European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 3, 1987 the stars and stripes if Jug  Iii be too Yar Aid Nisi year. Big Ben s Tower once tilted by nearby digging London a the landmark big Ben Bell and clock lower threatened to imitate Pisa s famous leaning lower when digging was begun nearby in the 1970s i or an underground parking garage a Magazine reported. Workers were digging within 10 feet of the clock lower s foundations when the lower moved perhaps an eighth of an Inch Accord ing to he june edition of science and business link up Magazine published sunday. We were monitoring the buildings All the time and so the Mode of operation was changed instantly David Day of the government s prop Erly services Agency was quoted As saying the 320-foot-tall Tower was built in 185s. Elf a pa3e 3 . Labor chief advocates decreasing size of staffs Geneva Switzerland a the lop executive of the International labor organization said monday that the . System could do better with a smaller staff. Ilo Pirc Clor general Francis Blanchard made inc observation in summarizing his keynote report to he annual conference of the Iso nation organization the oldest . Specialized Agency which opens wednes Day. The report Calls for improved International cooperation in world development by better division of labor belter management and coordination to end what a press summary Calls a crisis in inc . System. It says Hal the International Public service no longer meets to inc degree it should the required criteria of competence Impan Malily and  at a press conference Blanchard a French National spoke of increasing political pressure i cited by some unnamed governments to Force the Ilo to accept people who arc obviously not competent or experienced for positions with the Agency. I Lake the View that the . Organizations and that is valid also for the regional organizations could operate with a substantially smaller number of peo ple he said. That s my Strong conviction the Ilo has never done As Well As when it lost 25 percent of its resources at the time when the United states withdrew from the organization he added. You can quote  the United states a chief financial contributor withdrew from the Ilo from 1977 to 1980 in an expression of concern Over trends of Polilli Bizalion seen As impairing ill s ability to carry out its Mission defending workers rights. The move forced sweeping across Lac Board cuts in spending for the Ilo to cover inc shortfall. In is80, the United Stales rejoined inc organization saying in was satisfied that Steps had been taken to return the Ilo to its original goals Blanchard described the Geneva based Organiza Tion s current financial situation As More or less Good because of a working capital fund of $36 million accumulated Over inc years which would help cover losses resulting from he decline of the Dollar against the Swiss franc. He said much depends on when the United slates pays its 1986 arrears in contributions and when it pays its 19s7 dues an aggregate $54 million. If they do pay we will he All right if they Don t we will be in a  the 1988-1989 budget yet to be approved by the three week annual conference provides for $330 Mil lion in expenditures. Blanchard said he has proposed that 60 percent of the Ilo budget be switched to Swiss francs starting in 1990 in a move to increase stability of the budget and stability in staff remuneration and pension systems otherwise heavily affected by Exchange Rale fluctuations. Thatcher Calls Iran is charges against Diplomat outrageous1 London a amid growing tension Between Iran and Britain prime minister Margaret Thatcher said monday Hal charges by Iran against British Diplo mat Edward Chaplin Are outrageous and the foreign Sorn Mary cancelled election campaigning we shall be keeping up pressure on Iran today and doing everything we can for or. Chaplin and our peo ple in Tehran Thatcher said. The charges against or. Chaplin we think Are  she was speaking Al conservative puny Headquarters during her daily news conference in the Campaign for the june 11 general election. Foreign Secretary sir Geoffrey Howe who summoned Iran s senior official on sunday night cancelled Campaign engagement to concentrate on the threaten ing crisis. Chaplin 36, was abducted thursday while driving in Tehran was beaten up in from of his wife and iwo Small children and held for 24 hours. Iran has said he will be charged with unspecified offences. The assault of Chaplin followed the arc so in the Northern England City of Manchester of Ali Qassemi the iranian vice Consul on charges of shoplifting re sisting arrest and reckless driving. Officially the Tehran government says the two Inci dents arc not connected but suspicions that Iran acted in retaliation remain. The iranian charge d affaires Mohammad Kahoud Zadeh Basti referred three limes to Qassemi s arrest when asked repeatedly in a British to interview Sun Day night for the reason for Chaplin s abduction and the pending charges. Thatcher said the matter Here Qassemi s arrest is totally unconnected. It is a matter for the  London s financial times reported monday that Howe will consider breaking off remaining diplomatic relations with Iran if Chaplin is charged. The daily Telegraph in an unconfirmed report said Chaplin faces inc threat of the death Penally. The newspaper reported without attribution thai the charges were understood to relate to drugs corruption undermining the Economy in time of War and theft. Diplomatic relations Between Britain and Iran have been Cool since the . Embassy in Tehran was seized in 1979, but Iran remains a major British Export mar Sci in the Middle East. Britain has however refused to Supply Iran with arms in order London says not to exacerbate the continuing War Between Iran and Iraq. Britain closed its embassy in Tehran after inc . Mission was seized and the 52 american staff held hostage for 440 Days. Sweden has since been the pro letting Power for the British Mission. App Holu prime minister Margaret Thatcher lakes a break from problems mounting Between Britain and Iran. In Tehran British diplomats continued unsuccessfully trying to gel an interview Wilh a senior govern ment minister about the charges. News of inc accusation was relayed by a Public relations official to Sweden s lop Diplomat. Chaplin was recovering with his family at his House which like the Homes of the other 20 British diplomats in Tehran is protected by Sweden. Sweden like other Western embassies has no protecting staff of its own and could not therefore Guaran tee Chaplin s safely another British Diplomat Peler Madders said in a British broadcasting corp. Radio interview from Tehran. We be had no indication Hal any Oiher Uri ions were under any particular threat and that is still the Case. The British Community is keeping their Heads Down Madders said. On Chaplin he said he is a big Man both physically and mentally and seems to have come through the ordeal As Well As can be expected. He is now resting Wilh his family and just recovering from