European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday june 3,198s Ned Simpson does t have the foggiest idea whether he hit hit urge he gets lost in a Cloud of Black powder smoke. Simpson from Walhalla ., was one of several participants in a revolutionary period smoke got in his eyes a photo Encampment at Walnut Grove , last weekend. Participants dressed in period garb and wed weapon and utensils similar to those used during the revolutionary War period. Mandatory drug testing draws criticism of airline labor unions Washington a a proposed mandatory drug testing program for airline workers prompted Sharp criticism thursday from airline labor unions which argued there in. No evidence of a problem in the Industry to warrant it. The Union officials were among witnesses who Testi fied at a hearing on a proposed Federal aviation administration regulation that would require a Broa Drange of drug tests including random screening of tens of thousands of pilots flight attendants and other air line employees. Representatives of airline management backed the regulations As did administration officials. The program is crucial in our Effort 10 establish drug free aviation system said transportation Secre tary Jim Burnley who conducted the hearing with Faa administrator Allan Mcartor. The proposed regulations Call for pre employ Cal tests Post Accident tests tests if drug use is suspected and a system of random Icsis of employees Burnley and Mortor have called for a drug testing program in aviation and last year began random testing 01 transportation department employees in a variety of safety related jobs  controllers. We arc concerned. That the department May have already decided on the main elements of this proposal especially random testing said Raymond Woolfolk representing the 40.000-Mcmber air line pilots association he said the Union is uncompromisingly opposed to random drug testing of pilots because no evidence has been shown   tests Are needed or that the will be Able to identify the Small number if any of drug users in the Industry. Instead of eliminating drug abuse the Manda tory testing will merely spawn resentment opposition and  Woolfolk said. Capt. . Paly of the Allied pilots association which represents pilots at american airlines complained that commercial aviators Are being singled out while private pilots in whom More of a drug problem has been documented arc not subject to the testing. The Pilot and flight attendant groups suggested that instead of mandatory random testing the Faa help the Industry develop a voluntary detection and rehabilitation program for drug abuse similar to the pro Gram the Industry for years has used to Deal with Alco holism. Continental Eastern found to be run safely Washington a Eastern airlines and con Linen Al airlines arc being operated safely but labor turmoil at Eastern raises the risk of safety problem there an investigation by the transportation depart ment concluded thursday. The report said a close inspection of Texas air corp., the Parent company of the two airlines showed no serious management or financial problems. The Federal aviation administration planned to continue close scrutiny of Eastern s operations and former labor Secretary William Brock will work with Eastern management and labor to Case tensions. Faa administrator Allan Mcartor told a Cwi con Ference that an unsafe condition does not currently exist at either Eastern or Continental. But Mcartor and transportation Secretary Jim Bur Nitcy voiced concerns that safety May be jeopardized Ai Eastern in the future by the extreme labor manage ment tensions at the airline. Burnley said the department s investigation of Texas air and its two major airline subsidiaries showed no safety problems at Continental it did How Ever find a serious Lack of communication Between labor and management at Eastern. The department also said it found no evidence that Texas air corp s extensive financial losses last year posed any serious financial problems saying the com Pany Hati adequate resources and its management was found to be fit willing and Able to run an airline. Burnley said that Brock s role will be to work for ways to de escalate the labor management tensions at Eastern. Brock said he had been in Contact with most of the parties involved in the Eastern turmoil but he had no yet developed a game plan on How to ease those ten Sions. Mcartor said that an in depth plane by plane inspection at both Eastern and Continental had not shown anything that would warrant extreme safety concerns. Frank Lorenzo Texas air s chairman repeatedly has blamed labor unions at Eastern airlines for his two airlines problems accusing the unions of waging a Campaign against the airline to discredit its safely re Cord. The transportation department announced its two pronged investigation of Texas air on april 13, including a plane by plane examination of Eastern s aircraft by Faa inspectors. Five Days later the Faa safety inspection was broadened to include Continental As Well. The Faa disclosed that it was proposing a $823,000 Fine against Eastern because of safely violations found in reviews of the Miami based airline last year. During the inspections of Eastern and Continental Faa officials examined each aircraft at Airport Gates to determine if they were following Federal air safety requirement. The separate probe of the Parent company focused on possible management and financial concerns. Dot investigators wanted to determine if the executives of the Houston based holding company Are fit willing and Able to operate an airline according to Federal aviation Laws. Inspectors Raf on bribe offering Resaura fears new York a just two weeks after the Fri charged 28 health inspectors with extortion for threat ening to add restaurants to the City s notorious rat list several restaurateurs showed two can play that game by try ing to bribe their Way off the list. About one third of the City s health inspectors were indicted the Fri and the City s department of investigations found that at least 300 of the City s 15,000 or so restaurants were solicited for bribes just during its investigation. Some restaurant owners dreaded to them com ing driving up in Cadillac and wearing rolex watches said James m. Fox head of the Fri in the City. The health department was still stinging from the scandal when some restaurateurs assumed the cozy hand in Pockl relationship had been Only briefly sus Pended. Two weeks after All the notoriety about the inspection scandals six of our inspectors reported that restaurant managers and owners tried to bribe them said Marvin Bogner the City s assistant health com missioner. Noting that inspectors usually take off their suit coals and Don Blue work jackets for inspections Bogner said one inspector noticed the restaurateur put Ling a wad of Bills in his coat pocket. The inspector look the wad of Bills and threw it on the Kitchen  the bribe attempts offered in late april involved a wide spectrum of restaurants ranging from bean pics to bistros said Bognor. He would not name any because the department of investigations is looking into the reports. The most obvious Public effect of the crackdown by the Fri and the City has been thai newspapers stopped publishing the City health department s rat list officially and More politely called the list of food inspection  the newspapers said they could not be sure if a restaurant had a legitimate sanitation problem or if the owner had merely resisted extortion by health inspectors. New York gourmets and gourmands had scanned the new York times new Day and the daily news weekly with mingled horror and fascination fearing that their favorite eatery would be listed after they had enjoyed a meal there. A few typical examples a restaurant that among other violations had mouse droppings flies and an employee smoking while  a bakery cited for having Nail polish remover motorcycle Oil peroxide paints cough medicines and insecticides on shelves near  Greenwich Street s pussycat lounge for of course cats kept on  perhaps in is not a coincidence that the restaurants cited for having Call had no rodent droppings and vice versa. A few Power lunch spots where the City s movers and shakers talk big business have also received Viola Tion notices. In 1982, Mimi Sheraton then the times restaurant reviewer raved about he satiny Vinaigrette dressing and bracing Golden consomme at la Cote Basque giving it a three Star rating. The health department panned la Cote Basque in 1984, citing its slime Laden ice Cream machine and Greasy floor at the Lime the prix file luncheon wat