2- The Michigan Daily - Wednesday, September 25, 1996 NATION/WORLD Congress passes inigration bill ° , , The Washington Post WASHINGTON - After months of division over the issue in their own ranks, congressional Republican yes- terday pushed a major immigration- refbrm bill through a panel of House ahd Senate negotiators without a con- troversial amendment that would have allowed states to end free public educa- tion to illegal immigrant children. The action cleared the way for the bill to be sent to the floors of both houses as early as today, greatly improving chances for the measure's final passage before the end of the current congres- sional session. The move presented President Clinton with a new political dilemma in his running duel with Republican pres- idential candidate Bob Dole over immi- gration, especially in California, where the number of illegal immigrants is a contentious issue. Clinton had previously threatened to veto the bill if it contained the educa- tion amendment sponsored by Rep. Elton Gallegly, (R-Calif). With that amendment removed, the White House appeared to back off the veto threat, but a spokesperson said Clinton was not yet ready to endorse the measure without further modification. If Clinton decides to sign the bill against the advice of many congres- sional Democrats, he risks further alienating a base of support that he has already angered by his recent signing of the welfare bill. If he vetoes the bill, on the other hand, he will give the Republicans a potentially powerful tool to use against him in his re-election campaign, especially in California, where illegal immigration is estimated to cost state taxpayers $3 billion a year. "Removing Gallegly is a big step in the right direction," said Rahm Emanuel, a presidential adviser on immigration matters. "They've removed the key objection the president had in the legis- lation." Firm convicted of bribing Espy WASHINGTON - A federal jury convicted a major California agricultural coop- erative yesterday of illegally showering former Agriculture Secretary Mike Espy with nearly $6,000 in gifts, including meals at fancy restaurants and an all-expenses-paid trip for him and his girlfriend to the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. The guilty verdict against Sun Diamond Growers, one of the nation's biggest fruit and nut producers, is the first conviction for independent counsel Donald Smalt Appointed two years ago to investigate Espy, Smaltz has been accused of stretchi his investigative mandate to pursue companies with ties to President Clinton. A smiling Smaltz, obviously emboldened by the win, used the verdict not only to validate his work but to lambast lobbying in Washington. "I think it stinks," he said. "I think it's a disgrace what goes on here. I think if the average man on the street at 4th and Main, or Omaha, Nebraska ... knew how these agency heads are sometimes feted by lobbyists that they would be very, very much disturbed." The lead prosecutor in the case, Theodore Greenberg, took an even-tougher stance, describing lobbyists as "merchants of corruption ... who must be stopped" Smaltz is aggressively pursuing other companies that dealt with the Agriculture Department, including Tyson Foods Inc., the Arkansas poultry producer whose lob- byist, Jack Williams, was indicted last week for allegedly lying to investigat4 about gifts to Espy. AP PHOTO President Clinton is greeted by United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros- GhalI at the U.N. In New York yesterday. C11nton vows to end U.N. leader's re1gn SERVICE COntnued from Page 1 students and teachers to the University for a two-week enrichment workshop. "We're excited about sharing our expertise with students and teachers across the state;' said mathematics Prof. Phil Hanlon, the program's director. "We're trying to excite students about math and trying to show teachers new developments.' Hanlon said the program will use most of its $171,000 grant for scholar- ships and to continue yearlong outreach to the camp's alums. The goal is to get a student and a teacher from every county in Michigan, he said. "It would not have been possible without that seed from the provost to get the camp off and running" Hanlon said, emphasizing that the University has a responsibility to give back to the general community. The Poverty Law Center plans to gear its $400,000 grant toward poor cit- izens in Michigan, said Law School Dean Jeffrey Lehman. The center will help legal-services attorneys provide direct legal repre- sentation in family, housing and pub- lic benefits to low-income clients. The center will offer training, research support and technological resources.' ."It will provide direct service to some of our citizens and it will also offer students another opportunity to provide supervised legal services on a volunteer basis," Lehman said. While the grants will help start new programs such as the law center and the math camp, existing programs also will receive funding. A two-year grant to the Center for Learning Through Community Service will be used to expand the Alternative Breaks Program. About 350 students travel to 30 states