A prep course for the month-long World Cup soccer tournament, a worldwide pheno

te House Chief of Staff Thomas F. `` Mack '' McLarty and insist it was `` panic 

time , '' with no plan to sell the program they were about to send to Congress ,

 no strategy and no decisions made on key elements . Hours of debate , presided 

over by the president , ensued among the political team and policy advisers . On

e of the advisers , congressional liaison director Howard Paster , is described 

as being in a `` slow burn '' over the series of meetings and arguments from the

 outside consultants . Paster thought `` it was outrageous the outside consultan

ts were providing the president with major policy option papers in confidential 

memos '' many senior staffers never saw , according to the book . The consultant

s got `` valuable inside information '' and `` conflicts abounded . '' The consu

ltants were trying to remake policy to respond to polls , a risky course , Paste

r felt , according to Woodward 's account . At one crucial meeting last July att

ended by the president and the first lady , Hillary Clinton chastised both the e

conomic and political teams for ill serving Clinton , for lacking organization a

nd planning , for creating a `` dysfunctional '' White House . She complained th

ey had allowed Clinton to appear to be a `` mechanic-in-chief , '' erased his ``

 moral voice '' and changed his economic program from a `` values document '' to

 a bunch of numbers . `` I want to see a plan '' for selling the program , she d

emanded . Most saw Hillary Clinton 's denunciations in that meeting , which were

 followed by a burst of anger from Clinton himself at his staff , as an indictme

nt of McLarty , whom the book portrays as an ineffective , sometimes bumbling ch

aracter with no feel for politics and a fundamental misunderstanding of congress

ional relations . Hillary Clinton 's July critique , Woodward writes , amounted 

to a `` scalding indictment of McLarty . At crucial moments like this , Hillary 

was often de facto chief of staff . '' She insisted on the creation , with her a

ssistance , of a campaign-like war room to run the budget operation . At the end

 of the budget battle , Paster resigned , citing a desire to return to private l

ife . Woodward attributes the resignation to McLarty 's failure to manage the Wh

ite House . `` Everyone and anyone freelanced , '' Paster is quoted as saying , 

and his job had been made impossible . The book describes tension between Gergen

 , the Republican brought in by McLarty on the advice of Sen. David L. Boren , D

-Okla. and many of Clinton 's advisers , such as Stephanopoulos and the outside 

political consultants . Gergen concluded that the campaign team was captive of a

 mentality that needed someone to be against , and he was that someone . Carvill

e and Begala argued against Gergen incessantly and Stephanopoulos is described a

s finding him `` almost intolerable . Whenever Clinton did something Republican 

, Gergen proclaimed that the president was standing up for principle . Whenever 

Clinton did something Democratic , it was caving . ''

 WASHINGTON U.S. officials began consultations here and at the United Nations Fr

iday over how to deal with North Korea 's defiance of international nuclear insp

ectors . But the officials stressed in public and private comments that their ai

m was to nudge North Korea back to the bargaining table , not to provoke a confr

ontation . President Clinton telephoned Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Sout

h Korean President Kim Young Sam , who agreed that the U.N. . Security Council s

hould be asked to consider economic sanctions against the Pyongyang regime , a W

hite House statement said . Assistant Secretary of State Robert Gallucci , the C

linton administration 's point man on the Korean nuclear issue , said sanctions 

on impoverished , isolated North Korea are necessary to show any nations bent on

 acquiring nuclear weapons that violating the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty ``

 is not a cost-free exercise . ` ` Gallucci met with South Korean and Japanese o

fficials here Friday and is scheduled to do so again Saturday to discuss possibl

e next steps . At the United Nations , U.S. . Ambassador Madeline K. Albright sa

id `` the next steps must include consideration of sanctions '' because `` North

 Korea has chosen to thwart the will of the international community . '' But Fri

day 's statements by U.S. officials , taken in the aggregate , left open the pos

sibility that North Korea could still avoid international retribution by providi

ng information sought by the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) . Offic

