European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes g army closer to establishing new w-5 rank Page 2 g education Secretary endorses Reading Survey Page s it panel on in american activities a look Back pages 14,15 g Randy Barmett s racing Roundup sports Page 25 vol. 47, no 39 thursday May 25. 1988 0 8693 a soviet Navy policy puzzles Jane s London up the soviet Union has built ils Navy into a colossus Bui is using a visibly impish operational policy on the High was thai puzzles analysis Jane s fighting ships reported. The new 1988-89 edition of the lop reference Book on the world s navies said Moscow s impressive if not spectacular construction program is currently turning out one new nuclear powered submarine every seven weeks. You have this colossal soviet flee and yet we Seldom see them the Book s editor capt. Richard Sharpe said at a news conference. On the whole the soviet surface forces seem to prefer remaining snugly alongside in their Home Fleet areas a Alicr than roaming the oceans of the world con fronting Hie . Navy Sharpe said in his Forward. Sharpe o former British nuclear submarine com Mander said he most popular explanation is the Bas lion uie Ory Hal inc soviets Are using their Navy simply for a defense of their flanks. This analysis of the visibly impish soviet policy Ai sea can be overstated Sharpe said. Bui there is an Enigma Here which has not been convincingly sex see soviet on Back Page House overrides Trade Bill veto Washington not president Reagan tuesday voiced the sweeping Trade Bill produced by Congress after three years of work and called for prompt action on a second Bill after the Congress sustains my  the House quickly voted 308-113, to override the veto a Senate vote is expected Early in june but democratic leaders said they did not think they had enough Voles to override inc veto. Reagan devoted half of his veto Mes Sage 19 the most contentious and Politi Cally sensitive provision in inc 1,000 Page Bill a measure requiring businesses to give 60 Days notice of Plant closings or Large scale layoffs. The president has called that provi Sion an unwarranted interference in business affairs and a Licking time bomb in the Back seat of any medium sized or larger company but said in his message Hal notification was the humane thing to  i support voluntarily giving workers and communities As much Advance warning As possible when a Layoff or Clos ing becomes necessary he raid. The change in Lone was seen As an Effort to Speed Compromise toward a Sec Ond Bill and to dilute the Plant closing Issue As a political liability. Democrats and organized labor con Sider the measure essential Protection for workers and Public opinion polls have found support for that position. Vice president George Bush has endorsed a Compromise suggested by sen. Dan Quayle r-lnd., that would encourage companies to offer workers reason Able Advance notice of closings and Lay offs without making it mandatory. In a further sign of Compromise. Rea Gan did not specify us objectionable any other major provisions of the Bill. These include sanctions against the Toshiba corp. Of Japan because ils subsidiary sold sensitive technology to the soviet Union stronger retaliatory pow ers on Trade issues and the Transfer of authority in certain Trade decisions to the United Stales Trade representative. This message shows that we will work hard to try to gel a Trade Bill this year a senior Trade official commented. But Lloyd Bentsyn a Texas chair Man of the Senate finance committee told reporters "1 think it s going to be very much of an Uphill Battle Good smelling task London policeman Keith Mckay Peers from the Rhododendron Nih at the Chelsea Flower show in London. The annual show presented by the Royal horticultural society is Britain Nul prestigious Gud Tel Embi Raguiza. With visitors expected to be la excess of the 243,000 recorded in 1987, Senate leaders Rush to get inf approved before soviet Summit Washington a the Senate s democratic and Republican leaders agreed tuesday the chamber still has Lime to approve the medium Range mis Sile treaty before president Reagan s Summit meeting nem week As Long As inc Senate votes to Hall debate by conserva Tive republicans. Senate majority Leader Robert Byrd d-w.va., said he planned to file a pc ii lion to halt Dobat. That measure known As a Lalure vote could come up thurs Day. It s conceivable that we could finish the work on the i scaly by Friday or sat urday Byrd Lold reporters after a White House meeting with Reagan to discuss the May 290 Une 2 Summit Between the president and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev a successful a Lolur motion which would limit debate requires 60 votes. Far More than 60 senators have supported the treaty in a series of Early round lest votes. Byrd said he wants the Senate to act before Reagan meets Gorbachev. I think the president s hand would be strengthened there and i think it would Nova a in Ais cd j Rossa f be in inc interests of our own country 0 have the president with the instruments  gop conservatives opposed to inc pact have used Senate rules which arc designed to protect Itie minority to delay a vote on the pact signed dec. S by Ria my and Gorbachev. I in a. Related development tuesday Washington resident Reagan Praise i the Kremli n for making Progress across a i spectrum of human rights issues but he said inc West should not expect there will be a Quick Radical transformation of the soviet  Reagan Selling inc stage for Summit talks in Moscow with soviet Leader Mik Hail Gorbachev said he Hopes to con clude a Ira to to Cut strategic nuclear arsenals before his term expires in eight months but acknowledges Hal might not be possible. The president was to leave washing ton wednesday bound for Helsinki Fin land and a four night Stopover before travelling on to the soviet Union. He will arrive in Moscow sunday and immedi / Atchly launch his fourth Summit with Gor  Bache Stanley cup gome 4 halted by Bac Couf sports Page 21