through the Project Serve pro- gram. With the additional money, the program will add five sites each year and will fund more students' travel expenses. An 8-year-old program from the University's dance department also was chosen. The Detroit Outreach Project sends faculty and graduate students to work with high-school dance students in Detroit. "We are very pleased with the oppor- tunity to re-invigorate the program," said Bill DeYoung, the project's direc- tor. DeYoung, an associate professor of dance, said some of the money will be used to reinstate the Youth Intervention Program, a project that uses dance to help at-risk middle- school boys. "It was really a terrific experience for them," DeYoung said. "A couple of the young men have gone on to the High School for Performing and Fine Arts in Detroit." DeYoung said the funding will help the dance department stay connected with Detroit. "We are really proud of what we are able to do,' DeYoung said. "Now we can just do a little bit more.' Los Angeles Times UNITED NATIONS - President Clinton yesterday repeated his adminis- tration's determination to block Boutros Boutros-Ghali from a second term as U.N. secretary-general, but supporters of the embattled leader said he would not withdraw from his fight to keep the job. Clinton and Boutros-Ghali conferred privately for 15 minutes and discussed a host of world issues. But they omitted the matter everyone else at the United Nations is talking about: the U.S. pledge to use its veto if necessary to defeat Boutros-Ghali. Asked if the veto had been discussed, Clinton told reporters it had not because Boutros-Ghali "knows our position is firm and will not be changed." White House spokesperson David Johnson elaborated, saying, "It is clear to the secretary-general that our deci- sion to seek a new secretary-general is irrevocable. There is no doubt in the secretary-general's mind that we will exercise our veto." Asked if the United States intended to renew its offer - rejected by Boutros-Ghali months ago, then with- drawn - to extend his term for one year, Johnson said there will be "a new secretary-general in 1997, the first of the year." U.N. spokesperson Sylvana Foa said the two leaders, in their "business-like ses- sion," talked about turmoil in Burundi, refugees in Zaire, African development and the problem of focusing public atten- tion on the world's trouble spots. The session came only three months after the Clinton administration first said it would employ its Security Council veto if necessary to defeat Boutros-Ghali's bid for another five- year term. That declaration has stirred up much U.N. resentment against the United States and bolstered the once- sagging popularity of Boutros-Ghali. Clinton hints at Whitewater pardons WASHINGTON - President Clinton's refusal to rule out pardons for his former Whitewater partners raised storm warnings yesterday. Some observers said a Whitewater pardon would cause as much outrage as President Ford's act of clemency toward Richard Nixon. Clinton was noncommittal when asked Monday about a potential post- election pardon for Jim McDougal, his former wife Susan McDougal and for- mer Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker. He said he would review such requests "after there's an evaluation done by the Justice Department" But that was enough to arouse strong reaction from Republicans. "It would be an unprecedented use of the pardon power when you pardon someone who is involved in a matter in which you yourself are being investi- gated," said Joseph diGenova, who was U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia in the Reagan and Bush- administrations. He said it could be grounds for impeachment and "would doom his presidency - doom it, no matter what his other accomplish- ments." "There would be a storm of outrage and indignation," agreed Robert Goldwin, a constitutional scholar at American Enterprise Institute.V Nerve gas exposure tested by Pentagon WASHINGTON - The Pentagon has obtained a computer model from the CIA to help ascertain how many troops may have been exposed to sarin nerve gas during the destruction of an Iraqi weapons depot in 1991, spokesperson said yesterday. The Defense Department has begun' warning about 5,000 Gulf War veterans who may have been near the depot that they could have been exposed to nerve gas when U.S. troops destroyed weapons on March 4 and March 10. The soldiers believed they were destroying conventional weapons belonging to Saddam Hussein. }' y.