ials stressed that the Clinton administration still hopes to resolve the Korean 

nuclear issue through negotiation rather than punitive steps that might provoke 

North Korea into desperate action . `` Nobody wants sanctions for the sake of sa

nctions , '' several officials said , as if quoting each other . As expected , I

AEA director General Hans Blix notified the U.N. . Security Council Friday that 

his agency 's ability to reconstruct the history of the North Korean reactor at 

Yongbyon had been destroyed by North Korea 's refusal to allow inspectors to tak

e samples of fuel rods currently being removed . But Gallucci and other U.S. off

icials said it is still possible for North Korea to provide enough information a

bout past plutonium production to satisfy IAEA requirements . The agency 's abil

ity to determine if North Korea diverted plutonium from fuel rods removed in 198

9 has been `` seriously eroded . That does not mean destroyed , '' Gallucci said

 at a State Department briefing . Albright said Blix 's conclusions were `` not 

unexpected but they were alarming nonetheless . '' Russian Ambassador Yuli Voron

tsov , however , took a view more in line with Gallucci , saying Blix `` didn't 

sound absolutely hopeless on this issue . He didn't sound desperate . He said th

ere are other methods '' of determining if North Korea has hidden weapons-grade 

plutonium . The possibility that North Korean intransigence might require the Un

ited Nations to impose economic sanctions has been discussed in many forums sinc

e North Korea announced early last year that it was pulling out of the Nonprolif

eration Treaty . But it is far from clear that China , Russia or other Security 

Council members agree that sanctions should be imposed or , if they are , what t

hey should cover . North Korea is totally dependent on imported oil , for exampl

e , but its two main suppliers are China and Iran . If China vetoes a Security C

ouncil resoultion , no oil embargo is possible . If China accepts an oil embargo

 , Iran is unlikely to comply with it , many analysts have said . Albright said 

the United States `` will begin to consult with other ( Security ) Council membe

rs regarding the timing , the objective and the substance of a sanctions resolut

ion in the near future . '' Japan has been widely reported to be uncomfortable o

ver sanctions on North Korea because the Korean community in Japan is extensivel

y involved in legal business dealings with North Korea . Disrupting that commerc

e might cause unrest in Japan , according to several analysts . But Foreign Mini

ster Koji Kakizawa said the Japanese parliament yesterday that Tokyo would `` do

 its utmost to cooperate '' if the United States , Japan and South Korea were to

 agree on a set of punitive economic restrictions against Pyongyang .

 FAIRFAX , Va. . The drops fell through the sunroof and onto Philip Bayer as he 

backed his 1988 BMW sedan out of the driveway of his Washington suburban home Th

ursday evening . Probably sprinkles from scattered clouds , Bayer thought as he 

stopped the car to close the roof . `` Then the smell hit me , '' Bayer , 46 , r

ecalled Friday . `` The smell was unmistakable . It was human poop . '' His spor

t coat was covered with brown splotches , Bayer said , and the black car had abo

ut a half-dozen spots per square foot , including the leather upholstery . About

 2,000 feet overhead , Bayer said , a jet was flying toward Dulles International

 Airport , about four miles west of his house . The only explanation for the dum

ping , he said , is that a plane discharged its waste before landing . `` Do I n

eed to wear a hat ? Wear protective clothing ? Carry an umbrella all the time ? 

'' Bayer asked sarcastically . `` This can't be permitted to happen . '' It isn'

t , said airline and Federal Aviation Administration officials , who are investi

gating what aircraft landed at Dulles between 6 and 6:30 p.m. Thursday , when Ba

yer says the incident occurred . About seven private and commercial planes lande

d during that time period , the FAA said . Officials said they aren't sure what 

the substance was . A spokeswoman for Boeing said `` I can't think of anything '

' that could leak from an airliner . The fuel system , for example , is a pressu

rized storage system ; a leak there could lead to a fire . A valve that seals wa

ste into tanks on most planes could have been loose , FAA officials said , causi

ng liquified sewage to leak . Airline maintenance crews at Dulles would have to 

report such a leak , and the FAA was checking yesterday to see whether anyone ha

d . Pilots can't dispose of waste while in flight . The tanks can only be opened

 and drained when a plane is serviced at an airport . Chemicals that break down 

solid waste and disinfectants and perfume are added to the tank , and the blue l

iquid can leak through the valve outside the plane if it is not closed properly 

. At high altitudes , the liquid freezes and sometimes falls in its frozen form 

. Bayer surmises that the liquid thawed at a lower altitude as a plane approache

d Dulles . The drops apparently fell only on Bayer 's car and a Dodge Omni parke

d next door at the home of Skip Gerdes , who said it was strange that none of th

e drops landed on the driveway or house . `` I don't know what it is '' on the c

ar , Gerdes said . A spokesman for the Air Transport Association , an airline in

dustry organization , said the event is rare because waste disposal units on air

liners are closed systems . At any rate , spokesman Timothy Neale said , solid w

aste cannot escape through the narrow valve . `` To be hit with excrement is ver

y perplexing , '' Neale said . Not to mention messy . Bayer spent the next eight

 hours taking a shower , washing his clothes , scrubbing the car seats and havin

g the car cleaned at a car wash . He was dressed in a sports coat and polo shirt

 and was to meet his wife , Linda ; 9-year-old-daughter , Lindsay ; and other re

latives at a restaurant to celebrate a niece 's high school graduation . He didn

't make it . Bayer , a program manager for a systems integration company , said 

he also made some phone calls . He said he reported the incident to police , the

 FAA and Dulles Airport 's operations office . And like any distressed suburbani

te , he called his homeowners association , whose representative told him there 

hadn't been any other reports of droppings from not-so-friendly skies . Bayer , 

a frequent business flier , said residential areas must be protected from such d

ischarges . `` I willn't harass their pilots , '' he said , `` if they don't poo

p on my kids and me . ''

