European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday october 11, 1985 Congress urged to reject protectionism Singapore Leader warns Trade barriers May spark replay of depression1 Washington a Singapore prime minister  Kunn Yew exhorted Congress thursday to reject or id protectionism naming Fth to he alternative would be a global economic tailspin reminiscent of the 1930s. Speaking to a joint meeting of Congress Lee said a a inlay of the depression of the 1930s which led to world War ii will be ruinous for  , who is Here on an official four Day visit devoted almost the entirety of his 30-Minutc address to the protectionism Issue. As he spoke the House was preparing to Lake up a Bill that would sharply restrict textile imports one of More than 300 protectionist proposals before con Gress. Disputing the argument that Trade barriers protect american jobs. Lee said such measures shrink world Trade thus increasing unemployment. Is America willing to write off the peaceful and constructive developments of the last 40 years that she had made possible he asked. Docs America wish to abandon the contest Between democracy and the free Market on the one hand is. Communism and the controlled Economy on the other when she has nearly won this contest for the hearts and minds of the third world Connecticut motorists get free ride after 3 decades political consequences for a significant shrinkage in  predicted disastrous much of the world if there world to Lac. Developing countries will have to abandon All thoughts of Liberali Ilion toward plur Liu and More democratic freedoms he said. Severe or repressive government is the other Side of austere or negative economic   met tuesday with president Ocapan and much of their discussion entered on the dangers of protectionism . Officials said.  also planned to attend a luncheon hosted by the chairmen of the House and Senate committees on foreign relations. Also scheduled were meetings with defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and with . Special Trade representative Clayton Culter. The Prosperity Singapore has built Over the past Genera Tion has been largely the result of its ability to find markets for its exports. Its chief trading partner is the United slates with two Way Trade totalling $8.1 billion last year and a us of $900 million in Singapore s favor. During a welcoming ceremony tuesday Reagan said he stands shoulder to shoulder with Singapore against Trade barriers which arc a threat to the living standards our people have worked so hard to  Reagan said Lee s formula for Prosperity is much the same As his own. Competition the profit motive and Low tax rates Are the Way to belter lives not Only for people in the developed nations but As you be proven for developing nations As  Reagan told  acc also had kind words for the United states saying . Help has enabled the non communist countries of Southeast Asia to build peaceful prosperous and confident  the invitation to acc reflects the administration s Admi ration for the dynamic economics of Singapore and other last asian countries Over the past generation. While the economics of much of the rest of the world have lugged the non communist countries of East Asia generally have enjoyed robust growth. According to . Figures. Singapore s per capita in come was $400 in i960 and approximately $7,000 last year. In a speech earlier this year. Secretary of state Georges Hull said 70 percent of All div closing country exports Are from the newly Industry Ali cd countries of Asia. Last year almost a third of All . Imports came from that Region Shultz said. Norwalk Conn. A after nearly three decades of paying motorists drove the Connecticut Turnpike for free thurs Day after the state closed loll xxx its cursed As death traps and environmental hazards. Some motorists still tossed coins into idled machines As they passed. We re As Happy As we can be said Raymond Valloric of Valloric transport in Norwalk. Which runs 150 trucks to Pennsyl Vania Rhode Island and Massachusetts and will save nearly $100,000 a year in toll charges. The company also will Benefit because it no longer will have to pay for Wear and tear on truck brakes due to forced stops at toll Booths he said. Braking is expensive. We Felt the Price of the toll is nol the biggest Cost of the toll  tolls ended at 11 . Wednesday on the Turnpike one of the most heavily travelled roads in the nation with 90,000 vehicles a Day up to 20,000 of them big trucks. Since 1958, Drivers had to Stop every sever Al Miles and dig into their pockets Foi change $1.50 for trucks and 35 cents for cars. State trooper Benjamin Chamble said he saw no problems during thursday morn ing s Rush hour As traffic slowed to 20 Mph to pass through the one Lane slots Between the idled loll Booths. This is very self policing they can t govern fast he said. Iraq detained dc-8, . Crew Washington a four Ameri can crewmen of a dc-8 cargo plane were detained for four Days in Iraq after the plane mistakenly flew into iraqi air space. State department officials confirmed wednesday. A state department spokesman said the four men who were nol identified were released monday after several Days of interrogation when the iraqis became convinced the incursion had been accidental. The plane belonging to Evergreen air lines International and flying with air India markings was bound from Rome to Dubai in the persian Gulf when it was forced Down Over Iraq and landed in Bagh dad Iraq according to . Officials. It had icelandic registration. Stale department spokesman Jim Calla Han said the men were held for several Days of interrogation but they had not been mistreated by the iraqis. He said they apparently flew on to Bahrain in the persian Gulf wednesday. A Sacramento calif., television station kor to reported tuesday that the dc-8 had been forced Down by iraqi air Force jets on oct. 3 and ordered to land at Baghdad. The television report identified the Pilot As Robert Dorsey of Mcminnville ore., where Evergreen airlines is based. State and defense department officials said they did not know what was being car ried aboard the dc-8. Peta Rabbit protests in washington0 a 30-foot by 40-foot Banner is erected near the Capitol by in organization known As Peta people for the Ethi Cal treatment of animals. Members of the animal rights group told report ers they Are protesting cruelty to rabbits and other animals by manufacturers of cosmetics and household products. The group says the animals Are blinded and poisoned during product testing. Missile Range landowners reject rental Extension Honolulu a Kwajalein atoll landowners have rejected a . Proposal to temporarily extend the rental of land for Kwajalein missile Ranee use in the Pacific. They rejected the 60-Day Extension they rejected terms of the compact and they rejected a meeting with the Marshall islands president George m. Allen attorney for the landowners said wednesday. There were no interruptions or protests at the missile Range in the Marshall islands about 2,100 Miles South West of Hawaii he said. A three year interim use agreement under which the estimated 5,600 landowners received $7.5 million annually expired sept. 30. The defense department had pro posed a 60-Day Extension pending congressional approval of a so called compact of free association. The compact would give the Marshall islands and the Federated states of Micronesia self government nearly $2.4 billion in . Aid Over 15 years and serve As a first step toward ending a United nations mandated trustee ship. Under the proposed compact the landowners would receive $9 million annually and the United states would have the right to lease for an additional 30 years the test site at Kwajalein. The landowners will not now accept the compact As a Resolution for use of Kwajalein missile Range Alle said. The expired agreement was negotiated in 1982 follow ing a five month protest during which landowners occupied Range lands on 13 islands in the atoll. The missile Range commander on monday advised land owners that no activities were planned until at least nov. 14. That meant the landowners could visit their islands Allen said. K4thm a is Ile rank is operated by the army s ballistic missile defense systems come in Huntsville Ala. Kwajalein contains the world s largest Lagoon 40 Mita of 10 Miles which officials consider Ideal for weapon testing. .j,1?0 landowners most of whom belong to the Kwajalein toll corp. Also have asked marshalls president Arcata Kabua to arrange a Washington meeting with them and the marshalls and . Governments to work out a continued use arrangement. Kabua had proposed a meeting this week with the corporation s leaders on Ebey Island a 65-acre Bland about tour Miles from missile Range Headquarters to discuss the 60-Day interim proposal. The landowners rejected the meeting Allen said. An estimated 10,000 i Copic live at Etc pc