+, X ' w:+ .A""X :. .. .... TH E W O R LD "' ' Az::; '' >': MSA Continued from Page 1 Serota agreed. "Tonight the assem- bly did their job and made a budget everyone can live with,' he said. "Not only that, but we did it in an efficient and friendly nature. But some assembly members had other ideas about why the budget was finalized in record time. "This was the typical party machine - that's why we got done so early" said LSA Rep. Andy Schor. "The exec- utive officers were able to hold some votes together tonight:' Not all members' goals were met with the swift finalization of the bud- get. Schor said he had hoped to have money allocated for a task force to lobby the state government for the cre- ation of a student regent. Other members, including Rose, had hoped to allocate a full $20,000 to AATU. "I wish we had given them more, but every cut from somewhere else is painful,' Rose said. But overall, both executive offi- cers were pleased with the assem- bly's acceptance of a budget extremely similar to the one they drew up. "I think this is a resounding victory for students,' Mehta said. Tension arises over Pacific islands BEIJING - China and Japan flirted with conflict over the sovereignty of uninhabited Pacific islands yesterday as nationalists from Hong Kong, Taiwan, China and Japan tried to galvanize the two governments into action. China's Foreign Ministry spokesper- son Shen Guofang warned that "the Japanese side has a responsibility to guarantee that it will not provoke any new incidents in the future" To back up Chinese warnings, the Shenyang Military Zone conducted exercises at an undisclosed location on Sept. 13 and 14, with the army, navy and air force seizing and defending off- shore islands, the Liberation Army Daily reported on Sunday. The longstanding territorial dispute over the eight islands - known as the Diaoyu islands in China and the Senkaku in Japan - was rekindled recently when Japanese right-wing groups repaired a typhoon-damaged lighthouse, installed a wooden plaque, and raised a Japanese flag. Chinese nationalists in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan responded with protests against Japan and calls for the Chinese and Taiwanese governments to take action to assert Chinese sovereignty. Iranianenvoy deported for spying DUSHANBE, Tajikistan - Tajikistan expelled an Iranian envoy for spying, and Iran reportedly retaliated yesterday by ordering the expulsion of a Tajik diplomat. The Iranian diplomat was deported last Friday "for activities incompatible with his diplomatic status,' the Interf news agency reported yesterday, citing Tajikistan's Interior Ministry. The diplomat was caught receiving confidential information from a Tajik citizen, the report said. Teheran in turn expelled a Tajik diplomat yesterday, the ITAR-Tass news agency reported. Iran accused the diplomat of acting "counter to his diplomatic status;" the report said, cit- ing Iran's official news agency, IRN - Compiled from Daily wire reports. JOIN THE MOST PROMISING PROFESSION OF THE 21ST CENTURY flEC~ltE A TEACXIEt2 Prospective Teacher Education Meeting Wednesday, October 2, 1996 6:00 p.m. Whitney Auditorium Room 1309 School of Education Building Call 764-7563 for more information. Ua DOLE Continued from Page 1 eral government." Democrats have tried to "spend and tax America to economic prosperity," Dole said, a process he said clearly does not work. "I think it's time to put the shoe on the other foot and tell the big spenders to take a hike;' he said. Dole said his proposed 15-percent across-the-board tax cut and $500-per- child tax cut will spell relief for over- taxed families. A balanced budget and tax cuts can co-exist without running up the deficit, Dole said. "But (Democrats) say I can't cut taxes and balance the budget," he said. "What they are really saying is that they cannot do it." Dole also touched briefly on educa- tion issues, calling for the institution of "opportunity scholarships." He said his own experience with the GI bill con- vinced him of the value of federal sup- port for higher education. He said his "opportunity scholarships" would pro- vide assistance for students from kindergarten through college. "We're going to educate these young people," Dole said. "They deserve it." Several prominent Michigan Republicans joined Dole at the meet- ing, including Engler, U.S. Sen. Spencer Abraham (R-Mich.) and University Regent Deane Baker (R- Ann Arbor). Engler said that even though Dole is behind in national voter polls, no one should count him out. "Six years ago I was pummeled by an incumbent (in the polls). They said I couldn't win," Engler said. "But we trusted in the good judgment and com- mon sense of the people." Engler became the focus of much attention near the end of the luncheon during a brief question-and-answer ses- sion. Engler read one attendee's ques- tion, asking Dole about the possibility of Engler being sclected for a cabir-t position should Dole win the election. "He'll play any role he wants" Dole responded. However, Engler said he would not vie for a position in the Dole cabinet should Dole defeat President Clinton. Engler said he believes Dole would select an outstanding cabinet staff. "It would be vastly superior to the Clinton cabinet," he said. Jill uRridw wT IT 5r great scores... The Michigan Daily (ISSN 0745967) is published Monday through Friday during the fall and winter terms by students at the University of Michigan. Subscriptions for fall term, starting in September. via U.S. mail are $85. Winter term (January through April) is $95, yearlong (September through April) is $165.On-compus scrintions for fall term are $35. Subscriotions must be prepaid. The Michigan Daily is a member of the Associated Press and the Associated Collegiate Press. 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