European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Collection if time your stars and stripes Carrier will be calling soon. Please have your payment ready. The stars and gripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 48. No. 348 saturday March 31, 1990 a a 25<t Dally and sunday d 8693 a spin yields in Dod dispute will Stop blocking funds Transfer by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a lawmakers on the House armed services committee have persuaded rep. Les Aspin to drop his opposition to the Pentagon a request to shift millions of dollars to cover shortfalls in its military personnel accounts a Pentagon source said Friday. Aspin chairman of the committee has blocked the $852 million Transfer request for several weeks to show the White House How much automatic Gramm Rud Man budget cuts can Hurt the defense budget. But pressure on the Wisconsin Democrat within the committee has been building to approve at least part of the request to avoid the devastating personnel cuts that a denial would cause. As Many As 65,000 service members would have to be Cut from Active duty before oct. 1 if the funds remain blocked according to a recent Pentagon memo. In addition up to 33,000 planned reassignment moves and up to 71,000 promotions could be cancelled. The committee discussed the fund Transfer thursday afternoon and the military personnel chiefs of the services were notified later that Day that Aspin had backed off on his opposition said the Pentagon source who spoke on condition of anonymity. Military officials declined to comment Friday. Aspin could not be reached for comment. A committee staff member cautioned that no final decision had been made and that Many details remain to be resolved. Whatever Congress decides the Pentagon probably will not get nearly As much Transfer authority As it asked for because a Large chunk of that authority has been consumed by another legislative initiative. A congressional staffer said a portion of the Pentagon a annual authority to Transfer funds already has been approved by lawmakers for use As Aid to Nicaragua and Panama under a Bush administration proposal. Lawmakers Are discussing ways to Deal with the additional funding needed for the military personnel see Aspin on Back Page 35 nations accused of raising barriers against . Imports Washington apr the Bush administration Friday accused 35 nations of erecting unfair Trade barriers against . Products the first step in a process that could Lead to economic retaliation. The action was the latest Salvo in a More aggressive Campaign on the part of the administration prodded by Congress to find ways to reduce americans $109 billion annual Trade deficit. Japan led the list of offenders with 19 pages of the 216-Page report devoted to its barriers against the Sale of . Products a list of infractions that covered a Range of american goods from semiconductors to soda Ash. Among other offenders judged to have erected the most barriers against american products were South Korea Taiwan and China All countries running Large Trade surpluses with the United states. Tje 1990 edition of the a National Trade estimate report on foreign Trade barriers was prepared by . Trade representative Carla Hills. R is the step in drawing up a a hit is of priority countries the administration will target for intensive negotiations aimed at getting the offending barriers mated. That priority list is due april 30. The requirement for a target list of countries known As the a super 301�?� provision was the most controversial and feared Section of the 1988 omnibus Trade act. A year ago 34 nations were cited in the initial Trade barriers report and from that list three countries a Japan Brazil and India a ended up on the priority list As targets for retaliation. In the Case of Japan negotiates Are working against a june 16 deadline for opening markets for the Sale of satellites supercomputers and Wood products if the talks fail the administration has the Power to impose higher tariffs on sales of japanese products in America. Officials expressed satisfaction with Progress being made in talks with Brazil on various import bans but they said no headway had been made with India Over restrictions that country imposes on foreign investment and the closure of its insurance Market to foreign companies. Even As the new list was released Friday . And japanese negotiators were bargaining Over satellites. There were reports that the japanese see imports on Back Page controversy Over Poland West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl right and foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher Confer during talks in London with prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Kohl said that a treaty confirming Poland s current Borders should coincide with acknowledgement by Poland that it mistreated germans who came under its Rule after world War  sales pushing up albums off cafes shelves by Steve Taylor Munich Bureau West Germany a Long a army bus Are playing out their Day stores Force Exchange service to st9res Are being forced discs in Emyl los As compact exch Noa dominate the music world Exchange officials said Friday. To  album buyers win be Able then k i farm a sales for a while Good mom f a nothing More than a Good memory for cafes shoppers. The change reflects Industry developments. A Alps Are being phased out by manufacturers a said Leslie Whitlock assistant manager at the Exchange in Augsburg West Germany. Buyers at the cafes distribution Center in Atlanta ga., said manufacturers have reduced production to a Point where cafes can no longer get an adequate Supply. And the Center is no longer automatically distributing the top 10 selections on records. Many artists Are no longer recording on los staying strictly with cd and tapes said Gary Underwood sales merchandising manager at the Rhein main a Exchange. Underwood said that Only the top 50 record albums Are available and those will eventually die out. A a they re going the Way of the reel to reel tape a he said. Cafes Headquarters in Dallas has set no system wide policy on album sales. Stores order albums directly through the Atlanta Center and each store sets its own inventory Levels. David Moore at Atlantic records said album sales Only account for about 3 percent of his company a sales. A a we re not trying to kill albums but we Are trying to keep our fingers on the pulse of demand he said. His company quit releasing pop albums at the end of last year. Only Black and country Western artists Are currently available on album. An additional 700 selections Are being recalled from retailers because of weak demand. Moore predicted that the Industry would produce no More albums by years end