European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Wajd lasday april 27, 19bb the stars and stripes Page 3 4 arrested As ferry pickets defy police ii Var. England air four men were arrested tuesday during scuffles Between police and an Esli maled 400 picketing ferry workers protesting attempts by p and o Fum can fees to i and a i 2-Wrck strike . The Sim. Which shrank in Thuu .10 people by Laic morning. An Caud two scheduled ferry Crossings by scaling . Ltd. From Leas ing inc port when seme Crew Mem Hon failed o show up Tor duly said Stahnk spokesman Richard i res Cuciti. He said it was not Clear whether inc unknown num Bers of Crew members could t or whether they did t want in Cross picket lines inboard inc ship. Do scr police inspector mar Van Williams said inc arrests were made Al about r . After workers on he picket line tried to prevent a freight truck from enter ing inc Pun. Bui. He said most of the picketing was Good natured and one Man was arrested for carry ing a Truncheon and Ihrcke "10 prevent a breach of in and o said it fired Osc Roghi 720 workers who refused to accept new contracts. The National Union of seamen said p and o was preparing 10 return to Leaver 11 ferries stranded in France and he nether lands. Union general Secretary Sam Mccluskie said he would seek a court injunction against inc firings on the grounds they violated the current agreement with p Ando. Mccluskie said the company would sacrifice safety standards by hiring inexperienced Crew members to replace fired strikers. The company said 1,100 seamen had accepted inc terms of a new contract or about 05 pfc Cal of the number needed to operate the Fleet. A p and o spokesman said tuesday the company hoped to resume service across the English Channel toward thes Iid of this the company Hod said it Lew Skeleton Crews o the continent on sunday and would bring Back its ferries from Rotterdam. Flushing and Calais. Pol ice try Thold Hack striking seamen at Dover s a slim docks. The Willious has been to Enron tar ii Neeks. Vehicles from Page 1 Cral kinds of larger trucks and special purpose vehicles Are foreign made. Figures from the air Force in Europe show thai 80 percent of inc vans 65 per cent of the trucks 50 percent of the buses and 3 pert pm of the sedans used by the air Force in Europe Are foreign made. Among the 1,437 vehicles icing used by the Navy in Europe 386, or 21 per cent arc foreign made. A Pentagon official said inc program to Purchase foreign made vehicles called the Oit Shore procurement program has saved million of dollars since 1973, when it began. Of course the falling Dollar has Cut into those savings but it s Slid costing us less id do it this Way than it would be to procure . Vehicles exclusively the official said. Also the military docs not base to Shin snare parts rom the slates and stockpile them in Europe the official said. We just go to the local Volkswagen dealer or the program also saves training costs. We would have to ensure we hire German mechanics who can speak English and then train them to work on ii a made cars using manuals written in English. With the foreign made vehicles we just hire mechanics to speak Clerman to work on iceman cars using German in costs Are not the on reason for purchasing foreign made vehicles. Top generals and other senior nil Iscis use Hcrman sedans in Europe for Sec urn and there arc logistical reasons As Well. Pentagon officials said. The Hasis for this program is interoperability in Lime of War the official said the idea is to use the same vehicles the bundus Vichr crmar4 military uses. In War in agreement says that the will repair our Chicles As they would their own obvious to they could l do thai if w c were using Amer . Army in Europe cars buses total 1,109_ us european percent european 998 111 10% 719 248 66% Light mobility 7,593 212 7.381 97% other 3.213 994 .2.229 69% the category other includes trucks of one Ion or More capacity cargo state tractor and panel trucks set Trail los. And special purpose vehicles used by directors of engineering and housing source . Army . Air Force in Europe total us european percent european cars 177 vans 1,081 Elzi. 214 b67 80% uses 522 262 260 50% trucks 5.229 1,814 3.415 65% i 5 Ajr Force inn during War non tactical vehicles Helpin the evacuation of Fani ily members and moving military we go to War we re going to have to use the non Radical Fleet already in place,1 he said. We re not going to be Able to Airlift spare pans or extra non Lac Lical vehicles across the official also defended the Mili tary s use of armoured sedans for lop officials. Pur Contention is that if you put a dignitary in a Large american car in Ger Many thai dignitary becomes a target fur assassination he said put them in Mercedes or a Bow. And they blend in with the . Dale m. Bucker. Safe director of transportation said West Germany was the first country to enter an agreement with the United slates for procurement of Nort Lac Lical vehicles. Programs Suhsen gently were established in inc United kingdom Italy and Spain. Rucker said european vehicles Art Pur chased Only when la Weir life Uycic costs Are less than comparable . Vehicles. The defense authorization act stale thai the services May not enter into any contracts to buy foreign made vehicles unless North american firms thai make similar vehicles Are risen ii Chance to Bidon the contract. Vehicles intended for use in Security intelligence and criminal investigative operations Are cd Cpl from that act also slates that m awarding contracts inc services May Lake into consideration the Insl and availability of maintenance and other logistic services and supplies reitus Rcd for he operation of the just makes said Jim Cal Lister vehicle requirements specialist forthe air Force. We can save a lot of Money on spare parts and repair costs by procuring foreign made vehicles in some eases. I know it May be kind of Tough for an unemployed aul worker m Detroit to appreciate it but from a logistic a stand Post and from a Security standpoint m the Case of armoured sedans it s really belter was to
