European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday March 8,1986 soviet arms violations called impediment to new pact Washington a the . Disarmament director said Friday that Reagan administration willingness to reach new superpower arms control treaties is dwindling because the soviet Union continues to violate previous acts. Kenneth l. Adelman director of the arms control and disarmament Agency told a news conference our patience is limited. You cannot have a viable arms control agreement in the future if the soviet violations continue. Parties to agreements must Honor All their obligations and commitments. We All believe that there cannot be an arms control arrangement based on a double Standard one of our Complete compliance and their cheating " he said. Adelman released what he said was the most comprehensive Public report the administration has made about soviet violations. He said there were no new allegations in the document or indications that the violations had worsened in the past three years but that the report was issued to remind the soviets and the american Public about . Concerns. Continuing an Effort to enlist support for . Arms control policies among Allied governments Adelman said the report would be offered to foreign audiences As  for years the Reagan administration has been accusing the soviets of violating agreements and has talked of looking at political military and negotiating options to Deal with the Issue. Adelman declined to discuss the options or say How Long they would be under study. Among the most serious concerns repeated in the report is a radar station near the soviet City of Krasnoyarsk that is said to violate the 1972 anti ballistic missile treaty. Also cited is a charge that the soviets use codes to hide missile telemetry which both sides agreed to keep in the open so that compliance with strategic arms pacts could be More easily verified. The report is careful to make Clear that not All soviet violations and probable violations Are of equal severity clarify or Impact Adelman said. Yet he added any violation inherently carries serious implications for arms control. The integrity of the process and the Sanctity of a nation s commitments Are critical. So we dare not ignore even Small soviet violations much less Large  soviet and . Negotiators this week ended a round of talks in Geneva on medium and Long Range missiles and space weapons at which the Issue of compliance has been raised. In a letter to soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev last month president Reagan listed poor soviet compliance with previous agreements As one of the impediments to anew pact. . Unemployment in february Rose at fastest rate in 6 years Wassim Manxi of 11_i i a ,. Washington a unemployment jumped 0.6 percentage Point to 7.3 percent in february the largest one month gain in nearly six years the labor department said Friday. Analysts said they were frankly puzzled Over the unexpected surge and pointed to unusually severe weather after an abnormally mild january As their Best guess. Two thirds of last month s 700,000 surge in the jobless ranks came in just three states California Texas and Illinois. One fourth of the increase came among hispanic workers. The big increase returned unemployment to Levels that had been in effect during the first half of 1985, when the jobless rate was stuck at 7.3 percent for six months. The jobless rate began a gradual decline in August dropping to 6.7 percent in january the lowest level since March 1980, when Jimmy Carter was president. Employment Overall fell by 400,000 in february revers ing the january gain with half the drop coming in agriculture. That decline left total employment at 108,561,000. The total of the unemployed stood at 8,527,000. Reflecting the Job weakness in California and Texas unemployment among hispanics surged 2.2 percentage Points to 12.3 percent. Conference Call photo when 9-year-old Billy Filer s dog squeaky ran away from Home in Butler iii., it was All Billy could do to catch him. So instead of tiring himself out any More Billy decided to Call mom for a ride Home. Warnings about Reye s syndrome ordered by Fra Washington a the food and drug administration Friday ordered drug companies to put labels on aspirin bottles warning of a possible link Between the pain reliever and the sometimes fatal childhood illness called Reye s syndrome. The Fra issued a final regulation to take effect in 90 Days requiring the following warning Label on aspirin and products containing aspirin warning children and teen agers should not use this Medicine for Chicken pox or flu symptoms before a doctor is consulted about Reye syn drome a rare but serious  the regulation was announced by health and human services Secretary Otis r. Bowen who urged parents and teen agers to follow the warning to be Alert to the symptoms of Reye s and to get immediate Hospital care which can mean the difference Between life and death when the symptoms Are  Reye s syndrome is an extremely rare but very serious illness that sometimes develops in children and teen agers recovering from the flu or Chicken pox. Its Early symptoms include severe tiredness belligerence and excessive vomiting. It can Progress rapidly to convulsions and coma. It is fatal in about 20 to 30 percent of cases and some survivors suffer brain damage. A Pilot study by the centers for disease control last Winter established what some scientists called overwhelming evidence of a jink Between aspirin and Reye s. The study indicated that children who Are Given aspirin for flu or Chicken pox symptoms face up to a 25 times greater risk of developing Eye s syndrome. A vnhmtht2 Ressue the Asp a Industry began sametsitf8 Campaign while ar8uin8 a the same time that the evidence was inconclusive testing can help identity workers with drug problems panel says Washington a nearly two thirds of the Young people entering the work Force have used  and a policy of regular testing for narcotics can be an effective tool in identifying problem workers a government conference on drugs concluded Friday. But the conference s final policy statement warned that extreme caution must be used to ensure reliability of such tests. It recommended that All parts of a company including its labor unions should be involved in arriving at a drug testing policy. The draft statement emerged from a conference involving 175 people representing business labor and drug abuse experts meeting under the sponsorship of the National Institute of drug abuse. While the statement was approved by most of the participants it remains a draft until it is scrutinized by each of those attending a process that will take some weeks. It will then be published As advice for companies coping with the problems of drug abuse on the Job. But its endorsement of urine testing of workers is Likely to be controversial because of the question of violating civil liberties. The president s commission on organized crime recommended this week that All Federal employees and Feder Al contractors undergo mandatory drug testing. The recommendation has been sharply criticized. Rep Peter Rodino d-n.j., chairman of the House judiciary committee issued a statement thursday criticizing the commission s sweeping recommendations for widespread drug testing by Public and private employers saying that such a test program raises serious civil Liber ties  the conference statement Calls drug abuse a significant Public health problem. Pervasive in our  it said alcohol and drug abuse Cost nearly $100 billion in los productivity alone each year. A Survey conducted for the Institute indicates that 19" or Uzumcu " r me a Susuie Mai Cates that in Missal May be appropriate for those who an m percent of those Over 12 years of age have used illicit drugs unable to successfully return to the work  during the last year. Among Young adults Ages 18 to 25, it said 65 percent have used , and 44 percent have used them within the last year. While businesses Are justified in acting against drug abuse in the work place the statement said they must do so in a fair and equitable manner with due consideration of the rights of the employer employee and the Genera Public. Employers should develop drug abuse programs Only after consultation with All the people affected the statement said including labor unions. The resulting policy should clearly state the employer s rationale and expectation regarding drug use and the actions to be anticipated in response to drug use it said adding employees should be explicitly informed of company policy and made aware of the consequences of drug use once policy is established it should be strictly adhered to and closely monitored to ensure that it is administered fairly and  the statement advises business executives to get expert advice before beginning a drug program. Urine screening can be an effective tool in the Early identification of employees with drug problems and should be considered As a useful technique within the Overall program it said. But it said extreme caution must be encouraged to assure that the collection handling and testing procedures Are reliable and  it also said workers voluntarily seeking help As Well As those a company sends for treatment should be accorded maximum respect for individual confidentiality though it Sec n May always be p088 16 because of safety and it encouraged rehabilitation of workers who abuse drugs but said that alternative actions including Dis Missal May be appropriate for those who Are unwilling or