European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes thursday april 18, 1991 at a glance wine festivals take place every year throughout much of Europe especially in Germany where even the smallest villages hold celebrations. A Complete listing of this years festivals is located in stripes  conviction a second army National guardsman is convicted of plotting an abortive mass desertion from a Texas installation where his unit was training for the persian Gulf War a Page 4social umbrella for children a sen. Edward Kennedy d-mass., Calls for a a social Security Quot system for the nations children during a commemoration of a 1963 speech by president John f. Kennedy. A Page 5nicaragua in need Nicaragua needs More . Aid As it faces the Quot almost impossible Quot task of building a democracy from the ruins of civil War and economic collapse president Violeta Chamorro tells Congress. A Page 7stock trading in Poland Poland a first Stock Exchange in More than a half Century opens. A a a "�?page8whoa to horse meat eating horse meat May be taboo in America but american horse meat is big business in Europe. Now the european Community is trying to Corral sales of the . Meat to the 12-nation trading bloc a Page 17 Index we in. Abby Ann Landers. 14 commentary. 13 letters. Money matters. A a i. A 17 sports. To listings. Weather. A Banner Al the protest near berlins brah Danburg Gate asks a Herr Kohl do you want to turn the Ringen into a poorhouse a Eastern German workers stage Berlin demonstration to save jobs Rudi in am Quot a Rrt _ a a. A a a a a a a. A a a. A. Berlin apr tens of thousands of Eastern germans turned out wednesday for a demonstration staged by the nations largest labor Union to save jobs in the former communist Region. Nonetheless the turnout a estimated at 30,000 to 35,000 by in metall the German Metal workers Union a was less than one third of the anticipated crowd perhaps because of a freezing rain or the governments accusation that continued demonstrations damage the Confidence needed to rebuild Eastern Germany a collapsing Economy Franz Stein Biihler president of the 2.7 million member Union declared that pressure to Stop demonstrations was a social  a we Are not ready to let others decide our Fate a Stein Biihler told demonstrators Many of them workers who officially still have jobs but nothing to do. A the protest site where the Berlin Wall once stood by the landmark Brandenburg Gate was chosen because it symbolizes Hope for a better future in a United Germany Stein Biihler said. A we Are Here because we will not give up this Hope a he said. A a knot of steel workers from thiring in said however that they were among the 70 percent of the labor Force at their Plant already on so called a Short work Quot in which they get Low pay for not working a and that they expect to lose their jobs. There is work a the whole country must be rebuilt a said Uwe Jan 30. He said Chancellor Helmut Kohl must keep his election Promise that no one in cast Ern Germany would be worse off than before German unification. Gunther Nicklisch 54, a 30-year Veteran of the steel Industry said he had no Hope of continuing to work for 10 More years. A for me there a probably Only a pension a he said. Flagging morale in Eastern Germany where experts predict at least 30 percent unemployment or.-�?T, underemployment later this year is a growing Challenge to Kohl s conservative government. Kohl has gingerly opened contacts with opposition parties on future policy Oyer Eastern Germany but is Able to do Little More than counsel patience while saying the East will be rescued in three to five a years. V a Quot v / a the giant to metall Union mounted a demonstration with a giant stage musicians and booming sound system to show its concern for Eastern Germany where it has scooped up Over 1 million members. Yet the Eastern steel Industry with s?m?t55-?00 woofers is unneeded said Axel Luther an analyst with the Berliner handels and Frankfurter Bank. These plants Are old arid uncompetitive Luther said in an interview. A we in the West have capacity to cover the Eastern Market As  the steel Industry in Western Europe Overall has 30 million tons of annual excess capacity he said. A the Union recognizes that jobs will be lost. But it says new workplaces must be created at the same time and investment should focus on retaining a Kernel of the Eastern steel Industry to provide Fertile ground for other new Industry. Bishop Gottfried Forck of the Luther a Brandenburg state urged that demonstrators refrain from violence. Forck and other speakers decried the recent surge of mostly rightist violence that has been directed at foreigners. A a mozambican has died of injuries from being thrown off a Streetcar in Dresden and Neo nazis have attacked poles crossing into Eastern Germany. In Bonn Matthias Wissmann economics spokesman of the governments parliamentary faction accused in metall of trygg to heat up tension in the East with its demonstration and of a throwing Sand in the works of restructuring the East German  in Anners at the demonstration said want work not handouts a and equal pay m East and  pay Levels m the East Are often less than half the Western German level for similar work. The revolution was in the East but the profits All flow to the West a declared Konrad Weiss parliamentary member for the leftist Bundis 90-greens. Washington a the Pentagon plans to Cut National guard and Reserve forces by 187,300 people Over the next two years As part of its Overall Force reaction a senior official said tuesday. Stephen Duncan assistant defense Secretary for Reserve affairs told Congress that by the end of 1993 the ranks of the guard and Reserve would dip below the one million Mark for the first time since 1982. A the 14 percent decrease in Reserve Reserve cuts to total 187,300 a a the i 1 _ _ l a a a a a. Eue vels is part of the proposed 1992-93 budget request. Active duty i5oc5lare scheduled to shrink by about 198,000 Over the same period. About 228,000 reservists from All four service branches were called to Active duty during the persian Gulf crisis. About 106,000 were sent to the Gulf. The army will take the biggest guard and Reserve cuts in the coming two years Duncan said in remarks to the House appropriations defense sub it guard will shrink by 91, to 366,300 members by the end of is a a Reserve will drop by 64,200, t the naval Reserve will lose 26,300 sit ions to 127,100. The Marine co Reserve will drop 5,000 slots to 38,900. T. Air National guard will Gri it will have 119,400 members by 1992 Gam of 2,400. The air Force Reserve \ slip to 82,400 members a loss of 3,200