European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 11, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 proposed Bush budget offers Bush some Hope to Many citizens proposed outlays. Washington a retired Mil itary members and civil servants won t like what George Bush s Kinder gentle America has in store for them. But other citizens from drug addicts seeking treatment to couples adopting children May find Hope in the president s 1990budget plan. For veterans the president asked con Gress in a nationally broadcast address thursday night to retain a 1 percent origination fee on a housing Loans but dropped former president Reagan s pro posed boost in the mortgage fee to 3.8 percent. Bush s proposal to extend the 3 per cent Federal excise tax on local and Long distance phone Calls will come As Only the smallest of surprises to those who read Bush s lips during the 1988 presidential Campaign. Bush pledged no new taxes but did t say anything about expiring ones. Like Reagan the president offered a bit Ter Pill to Federal retirees including Mili tary pensioners a 1990 pension freeze that would save taxpayers $ 1.4 billion. Bush also would ban Federal Retiree from collecting a portion of their benefits in a Lump sum which averages nearly$30,000. 3 in 1991 and beyond Bush would limit the retirees raises to the Cost of living minus 1 percentage Point. Reagan him self now a Federal pensioner also sought those cuts. But the nation s 38 million social Security beneficiaries due for roughly a 3.6 percent increase in january 1990,  be asked to sacrifice. Social Security is fully funded including a full Cost of living adjustment. We must Honor our contract Bush said. To keep Campaign promises bus asked for a $149 million increase in the $1.2 billion head Start budget to enrol up to 95,000 More 4-year-Olds in the pre school readiness program a one third increase in that age group. But advocate said More than 2 million poor prekindergarten children Are eligible for head Start and currently there Are places for Only 453,000. Working poor families with infant Sand toddlers would Benefit from another budget Plank lifted intact from the Bush Campaign a new tax credit of up to $ 1,000 per child younger than 4. This credit would be refundable to families who Don t pay income taxes and would be phased out for families with incomes Between $8,000 and $13,000 in 1990. Bush also wants to tinker with the tax code to Spur adoptions. I propose to re enact the tax deduction for adoption expenses and to double it to $3,000," he said. He would pump More than a Quarter billion dollars extra into the War on drugs already slated for a sizable in crease in the final Reagan budget. All told the Bush administration sought$5.5 billion to wage the fight against drugs $974 million or 21 percent More than in the current budget. Among the increases $127 million or24 percent More for drug treatment including a $25 million Grant to reduce the waiting time for admission to treatment programs. Victims of crime might be helped by Bush s request to increase a Federal compensation fund to $125 million from $94 million. He proposed a variety of incentive for America s students and teachers including the first $30 million toward an eventual $500 million presidential Merit schools program and new awards of $5,000 apiece to 1,200 teachers. Top High school seniors in science and math could compete for 570 College scholarships Worth up to $ 10,000 a year. Americans also might learn More about themselves and their Economy under Bush s blueprint. He wants Tomore than double to $1.6 billion the budget f9r gathering economic and demographic statistics. While Bush shelved a Reagan plan tout More than $1 billion from medicaid payments to states he still Hopes to Par medicare s budget by $5 billion. Bush said his medicaid budget would expand coverage to pregnant women and infants up to 185 percent of the poverty line and poor children up to age 8. He also wants to allow poor families to  for children under 6 Sim ply by showing a food stamp card at clinics. For the homeless Bush proposed full funding of the Mckinney act which would boost spending from $500 Millionth $644 million and he wants to launch a new $50 million initiative to help move homeless families out of welfare hotels and improve services for the men tally ill. And every Young american would be challenged to perform voluntary service under the Aegis of Bush s proposed pesto America foundation the govern ment would provide Matching Grants of$25 million a year for four years. Spending estimates by function rounded in buttons of dollars fiscal 1969 i fiscal 1990 i defense education jobs & Sotl services $36.2 $36.5 transportation Souro Soffio of mm9fmn and budget a military officers raises shot Down by vote Washington Al met _ tsar or or in Hin Vior Tatom u0t of  i in i.   6"\r _. Not nobody is talking about a military coup but Many generals and admirals Are irate