European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes August 1978 attempt to Avert strike begins postal mediator selected Washington up a Harvard University Labo relations expert was named tuesday As the mediator who will oversee the 15day bargaining and arbitration process aimed at averting a nation wide postal director Wayne Horvitz of the Federal mediation and conciliation service announced he had appointed James a nationally known labor relations professional with extensive experience in dispute to the temporary Healy will face the task of arbitrating the remaining unresolved issues within the 15 Days if the postal service and three unions representing workers governors Tell Carter inflation fight hinges on postal negotiations Boston l up the chairman of the nations democratic governors warned president Carters chief inflation fighter tuesday that we can forget the Battle against rising costs if Washington fails to hold the line on postal i North Carolina James Hunt gave that Blunt message to presidential and 10 squatters moved from embassy lobby Moscow a ten unhappy soviets who have sat in the embassy lobby de a manding exit visas for up to two months re quietly moved out of sight tuesday i a on room apartment in the the seven siberian Pentecost lists who their Way into the embassy june an armenian woman and her two Small sons who entered the embassy two i were lodged by an apartment irly used by embassy couriers and Tother the one room plus measuring about four meters by six is cluttered with two a half dozen chairs and a and has a Small refrigerator vend stove plus a separate Bath and j at it is an improvement from the two yellow couches on which they sat throughout the Day in the consular sympathetic embassy staffers brought them food and they were taken out for a Bath once a at night when the office was the Pentecost lists said they first said their then slept on the All 10 squatters say they have been de Nied exit permits by the soviets and that their Satin is an attempt to win the right to emigrate to the United the pentecostal christians say they will stay in the embassy until they if visas Are not the embassy has said it has received assurances from the soviets that the emigration rates will be handled through Normal channels As soon As the squatters leave and that they will not be on tuesday the embassy would not com ment on the squatters but it has been growing increasingly sensitive about the awkward diplomatic fears have been expressed about a possible Epi Demic of similar the embassy said that a senior officer spoke with the squatters this expressing sympathy for their but the statement said the embassy offi cer noted that their continued stay in the embassy was not helping themselves and in the Pentecost lists Case was not helping their fellow Pentecost lists in the soviet visor Robert Strauss at the National governors Strauss met with the governors As the Nga prepared to wind up its 70th conference with a series of resolutions linked to their own struggles with state finances and a pervading fear of tax payer calling the postal negotiations absolutely noted that he and other governors held state workers pay within the Cost of living guidelines requested by Carter earlier this if we dont have a settlement on Nonin Flati onary As far Asim concerned we can forget the newly elected head of the 37 democratic governors Strauss avoided comment on the Deli Cate postal negotiations but assured the governors that Carter was committed to holding Down Federal workers we will Peak inflation this year we will turn the Corner in the next but i dont think it will be the percent has been talked 1 think it will be closer to 8 Strauss Strauss did no bragging about the inflation efforts however the Volun tary program of the Carter administration has thus far produced less results than we Wouldhave we need More cooperation from the business we need More cooperation from the labor but some of the governors were having none of Strauss Appeal to Stop making a whipping boy of the Federal government and recognize that there is plenty of blame for inflation to go around to Maines Independent Long Ley i totally disagree with i firmly believe government is the primary cause of and expressed agreement with gop James Edwards of South Carolina that Federal poli cies have been the Democrat Martin Schreiber of Wisconsin backed Strauss the people who go out and drive their cars and run their Power boats on the weekend and dont be Lieve the tremendous amount of our Money going to the Arab countries has any effect on our Economy Are just As much to blame As Strauss had one lobbying chore to per saying he knew the Energy Legisla Tion stalled in Congress had plenty of in he urged the governors to use every bit of influence they have on con Gressional delegations to get the program enacted Europe a buoy my mild win div win Cruhm of Nan larg Nign pm Suitt hmm toy my n m is n 4am 4pm 15 n u u a to i u Imp p n u n per lip lunar under his to reach agree ment on All if Healy is forced to decide any his decision will