European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday december 12,1986 sa5 photo by l. Ernst Al Law or. Los. Trudl representative Ceylon Culter left makes a Point while Olio Wolff von Amerongen president of the German Industry and Trade Council listens during conference in Bonn thursday. Deficit from Page 1 Trade he said this will Lead to increased pres sure on Congress id pass protectionist legislation. He said there were some 400 such Bills in the last con Gress and none of them passed because Reagan fought for free Trade. " think protectionism is the Way to lose jobs Cutter said. But that can be a difficult economic lesson id teach especially if the Plant has just closed and people have lost their he reminded the businessmen that Reagan vetoed Abill o limit textile imports president Reagan cannot hold Back protectionism if there is a perception that other nations Are closing their markets to . Exports. And that perception i becoming so widespread in the . That Congress is boiling Over with frustration. We sympathize with much of that frustration. The United Stales docs face an enormous number of Trade barriers. We arc not blameless of course but our markets Are on the whole among the most open in the Yeutter said the areas that concern him most Are agriculture telecommunications and the european Airbus consortium which is being underwritten by european governments to compete with . Aviation companies. In agric Turc he cited the loss of . Feed Grain sales in Spain after that nation was integrated into the we believe that we will lose $400 million Worth of feed Grain sales in Spain every year in evermore a Euler said. He said . Grain sales came to a Hall when Spain entered the dec and it came at a Lime when the . Farm population is really this week in Brussels Yeutter said the United Stales will press the dec into finding a permanent Resolution of the dispute. There is an urgent need to put this problem behind us. If a permanent solution is not reached by the end of the month the . Will have no alternative but tos Tecl its Trade rights and we have a right under he att to be compensated for the several Hundred Mil lion dollars in Trade damage that we have but his address was t All pessimistic. Yeutter said the . Trade deficit has been improving Over the past three months and he Hopes that will continue. Dec. 26 will be Holiday for Federal employees Washington apr president Reagan hat the dded to make Friday dec 26, the Day after Christmas a Holiday for Federal employees the while mouse said All presidents since the early19soi have taken similar action when Christmas Falu on thursday As it does this year. The president will Issue an executive order putting his decision into effect the while House said. Casey from Page 1 former Legal client in new York who told Casey the Canadian businessmen who had put up Money to pay for the weapons were complaining that they had Al been adequately repaid. The canadians were threatening a lawsuit that would have exposed the arms Deal because they had received Only i10 million Back when they were expecting up to $20 million the sources quoted Casey As saying. The sources added however that Casey s testimony was unclear on details of the financial arrangement. The sources said that on oct. 8, Casey contacted then National Security adviser vice adm. John poin Dexter about the Canadian threat and was told that such a disclosure would blow the cover on the Irani an arms sales. In the same closed door session Casey denied any of the Cia s Money went to Aid the contras adding the Money to pay for arms shipped to Iran came from fou different sources. Meese on nov. 25 said that up to $30 million i profits from the arms sales was diverted to Aid the Contra rebels in Nicaragua. Meese said then that two National Security Council officials Poindexter and la. Cot. Oliver l. North were the Only government aides who had known of the scheme. Rogers from Paga 1 de supreme Allied commander in Europe in june 1979.he also commands the . European Contd. Pentagon sources told the Washington Post last month that Gen. John r. Calvin 57, now the com Mander of the . Southern come in Panama would replace Rogers at shape. The associated press re ported Calvin is the front runner for the Post meat from Page 1 Market so Congress directed that half be exported. The other hair was to be used in government programs such As school lunches and the feeding of the elderly. In the language of the Law the Pentagon was directed to Lake some of the beef destined Tor Export for use in overseas commissaries on a non reimbursable basis meaning at no Cost to the commissaries. The Pentagon was Given a portion because the Agri culture department did t have a firm system for Dis posing of the meat Early in the program and it was looking for anyone and everyone who might take some fit the congressional staffer said. We also wanted to give Dod a share to help alleviate some resentment among american beef producer Over the fact that overseas commissaries Slock subsidized european meat he said. The defense department s share ii 12 million pounds. The finl shipments appeared in overseas commissaries last month. The agriculture department official said the remaining 188 million pounds for Export was bought by Brazil and Argentina. Pentagon officials agree there May be people with a More pressing need for the military s share of the meal. Bui they say the system being used i the Ben that Mold be devised because the food Security act i not tie Only applicable Law the defense department wanted to charge Tor the beef an official said. But title b of the . Code the principal body of Lawi coverup military a flair and the focal 1987 defense authorization act prevented that be said. Title 10 contains guidelines on How commissaries must Price the official said. The Price is tied to the amount of the invoices for the products plus surcharge. Since the meal was Given to us on a no Cost basis the invoice was officials then thought they could use title 10 Loe Stablish a separate surcharge on the beef and at least recoup some of the taxpayers Money. But thai proved impossible because of the defense authorization acl the Secretary of defense used to have the authority to set different surcharges on commissary products normally a percentage of the invoice Price of the item he said. But in the Case of the meat for this one instance we wanted to set a surcharge of x amount of dollars rather than a surcharge As a percentage of the invoice he Laid. The authorization act however look away the authority of the Secretary of defense to set surcharges by establishing a Flat commissary surcharge rate of 5 per cent of the product invoice so our Only option was to put a 5 percent surcharge on the meat the official said that would have done no Good because the invoice was Zero and any percentage of Zero u the congressional staffer disagrees. The Pentagon wat not very cooperative he Laid. We had to practically Force them to take the meat their Giveaway plan has not met with Ravet on in fact the Giveaway took lawmaker by Surprise. We bad never envisioned it the suffer said Cour intent was for them to recoup the taxpayer Money by Selling the beef Ovenias the staffer Taid that although the defend depart ment Tot the meat at no coat the invoice bad a Dollar value figure. We thought that they would charge for the meat based on that figure he said. The Pentagon official maintains the defense department followed All applicable Laws. Once the department decided to give the meat away concerns surfaced about possible hoarding and Black marketing. Free products Are very difficult to control the official said we had to come up with a system that we could use to account for the meat and that would give everyone a fair Chance to get the easiest and simplest accounting system officials could devise was to use the ration card and give one package of meat to each card ration card is a system already in use and it made the most sense the official said. A lot Ray think they have Wetterlow Adoui now to no Usu. An e-2 with three Young Ludi who dont have ration card probably feds differ entry about it than the o-5 with three kid Over 16 who do have cards. The goal is to give everyone with com Muary benefits Access to the he Laid if the meat Wax Given Only to lower with targe of troies and mapped budget Uihero would have been comp Inu from offlceriiir3senior cos. .slo1l-=? Donatian their beef to pm i the beef a Dot to a anyone who Iii Ovenias and d0p Ai an Hurt my
