European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d teamsters allowed to rejoin Al Cio after 30-year 2 o dispute Over Navy s Birthplace won t go aweigh Page 5 d twins defeat cardinals tie series at 3-3 sports Page 21 authorized unofficial publication Fob 1mb . Armb Bobc civil. 16, no. 191 monday october 26, 1987 a q 8693 a obstacles to Summit deplored by Shultz a photo Secretary of state George Shultz. Arriving in Stales from Moscow Washington a Secretary of state George Shultz indicated sunday that if soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev continues to put obstacles in the Way of an arms control agreement a Summit might not occur in the Reagan presidency. Well have if when he s ready or if he wails Loo Long maybe we won t be ready Shutlz said on Abc to s meet the press after returning from two Days of talks in Moscow. This administration ends in january 19s9. And As you gel into the heat of the election Campaign it s no Lime for a so Viet Leader to be Here Shutlz added. So there i Only a finite amount of Lime Only a finite amount of patience with All of administration officials had voiced puzzlement at Gorbachev s sudden Refu Sal Friday to fun a Date for a Summit but they emphasized that the decision should nol Block a treaty Banning intermediate ran dec nuclear missiles. Shultz said sunday the administration is willing to sign a treaty with the Sovi ets even without a superpower Summit meeting and he said he remain optimistic about an agreement. The treaty applying to missiles mostly based in Europe is the projected Cen Ter piece of the next Summit meeting be tween Reagan and Gorbachev. The two have met twice before in Geneva Switzerland in november 1985 and in Reykjavik Iceland in october 1986. Gorbachev informed Shultz during their meeting that he was nol prepared Loset a Date to visit Washington for a third meeting with Reagan unless the White House agreed to limit research on the strategic defense initiative commonly known As Star in recounting that session Shutlz said sunday that the talks were highly charged and included a Good heated Exchange Over a slate department pamphlet on the soviet Union. The pamphlet published in August Points up ways in which the soviet Union uses what arc called Active Mea sures ways of trying to deceive people Shutlz said. He had it and so he went after me about it and said How could anybody think it of the soviet Union Shutlz said. I said Well or. Secretary Gener Al it s easy. Look what you did in Afghanistan you re still there. Look at the korean Airliner you Shoi Down. Further More your foreign minister went to conference in Madrid Spain and said you d do it again and you re spread Ingall this bum dope about aids and the United slates pushing it so we had a Good heated Exchange budget slashes will trigger civilian layoffs Dod warns by Richard Halloran Washington not the defense depart ment is planning extensive layoffs of civilian employees and deep cuts in the work of Small contractors in an Effort to generate a political backlash against con Gress for budget cuts according to Pentagon officials. The officials said that 100,000 to 150,000 people or More than 10 percent of the department s civilian work Force would be Laid off if provisions of he recently adopted budget balancing Law Are put into effect on nov. 20. In addition officials knowledgeable about budget plans said the military services would slice More than 12 billion from contracts with local companies that paint Barracks maintain and clean buildings and oper ate support services on bases around the country. Further the officials said the services would delay maintenance on ships tanks aircraft and equipment that is done by contractors causing More layoffs. Ship Yards which do Lille shipbuilding today and rely mostly on repairs would be especially hard hit they mid. Purchasing of spare parts a key to the readiness of the forces would also be Cut Between 25 percent and 50 percent he officials said. Consequently they said employment in industries making the parts would be affected. Once the extent of the cuts becomes known the officials expect however that labor leaders and Laid off workers would Register Strong protests to their con Gressmen and would exert considerable pressure in an election year to have the cuts reversed. Officials said the military services arc seeking to protect training and deployed forces around the world As much As possible from budget cuts. Bui some of those operations would be reduced they said. Official spokesmen for the defense department declined to comment on the prospective cuts saying no final decisions had been made. They noted that presi Dent Reagan was scheduled to meet with congressional leaders in an Effort 10 reduce the deficit without the said cutting military spending. But Pentagon officials familiar with budgetary mat see budget on Page 28 new report charges White House arms Sale cover up paper says new York a a new draft of the secret congressional report on the Iran Centra affair charges that the White Howe was involved in a cover up and conclude that president Reagan supported an environment of inverted values according to a report sunday. The new York times said it was provided Wii parts of the new 59-Page executive summary of the report which has earned a top secret classification and his nol been allowed out of the committee s offices except under guard. The times did nol reveal the source of the report. Congressional officials old the newspaper thai Al though conservative legislators wanted 10 tone Down the report the new draft uses the word cover up to describe while House actions after the Iran arms Sale. The word appears again and again an official new summary dated oct. 13, replaces a draft that conservatives had widely criticized and some conserva Tives seem to be displeased with the new version. It is still very troublesome said sen. Orrin c. Hatch a Utah Republican and a member of the Senate committee looking into the affair. According to the times congressional officials say the new report seems to question whether Reagan lied when he denied Advance knowledge of the diversion of Money to the nicaraguan Contra rebels from arms sales to Iran. An unidentified official familiar with the report told see arms Sale on Page 28 Sailor ousted for his debts is reinstated by William j. Batman Washington Bureau Washington a . Claims court judge has ruled that the armed services cannot pressure to pay their debts or discharge them on account of their indebtedness if they make an honest attempt to meet their obligations. Judge Eric g. Bruggink earlier this month or dered Pelly officer Michael Krzeminski re instated after finding the Navy had used insufficient evidence when it gave him a dishonourable discharge in 1985 for bad debts. The judge Rule that the Sailor s record shows an honest at tempt Given his limited financial capabilities to discharge his debt Bruggink further ruled that Krzemuski s commander had unfairly pressured him to pay the private debts a violation of Navy rules. Kracinski claimed his commander had been hostile and threatening. The Navy record a Niminski s attorneys presented in court showed a Sailor who was Well regarded by his Superior officers but who fell into debt in 197t,owingbsmuchasi17,. Alter trying unsuccessfully for several Yean to pay the debt he rued for personal bankruptcy in 1985. Before the bankruptcy petition was granted however Kne Minlu s creation went to his commander who demanded thai the debts be paid off. When Krzeminski failed to pay the debts he was recommended for a dishonourable discharge Bruggink ordered the Navy to pay Krzeminski two years Back pay and Correct his personnel files. In opposing the Sailor s claim Navy lawyers had argued that Krzeminski could hive challenged the discharge recommendation by re questing an administrative hearing. Krzeminski said he waived his right 10 such a hearing after a Navy lawyer old him Ihal he had no Chance of winning