be final and the unions will not get a ratification under the agree reached late that avoided a National a spokesman for the mediation service said the bargaining process would begin within the next few Healy served As vice chairman of a regional War labor Board during world War has written extensively on collective bargaining and Labo management rela has experience in virtually All major industries and has served on Many presidential Union leaders expressed Hope the postal service will negotiate in Good Faith during the 15day the National association of letter carriers cancelled a strike for mini fit monday soon after both sides agreed to the bargaining process during an Lith hour mediation there were no reports of postal workers taking part in Wildcat the talc was one of three postal unions that rejected a proposed three year contract reached last month by labor and management the other two the american postal workers Union and the National Post office mail handlers Union will join the letter carriers in the bargaining Union sources said mondays agreement Calls for discussion of the two most controversial issues a percent pay and Cost of living hike Over the three years and a letter carriers official was cautiously optimistic postmaster general William Bolger would instruct postal service negotiators to bargain in Good Faith in an Effort to avoid putting the mediator in the role of he said presidents of the three postal unions Are As concerned As Bolger that a strike could jeopardize the future of the postal service by giving private delivery services a Chance to steal business with citrate a unions in business to protect its the official Pope will walk to Peters Vatican City a Pope John Paul i has done away with the portable throne for the greatly simplified mass solemnly starting his pontificate next the Vatican announced Orazio who works in the office for pontifical said that unlike his Pope John Paul will arrive at Peters Square for the mass on he will walk in a procession along with prelate attendants from the altar of the confession inside the Basilica to the open air altar on the stairs the altar of the confession is Peters main altar under Michelangelo dome and above what Vatican archaeologists say is the Tomb of apostle Peter beneath the previous including Paul were carried to the Coronation mass on a throne bom on the shoulders of up to 12 the Vatican also said that the Popes first Public mass would no longer be termed the Coronation mass As in the past and most the pontiff will de cide to abolish the actual rite of placing a Crown on his a sign More in keeping with the office of King rather than pastor it la not known yet whether there will be the crowning or said Rev James the Vatican English Guage july deficit 4th largest set by continued from Page 1 from january through july was Bil compared with billion for Ike same period last Charles chairman of tie presidents Council of economic expressed disappointment at be jul Trade but he said there should by some i improvement in the months there is Little doubt the Ratola will end 1978 with a relink report on Trade far in excess of the record 1977 deficit a add to Supply the deficits contribute to a weaker Dol Lar because it causes More american Dol Lars to flow out of the country to payment for imported thus adding to the Al ready enormous Supply of foreign held Dol currently estimated to be about although the Carter administration am Federal Reserve Board have taken several Stopgap actions to support the Dollar economists and financial analysts both in country and abroad say there can be Little Lon term Relief for the Dollar until the nations Trade and inflation problems Are in its Trade the Commerce department said exports from the units states declined 3 percent in july to her la White imports Rose 8 Porcen to just under the july deficit of Over billion wat the largest since the billion deficit to declines listed the Commerce department Tom there were declines during the month in Ezrati of food and Down  million mall la and on the import in addition to there were the following increases Sug up million million Fuff million and steel plates and the Commerce department ports of Oil during july were slightly More than Down cent from the billion in the Quantity of the imported slightly than 281 million Down from 308 million imports during the first months of the year were nearly Down from slightly More to Hajj million barrels during the same period til Dollar from Page if 4 monday the Dollar had closed t Gold had started the Day in a Troy up from ing of dollars before Britain my Mer Bank Holiday by Days Gold was at an in Zurich the move was less from mondays closing to he at the end of business Jav the Pound advanced in London the Day at against close of last in the business Day wat fore the bad news and the my Rose to against Price of Switzerland which has this year on the strength of that near Zero Rose of the Day the Dollar waa at Down from m in Milan the news from wait the Bottom out of a Strong the currency still ended the up from the Day