 LOS ANGELES A small park in the heart of the working-class neighborhood where h

e grew up may soon be renamed `` Ritchie Valens Park '' to honor the late rock '

n' roll legend . The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Friday to rename

 Paxton Park , drawing applause from half a dozen of Valens ' family and friends

 who carried a banner and photo of the teen rock star . The name change must be 

approved by the city 's Recreation and Parks Commission . Born Richard Valenzuel

a in the Pacoima area of the San Fernando Valley , Valens gained fame in the 195

0s before dying at 17 in a 1959 plane crash that also claimed the life of singer

 Buddy Holly . Valens received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1990 afte

r the movie `` La Bamba '' recounted his life and sparked a resurgence of intere

st in the young musician . The U.S. Postal Service later issued a 29-cent stamp 

bearing his likeness . Councilman Richard Alarcon , who represents the neighborh

ood , said he proposed the name change so that children in the area can remember

 Valens ' humble background and emulate his accomplishments . `` Ritchie Valens 

was someone I admired while growing up , '' Alarcon said . `` He came up against

 all the odds . '' ( Optional add end ) Francisco Flores , a community activist 

and friend of Valens ' family , echoed those sentiments . The park should be ren

amed `` so children can have a role model and shoot for the stars , just like Ri

tchie did , '' he told the council . Valens rose from obscurity as a teen-age gu

itar player in Pacoima to gain international attention for such hits as `` Come 

On , Let 's Go '' and `` Donna , '' a love song about his high school sweetheart

 . But he will probably be best remember for `` La Bamba , '' a rock rendition o

f a Latino folk dance tune that was on the flip side of `` Donna . ''

 NETTUNO , Italy At a quiet ceremony before a broad field of white marble crosse

s and Stars of David , Judah Rosenblatt of New York City listened to President C

linton pay tribute to the American GIs who fought in the `` forgotten '' Italian

 campaign of World War II and said he was glad he had finally returned to the sc

ene of such fierce battles long ago . `` I was always afraid to walk in cemeteri

es , ordinary cemeteries . But not here , '' where so many friends are buried , 

the 77-year-old retired accountant said , his old Army jacket with the First Arm

ored Division insignia draped over his shoulders and a faded Yankees cap on his 

head . `` It 's the first time I 'm back in 50 years , and time was getting away

 from me , '' he added ruefully . `` I 'm getting old . '' On a European tour co

mmemorating World War II anniversaries , the president Friday went to the U.S. .

 Cemetery near Anzio Beach to pay tribute to the U.S. soldiers whose liberation 

of Rome 50 years ago Saturday was quickly overshadowed by the D-Day invasion of 

Normandy that followed two days later . `` We stand today in fields forever scar

red by sacrifice , '' Clinton declared before an audience of perhaps 1,000 veter

ans and their families , as well as hundreds of local residents from this Medite

rranean village . `` Today it is hard to imagine , ( now ) that this is .. . a p

lace of peace . It is lush with the pines and the cypresses . But 50 years ago ,

 when freedom was in peril , this field ran with the blood of those who fought t

o save the world . '' The soldiers who were slender young men then are stooped o

ld men now . They wore their medals pinned to suit jackets and windbreakers as t

hey strolled in the spring sunshine among the curving rows of graves , peering a

t the marble engravings for a familiar name . Rosenblatt was looking for the gra

ve of a guy named Feinstein who , he recalled with a laugh , was always singing 

`` Minnie the Moocher '' until he was killed at Anzio by an artillery shell . Cl

inton noted that his father , William Jefferson Blythe II , who died in a car ac

cident before he was born , had served in Italy about 100 miles north of here . 

A niece wrote him about the beautiful Italian countryside she had heard about , 

he said , and asked that he send a single leaf home for her to take to school . 

