European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday july 24, 1994what newspapers Are saying at Home the following editorial excerpts Are selected from a Cross Section of newspapers throughout the United states. The editorials Are provided by the associated press and Scripps Howard news service. Athens Ohio messenger former president Eisenhower had a classic rejoinder for his overeager aides whenever they recommended that he take a perilous decision. Boys he said lets not be in such a hurry to make Rieur mistakes. Bill Clinton would do Well to remember Ike a sound a advice before doing anything rash in Haiti. That the impoverished nation has become a festering sore in our sphere of influence is undeniable. And unless the United states takes the Lead in coming to Haiti a Rescue the desperate situation there which is causing thousands of boat people to flee to . Shores is Only going to Worsen. The trick however is for the United states to intervene in a manner consistent with our National interest and that of the haitian people we Are trying to  wis news Herald would the United states be better off turning Over $200 million to , bureaucrats so that they can orchestrate Quot peacekeeping missions against the likes of somalian warlords the thugs running Haiti and the like might not that $200 million go a Long Way toward helping in the fight at Home against Homegrown criminals who Are terrorizing the nation republicans in the . House of representatives proposed trimming the . Contribution to . Peacekeeping efforts by a modest $200 million and adding that amount to the anti crime package that is working its Way through Congress. Regrettably the amendment was shot Down 228-178 in a near party line  american Bellevue Wash. The . Senate saved american business and Consumers a bundle. In once again rejecting legislation that would have loosed a plague of worker strikes upon the land. Shockingly misnamed the workplace fairness act the legislation in fact would have Given organized labor. Unprecedented Power that could have been used to cripple american business. American workers already have the right to strike of course. And if the walkout is Over alleged unfair labor practices Federal Law now forbids their replacement by business. That  change a nor should it. It keeps the playing Field balanced Between business and labor As they negotiate contracts. What Isnit fair but would have been allowed but for the Senate a vote is expanding the prohibition on hiring striker replacements to those walkouts that Are called Over economic issues. Such issues make up almost every contract dispute. Giving labor that club would bludgeon business. Quot Sun Sentinel a fort Lauderdale  americans May feel comfortable with the Long familiar design of Quot greenbacks a the paper currency they carry in their wallets but so Are. Counterfeiters. Color laser copying machines and other technological developments in printing Ink and paper have made it increasingly easy to forge . $100 Bills and smaller denominations. While other nations revised their currencies years ago to make them More resistant to counterfeiters America has stuck with an outdated and risky currency design for 65 years. Fortunately the . Treasury department is now proposing a sound and sensible High sch face lift. Clarion Ledger. Jackson miss. There has Long been an attitude that development in flood Plains and draining wetlands is Good but the result has been More frequent flooding of Homes and businesses settling in flood Plains. For those who have been asleep for a couple of decades and think of wetlands As a worthless swamps ask the folks of Bainbridge ga., what they think. Commentary the stars and stripes Page 13 National weather service forecasters had predicted that the raging Flint River would Crest at 45 feet a 20 feet above flood stage. Then the weather service revised its estimates. Why forecasters said they failed to take into account the big Slough a network of bogs Ponds and marshes near Bainbridge capable of absorbing huge amounts of Runoff. In other words they were saved by their wetlands. A the value of wetlands As far As providing habitat for animals and for replenishing water supplies has Long been known to environmentalists who have actively sought to change government attitudes. Slowly the government has come around to that  . News Twenty years ago most americans did no to worry much about the Quot acid rain scare. Surely before eliminating tens of thousands of jobs and jacking up electric Power costs for tens of millions of people government would find some scientific mandate for drastic  were wrong. Far from finding proof on which to base drastic action against High Fulfur Coal Congress actually disregarded its own $500 million study of the Issue. It passed a clean air act with terrible consequences for Many americans. Lawmakers simply caved in to special interests. The process May be occurring again. During recent months the same environmental Quot activists who pushed to kill the Coal Industry have launched a new offensive. This time they want chlorine  Tribune kids will be kids and As Long As that is so it seems there will be no end to the inventive ways in which they entertain themselves. But some crazes Are far More worrisome than others and one of them is a a moshing a a form of ritualistic behaviour at Rock concerts. Swarms of music fans crowd near the stage literally bumping and slamming into each other passing each other Over their Heads and occasionally diving from the stage into the turbulent throng. To the participants its great fun. To its detractors it is a prescription for disaster. Kids can get Hurt and do so. Often it is minor such As bloodied noses but there have been celebrated cases such As one los Angeles concert in which moshing produced three broken legs and three broken arms. A ban would be an extreme measure but that is exactly what will happen if concert promoters done to do a better Job. Protecting  Globe lawyers Are not loved. In National opinion polls they Are often rated Down there with journalists for being aggressive mean Rotten human beings. Not a fair description of the Many polite dedicated professionals in both trades but True often enough to be a problem. The Boston bar association deserves credit for looking that truth squarely in the ego and issuing civility standards. Asking its 8,500 members.,. To View themselves As respected colleagues rather than characters on . Law. A a lot of to shows have created the perceptions that if you Are hard driving and Tricky you can obtain something a says Tom Zelkind of Epstein Becker amp Green. A Many Young lawyers think that is the Way you re supposed to behave. The civility code tells them we have different  a truism  professions. Civility pays. Tchristian science Monitor president Clinton strip to. Berlins Brandenburg Gate further confirms that Power in Europe is shifting to Germany. The Clinton administration has set the United relationship with Britain is unclear. And the French Are quite concerned that their guiding role May be subverted by a German government no longer desiring Paris to be its guarantor of Good behaviour. Europe is in a period of uncertainty and the . Administration is trusting Germany to bring some order to it. For All its quiet Confidence however what will the new Germany stand for its policy elite pays lip service to Europe but Many privately argue for a return to the Germany of  Herald the nation s roman Catholic Bishops recently offered president Clinton an Olive Branch and a poisoned Arrow and told him to take his pick. They warmly endorsed on moral grounds the Universal health insurance coverage that or. Clinton has insisted on. But on equally moral grounds and in far More vehement terms they said they will oppose any plan Universal or not whose Basic benefits include abortion. To begin with the obvious the Bishops and All religious leaders. Can a and should a continue to teach the Wise and moral uses of Medicine. If that teaching is effective there will be Many fewer abortions in America a unquestionably a Good thing. But using one churches norms to pick and choose the elements of a Standard health Benefit plan is unfair to those of different beliefs and a deeply improper role for government