European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 7, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7philadelphia Cash crisis still looms Philadelphia apr outside contractors Are demanding payment up front and City employees Are being urged to write on both sides of their memos to save paper As Philadelphia totters on the Brink of insolvency. And if the City does no to pay certain Bills that Are due its out of toilet paper. Strangely there is no panic among City workers. They say they have Felt All along a bailout will come from somewhere before the paychecks Stop and they must decide whether to work on Faith alone As mayor w. Wilson Goode said he expects them to. Employees said in interviews they and their colleagues feel that after the elections for governor and state lawmakers officials will shift their attention to saving the City. A until the election is Over the democrats and republicans Are looking at that rather than the crisis said John j. Shaw head of the police Union. A after the election they will look for solutions and try to float the City  expect the Cash to run out sometime next month. Besides the immediate Cash flow problem officials also project a $207 million deficit at the end of the year and an even bigger one the next year. Department Heads Are Busy turning on immediate Cost cutting moves such As turning off office machines that use up paper supplies and electricity while crafting contingency plans for the Day the checks Bounce. Contractors and suppliers Are demanding payment for new work up front and businesses like toilet paper suppliers wont deliver until Back balances Are paid. Just monday episcopal Community service said it was cutting off services to new aids patients because the City has paid nothing on a $300,000 june contract. A a it a a terrible Choice to make a said the Rev. Gilbert Avery who is in charge of a service that provides Home meals and transportation to and from doctors offices for up to 100 people. The 25,000 City workers have organized no outside Job pools resume services or other emergency plans for themselves. Many say they have considered the situation but see no reason to get too excited. A a in be done most of my Christmas shopping under the circumstances a said Deputy sheriff Donald Sicura. The police the Street cleaners even the auditors who add the numbers in City Hall cling to the belief that Philadelphia a fiscal crisis will be resolved before december. Their Faith is undeterred by Goodes repeated denial that no secret Rescue plan is in place. He has repeated his feeling that City workers should come to work even after the Cash runs out. In september City employees began finding letters in their pay envelopes that said the City would be unable to meet its payroll starting sometime in december. The Philadelphia inquirer reported last week that a secret plan already had been worked out and would be unveiled after the elections. Goode again flatly denied any such plan. And he reiterated his claim that no full scale state bailout is necessary. A whatever pain we re feeling now every other City will go through the same pain a Goode said in a recent interview. A and we re going to recover faster and first and be stronger longer in my  a Philadelphia does not have a problem that is beyond the Means of its politicians to solve a he maintained. Not Many believe the mayors denial saying its All just politics. In the meantime in addition to Cost saving measures and delayed payments to outside suppliers and contractors overtime has been Cut off in most departments. Seasonal workers at Fairmount Park were Laid off a month Early. The workers normally stay on until Winter to help with trash removal and help Plant the City a yearly allotment of 60,000 to 70,000 bulbs. In the courts 17 new judicial clerks missed a payday in september after the City finance director ruled they arrived after the City a hiring freeze sept. 21. The clerks hired at salaries Between $22,000 and $25,000, were kept on Only after negotiations Between City officials and court administrators. Leon Walker 55, a court officer for 13 years is one of the few City workers who would say he has made plans to Deal with a pay stoppage. A Well the thing is i done paid my rent a month in Advance a he said last week As he ate his lunch on a Bench outside City  goof cuts foreign affairs funds Washington apr a technical error in Bill drafting is accomplishing what pitched Battles on the floor of Congress often fail to produce a $395 million Cut in . Foreign affairs spending. Lawmakers plan to restore the lost Money when the 102nd Congress convenes in january. In the meantime the is Small enough a 1.9 percent of a it ,10n foreign operations budget a that bureaucrats will be Able to mini is effects by juggling other funds officials  the slip up is embarrassing coming on the heels of a yearlong budget War Between president Bush and congressional democrats a especially since polls say it added to the Public Slack of Faith in officials. Administration and congressional aides who discussed the Blunder on condition of anonymity agreed that the mistake was made late last month during Congress dash to finish its business and adjourn for the year. Once made the error forces across the Board cuts under new budget procedures Congress also enacted in the hours before its departure. All foreign operations spending must be reduced by 1.9 percent until funds Are restored a including foreign Aid operations of the state department and its embassies and . Contributions to the United nations and other International organizations. An administration official said the slashes probably would be triggered Friday. One of the last measures lawmakers approved on oct. 27 a hours before adjournment a was the annual foreign Aid Bill. The measure provided $15.5 billion for the budget year that began oct. 1. Separate legislation provided another $4.6 billion for the operations of the state department and its embassies and for . Contributions to International organizations bringing total foreign affairs spending to $20.1 billion. Included in the $15.5 billion foreign Aid legislation was $4.6 billion for military assistance. The Bill also granted $403 million in military Loans. But instead of including the $403 million within the $4.6 billion in total military assistance a a which should have occurred a the Bill was written to make the $403 million additional spending.9 unions agree to Aid daily news strikers new York apr local and National labor Lead-in8 in 0 a forged $2 million to help the unions striking the daily news while management fought to get the newspaper to readers. Nine unions representing groups from teamsters to eachers agreed to co sign a $2 million loan to assist the strikers. We were very delighted to hear this morning that is we t0 help us reach a strike fund of $2 null Ion said George Mcdonald president of the Al a it Natins trades Council a coalition of 10 unions at the news. Eight unions struck on oct. 25, followed the next Day by the newspaper Guild which represents reporters photographers and other workers. The printers stayed on the Job to preserve lifetime Job guarantees negotiated when automation was introduced. About 2,000 people Are on strike although some have returned in various departments. The tabloid has continued to publish with editors joined by reporters and editors from other newspapers Union members who have crossed the picket line and new hires. News spokeswoman Lisa Robinson has declined to provide printing and circulation figures but she did say the news has had a tremendous Success getting the paper  Tion we re moving toward our Normal routine circular i a she said. The news circulation is 1.09 million on weekdays and 1.4 million on sundays making it the third largest metropolitan daily in the country. The unions which had been involved in negotiations since january Over contracts that expired in March went on strike Over what they termed unfair labor practices