European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 o the stars and stripes saturday a 9.19b7 Senate passes budget Bill calling for boost in taxes by William j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington the democratic controlled Senate has passed a ii trillion fiscal 1988 budget that keeps defense spending even with inflation but Only if president Reagan agrees to an 118.3 billion lax in crease if Reagan continues to steadfastly oppose a lax in crease As he has since taking office the Senate plan would keep the defense budget at fiscal 1987 Levels. The news from the Senate signals a major impasse Between the White House and democrats Over taxes and defense spending. The democratic controlled House also seeks an $ 18 billion tax increase. The president is adamantly opposed to a la in crease said a Pentagon legislative watcher. If he refuses to sign the Bill then we re in big  Capitol Hilt sources talked of an Alt out War Between the White House and congressional democrats. Some went so far As to say that i the president does not agree to the tax increase and won t sign la budget. Congress will look at a sequester which entails automatic across the Board cuts in All programs under the provi Sions Orth Gramm Rudman Taw. If Reagan agrees to the $18 billion tax increase which would come from taxes on cigarettes liquors fuel and other items rather than from a hike in person Al income lanes the Senate would allow another $7 billion in defense spending. The House voted to keep actual defense spending $ 10 billion lower than the Senate. But a Senate budget committee staffer said senators remain Adamant thai the House must come up higher on thai  a vast majority of republicans and democrats Felt we should t Cut defense the staffer said. The Senate budget makes no specific mention of a pay raise for service members. The budget committee stuff tar said the budget plan simply defers to the armed services committee which is supporting the president s Call fora 4 percent pay increase effective in january. The House wants a 3 percent raise effective in april. The Senate proposed the highest priority be As signed to military personnel Basic research weapons built at economic Protection rates and readiness for War. The Senate budget authorizes s30i,5 billion for the Pentagon in fiscal i 988 if the president signs the tax plan. Otherwise the budget limit would be 1289 Bil lion. Reagan had requested �311.8 billion for defense. His budget rejected by the Senate 81-is, raised de sense spending while making cuts in Many popular Domestic programs. The House proposed cutting Reagan s defense fund ing request by 123.1 billion to5288.7 billion. White the House and Senate committees that Deal with the budget prepare to meet to Iron out their differences on defense funding the Senate armed serv ices committee will Cut its own proposal for military funding by ii.5 billion to meet the limit in the budget Bill a staffer said. The committee approved an authorization Bill this week totalling $303 billion. Now that both Chambers have passed budgets a conference committee can Convene to Settle differences in the two Bills. Once the Senate and House pass their authorization Bills the Arnod services committees also will go into conference. At the same Lime the appropriations committees in each chamber will begin work to decide the level of funding for the programs in the authorization Bills. When the appropriations Bills a passed those committees also will go into conference. Botha claims election mandate Johannesburg South Africa not presi Dent . Botha after widening his parliamentary majority in Whites Only elections wednesday said thurs Day thai he had won a mandate for Security measure Sand gradual  the outside world must now have a Clear picture l i they cannot dictate to South Africa Botha said. Pin jilting increased racial polarization and a heightening of state repression. Archbishop Desmond m. Tutu said in Cape town we have entered the dark Ages in the history of our country Botha s ruling National party which fought the elec Tion on a Law and order ticket coupled with unspecified attempts to modify apartheid increased its total of the 166 elected seats in the White House of parliament to 123 from 116 at the expense of the left of censer progressive Federal party which is Down to 19 from 26, and the new Republic party which loss four of its five seals. The conservative party which ousted the progressives As the official opposition boosted its total to 22 from 17 att crushed a Challenge from the extremist Herst Igie Nasi Onate party which lost its Only parliamentary Seal. Jig students must maintain Sta Dan to Send them to school to be eligible for the program soldiers must be Ini the Grade of e-6 or below i Lily criteria for re enlistment  have no More than 10 years a Job twice when entering the program. Be  graduate or equivalent without g a Bachelor s degree. Have a general be j ors Emem of the immediate Field Grade Nobe accepted by the University or College colleges must be regionally a Aii Ncneal United Stales. Credited and soldiers who fail to mainly Kbar academic Stan Dards must return to the army Anim by Lilc new re enlistment term soldiers interested in More details should see enlistment Noos. Retired of maj. Gen. Richard v. Accord panels quiz Secord on arms Deal Washington not the so decl con Gressional committees pressed retired maj. Oca. Richard v. Secord on thursday about his con duct in the Iran Centra affair apparently in an Effort to show thai he had been pan of a conspiracy with it. Col. Oliver 1_ North to violate con Gressional restrictions an Aid to the Nicaragua rebels. Arthur l. Liman counsel for the Senate com Mittee also strongly suggested thai Secord had intended to keep some of the Money generated by the arms sales to Iran $8 million of that Money still is in secret Swiss Bank accounts con trolled by Secord and a business partner. Liman quoted from written testimony by so Cord s subordinates thai he planned to sell air Trad used to Supply the centres to the Central intelligence Agency possibly for his own profit. And he questioned Secord about whether he bad reported any income from the arms sales to the internal Revenue service. But Secord denied All charges. He did acknowledge however that he had been to Geneva late last year after the scandal became Public to try to Trace what happened to the Money. Under questioning by rep. Michael Dewiner Ohio. Secord also backed away from his Testi Mony on wednesday that he believed North had told president Reagan about the diversion of Money from the Iran arms sales to the Contra. On thursday the general said he would bet North had been joking though he was not cer Tain. Hart popularity Down polls say a ammo Gary Hart Tat year in Colorado from Page i events and flew to Denver with his wife Hart said nothing As he and his wife Lee arrived at Jefferson county Airport Northwest of Denver. They went directly to their Home in troublesome Gulch a subdivision near Evergreen in the mountains West of Denver. Mrs. Hart told reporters wednesday that she took her husband s word that he did nothing wrong and then joined him in new Hampshire late in the Day. A poll of 400 Likely new Hampshire primary voters conducted for the Boston Herald and Wiz to said Hart who was tied with. Massachusetts gov. Michael Dukakis week ago at 32 percent each had fallen behind Dukakis 27-17. In Iowa a poll conducted tuesday and published thursday in the Des Moines Register said Han is the first Choice of 56 percent of democrats. In a Simitar poll april 25, he was favored by 65 percent of democrats in Iowa where the nation s first democratic caucuses will be held feb. 8. Meanwhile the secret service said it would investigate a report that someone claiming to be an agent had ordered seven people bumped from the plane Hart had taken from Newark n.j., to new Hampshire. Hart does not have secret service Protection. Ginny Terzano. A press aide for the Hart Campaign in Denver suggested that the Man involved May have teen a Secu Rity agent from a private firm Hart s spokesman Kevin Sweeney told reporters that Hart had spent the night in a Vermont hotel and called him shortly after i . He said we re going Home. Acc and 1 want to spend Lime together " Swee Ney said. He read Hart s statement outside a paper Mill in Groveton where Han had scheduled an appearance. Sweeney said he did t know if fund raising would continue