By The
Associated Press
Edited by Alan Phelps
Hussein hiding
Scud missiles,
inspectors say
AMMAN, Jordan — Saddam
Hussein is moving scores of Scud
missiles around Iraq on camouflaged
, trucks so U.N. weapons inspectors
can’t find them and has buried an
unknow n number of rocket boosters,
Western officials and other sources
say.
One intelligence operative de
scribed it as a "real game” of hide
and-seek.
U.N. weapons inspection teams
over the past 18 months have tracked
down and dismantled much of Iraq’s
nuclear, chemical and biological
weapons programs as well as its sur
facc-to-surfacc missiles with a range
of 90 miles or more under terms of the
1991 Gulf War cease-fire agreement.
American and U.N. officials sus
pect that Saddam has stashed away
some of the 819 Scud-B missiles “he
acquired from the Soviet Union dur
ing the 1980-88 war with Iran, or
longer-rangc al-Husscin and al-Abbas
variants Iraq developed.
Tim Trevan, spokesman for the
U.N. Special Commission charged
with dismantling Iraq's weapons of
mass destruction, said 151 ballistic
missiles have been destroyed by the
inspectors or the Iraqis, or arc await
ing destruction.
U.N. officials believe Saddam still
has around 100 missiles hidden away.
I he CIA believes the figure is closer
to 200.
In March 1991, Iraq admitted it
had 52 ballistic missiles. Under in
tense diplomatic pressure, Baghdad
later confessed it had another 92.
U.N. inspectors believe at least
487 of the Soviet Scuds were fired
during the Iran-Iraq war or in tests.
It’s not known how' many Scuds
w ere pros ided by Sy ria, L i bya or North
Korea, or how' many w-cre cannibal
ized to produce lhcal-H ussein and al
Abbas variants.
The Western operatives, based in
Amman to monitor Iraq, said Saddam
can’t bury his missiles because they
would deteriorate and become use
less.
Bush imposes new European tariffs
Punitive action
could escalate
into trade war
WASHINGTON — The Bush
administration, seeking to force
trade concessions for American
soybean farmers,announced Thurs
day that it was imposing punitive
tariffs on SACK) million worth of
European imports.
The move would effectively
triple the import price of a bottle of
European whitg winc,and it threat
ened to setoff a full-scale trade war
between the United Stales and the
' 12-nalion European Community.
U.S. Trade Representative Carla
Hillsannounccdihatclfeciivc Dec.
5, the tariffs on a 750-milliliter
bottle of while wine from Europe
would rise from seven cents to 200
percent of the prices paid by im
porters.
American consumers would not
likely I'ccl the effects of the higher
tariffs until January because many
importers have stockpiled ship
ments m anticipation of such a
move.
Several importers said that if the
tariffs take effect virtually all Eu
ropean while wines would disap
pear from American store shelves
because the importers would cut
off orders, rather than risk being
caught with expensive inventories
they can’t unload at triple the cur
rent price.
U.S. officials released a two
page I ist of 240 wines that would be
hit with the higher tariffs. The
United Stales imported S270 mil
lion worth of white wine from Eu
rope last year, w ith France supply
ing SI25 million of that amount.
Other big suppliers were I Laly, S98
million, and Germany, S35 mil
lion.
Wines from Spain, Portugal and
Greece were also targeted for the
new 200 percent tariffs.
In an addition to S270 million in
while wine imports, Hills also an
nounced that 200 percent larills
would he imposed on S30 million
in imports of wheal gluten, prima
rily used as a binder in pel food,and
in rapcsccd oil, a cooking oil. Gc/
many is the principal European
exporter of wheal gluten and rape
seed oil to the U.S. market.
Hills said that she was delaying
the effective date for the new lari ffs
to allow negotiators time for one
last-ditch effort to resolve the un
derlying trade dispute involving
American soybean sales to Europe.
“We have demonstrated extraor
dinary patience,and wcareopen to
further negotiations in the 30 days
before the duties become effec
tive,” Hills told reporters.
The administration claims the
unfair subsidies cost American pro
ducers SI billion a year in lost
sales.
Hills expressed the hope that
Brian Shellito/DN
talks over the next month would
succeed but also issued a new tar
get list of SI.7 billion worth of
other European products. She said
the administration would broaden
the tariff targets beyond the origi
nal S3(K) million unless the nego
tiations succeed.
Minorities gain ground in new Congress
W AS HINGTON — The laces may
be new, but ihe resumes look I'amiliar.1
The 121 new members of the 103rd
Congress are a lot like ihe incumbents
they will join: attorneys, business
men, state and local officeholders,
party activists. Fewer ^han a do/cn
come w ithout political experience.
A few w ill stand
(out, like Chicago
Alderman anil
former Black Pan
ther Leader Bobby
Rush, a Democrat
elected to a House
!_scat, or Elizabeth
Fur.se, an Oregon Democrat, peace
activist and co-owner of a vineyard,
whose House election was her first
foray into politics.
But far more common are those
like Russell Feingold, a lawyer and
10-ycar veteran olthe W isconsin stale
Senate, who defeated incumbent GOP
Most new faces, however, blend with old
Scn4 Robert Kastcn Jr. Or like James
Talent, a St. Louis lawyer and minor
ity leaderol the Missouri stale House,
who defeated Democratic Rep. Joan
Kelly Horn for a House seat.
The biggest differences in the con
gressional class of 1092 lie in their
racial and gender diversity. The group
will include 23 women and 16 men
who consider themselves minorities.
That w ill mean a total of 47 women,
38 blacks and 17 Hispanicsin the new
House, all record numbers that repre
sent a quantum leap in representation
of those groups.
