European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday. February 4.1987 Baker predicts $40 billion deficit Cut Washington a Treasury Secretary James a. Baker 111, tiling the effect of lower interest Rales and a de Clining inflation Rale predicted sunday that the . Trade deficit Wilt decrease by about s40 billion in 1 98 7. The . Trade deficit hit a record�169.8 billion for 1986, although the year ended with a december deficit of110.7 billion for the lowest monthly imbalance in 21 months the government reported Friday. Baker interviewed on Abc tvs Thil week with David Brinkley said he expects substantial Progress on the deficit in 1987, As a result of legislative Soldier held in death Ovas station owner j Darmstadt Germany the of for of a Darmstadt a station Jed Friday two being Sho Tauring an talc in which Germar Volcic Day. Engl Ebertin the stomach j staff n formally cd robbery Fer i s sus s said Mon i three times Ponce he Detry a immunity will be Wilette murder com a Ivy Iwuc Muir to whip Unity Howley said Mon w Pong Las been held 01 of army con finest facility in Mantheim since show after the incident. Of Jan Andu a military police arc continue pc to in litigate. Temperatures cuts in the defense budget within the past few years. There s going to be a substantial Defi Cit reduction in 1987, about 140 billion Baker said. That s a big deficit reduction. And generally speaking we re moving into the fifth year of sustained expansion in this country. Only twice since world War 11 have we had rates Are lower than they be been in nine Yean. Inflation is lower than it been in Many Many years last year Baker also predicted a Cut inthe Trade deficit estimating a drop to $135 billion. However the deficit Rose linearly $170 billion. Baker in the interview also reiterate that he is not trying to push Down the value of the did talk it Down some after the Plaza hotel agreement in september ofi9s5, where allow the Industrial nations Tot together and said the Dollar was to nigh and ought to come Down Baker said. Since hat time it s come Down Ina reasonable and orderly however he acknowledged that eve if he were trying to talk Down the Dollar he could t say so testimony Friday before the con Gressional joint economic committee Baker said the United slates is not and has not been for a period of a year talk ing Down the Baker s comments Friday and the news that America s Trade deficit declined substantially in december helped to push the value of the Dollar higher in trading on emphasized sunday that the one thing we should not do to speculation what the appropriate level of the Dol Lar should or should not added that a weaker Dollar which theoretically should make import More expensive while making american products More competitive on overseas markets will not solve the problem of the Trade cannot expect to cure the Trade deficit on the Exchange rate Side alone bake said. Nevertheless we re entitled to have a level playing on Exchange rain. The Mere fact that the Dollar happens to be. He world s Reserve currency should t penalize american businesses and businesses thai compete with other economic news the govern ment has reported that the efficiency of the american Economy in producing goods and services fell sharply during thelast three months of 1986, to limit the annual productivity gain to less than percent Tor the second consecutive year. Non farm business productivity dropped at an annual Rale of 1.7 percent in the fourth Quarter offsetting increased efficiencies the first half of i9s6, to pro Duce a total productivity gain for the year of 0.7 percent the labor depart ment is slightly better than the per cent increase in 1985, when a fourth Quarter downturn also offset earlier improvements. But it ii still Well below the respective 1.8 percent and 3.3 percent increases of 19s4 and 1983, when . Economy was coming out of a recession. Corps drug program use Chance to furn Frei is in by Onynal Nuernberg Bureau Nuernberg Vii corps wan soldiers to turn themselves. In before they re caught using illegal drugs. Clean team a Vii corps program begun last june to discourage Soldier athletes from taking drugs was expanded last month to include All 85,000 corps soldiers. Corps officials said the program Origi Nally was designed to include combat and combat support fighting teams ant Crews. All that was missing was a equipment to do the testing now that 16 portable test fare i place in 12 Community Cir Soldier s chances of gelling Caugh Mac 300 percent greater than with Why Surprise unit urinalysis inspection with Leaf Ream abusers Are firs Given a Chance to turn themselves in. But it. Car skip Mohr who oversees policies stressed that clean team is not intended to replace the random inspection program. It relies instead on the positive traits found Ujj athletics to help abusers help thl each other. I team brings peeu0ksu re an unit to Bej by member of squads lot a so Chi and Crews to clean up said. Lake part in Iven a 30-Day of before they come Forward admit Lief have a us problem and take treatment at local drug and alcohol co scaling centers. Mohr said the program intent is not to catch drug abusers but to cure. Them. Testing of units within each battalion begins within two weeks of training. If a Soldier abusing drugs does not come for Ward by then and he s caught he is very Likely to Fate a court martial Mohr said with clean team they decide for themselves Mohr said. It s in their Best interest to fess Liers know in Advance that at Leas percent of their unit will be tested he said. The program will Reward units that maintain a 100 percent drug free status for one year with bigger and better re wards for hitting two and three year drug free Marks. At least 70 percent of unit must be tested no ten thai three limes during the period in order to Quali corps alcohol and drug abuse chief Wal Hardy said statistics on the athletic team testing program show that " 2,394 soldiers tested for drugs by june and Friday Only one was positive the cdrpst4p,000 investment in the testing it almost three times the capability hid before to testis 85,000 soldiers. Mohr said he does t third a other command has a similar prograf., we be been getting a lot of Burger favors salary of $ 150,000 for Congress members top judges the a tact jewelry Imti Al Day s stars ind stripes b Niu k through your cafes Mill order Catalon. Washington a recently re lived supreme court chief Justice War Ren Burger Aid monday our country would be the better for it if members of Congress and Federal judges were paidsi50,000a year. Burger in his first testimony before Congress since his confirmation dealings in 1969, told a House task Force that judges and lawmakers arc woefully underpaid. I do not see How we can responsibly keep judicial salaries below the is 50,000 level he said. How Long we can a first class level of professional competence with third rate level of compensation i do not president Reagan has proposed that the annual salary for senators and representatives increase from $77,400 to$89,500, a 15.6 percent increase. He also has recommended that cab inet secretaries pay be increased 12.5 percent to 599,500 supreme court justices be increased 2.6 percent to $110,000 Federal District judges be in creased 10.4 percent to $89,500 and the vice president s salary go up 14.9 per cent to is 15,000.the Sticky salary Issue was thrown to the House after the Senate voted Las week 88-6, to disapprove the pay raises. The House also must turn Down the raises by Midnight tuesday or they take effect automatically the Senate fearing that the House might shy away from a Vole attached the pay Issue to an emergency s50 million appropriation for the homeless. Wilson it-calif., also has unreal ened to tie it la Federal Highway legis lation. The Senate clamor to kill the increase was criticized Over the weekend by House democratic majority whip Tony Coelho d calif., speaking while in route to a con Ference of House democrats in West Vir Ginia said the pay boost would t mean much to most senators. There Are probably More millionaire there than in any other club in the United states Coelho said. Ten sorry that the Senate took the House speaker Jim Wright a Texas said he would schedule t vote Early this week on the combination pay raise homeless Aid measure and predicted that the House would follow the Senate Slead. The speaker who toured a shelter forthe homeless last month has made Aid to the homeless a priority. Democrats handsome republicans in both Chambers Are trying to win approval quickly so the Money will be available this Winter. Wright told reporters in West Virginia that he did t want the homeless Aid Neld hostage to the pay pay has gotten the most publicity but sizable increases also arc pending for 11,000 others on the Federal payroll. Reagan made the salary recommendations based on much higher Fig ures suggested by a Federal and representatives would see their paychecks jump from $77,400to $89,500, a 15.6 percent increase
