European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 49, no. 89 oks 100,000figure thursday july 12, 1990 a a daily fun Ltd sunday d 8693 a by the los Angeles times Washington a a Senate armed services subcommittee meeting in closed session voted tuesday to Cut military manpower by 100,000 in the coming year or nearly three times the total recommended by the administration sources said. At the same time another panel voted to keep open the  production line despite Secretary of defense Dick Cheney a efforts to close it within two years. Angry army officials who would suffer the lamest manpower cuts immediately accused lawmakers of taking the a cowardly political choices of forcing soldiers and officers out of the service while keeping unneeded production lines running to satisfy local political concerns. The size and direction of the cuts indicates that president Bush and Cheney Are losing the  Congress Over How to manage reductions in military spending. Cheney has argued that the defense budget can be substantially Cut Over the next five years but that manpower reductions must be relatively Small in the first year to prevent chaos in the forces. He has consistently said that protecting military personnel from layoffs is one of his highest priorities. Cheney also has attempted to cancel weapons programs outright rather than stretching out purchases but has met resistance from members of Congress intent on saving jobs and defense contractors in their Home districts. The Senate armed services committee this week began its a a markup of the administrations proposed s307 billion Pentagon spending Bill with a series of closed door subcommittee sessions. Senate leaders Hope to schedule a vote on the measure before Congress leaves for summer recess aug. 3. The House will not take up the defense Bill until september officials said. Chairman Sam Nunn d-ga., has already signalled that he intends to recommend Overall defense spending of $289 billion a a a 6 percent Cut from the administrations requested $307 billion. Other influential senators including budget committee chairman sen. James Sas ser p-tenn., advocate even deeper cuts both in total spending and in Force Levels. The armed services committee s manpower subcommittee acting with Nunns concurrence tuesday approved the Cut of 100,000 men and women from Active duty forces which currently stand at 2.07 million. Cheney earlier this year recommended a Cut of 38,000, saying that faster reductions would spark unmanageable disruption in the ranks. A a these arc Nunns  a knowledgeable source said. A it s a fact of life that to get the savings we want this is what we have to  Cheney has indicated that he is willing to accept cuts of As Many As 380,000 soldiers sailors and airmen Over the next five or six years a if carried out gradually and if military threats to the United see Cut on Back Page agrees tissue Houston apr president Bush said wednesday that the leaders of the worlds richest democracies Are United in a desire to help soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev but added that agreements reached at this weeks economic Summit would a not necessarily Lead to direct . Aid to Moscow. At a news conference wrapping up three Days of talks Bush said Gorbachev a bought to View the outcome of this Summit very  the president said he had already sent Gorbachev a Cable and wanted to talk with him about the decisions made at the economic Summit. The Summit partners urged that Western technical assistance be dispatched immediately to help Moscow a mobilize its own resources toward a free Market Economy. They also ordered a study to recommend ways to target future Aid. Bush also said he expects political opposition in this country to his goal of eliminating agricultural subsidies worldwide. Under pressure from the United states the Summit participants agreed on a statement establishing a goal to eliminate farm subsidies despite european opposition. The government spends More than $ 10 billion a year in direct and indirect subsidies to american Farmers. Bush opened the news conference with a statement saying the Summit partners Are a United in a common goal to extend help to those who seek political and economic  he noted they agreed upon Steps to boost the soviet economic Reform Effort but several times sidestepped questions of when the time might be right for direct . Assistance to the  whether he would approve direct Aid at the end of a six month International monetary fund study he replied Quot not  at the same time Bush said there was no reason for West Germany and France to defer to the United states on the subject of direct economic Aid. Those two nations have said they favor giving Aid to Moscow. With his comments Bush rang Down the curtain on an extraordinary week of Post cold War diplomacy beginning with last weeks meeting of nato leaders in London and concluding with three Days of Summit talks in the sweltering heart of Texas. In London the Western leaders offered a a solemn commitment to non aggression to the soviet Union and the new democracies of Eastern Europe. In Houston they went one step further agreeing on the need for assistance to give Gorbachev a boost in see soviets on Back Page vacation fever Pope John Paul ii yawns during the weekly general audience at the Vatican on wednesday. Latter in the Day he left for a vacation in the Village of Les Combes in the italian  can now Wear civilian clothes to e. Berlin Byke Clauson staff w Riter military uniforms arc no longer required for service members visiting East Berlin the . Come Berlin announced wednesday. Also the policy requiring travellers to use the Helmstedt to Berlin autobahn when driving Between the City and West Germany is about to be lifted said an official at the . Embassy in Bonn. The change would affect Only travellers with passports however because passports Are needed to obtain an East German visa. Travellers without passports will still be required to obtain Flag orders and use the Helmstedt to Berlin autobahn when driving to the City the official said. Uniforms once served As identification for . Military members entering East Berlin. Since East German authorities Are no longer controlling Access to East Berlin uniforms Are no longer needed for identification according to a command statement. The uniform requirement was lifted in March for service members stationed in Berlin but remained in effect until tuesday for those stationed outside the City. Since March 20, Berlin based service members have been allowed to Wear civilian clothes and use their . Forces Berlin identification cards when entering the soviet sector. The policy requiring . Forces travellers to have Flag orders and to use the autobahn corridor or . Military duty trains was a Means of preserving the allies rights of Access to the City the embassy official said. The intent was to emphasize that Allied Access rights were based on agreements of the four occupying Powers and not granted by the East German government the official said. American visitors to East Berlin May now use any available crossing Point from the West and ride any Public transportation within All sectors of the City said officials of the . Come Berlin. However . Military members government civilians and family members must obtain travellers assistance cards before entering East Berlin. The cards which Are now being updated Are available at the Bremer Viaven and Frankfurt duty train offices checkpoint Bravo the Berlin rail transportation office and the information tickets and reservations office in the Berlin main Exchange Complex at Truman. Plaza. Berlin based travellers can obtain the cards from their units. Military members from outside Berlin must still have a leave or pass form containing the statement a travel to fast Berlin is