European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside strides islands in the Sun stripes Magazine d Bremerhaven to visit Page 12 d Randy Barnett s car Corner Page 13 d Aba nil playoff action sports Page 17 Andi stripes authorized unofficial publication Fon the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 48. No. 38 thursday May 25, 1989 so deity to sunday d 8693 a new soviet arms offer not enough Bush says new London Conn. A president Bush wednesday welcomed a new arms reduction proposal by soviet presi Dent Mikhail Gorbachev but said it is not enough to redress the Edge War saw pact forces maintain Over nato in Europe. He also challenged Gorbachev to Dis close accurate figures on soviet military spending. Open the Ledger Bush said in a commencement address to the coast guard Academy. Sneaking Only a Day after the soviet Leader offered to impose new limits on troops stationed in Eastern Europe and on soviet forces Overall. Bush said the soviets arc now being forthcoming and we Hope to achieve the reductions that we  however he said these reductions alone even if implemented Are not enough to eliminate the superiority the soviet Union enjoys  Bush declared communism a failed system and said the West is entering a new Era based on economic and political Success. There is an Opportunity before us to shape a new  Bush said. He look note of the pro democracy see Bush on Back Page cafes to revamp its work Force to boost service by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer Willinger West Germany in an Effort to beef up service and Foster employee loyalty the army and air Force Exchange service will convert Many on Call positions to regular jobs the cafes Europe com Mander said wednesday. About 70 percent of cafes Europe s 25,000 Cus Tomer service workers Are on Call employees and receive no medical or vacation benefits said Brig. Gen. Thomas w. Robison. Cafes plans to lower the number of intermittent workers to 20 percent or 30 percent in the next six months converting their slots to regular part time or full time positions and providing them with the Bene fits. Workers at cafes facilities in Nurnberg already have made the change. The service will not eliminate All intermittent status work however. Robison noted that some people want to work a few hours a week and that some facilities such As fast food restaurants always will need workers to augment their staff during Peak hours. Robison announced the change tuesday while introducing an cafes fashion show for women attending the 33rd conference of the american women s activities Germany in willing in. He and other cafes officials fielded questions about the switch and other con Cerns wednesday. The general linked stocking problems to the intermittent employees who up until about four months ago filled most of the reordering clerk positions. Having part time people doing the important Job of reordering was obviously not the Way to  Robison said. Not Only do we not satisfy you but we miss a whole lot of opportunities to sell. Hobison said that in using the intermittent workers the Exchange service had followed the Lead of such see cafes on Back Page is. Troops on tuesday hit the Beach at fort Kobbe Panama in an amphibious exercise named proud Warrior. An All service Force of More than 300 Partick hitting the Beach paled in the Manucher. President Bush recently sent More troops to Panama to beef up Security in the canal zone. See related Story on Page 5. Wide military support of China s i reported Beijing a the struggle for China heated up wednesday with offi Cial reports of widespread military sup port of Premier i Peng whose attempt to crush the pro democracy movement Lias led to mass demonstrations demand ing his ouster. But i faced new opposition within the policy making politburo standing committee and China s Best known author joined the multitudes who oppose the conservative Premier. I declared martial Law in Beijing on saturday ordering troops to restore order in the City where More than i Mil lion people have rallied in support of a student Campaign for a Freer China and an end to official corruption. The student protests have galvanized the nation inspiring the largest spontaneous movement in communist China s 40 years. Soldiers were deployed on Beijing s outskirts wednesday but have not moved on tens of thousands of student protesters now in their 12th Day of a sit in at Central Tiana men Square. Over the weekend throngs of City Resi dents erected Street barricades to prevent an army Advance stalling convoys. Hundreds of thousands of protesters have also taken to the streets in dozens of other cities All reportedly calling for i s ouster. Subway and bus services have resumed in Beijing and traffic appeared near Normal wednesday. Although the army s inability to enforce martial Law has called into doubt its willingness to follow i s orders the official Xinhua news Agency said six of seven Mil itary regions supported the decision to Call troops to Beijing. Only the Beijing military command was not mentioned. Liberation army daily the military1newspaper, wednesday published a letter from army Headquarters urging Soldier sent to enforce martial Law to fully understand the nature of this struggle. The letter said the turmoil created by an extremely Small number of people still has not been quelled. If their scheme succeeds then the 10 years of hard Strug Gle for Reform and the work of establish ing a modern socialism will be destroyed in a  on monday however More than 100 senior army officers signed a letter seek ing an end to martial Law. The action suggests that there is a deep split in the military. Two government sources said wednesday that he Qili one of five members in the policy making politburo standing committee has thrown his support to the relatively Liberal communist party chief Zhao Ziyang. Classified ads stapes Magazine to Fay