because Congress has rejected a pay increase for itself Federal judges and senior civilian officials and thus indirectly for senior officers. Although the proposed raise did no cover military officers they would have benefited because a pay Cap holding Down their salaries would have Bee raised. Military base pay by Law May not be higher than that of civilian officials at the lowest executive level which is$75,500 a year. The raise would have Given the civil ians $115,000. In turn that would have allowed four Star officers to get a $15,200 raise to the $90,700 to which they Are entitled by military pay tables while pay for three Star officers Wouldhave risen to $82,500. Moving up the pay Cap would not have affected two Star officers. Because of the Cap on their seniors they make Only $25.20 a year less than the three and four Star officers. Even More galling than losing those raises some generals said is the pay of retired generals and admirals who make More Money than those on Active duty because their pay is not capped. They now also get Cost of living allowances. Even in the Best of times Little love i lost Between Many senior officers and Congress. The disappearance of the raise has added to that sentiment especially when coupled with the fact that Congress state department again tries to delay North s trial in Iran Contra affair Washington a the jus Tice department on Friday sought for a third time to delay Oliver North siran Contra trial contending that de sense lawyers will Hurt National Security by spilling state secrets onto the Public record. The department asked a three Mem Ber panel of the . Court of appeals to reconsider its refusal to delay the trial while it studies the presiding judge s refusal to implement proce dures the government argues Are needed to prevent Surprise disclosures of classified information. If the trial is allowed to Start next weekender the ground rules set by . District judge Gerhard a. Gesell the department said highly sensitive items of classified information will be revealed by the defense in its opening statement causing irreparable damage to both the National Security and foreign affairs interests of the United  the Justice department at the re quest of intelligence agencies that in clude the National Security Agency wants More stringent controls on North s plans to introduce classified material in the Case. In a court filing wednesday the department criticized Gesell saying he had adopted procedures that fair to identify which portions of the Classi fied material North wants to present Are relevant and whether they Are admissible. Gesell finished selecting a jury thursday and rejected the depart ment s censorship bid calling it wholly  he told the jurors to report Back monday morning. Gesell said the department has no standing to interfere in the trial at this Point because Independent counsel Lawrence Walsh is handling the prosecution of North. Walsh wants to proceed with the trial immediately an opposes the department s Effort to halt the Case. A few hours later the appeals court upheld Geselis decision. Gesell issued a ruling Jan. 19 permit Ting North to introduce classified Materi Al if it tends to show that North s purpose was not to violate the Law or that govern ment witnesses Are lying. North is charged with concealing from Congress and the attorney Gener Al the administration s secret support for the contras during the period in which direct . Aid was banned. He also is accused of illegally accept ing installation of a Security system at his Home converting to his own use at least $4,300 in traveler s checks from Contra Leader and conspiring to use a tax exempt foundation illegally to raise Money for the rebels. Men accept lucrative invitations to speak before special interest groups. Generals and admirals Are not permitted to accept Honor aria when they Are invited to speak. Asked about admirals an official who works with naval officers said yeah they re  but an army officer said Many Gener als were resigned to not getting a raise one general just rolled his eyes Back and said there goes our Chance for the next 20  judge bites Back at hand that did t feed him Cincinnati a a Federal judge with a reputation for resolving lawsuit quickly has decided to slow Down to pro test the congressional vote to scuttle 51percent raises for Federal lawmakers and judges. Chief judge Carl Rubin of the South Ern District of Ohio said he will limit himself to two civil trials a month Start ing with his oldest cases. I m not willing to take this lying Down Rubin told the Cincinnati enquirer. I believe i have been dealt with unjustly. This is the Only Way i have to  Rubin 69, said he intended to work for $100 an hour. Since his pay is $89,500 a year he calculated that he would have to work 900 hours a year or about 20 hours a week. Congress voted tuesday to Block a proposal that would have raised pay forts members and Federal judges to $135,000