European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                See related stories and photos pages 2, 3, and 28 authorized unofficial publication forthe . Armed forces a a lit a us a a. Of vol. 49, no/135 monday August 27, 1990 25 daily and sunday says Bush wont let Iraq  could cause War austrian president Kurt Waldheim right Center greets his countrymen in Baghdad. Saddam tells Waldheim he a ready to negotiate Amman Jordan up a austrian president Kurt Waldheim departing Iraq on saturday with 96 austrians allowed to leave Iraq and Kuwait said iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein appeared ready to negotiate a political solution to the persian Gulf crisis. Arriving in Amman from Baghdad Waldheim told a can television reporter that the iraqi Leader had said he wanted to negotiate. Quot he a ready and willing a that a what he told me a to negotiate with those countries to bring about a peaceful solution a Waldheim said. He added that the countries to which Saddam referred were the United states other Western nations and Arab leaders. Waldheim the first Western Leader to meet Saddam since iraqis invasion of Kuwait on aug. 2, told reporters that although Saddam had allowed the austrians to leave he left open the question of the Fate of thousands of other trapped westerners. About 21,000 westerners including see Waldheim on Back Page from wire reports president Bush s National Security adviser said saturday the presence of american hostages m Kuwait and Iraq will not deter the president from taking action in the Middle East. Brent scowcroft told Cable new network that although protecting the lives of the estimated 3,000 americans trapped in the two countries will always be on Bush a mind the president would not veer from . Policy because of them. Quot that will not be the Case a scowcroft said. Quot the hostages Are on the presidents mind constantly and everything we do we will think about the hostages. A they will not divert us however from our  scowcroft earlier briefed Bush at his vacation Home in Kennebunkport Maine on the status of about 100 americans being held in Baghdad. Scowcroft told reporters the . Diplomats remained unharmed and although some iraqi forces remain stationed around the . Embassy a there has been no attempt to occupy the embassy a he said. Scowcroft also refused to discuss How the United states might respond if any americans Are harmed. A a in a not going to say what our reaction will be a scowcroft said. A we Are hopeful no americans will be  earlier saturday in new York the United nations voted to put military might behind economic sanctions on Iraq. The United states with dozens of warships in the persian Gulf Region had sought . Authority to use Force in stopping Trade with Iraq. Iraq denounced the Security Council move As illegal and warned that it could Lead to All out War. A this use of Force by the United slates or any of its allies or puppets will Lead inevitably to a number of explosions which will Burn All in their path a said Iraq s , ambassador Abdul Amir Al Anbari. And in Washington iraqis ambassador  United states said that the family members of american diplomats who fled Kuwait to Baghdad Are free to go but that the diplomats will he treated a just like anybody  summoned to the stale department for another . Protest. Ambassador Mohamed Sadiq at Mashal said a we Are on the Brink of a catastrophe. American lives arc being risked for no reason  meanwhile Japan s foreign ministry said that Tokyo a ambassador to Iraq had protested the Transfer of about 20 japanese from a Baghdad hotel to an unknown destination. A foreign ministry official said the japanese nationals were put on a bus saturday with about 20 other foreigners mostly caucasians. Iraqi president Saddam Hussein has repeatedly threatened to use the trapped foreigners As human Shields to protect iraqi installations against attack. In the embassy standoff a european envoy said Iraq had threatened to Force fully remove diplomats remaining saturday at their posts in Kuwait. A according to article 45 of the Vienna convention on diplomatic relations foreign missions arc to remain inviolable even in times of armed conflict. Iraq had said it would Cut water and Power to embassy compounds where diplomats continue to defy an iraqi order to close their doors. . Officials said Eleein Sicily to the . Embassy in Kuwait was Cul off saturday but iraqi troops around the Amer see hostages on Back Page 3.5% raise proposed for Federal  _ n in a wifi ii Nhari in Chmill to mice v by the Washington Post Kennebunkport Maine a president Bush on Friday recommended a 3.5 percent pay increase for Federal civilian employees effective Jan. 1. The proposal Drew immediate criticism from unions and comes amid congressional efforts to overhaul the Federal pay system. The recommendation matches what Bush proposed in his fiscal 1991 budget earlier this year bul it was Short of the 22 percent to 39.6 percent increase his pay agent found would be necessary to close the Gap Between the private and Public sectors Quot pay raises of this magnitude Are clearly unacceptable a Bush said in a letter to Congress. Quot they would be detrimental to our efforts to set government spending at Levels that promote non inflationary  Congress has 30 Days from this Friday to change Bush a recommendation by joint Resolution. Otherwise the 3.5 percent raise takes effect automatically. It covers 2.4 million Federal civilian employees with the exception of those in the senior executive service ses. Under legislation enacted last year ses employees will receive salary increases of 18 percent to 25 percent effective in january. Under Bush a proposal annual pay for Federal employees would vary from $ 10,951 for a gs-1 step one employee to $71,882 for a gs-j6 step one employee. Ses salaries would Range from $87, to $108,000 a year. Under the Federal pay comparability act of fj70, the president must determine each year How much Federal salaries should be increased the keep Pace Wilh private sector salaries. The Ian tabs or the recommendation of the pay agent the Heads of the office of personnel management and the Soltice of management and budget plus the Treasury Secretary a to take effect unless the president submits an alternative plan based on Quot National emergencies or economic conditions affecting the general welfare Quot a to ask Federal workers because they Are convenient and accessible to once again shoulder the Brunt of this nations deficit problem is unconscionable a said John Sturdivant president of the american federation of government employees which negotiates Lor 750,000 employees. Sturdivant said the presidents authority to propose see raise on Back Page