European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday May 28,1987 news up plates suit by Donovan new York a fresh from their Victory in criminal court lawyers for former . Labor Secretary Raymond j. Do Novan Are renewing a dormant civil lawsuit seeking damages from his prosecutor. I m putting some Rosin on the Bat handle right now said Theo Dore a Geisor chief lawyer for Schiavoni construction co which Donovan co owns. Dono Van and his company were acquitted of larceny and fraud charges monday. On tuesday Donovan s actor Irv William o. Wiltman urged v ily or slate bar associations in until pm possible misconduct on the part of Bronx District attorney Mario Merola. The whole Case was improperly brought by Merola Bill Man said. Dea or s trial Washington a attorneys for lobbyist Michael k. Caver filed an Appeal tuesday that could delay the Start of the former presidential aide s perjury trial in Federal court. Attorney Herbert a Miller or. Filed the notice of Appeal following a Brief hearing before . District judge Thomas Penfield  said the Appeal is related directly to the constitutional issues of this Case involving the appointment of an Independent counsel. Whitney North Seymour. 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Otto Toronto r Peov tit High court kills suit challenging president s right to Cut pay hikes Washington apr the us the supreme court declared in 1983 last december thai the veto provision prone court on tuesday killed a lawsuit that the legislative and one House vetos May be severed from the 1970 Law Leav by Federal employees challenging the pre Are unconstitutional. Such provisions ing the rest of the statute intact silent s Power to order annual pay raises had been included in More than 200 Laws the annals court said a main Dune supreme Tor Ihm that Are smaller than those recommended to keep Pace with private business. The court without comment rejected arguments that the presidential proce Dure for submitting scaled Down pay hikes is unlawful. The Federal workers challenged pay raise proposals by president Reagan for 1980,1981,1983 and 1985. The dispute is Over a provision of the Federal pay comparability act of 1970, a Law designed to help keep Federal Sala Ries at Levels approaching those paid for similar jobs in the private sector. The Law included a so called legislative veto provision that gave either House of Congress 30 Days to Block pay raises recommended by he president differing from those proposed by a Pratsi do tial appointee who reviews salaries annually. The president is empowered under the 1970 Law to submit an alternate Pav proposal in Case of National emergency or if he believes economic conditions warrant it. The Thaar a enacted by Congress. But last March the court said that legislative veto provisions May be stripped from individual Laws while salvaging the balance of the statutes. The March ruling said a Law con Taining the unconstitutional veto provi Sion should be saved if it is Clear thai Congress would have enacted the la anyway without the veto provision. In the Case acted on tuesday the fed eral workers said Congress would not have Given the president Power to scale Down pay raises if Congress had Bee unable to attach a one House veto provi Sion. Congress would never have adopted the pay raise act s alternative pay pro vision without the Check of the one House veto said lawyers for the nation Al Treasury employees Union and the american federation of government employees. Removing he legislative veto results in Ait unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority to the  the unions said. But a Federal appeals court Here ruled Las r t main. The Appeal t Purow of the 1970 Law was to Grant pay raises to Federal workers automatically keeping their salaries comparable to private Industry. But the appeals court added con Gress was unwilling to apply the principle of full comparability automatically with out some mechanism for limiting pay adjustments during periods of economic  giving the president Power to limit pay raises stands independently of the one House veto provision the appeals court said. The Reagan administration urging the supreme court to leave the appeals court decision intact said Congress Hai adjusted pay raises submitted by the president indicating ii is comfortable with the cur rent procedure. For example the Justice department said Congress this year enacted a 3 per cent pay boost for All Federal employees after Reagan called for a 4 percent hike for military personnel and a 2 percent raise for civilian personnel. The Case is National Treasury employees Union is. Reagan 86-1349. Reasonable phone Calls approved by Gas for most Federal employees by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington most Federal employees will soon be Able to make reasonable Calls on government telephones under a regulation being drafted by the general services administration. The regulation won t cover service members and defense department civil ians because of a longstanding agreement Between Gas and the military a Penta gon official said. The agreement says the defense depart ment in t bound by Gas telecommunications regulations because of unique Security requirements such As hot lines scramblers and other secure phone systems. The defense department is not against the changes officials said. We generally agree with the Gas a Pentagon official said. It s an idea that s Long overdue. Bui Well probably develop our own guidance. I expect a directive shortly from the Dod communications folks that will probably be pretty similar to what the Gas is  the Gas Hopes to get the regulation approved by the office of management and budget and published by the end of june Agsa official said. The regulation would also permit Federal employees to place Long distance Calls on government phones if they re made collect or charged Tea Home Honor credit card. Under the new guidelines examples of reasonable Calls would include an employee injured on the Job calling family or a doctor. An employee travelling on government business calling to notify family of a change in scheduled return Lime due to transportation delay or something similar. An employee travelling on government business making Brief Day calf Home. An employee required to work Over time without Advance notice calling to notify family members an employs making Brief daily local Calls to speak Toa spouse or minor children. The Gas ii urging government Mca Dato Coli act for any unauthorized col charges include not Only the value of the Oil but Abo Agency costs of determining tha therall we unauthorized and Proem of the collection. The Osa a trying to curb phone bwe by developing automated systems to hip de Tea unauthorized Calls educating enjoy a on the Probki and blocking audio text numbers such As dial a joke and due a 0 scope the official Taid the idea  rational management policy on the us of government phones recognizing that phone abuse will never be wiped out it s human nature when a problem or something pops up people pick up the phone and make a Call he said until now the government would rather have bad you go out and Hunt Down a nay phone to make the Call. But in most cases to would Proba Bly Cost the government More in lost work time to do that than if employees Jet wed the phones at theft  rites planned for boy 5, who drowned Naples is a memorial service will be held at noon Friday in the naval support activity Chapel for a 5-year-old boy who drowned in a Lake near his Home. Shawn Patrick Knight the son of senior chief Petty officer Frandi an Cynthia Knight was pronounced dead at 6 05 . Friday at the naval Hospital in Naples according to a naval support activities spokesman. It. Cmdr. John March said the child whose father is assigned to Mobile tech Nical unit six and whose Mother works for Asa s Supply department drowned in Lake Allocca a Small Lake surrounded by the housing area where the Knight family lives. The boy s body waa discovered in tie Lake about i ., and attempt were made to revive him both there and to the pin Tamare medical clinic about two mile away said Marchi. The boy we then rushed 20 mile to the Hospital in Naples arriving there at . He also is survived by a brother Dane 7. . Trade balance shows improvement Washington up America s Trade picture improved in the first Quarter of the year As the country shipped 2 percent More goods and imported 3 per cent less than in the final Quarter of 1986, the government said wednesday those percentages Are based on the volume of goods entering and leaving the country rather than on the value of those products the Commerce depart ment said. Other reports have tracked Only the Dollar value of Trade. Many economists have said those figures Are skewed be cause the depreciating Dollar makes foreign goods costlier and . Exports less expensive even when the volume i unchanged. Prices of imports from january through March Row 4 percent while the volume Ell 3 percent the Commerce department Sai Export prices were unchanged but volume was 2 percent higher. America ran a $38.3 billion Merchan Dise Trade deficit on a balance of pay ments basis Between january and March the Commerce department said. That ii slightly below the record $38.6 billion deficit recorded in the final Quarter of