Universal 16:9: squeezing the image in FCE (or FCP)?

Is it possible to squeeze the image in Final Cut? I used this feature when editing with Adobe Premiere 6 (used together with Matrox 2500) in the past.
I am asking this question because I would like to make a universal widescreen 16:9 version of a tv documentary. In case the squeeze feature is available, I could first have my anamorphic video converted in the editing programme to 4:3 (instead of 16:9), then squeeze it so that the image would have the right 16:9 proportions. And there I would have it, the universal 16:9, which would be widescreen on every computer and television, old and new.
If this filter is not available in FC, I have to transfer my video to the older editing computer and do the job in Premiere, Matrox and Windows 2000. I happen to need these "universal" DVDs, because my material will partly be distributed in a low-tech developing country. I know that in these multi-format days also tv broadcasting companies sometimes use the squeeze feature when they need widescreen material and have only older 4:3 available.

OK, perhaps I should´t use the word universal. In any case, I just want to transfer my material to DVD so that a n y o n e can see it as widescreen. Whatever old tv the person has at home - or simple dvd player that person has in his or her computer. So then the only possibility is to have my anamorphic material as 4:3 in the editing program and then squeeze it so that black bars will appear on the top and bottom and, after squeezing, the image itself will have the widescreen proportions. That´s very simple and in a certain way I would achieve "universal" widescreen in that way. But the problem is that FC seems to have no such filter. - Just tried to change the aspect ratio in the viewer. The procedure I am proposing could be done in that way if the blue lines wouldn´t appear above and under the image in canvas even after rendering.
After Premiere and Matrox 2500 I consider this tool very useful even for other things and I don´t understand why I don´t find the tool in FC.

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