European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Q adoption program facing funding fight Page 2 d Justice department repeats bid to halt North trial Page 3 d . Jones Wilkens named to Hall of Fame Page 21 d panamanians beat american . Says Page 28 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 47,no. 297 saturday february 11, 1989 25c daily and sunday d 8693 a Bush will work with Congress on budget White House says Washington a top administration officials emphasized on Friday president Bush s willingness to negotiate with Congress Over his $1.16 trillion budget while democrats said the White House had underestimated next year s deficit by $20 billion. We re trying to work with the con Gress to resolve the Tough issues budget chief Richard Darrian said in an Abc interview the morning after Bush s nationally televised address to both houses of Congress. Added White House chief of staff John Sununu now i realize Congress May try and suggest it can t be done Buti think we re ready to sit Down negotiate and work with whatever slight differences they might have on the budget to fulfil our commitment to the american  see related stories on Page 3. How slight the differences turn out to be won t be known for several Days As democrats sift through the Bush plan which Calls for no new taxes seeks in creases in scattered Domestic programs such As education the environment and the War on drugs and proposes a $2.6 billion curtailment in the defense budget that president Reagan bequeathed him. Democrats reacted cordially but War ily to Bush s proposals at first although the president s Call for a Cut in the capital gains tax was criticized by several Law makers. But after a night of crunching num Bers Senate democrats issued a report claiming that Bush s spending plan underestimated the deficit by $20 billion. They said the administration had relied on Overly optimistic assumptions about the Economy. Bush said his plan would result in deficit for the fiscal 1990 of $94.8 Bil lion not counting the proceeds from the Sale of certain Federal assets. The democrats said the figure was really $ 115 Bil lion. The people did t Send us Here to Bicker the new president said thursday night. It s time to  fights also Are Likely Over Bush s pro posed $5 billion Cut in the medicare insurance program for the elderly and his see budget on Back Page quake victims first lady Barbara Bush and soviet ambassador Yuri Dubinin Welcome three children injured in the armenian earthquake upon the youngsters arrival thursday at Andrews fab my. The children will be transferred to hospitals across the United states. The Soldier at left was not identified. Bush vowing Odd rain fight visits Canada Ottawa a president Bush arrived in Ottaw Friday for talks with Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney after vowing to attack the acid rain problem that has strained relations Between the neighbors. White House press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater speaking with reporters on air Force one in route from Washington said no agreements were expected to emerge from the five hours of meetings scheduled with Mulroney on Bush s first foreign trip As president. On acid rain Bush declared that the time for stud alone has passed and the time for action is  in a speech thursday to a joint session of Congress he urged creation of an acid rain program curbing Fulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions. He said he wanted timetables set but did t announce what deadlines he had in mind. Still it was a step away from the eight year policy of the Reagan administration which insisted that More research was needed on acid rain and clean Coal technology before emission reduction timetables could be considered. Mulroney greeted Bush at an air base outside the City with Canadian and american flags snapping in the wind behind them. The two leaders then Rode in a motorcade through Snow covered Countryside to Complex of government buildings. The first in a series of meetings took place in the see Canada on Back Page Germany Hopes to stall missile upgrade Bonn West Germany a the West German government made Clear on Friday that it intends to try to stall Anat decision expected in june on whether the Alliance should replace som european based nuclear missiles with longer Range  Helmut Kohl s spokesman Friedhelm Ost said West Germany sees no need for the 16-member Alliance to decide the Issue before 1991. The United states Britain and other nato members have already voiced their support for the missile  they have also suggested that the Alliance make its position on the subject Clear during the next nato Summit expected in june. West German officials have Bee sending out conflicting signals Over the past few months on whether they will approve the modernization plan. Kohl and his government have increasingly hinted that they consider a decision this year to be premature and potentially destructive to East West disarmament talks. We want no decision during this dynamic disarmament process Ost said. He refused to be pinned Down however on whether West Germany would go along with the rest of the Alliance if theother nato nations insist on approval of the plan during the next nato sum Mit in Brussels Belgium. It is not necessary to make this Deci Sion now he said. We have a dynamic process going on and we have various options open to  Kohl told the British daily financial times in an interview published Friday that the .-made Lance missiles that american and other nato officials want replaced remain sufficient and in tact until 1995," and that the Alliance should decide on modernization in 1991or 1992. It does t interest me at All if others see this As a sort of litmus test Kohl told the newspaper. I have to represent German interests and i am a  official concern that a nato decision to upgrade Short Range missiles could spoil the productive atmosphere of arms talks reflects a growing sentiment among West germans that the East bloc can be trusted and that less spending on defens Eis m order