But for the most part, the so-called
“Year of the Outsider” in politics has
produced a crop of new' lawmakers
w ho w ill blend in well with the insid
ers they join.
Nearly half are lawyers, about the
same proportion as make up the cur
rent House and Senate. About one
third have a background in business,
also about the same as the current
Congress. Teachers, government
workers and journalists are the next
most common occupations among the
new group—again a reflection of the
current House and Senate makeup.
One new I louse member, Republ i
can Michael Castle of Delaware, is
coming off two terms as his state’s
governor. Several have been chair
men of their state political parlies. All
but about 10 have held or run for
elected office previously, many in
state legislatures.
Some arc turning to politics after
establishing themselves in business.
Michael Huffington earned famedur
ing the campaign for spending more
than S4 million to get elected, most of
it his ow n money. A Republican from
Santa Barbara, Calif., he is chairman
ofCrcst Films, a film production com
pany.
Martin Hoke, who defeated Demo
cratic Rep. Mary RoseOakar in Cleve
land and its suburbs, built a successful
cell u la r te lephone enierpri sc. Jay K i m
of California, also a Republican, is
president of an engineering design
firm and is the first Korean-American
ever elected to Congress.
For some, this won't be their first
tenure on Capitol Hill. Blanche Lam
bert, a Democrat from Arkansas, once
worked as a receptionist for Rep. Bill
Alexander, the incumbent she beat in
the primary. John Mica,a Republican
from Florida, is the brother of former
Democratic Rep. Dan Mica and once
was chief of staff for former Sen.
Paula Hawkins, R-Fla.
No time to rest
Smooth move from Little Rock to White House important, experts warn
WAS Ml Nu I ON — Memo lo the president
elect: Don’t be fooled by the 11-week wail
before you can move into the While House.
Your administration has already begun.
Thai’s ihe essence of advice offered by
former officials who’ve helped pas^presidents
take office.
It is during this transition period, from the
election to the inauguration Jan. 20, that dcci
sionsare made w hich in many ways will decide
the course of Bill Clinton’s presidency.
Key jobs arc fi I led and objectives arc set that
will become the guideposts for four years.
‘You can lose the grip on your presidency
and take a large step toward losing the next race
for president before you' re even sworn in if you
don’t pul the right people in place,” Stuart
Ei/cnstai said. He was director of policy devel
opment in Jimmy Carter’s transition and, later,
his domestic adviser.
The last time the Democrats w on the White
- §6 --
The smoothness of the transition will be an indicator of how the
administration will proceed.
— Abramson
think tank executive director
-•• "
House, internal feuding between two of Carter’s
top lieutenants, Jack H. Watson Jr.,and Hamilton
Jordan, dominated the transition but continued
into the administration.
Four years later, when Ronald Reagan came
into office, hostility between Michael Dcavcr
and Edw in Mecse resulted in the While House
“troika’’ of lop aides to the president, with
James Baker as chief of staff.
“The smoothness of the transition will bean
indicator of how the administration will pro
ceed.’’ Mark A. Abramson said. Hciscxcculivc
director of the Council for Excellence in Gov
w w
cmmcnt, a bipariisan think lank.
Every recent president-elect has provided
for some planning even before election day.
Clinton has had a small planning group in Little
Rock for two months.
Whether the advance work proves helpful is
another matter.
Martin Anderson was domestic adviser for
Richard Nixon when he was elected in 1968,
and later had the same role in Reagan’s transi
tion and White House. Anderson said that,
shortly after the election, they discovered their
pre-election transition plans were virtually
worthless, recommending for jobs many people
with no loyally lo Nixon or ihe Republican
Parly.
Nixon’s learn ihrcw ihose plans oul and
started from scratch, operating out of a New
York hotel.
“It was a disaster,” Anderson said. “He lost
the presidency on it, I contend.”
“Maybe we can be faulted for our view, but
we did have a common plan,” Richard Allen
said. He was in charge of Reagan’s foreign
policy transition and became his national secu
rity adviser.
The first task is to fill the key jobs: the White
House staff, the Cabinet secretaries and the
economic advisers.
“Your first obligation is to make sure all the
job seekers who want to reach you don’t reach
you, because you can’t take lime to talk toall of
them,” Allen, who held asimilar role in Nixon’s
transition, said.
Despite positive economic reports,
recovery plagued by unemployment
WASHINGTON — The number
of first-ume claims for unemploy
ment insurance fell in late October to
the lowest level in more than two
years, anil Americans' productivity
improved in the third quarter, the
government said Thursday in two
upbeat economic reports.
Separately, many major retail
chains reported sales increases last
month, raising hopes of store owners
lor the first good Christmas season
since 1988.
Economists were encouraged by
‘ #
ihc positive news hut cautioned that
economic growth, while showing signs
of improvement, would fail to takeoff
anytime soon.
“The economy is beginning to grow
more rapidly, but we still won't have
the kind of recovery that has Iol lowed
past recessions,” Bruce Steinberg, an
economist with Merrill Lynch in New
York, said. ‘‘Under those conditions,
it’s going to take a while to gel ihc
unemployment rale down.”
New claims for unemployment
benefits in the week ending Ocl. 24
totaled 360,()(X), down from 376,000
the week before, the Labor Depart
ment said. It was the lowest level
since the week ending Aug. 4, 1990,
soon alter the recession began.
Economists said declining benefit
claims were a definite sign of an
improving labor market. However,
they cautioned that the reduction might
not translate immediately into a re
duction in the unemployment rale,
which was 7.5 percent in September,
down from an eight-year high of 7.8
percent in June.
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