European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday. January m. 1967 the stars and stripes Page 7 fund diversion for pay raises criticized Washington up the Reagan administration is defending As routine its plan to finance pay raises Tor Federal workers by diverting nearly Sli million from about two dozen government pro Grams including food for the poor. Bui critics Are outraged saying the proposal Dif fers vastly from usual attempts to provide extra government Money to Coyer raises and one Republican senator has broken with president Reagan to Intro Duce a Bill to protect 128 million now designated for the temporary emergency food assistance pro Gram. Transferring funds from programs for the need to pay for salary increases for Federal bureaucrats in declared sen. John Mccain r Ari. The president s pro Pomi .1 pen pm eur Tvr Tot Federal Orlen began Jan i hit Chr a rom to Mutt be approved or Mac Tell h on Prtt before la it vat year ends sept. W they would finance the it ii it a million now designated for 13 it Thor arc Minu into Blini the emergency food program Mccain and in Roll Cun tit Attr Duke to begin debate thur via Anil Point to Tow on Moch larger pay hikes for members of on tit top a mini Iranon official and ill sniff to Juanei out Resolution from sen i finn Thurmond. A of. A Wentlen to it ill the Popowj my induct in an increase from the Lurrene j 7.400 to pm of a a i member of Contr ii. The few go into effect at Midnight be 5 Suntris the Senate and House pass a Resolution of disapproval and Reagan signs it. Pm if the Senate voted to kill the pay hike for of congram there was no indication House that hous speaker Jim Wright d riot planned 10 Force a i Miliar showdown in his lumber before the deadline expires. Defending the proposed Federal funding transfers i spokesman for the office of management and Bud Jet called them a very routine part of an Effort to have individual departments absorb he Cost of the rain being paid to their workers. Foreign organized crime gangs Meese finds spilling into u.s., report says pen House Playboy of Washington a the immigration and naturalization service said organized criminal gangs that spill across inc nation s Borders Are on the Rise trafficking in drugs and engaging in loan sharking Gam bling extortion and murder for hire. Levels of criminal activity by groups ranging from the japanese Rakuza o jamaican crime networks appear to be escalating dramatically the ins concluded in a report. It said up to 58 murders in the West Indian communities in Washington and Baltimore in the past five years Are attributable to jamaican crime groups involved in smuggling and marketing narcotics Selling weapon illegally and undertaking airline in Kcal theft and fraud. Nigerian criminal elements in Baltimore arc driving american i term up the Mill us nut tit e credit card fraud did i
