European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Life under glasnost soviets still search for a bettor life by Michael Putzel associated press a 14 editor of an influential Sov Iclef a paper Laid his dinner guess How he had spent much of his afternoon arguing heatedly Mih his colleagues about a particular article it Tai  he said. I Gat drunk on Glass it. The new openness that tolerates such inc la actual disputes now spilling Rorm he editorial coherence rooms onto he pages of some soviet journals. Is inc most apparent Manil Slation of the changes soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev is trying to make in his drive o modernize a Slothful giant ii 15 visible not Only in too newspapers. Which Aro swam pics with letters to the Zdilor. But in cultural Lite and on the directs As Well Long banned to ions Are in dog publisher works of Art hidden in Slor Roums since the Eaily Days of communist i file we being Ohio itch and Heaters movie houses and concert Halls Are jammed Wilh a Irons Anyous to sen and hear the latest experiments will ideas Hal wore unwelcome in this country Lor yearn grievances rooted in Long repressed of hmm and nation fist concern have sprouted As Well ii ruling demonstrations. Strikes and even deadly not m inc same Lime he Teller tile promised by Gorbachev s percs Loika . Is still evanescent the soviet editor who Gol drunk on glasnost left work Early thai Day to Hunt Lor wine or Vodka to serve at dinner the search proved tulle and his Wile had to Lake two di�0f ont buses across town to find a Suil Ablo piece of Nical to serve to Hor guests. That s u5l one example of the Eno Imily of Gorbachev s task to bring about economic Reform. The problems he aces also were illustrated daily on the so cols of Moscow As inc Eily prepared Tor the arrival of president Reagan and a horde of foreign Purn Aliss a icam of eight labourers had been sent to re furbish the children s playground in the Center of the country s largest compound Lor Inori Gnirs at practically any time of Day a casual glance Al Iho work site revealed sin of Iho workers sitting Down or standing Idle watching the other Iraq work a Workman sent to replace the linoleum foot of an  in an Highl Sunry building shut Oil inc my or an entire afternoon while he measured and Cut a new Poco of flowing and nailed it in place with Bioko molding he had ripped Oul with the old flooring when the it War finished. Ito new linoleum did t Iii and was so Inin that puncture holes appeared within a  the floor undoubtedly will look As bad As the old one in a rna Lei of months. To instill a work ethic or Pride of  take Moro than daily exhortations by the common Mil parly to work harder in order to enjoy the Iru ils of perestroika. The  Union is a land where shoddy Cratts Mansh a and grudging service Are the Noim machines break Down Anil Ihen operators shrug rather than embark on what Siroy know will be a Long and frustrating Seaich Loi repairs human in iou cos fro squandered on make work 0bs people have Money but there is nothing to buy. Elf crag incentives such As higher pay for belter work. Is among Tho innovations being tried but sceptics also must to persuaded there will to something Lor them to Purchase with their increased incomes and even a Tesuo to do the Job Ngit does l help much when parts and in downtown Moscow soviets line up to buy meat plat to outdoor stand. Many food items in i soul to unto materials Are ordered by Central planners who Don l necessarily Send them when Ond where they Are needed. Speaking la a gathering of late workers in March. Gorbachev said people Are willing and Able to pay for consumer services but Tho trouble is in arc is Seldom any person or establishment supplying  to help Lill Hal Gap. The government has agreed to permit cooperative ventures in which individuals May go together to snarl Kheit own businesses offering goods and service to the Public. Thousands of these have sprung up in Iho Forni of restaurants groceries car repair shops cleaners even computer services. There is Al Lossl one Coop that provides a directory of other co Ops. But the prices Al the now establishments generally run High and Havo me considerable resistance from Consumers accustomed to paying heavily subsidized slate Rales. The new enterprises also have sparked reals Lance among communist party conservatives who Leal Gorbachev is loading them toward capitalism. As noon As an Oil beat decision is made there is an outcry Gorbachev Lold a recent Cooling of newspaper editors and ideologues. He quoted his opponents As wailing. " help socialism is in danger Thuy Are spawning Puvalo operators " " Tho depth of Iho opposition is difficult to measure in a society Weic Vii Lually All discussion by decision maker lakes place in soc cd but recur Cal rumours of Power struggles Al the top and publication of ideological disputes Hal soom to flow irom those struggles air Unsel Hing by products of glasnost. Resistance to change is Strong in this society where change at Loo Ollen has brought horrors beyond comprehension Al East two major famines Havo swept soviet tourists in red Square look up to banners proclaiming per Estelka Ana Dean Ocreter Page 14 the stars and stripes saturday