European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a the stars and stripes tuesday october 2,1990 cashing in on German Unity a amps Dov Didio a polish shopper in West Berlin pushes made videocassettes left. Thousands of a such As these parked in an orderly Row their own country. After wednesday s his Way through a crowd of his country poles have flocked across the open apr along West berlins Strasse Des 17 Juni unification of the two Germany. Poles men with his newly purchased japanese Ders into West Berlin often in big buses a to buy Western goods unavailable in will need visas to enter Germany. Budget reduction plan looking like Tough Sale in Congress Berlin from Page 1 ground in front of the old nazi air Force building that is the command Headquarters in West Berlin. A Oberlin and Germany Are being United in peace in Freedom and upon a firm foundation of democratic values and the Rule of Law a Haddock said. A was a result the . Command in Berlin is being inactivated a the command was formed in september 1949 and replaced the office of military government . Sector which arrived in the City in 1945. The command included the three infantry and one combat support battalions in the Berlin brigade and the airmen assigned to Tempelhof a. The first american unit to leave Berlin will be the 4th in 502nd inf regt which is due to depart in March. The rest of the american military units will remain in the City until the soviet Union has pulled forces out of East Germany in 1994. There Are about 6,000 american service members stationed in the City. Haddock a position As . Commander in Berlin was both political and military in nature. He served As the Deputy chief of the . Diplomatic Mission in Berlin. That position and command Job have been eliminated and Haddock will be reassigned in october. He would not say what his next assignment will be. A my assignment will be like that of any other Soldier a he said during a news conference that followed the ceremony. A i will get a set of orders and i will follow those orders a Haddock noted that the american forces will stay in the City under an agreement with the German government but he would not discuss details of the agreement. The operational costs for the Allied forces in Berlin Are paid by the West German government and Haddock indicated that the funding is to be continued. The units remaining in the City Are expected to be Able to continue to use their training facilities without restriction he  from Page 1 found to be in violation of the . Embargo. European and israeli military analysts said the likelihood of War has grown significantly As sanctions and a hostile world push Saddam into a Corner with no diplomatic escape. A i think another six to eight weeks is available to prevent a conflict but after that it becomes almost inevitable a said Paul Beaver publisher of the respected Jane a defense weekly. Such reports prompted the israeli army to announce that it will begin distributing Gas masks to israelis 4.7 million citizens next week. The announcement follows threats by Saddam to attack Israel including one in which he said he would Burn half the jewish state with chemical weapons. Washington apr president Bush and key lawmakers avoided a crisis As the new fiscal year dawned monday but they now must persuade an elec Tion year Congress to vote for $134 billion in new taxes and widespread cuts in Federal programs. A it s a Tough Sale a said rep. Tom Tauke a Iowa one of Many lawmakers who was troubled by what he was hearing of the package sunday. A a it a going to be very difficult for us a House Republican Leader Bob Michel of Illinois said monday. But White House chief of staff John Sununu predicted a i think in the Long run it will be supported by a majority of  democrats too were expected to Swallow hard before agreeing to raising medicare premiums while cutting the benefits increasing taxes on gasoline alcohol and cigarettes and trimming everything from defense to student Loans. And despite a claimed $500 billion in deficit reduction it would stretch out the goal of a balanced budget and let the National debt increase another $1 trillion. The $40 billion in deficit reduction for the fiscal year beginning monday would still leave a record annual deficit of $254 billion. Staff writers Congress failure to approve the fiscal 1991 budget by Midnight sunday has not interrupted air Force or army operations in Europe budget officials said monday. The air Force and army like other government agencies Are operating under a continuing Resolution authorization through Friday. Officials expect that the spending authorization will be extended until a budget Compromise is pushed through Congress. However air Force base commanders Are being urged to defer major expenses until officials of the . Air forces Europe know How much Money the command will receive. Safe spokesman capt. De Worley said the command was in Quot a wait and see  he noted that the air staff gave the command a the authority to continue operations in a prudent manner but did not give Safe a specific budget limit Usa eur budget officials expect to receive additional spending guidance from the department of army during the five Day continuing Resolution authorization Usa eur spokesman sgt. . Hardesty said monday. A Headquarters . Army Europe has been guaranteed the authority to obligate and disperse by �?T91 appropriated funds he said. Operating under temporary provisions a should not adversely Impact troop training readiness of forces and Soldier and family support within Usa eur a hard following president Bush a announcement of the budget Accord at the White House Rose Garden on sunday the House and Senate easily approved and sent to Bush legislation avoiding a government shutdown that was threatened for monday. Because of the delays in enacting the fiscal 1991 budget the new fiscal year was starting without any of the Normal spending Bills. The congressional votes merely kept the government going for five Days with temporary spending authority. But the votes in no Way were endorsements for the budget agreement. Michel appearing on no cd so a today show said the agreement May not pass its first congressional test. A you could have a failure on the first time around a he said. Sununu asked on abcs a Good morning american whether he expected passage of the package said a i think  he said Bush a will support it and support it  a certainly he did no to get everything he wanted a Sununu said. A certainly there a a Little bit of Broccoli in the budget that he did no to enjoy having to eat. But the fact is that the Overall budgets Good for the  esty said. Usa eur officials Are anticipating severe budget cuts for fiscal 1991. Commanders were warned in August that the commands operation and maintenance budget could be As Low As $3.88 billion $333 million less than the amount requested by command leaders for the year. Usar euros fiscal 1990 budget was $4,004 billion. Last year the air forces operations and maintenance fund in Europe a the largest portion of the commands budget a was allotted about $380 million for the first 90 Days of fiscal 1990. The command had no Money left Over from fiscal 1990, Worley said. Although it is not known How much Money the command will receive for 1991, the current continuing Resolution authority will allow Safe to at least temporarily avoid the effects of automatic budget cuts through the Gramm Rudman deficit reduction act. A we estimate that our first Quarter target limit would have been approximately $247 million a Worley said. The figure was based on air staff guidance suggesting that Safe should plan on a worst Case scenario of a 35 percent reduction of fiscal 1990�?Ts first Quarter limit. _ Worley said Safe officials Felt that they could have lived with that reduction by deferring Supply and equipment purchases and by funding some annual contracts Only three or four months at a time instead of the entire annual amount at the beginning of the year. Forces in Europe waiting for guidance by Deedee Arrington Doke and Rosemary Sawyer