`` My father had only sad news to send back , '' he said . `` There were no leav

es ; every one had been stripped by the fury of the battle . '' To his side sat 

four U.S. senators who served in the Italian campaign ; two were disabled by the

 wounds they received . Nodding to Sens. Bob Dole , R-Kan. , Daniel Inouye , D-H

awaii , Claiborne Pell , D-R.I. , and Ernest Hollings , D-S.C. , he called `` ea

ch a young American who came of age here ; each an American patriot who went hom

e to build up our nation . '' And Dole , who lost the use of his right arm durin

g a 1945 battle in the Italian mountains , was hailed as a hero by other veteran

s before the ceremony began as he walked among the rows of men . `` When you dri

ve into this cemetery , you know what it 's all about all these fine people , 8,

000 Americans ( buried ) here , '' the senator said . `` Smile for me , '' one v

eteran shouted at Dole as he snapped a photograph , adding approvingly , `` Our 

next president . '' While the audience was respectful of Clinton , some of the v

eterans expressed quiet disapproval of his efforts to avoid military service dur

ing the Vietnam War . ( Begin optional trim ) `` It bothers me a little , his ac

tivities during war protests and so forth , '' said John Bender , 71 , of Aberde

en , Md. , whose arm was crippled by a mortar shell during the liberation of Rom

e . `` He 's my president and I respect the office , '' said June Marion Wandrey

 , 73 , of Portage , Mich. , who was wearing her old dark green Army uniform and

 brown boots of the Army Nurse Corps as she waited to give Clinton a briefing ab

out one of the graves . Asked if it was time to move on from questions about his

 military history , she looked down for a moment . `` You have to look in your o

wn heart and see what you can forgive , '' she said . When Clinton arrived , she

 greeted him with a smile and smart salute ; he returned the salute , but tentat

ively . ( End optional trim ) But Ignatius Turnes of Long Island , asked about C

linton , replied with the fervor of the youthful field medic he once was . `` As

 commander in chief , if he called us , we would do whatever we had to do , '' h

e vowed . During the ceremony , he began to weep . `` I never wanted to come bac

k here in 50 years because it brought back bad memories , '' he said , recalling

 the 157th Infantry 's battles in Sicily and southern France and its liberation 

of the Dacchau concentration camp in Germany . But after the fighter jets had ro

ared overhead in the `` missing man '' formation and two buglers had blown a pla

intive `` Taps , '' he said he felt overwhelmed and gratified . `` God spared me

 to come back , '' he said .

 WASHINGTON The nation 's unemployment rate took an unexpected nose dive last mo

nth to 6 percent from 6.4 percent in April as more than a half-million workers f

ound jobs , the Labor Department reported Friday . But the report contained mixe

d signals , as the department 's separate survey of business and government payr

olls found a more modest rise of 191,000 jobs last month , compared with an aver

age gain of 315,000 in the three previous months . Most analysts had expected a 

larger increase in payroll employment , particularly since about a third of last

 month 's increase was due to the return to work of 70,000 striking truck driver

s . The smaller increase in payroll was in line with other recent data suggestin

g the heady pace of economic growth late last year and early this year is slowin

g to what is likely a more sustainable , non-inflationary pace , a number of pri

vate analysts said . `` All of this is good news for American workers , American

 businesses and American families , '' Laura D' Andrea Tyson , chairman of the p

resident 's Council of Economic Advisers , told reporters at the White House . `

` So far the good news on the employment front has also been accompanied by good

 news on the inflation front . '' At a separate news conference , Katharine G. A

braham , commissioner of labor statistics , said the unusually large drop in the

 unemployment rate should be interpreted `` cautiously . '' When there have been

 such large monthly movements in the past , `` the magnitude of those changes of

ten turns out to have been overstated once additional data become available . ''

 In addition , analysts are uncertain about the accuracy of the jobless statisti

cs since the Labor Department made significant changes in the questions about jo

bs asked each month of 60,000 U.S. households in January . But Abraham said that

 with the latest numbers , despite all the uncertainties , it is `` nonetheless 

clear that unemployment continues to trend downwards . '' The disparate messages

 from the separate surveys of households , on which the unemployment rate is bas

ed , and payrolls made the Labor Department report particularly hard to interpre

t . Tyson said the payroll survey probably gave more reliable information about 

the state of the economy . However , the sharply smaller number of jobs added to

 payrolls last month does not yet signal a trend toward lower employment gains ,

 she said . Some analysts thought otherwise . `` The May employment report was m

ore confusing than most , '' said Bruce Steinberg , macroeconomics manager for M

errill Lynch & Co. in New York . `` The most important message : Economic moment

um is slowing . '' Steinberg said the lower-than-expected payroll gain `` is con

sistent with other data showing that the consumer and housing sectors are slowin

g sharply in the second quarter and that industrial momentum is easing . '' Supp

orting that point was a small drop in the amount of overtime hours in manufactur

ing and an absence of hiring by firms in that sector for the first time in sever

al months . Analysts said that as a result , figures on industrial production wi

ll be up only slightly for last month . Most of last month 's payroll increases 

came in industries that provide various services , including education and healt

h care . Retail trade employment was also up by 31,000 . Abraham also released r

evised monthly figures for payroll employment over the last two years based on m

ore complete information from businesses ' unemployment insurance tax returns . 

The revisions raised the number of payroll jobs by 239,000 in March 1993 , the l

ast month for which full official tax return data is available . In addition , t

hose revisions and other factors raised the monthly increases in payroll jobs fr

om that month through April by almost 600,000 jobs . Abraham also announced Frid