rights of indians who Are a majority in the Southern state but often Lack jobs and housing. Meanwhile the rebels remained silent again thursday morning on a Call for talks on laying Down their arms made two Days earlier by Camacho Solis. He said that would be a first step in bringing about the social and political re forms demanded by the rebels. But the rebels have vowed not to disarm until the government negotiates an end to the mis Ery of the indians. At least 107 people have been killed since the rebels declared War on the government on new year s Day. The fight ing subsided after a Jan. 12 cease fire or dered by president Carlos Salinas de rep. Joseph p. Kennedy ii left and his sister Kerry Kennedy Cuomo right present a to shirt from the Robert f. Kennedy foundation to archbishop Samuel Ruiz Center on wednesday in san crist6bal de Las Casas in the Southern mexican state of Chiapas. The Man at the rear was unidentified. Gortari. On wednesday the mexican defense department declared that it had Learned of rebel plans to attack the towns of a Jalon Cabanillas and Venustiano Carranza in Southern Chiapas within the next 24  none of the towns was a scene of the earlier fighting. Excerpts of the military statement car ried by the official no Timex news Agency said soldiers sent to the towns to perform Public works would stay to guard Citi Zens. There were no subsequent military statements. Although there have been sporadic gunfire and bombing there have been no major clashes Between the rebels and the government since Early january. The most prominent visitor to Altami Rano on wednesday was . Rep. Joseph p. Kennedy ii d-mass., who expressed his disappointment that this verdant farming Countryside had entered on the Road of violence. He asked Why so Many soldiers were needed. There s obviously something wrong with this picture Kennedy said during a tour to look into allegations of human rights  rights activists and some Church officials have accused the army of abuses including summary executions in its Effort to quell the unrest. The military has denied the charges. Kerry Kennedy Cuomo a sister Okennedy s who runs the Robert f. Ken Nedy memorial Center for human rights told reporters on their return to san crist6bal that she heard incredible testimonies of disappearances beatings torture detentions and executions by the military. Most americans Bock Clinton three polls say new York a president Clinton ends his first year in office with the approval of More than 50 percent of americans according to three polls published thursday. A new York times lbs news poll and a Usa today can Gallup poll each showed 54 percent of the Public approve of the Way Clinton is doing his Job. A Wall Street journal Abc news poll showed a 60 percent approval rating. The ratings following Clinton s european tour for the nato Summit come despite a spotlight on his involvement in the Whitewater real estate scandal the times and journal polls said. Clinton is doing significantly better said Republican pollster Robert Teeter who conducted the journal Abc Survey with democratic pollster Peter Hart. What has caused that Are a better Economy and. Some foreign policy  Clinton s popularity after a year in office com pares favourably with other recent presidents Accord ing to the times. After their first years Ronald Reagan had a 49 percent approval rating and Jimmy Carter had 51 percent the times said. George Bush had 76 per cent fuelled by the american invasion of Panama and the collapse of communism the times said. First lady Hillary Rodham Clinton does not fare As Well As her husband. In the times lbs poll Only 39 percent said they had a favourable opinion of her Down from 47 percent in november. The times lbs and Usa today can Gallup polls each have margins of error of plus or minus 3 percentage Points. The journal neg poll has a mar Gin of error of plus or minus 4.5 percentage Points