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President Wojciech Jaruzelski, the only Communist leader to survive politically after democratic revolutions swept the Eastern bloc, told Parliament yesterday he will resign early to help Poland complete its transition to democracy.
Jaruzelski will step down early to assist in Poland's transition
Jarulskei's announcement came amid increased calls for his resignation to make way for a new coach.
Solidarity chairperson Lech Walesa has already declared his candidacy for president, and Prime Minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Waleńczyk adviser and ally, also is considering running
Souter hearings end in Senate; committee may vote next week
The Senate Judiciary Committee completed hearings on Supreme Court nominee David Souter yesterday with all signs pointing to quick approval.
Committee chairperson Joseph Biden, D-DeL, tentatively set a committee vote for Sept. 27, while confident Republicans were already lookahead to the timing of a vote by the full Senate.
Senate GOP Leader Bob Dole and Sen. Orrin Hatch, a senior member of the judiciary panel, said there should be a quick final vote so that Souter could take his place as the nation's 105th Supreme Court justice in time for the start of the fall term Oct. 1.
De Klekr to appoint groups to investigate recent violence
President W. F. de Klerk, responding to criticism from Blacks that he is not doing enough to quell factional violence in South Africa, said the incident was a special units to investigate four recent incidents
D Kleerk also announced an amnesty for individuals or organizations turning in illegal firearms and explosives by Oct. 1, and offered a free gun training course on information leading to discovery of such weapons.
Yesterday's announcement followed new police measures declared last week, including reinforcements, roadblocks, weapon searches and equipped police vehicles with machine
The president also said he was considering appointing an independent investigator to handle allegations of misconduct by "government institutions, organizations or individuals."
From The Associated Press
Army calls up reserves
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Army yesterday ordered 62 reserve units in 27 states to report for active duty in support of the U.S. military buildup in the Middle East and to deploy 24 other units to prepare for possible call-up.
The Navy said it was activating 3 reserve units for construction support duties.
Also, Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said he approved "imminent danger pay" for the more than 150,000 U.S. soldiers, sailors and airmen from Iraq and Syria, to be deployed in Desert Shield. The pay is retroactive to Sept. 1.
The Navy said the three units that was activating included 168 reservists, but it noted that not all of them were assigned to a specific unit.
up. The units are in California, Colorado and the District of Columbia.
The Army said 28 Army National Guard units and 34 Army Reserve units were being activated, effective today. Most of the units provide transportation support, while others include specialists in law enforcement, mediva, water supply and chemical defense.
The units are from Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona,
California, Colorado, the District of Columbia,
Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri,
New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North
Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West
Virginia and Wisconsin.
Greenspan assesses crisis
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve Chairperson Alan Greenspan told Congress yesterday that the Persian Gulf crisis had pitied “new and substantial risks” on an already faltering national economy.
In an assessment of U.S. economic prospects, Greenspan said the jump in oil prices since Iraq's invasion of Kuwait on Aug. 2 had increased the threat of both higher inflation and a recession.
But the chairperson of the central bank rejected suggestions that U.S. economic policy-makers were in effect being held hostage by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.
He conceded that the Federal Reserve's job of promoting non-inflationary growth had been made more difficult by the unfolding events in the US. In a second speech, he still had the tools to mitigate the economic fallout.
Private economists said Greenspan's pessimistic comments reflected the tough choices facing him. Normally rising unemployment and other signs of sluggish growth would prompt the central bank to slash interest rates in order to spur demand.
But, while increasing the money supply, this measure probably would lead to an increase in prices. And the oil-price shock already has put the country in the grips of its worst bout of inflation in nine years. Consumer prices are climbing at an annual rate of 6.2 percent.
Financial markets had been eagerly awaiting Greenspan's first report on economic conditions since the Persian Gulf turmoil began. But for the most part they reacted with disappointment as the Federal Reserve chief seemed to dash hopes of a quick move to lower interest rates.
Lawmakers desert budget talks
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Rank-and-file members of Congress began deserting party leaders over the stalled budget summit yesterday, saying it was not going to be allowed and let lawmakers fight it out over fiscal priorities.
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“There is very little sentiment for continuing on this path for summit meetings that go nowhere,” said Rep Richard Durbin, D-Ill., after a closed session. Democrats complained about the budget standoff.
"We think they should junk the budget summit" said Rep. Dan Burton, R Ind. "We weren't elected." Rep. John Lundberg said.
The complaints came as Congress' five highest-ranking leaders met for a twelfth day with three top administration officials in hopes of finding a deficit-reduction deal.
The goal is to put together a collection of new taxes and spending cats that will cut the budget
The rank-and-file impatience was fueled by impending, drastic cuts in federal spending under the Gramm-Rudman law. When the new fiscal year starts Oct. 1, the law, in the absence of specific cuts, will automatically trim the $1.2 trillion federal budget by about $100 billion.
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