European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 08, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 2 the stars and stripes Bagger fuss wednesday june 8, 1977 3-Way talks within 2 weeks to work toward resolving the Issue of minimum wage or tips by John Hart Washington Bureau chief Washington is defense department and civil service commission officials Are to meet with the House Labo standards subcommittee staff within two weeks to work on resolving the commis sary Bagger Issue. The meeting will be an attempt to deter mine administratively whether the de sense department must comply with the commission s ruling that grocery baggers at commissary stores Are to be paid the Federal minimum wage rather than work  commission ruled last november that the Pentagon must Stop the practice of compensating grocery baggers solely by Means of  at the commission said they had received complaint from grocer baggers that the fair labor standards act was being violated in their employment atthe commissary stores. The commission ruling not Only directed the Pentagon to Stop the practice but also put it on orders to make retroactive mini mum wage payments to an estimated 10, 000 grocery baggers. The retroactive payments would go Back to May to 1974. When Federal employees were brought under the fair labor standards act. Earlier this year the commission granted time for the Pentagon to Appeal the ruling. The Pentagon sought a Justice department opinion on the ruling and in late Young agrees his racist7 definition includes Lincoln Kennedy and lbs Washington up . Ambassador Andrew Young saying even Abraham Lincoln was racist in some ways talked with president Carter tuesday and said Carter understood what i was trying today in his comments on allegedly racist  Black Diplomat said he doubts that Carter agrees with the interpretation  he expressed in a Playboy mag Azine interview but he did t Tell me to shut up  he said he has no intention of resigning As some Republican leaders say he should Over this latest controversy Anncarter had not suggested he do so. Poll labels envoy As too talkative new York up by a ratio of More than z to i those responding to a Harris poll think . Ambassador Andrew Young talks too much. The poll snowed that by 48-19 per cent Loose polled feel Young has made too Many statements that offend other countries and should learn to keep some of his thoughts to  but a 3 to a per cent plurality agreed that Africa is clearly headed toward majority Rule and that Means Black Rule so thai what Andrew Young has been saying makes a lot of  poll also showed a 4740-25 per cent plurality Felt that with so much of the world made up of nonwhite people it is Wise for the United Stales to have a Black ambassador at the United  a 4240-21 per cent plurality thinks Young was wrong to say toe British have always been Chicken in dealing with mailers of racial discrimination. By 154044 per cent believes that Young acts More like he is still a Black civil right Leader than an official representing the United states at the United  Young conferred for half an hour with Carter shortly after angry Republican and democratic House members questioned him on his assertion that Gerald Ford and Richard Nixon were racists and got him to agree that in the sense he uses the term Lincoln John Kennedy and Lyndon John son were racists too. He said he and Carter devoted most of their time to discussing his recent trip to Africa and . Business but also touched briefly on his controversial interview in the july Issue of  that interview he said Nixon and Ford were racists not in the aggressive Sens but in that they had no understanding of the problems of coloured Peoples  Young said Carter who had his own problems during the presidential racial attitudes. I said everybody is you know. They said by that Token do you thin Abraham Lincoln was a racist i forgot he was t in the 20th  hid a few racial problems in his life time. 1 just think you have to think about things like  Young however dismissed the barrage of criticism from republicans annoyed especially Over his original characterization of Ford As a racist. "1 think the republicans really have Hadst Little to criticize in this administration if i did t do what i m doing they d have to invent me he said. Mansfield vowscam1 pain with remarks he made about lust  Playboy interview mentioned that he to is r6nql 11611 had read part of it. And he said in context he understood what i was trying to  discouragement suggestion asked whether the president encouraged him to keep speaking out Young replied no. But he did t Tell me to shut up  Young also tried to clarify what he had meant when he said that even Lincoln was racist in his understanding of the  Way i use racism he said the american Public generally Black and White and generally the world in this Day and time Are victims of problems that per Tain to racial attitudes. I myself am constantly subject to sex Bonn employee accused of spying for East Germany Karlsruhe up _ the Federal prosecutor s office formally charged a former Secretary in the Bonn foreign ministry with being an East German spy. An official claimed 36-year-ofd he Gaberger gave secret information to the East German state Security ministry from 1966until her arrest last year. According to the charges Berger sup plied secret information to communist spymaster when she was still a Secretary in the West German Trade Mission in Warsaw and in the German embassy i Paris.  ties Tokyo api Mike Mansfield former Senate majority Leader arrived tuesday to take up his new Post As ambassador to Japan pledging full and Frank consultations to further develop  ties. Mansfield an expert on asian affairs Isth first former senator to become Ambas Sador Here. In an arrival statement Mansfield said that in his recent talks with president Carter the president stressed the importance that he personally attaches to sus Taining the closest possible relationship Between Japan and the United states. He regards such ties As the Cornerstone of american foreign policy and As an essential part of any Effort to solve the prob lems facing the world Community. I share that View completely Mansfield said. The 74-year-old Mansfield said he is especially Happy to be in Japan As ambassador at this particular time in  before have our two great coun tries shared so Many common goals he said. Nor perhaps has the future presented us with so Many common International challenges. It is my opinion indeed it is my conviction that together we can meet those challenges. May the Justice department said k  the commission. Of since then the Pentagon s general court Joel has been studying the Justice depart Merit opinion. � no decision has been reached yet a?4 defense official said monday adding Thalf we Are still waiting to see what our next re step will be. It May take some time now with the congressional interest in the he said that rep. Les Aspin d-wis., had written to the Pentagon on june 2 asking the general counsel to Appeal the commit Sion ruling. "5 the spokesman said he would represent Aspin at the meeting Between the commas f Sion defense officials and the House labor standards subcommittee staff. We of were told today that the meeting will at government Between $12 and f 18 million -1annually to pay the baggers a salary. He f estimated that based on Pentagon figures for it would Cost $35 to $53 million in retroactive payments if the commission s ruling holds. Aspin said that Federal Law forbids any Federal employee from accepting tips. He said Many of the baggers Are Junior in  personnel trying to pick up a Little extra spending Money by bagging Gro -.ceries. The civil service commission now says that these baggers have been Federal " employees since 1974. Which Means the have been Crooks for three Yean because they have accepted tips Aspin  feels that the civil service commission ruling is making criminals out of the baggers particularly the service Mem Bers who served in that capacity part time. Instead of helping people the civil service commission will just be wiping out jobs Aspin said explaining that current Law forbids anyone from holding two Feder " _ Al jobs. Servicemen who have been work ing As baggers for tips he said could not " continue in the same capacity under mini mum wage regulations. Aspin said he would like to see some on complicated Way for citizens to earn extra pocket Money by working for tips without unnecessary Legal restrictions. A staff member of the labor standards subcommittee said monday that Aspin s Tegl Sla lion would make it Clear that Congress never intended that baggers were to be considered Federal employees under the fair labor standards act. Temperatures Core inadequate paper says military doctor shortage claimed Washington a the . Mili tary has a severe physician shortage that has caused thousands of military dependents to seek out private physicians the Washington Post  military families must drive Long distances to other bases because their own military posts Lack adequate health care the Post , High Quality health care is one of the main benefits accompanying military service in the All Volunteer armed  chief reason Given for the reported shortage is the record number of doctor leaving the military As their Tours of duty end. Many entered the service during the Vietnam War Era. The army currently has 370 unfilled physician positions out of a doctor Force of under 5,000. The Post said. The air Force shortage is 389 and the Navy figure is 200, although total physician complements were not Given for those  who use private physicians do so under the civilian health and medical program for uniformed services Cham pus which resembles medicaid. 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