European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 r the stars and stripes . Thursday january 12, 1995rubin approved As Treasury chief Washington a Wall Street Veteran Robert Rubin was expected to begin work As the nations new Treasury Secretary wednesday a Day after winning Senate confirmation. Lloyd Bentsen who had the Job during president Clinton a first two years resigned in december to return to Texas. A a a a a a a a a a a a a a the Senate approved Rubin a nomination on a 99-0 vote tuesday night Only hours after his confirmation hearing before the Senate finance committee Rubin who had been coordinating economic strategy for the White House before being nominated was sworn in tuesday night. Senators said they rushed the nomination through so that Rubin could begin work quickly at the Treasury department which facts heavy duties As Congress takes up the presidents tax and spending proposals. During his confirmation hearing Rubin stressed that the administration wanted to work with the new Republican control cd Congress but that Clinton would fight any Effort to backtrack on his deficit reduction program through tax cuts that were not paid for. During nearly three hours of testimony Rubin cautioned Congress against seeking Quick fixes to the nations economic problems. A i believe that there Are no easy answers to the significant issues of economic policy and that difficult Trade offs arc almost a i ways involved a he said. Rubin the Wall Street Veteran amassed a Fortune estimated at Between $150 million and $200 million As co chairman of the investment firm Goldman Sachs amp co. Rubin served for the past two years As director of the presidents National economic Council a White House panel established to coordinate economic strategy. \ i. Republicans 011 the finance committee pressed for Rubin a views on cutting the capital gains tax a gop favorite. Such gains cover profits made from the sate of such things As stocks and real estate. He said any such Cut would have to be paid for and should not be a Windfall for the  republicans also asked him about the use of a dynamic scoring by which tax cuts could be shown to actually increase government Revenue by spurring increased economic activity. Rubin called dynamic scoring a dangerous idea that could loosen budget discipline. Rubin said the administration was willing to consider All ideas put Forward by republicans who now control both houses of Congress but he insisted that Clinton would hot deviate from his commitment to continue reducing the deficit. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago Jan. 12,1985 a three . Soldiers were kilted and seven injured when the motor on a Pershing nuclear missile accidentally ignited during a training exercise near Heil Bronn Germany an army spokesman said. 20 year Sago Jan. 12,1975 a president Ford has made All his decisions on a tax cutting economic program and will spelt them out in his state of the Union message a spokesman said. 30 year Sago Jan. 12,1965 a More than 100 ships Lay Idle in ports from Maine to Texas marooned by a $20-Miltion-a-Day strike of 60,000 East and Gulf coast longshoremen. 40 year Sago Jan. 12,1955 a Costa rican president jos6 Figueres Ferrer said nicaraguan forces had penetrated deeply into his country taking the strategic communications Center of Villa Quesada 35 Miles from the capital of san jos6, 50 year Sago Jan. 12,1945 a the struggle for the hungarian capital of Budapest entered its final phase As the soviet forces with three fourths of the City in their control launched a Street cleaning patrols in the Battle for what was left of the City. L world War if 1 50 years ago today Jan. 12 1. 9.4.5 soviet tank forces launch a major offensive in Poland attacking the germans from the Baltic to the Carpathian mountains. In Italy the first combat unit of the reconstituted italian army joins Allied troops on. The Battle line. British commandos capture my ebon on Burma s a akan Peninsula while Indian troops take two Bridgehead Over the Irrawaddy 1 River North of Mandalay source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War in. Bison books corp., 1981 a getting under its skin a technician inserts a microchip Small enough to fit in a hypo cat is picked up animal control officers can scan the Chip and dermis Needle under a Puppy s skin in St. Louis. If a lost dog or find the name or the pet s owner. Fired historian defends remarks Atlanta a fired House historian Christina Jeffrey says she wanted to fight for her Job but speaker Newt Gingrich told her that he saw a future filled a a with marches and demonstrations to get rid of her. A the was very kind a Jeffrey told the Atlanta journal Constitution of her Midnight phone conversation with Gingrich. A the said that from his experience we  be Able to get on top of this. The press and the vicious malicious mean spirited partisan people who were out to get him would just keep stirring this up and stirring it up and stirring it  Gingrich r-ga., fired Jeffrey for writing in 1986 that a holocaust curriculum for 11 and 12-year-Olds lacked nazi and Kun flux klan viewpoints Gingrich and Jeffrey spoke late sunday after it became apparent the new York times was going to publish an article about her comments on the curriculum. In an interview wednesday on Abc s Good morning America Jeffrey said she never advocated bringing the views of nazis and the Kun flux klan into the cur. Ric ulum. A i was a child in Germany after the War and i was at Dachau and i know that the holocaust happened and 1 think that everybody should know that history and it should never happen again Quot she said. Id Shi Quot a a a Jeffrey said she would have been Jeffrey a mentioned that if it a College course it would have needed More  she said she did no to mean balance in the sense of ideas being equal a but from the sense that in the academic Endeavor you want you want More than just the argument that you re trying to get  a a i did not advocate bringing in the nazis. I did not advocate bringing m the Kun flux klan a she said. Jeffrey told the Atlanta newspaper that she discussed the Flap with Gingrich a staff in Early december and that the staff did not perceive it As a problem. She accepted the Job dec. 15. A i would not have come up Here if there had been any indication that my coming would cause problems there were no red flags a she told the newspaper. She told Abc on wednesday that she did no to remind Gingrich of the incident because a i did not expect this to be a controversy.�?�. A. Tony Blankley Gingrich a spokesman told the newspaper that the staff was not aware of the 1986 incident. A everyone i talked to was surprised about it. If we had known we would have made the decision then that we did yesterday a Blankley said tuesday. A those kinds of statements Are unacceptable in political life and Gingrich believes they Are unacceptable. The historian of the House could not have uttered those  Jeffrey said she told Gingrich a a you make it so easy for people opposed to you to undermine your efforts if they can get rid of every Good appointee you find a a in 1986, Jeffrey headed a panel that reviewed the holocaust curriculum for the Republican run . Department of education. The panel recommended not providing a Federal Grant for the course. The department insisting the decision was its own also declined funding in 1987 and 1988. But the curriculum fas been used without Federal funding. Concluding her remarks on the course designed for eighth and ninth graders Jeffrey wrote a the program gives no evidence of balance or objectivity. The nazi Point of View however unpopular is still a Point of View and is not presented nor is that of the Kun flux