European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 24, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 7 bid to balance budget by 1982 2% Federal personnel Cut sought Atlanta a the Carter administration has asked Federal agencies to pro pose a 2 percent Cut in personnel for fiscal 1980 in an Effort to balance the budget by 1982, Federal budget director James p. Mclntyre said Friday. I think we ought to do something to hold Down a growth in the Federal govern ment Mclntyre told a news conference. We have asked the agencies to give us a 2 percent reduction. My goal is to balance the budget no later than 1982." that would be a year later than president Carter s original target for a balanced budget. Mclntyre director of the office of management and budget said individual Agen cies would make decisions of where the personnel cuts would come not the administration. Mclntyre who was in Atlanta to address a chamber of Commerce group said he proposes reduced government spending rather than a Cut in services in an Effort to balance the budget. The budget is half a trillion dollars and that has a tremendous effect on our Economy he said. That s Why we will have to balance it Over a period of years. The president set the course when he called on the departments and agencies to resist inflation while dealing with the More than $80 billion of goods and services the government buys every year he said. Those Bills must be paid by the taxpayers. We want them to know we have mounted a serious inflation watch to escape oppressive costs in everyday Pur chases As Well As Long term contracts he added. Asked about investigations of fraud within the general services administration Mclntyre said we re trying to take action to assure that Gas has sufficient auditors and investigators. We re also look ing at various accounting systems in Gas to Stop any such fraud before it  Mclntyre also responded to a proposed tax Cut by Howard Jarvis the architect of the proposition 13 tax cutting program in these children in Hong Kong Are among Many the International Rescue committee provides with food clothing medical care and schooling in its Day care centers for Refu gee children who have escaped from China. Your contribution to the 1979 combined fed eral Campaign overseas enables this organization and 30 others to continue their work to make the world a better place to live. This is a stars and stripes Public service advertisement reach outtake the world a better place through your California which Jarvis says would trim Federal income taxes by $50 billion and re Duce government spending by $100 billion in the next four years. I think or. Jarvis is very sincere in what he is trying to do Mclntyre said but i think you have to realize that when you Are dealing with the Federal budget you have to consider its importance. A Cut of $500 million can have an awful lot of ramifications. I think the people Are interested in cutting spending he said. Now which is the Brake Kevin Kinne 2, Rensselaer n.y., has a works but you have to admit he is problem figuring out How his toy car really into the situation. Up photo the aluminium Queen starts her dream cruise Campaign ends nov. 5 St. Petersburg Fla. A Clare Ritter left for her Long sought voyage with one reservation she s worried about All the aluminium cans that Are going to the trash Heap because she s not around. The 71-year-old Ritter a widow spent three years peddling a bicycle and chasing Down aluminium cans to sell for 13 cents a Pound to a recycling Plant to pay for her  Friday Ritter flew to Istanbul to Board the liner Odessa for a 32-Day, $2,885 cruise to Egypt Greece and North Africa. Before she left Friday she had another Load of cans for the aluminium Plant. The truck Driver who picked them up also gave her a lift to meet her tour group. When word of Ritter s dream voyage spread last year she got a boost from a National television appearance on the Johnny Carson show and from strangers who sent her empty Beer cans to sell. For the first two years she averaged Only about $40 a month from recycling. But after the notoriety she was earning As much As $130 monthly. The Carson show appearance brought her $1,500 and she became known fondly As the aluminium  after her husband of 26 years Jack died in 1972. Ritter said she longed to take one More cruise and dance again in the glittery Halls As she sailed across the Ocean. The couple often took cruises when they had saved enough Money. A frail Little lady who lifts weights to stay in shape Ritter could be seen at the first break of Dawn Riding her bicycle with Plas tic bags hanging off the Side in route to local bars and other sources of Beer cans and waste aluminium. She would hoist herself into dumpsters to get the fans then take them Home until her collection was Large enough to Call the Recy cling Plant. Drug control funds okd Washington a president car Ter has announced that the United states will contribute $3 million this year to the . Fund for drug abuse control