European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 1,1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3local National workers to see big cuts by army by David Tarrant staff writer local National employees will Bear the Brunt of the . Army Europe a draw Down of its civilian work Force the commands top civilian personnel official said. Usa eur which is More than Halfway through its draw Down of military forces is cutting Back its civilian work Force by half said Archie Grimmett usar euros Deputy chief of staff for personnel. The cutbacks will fall heaviest on local nationals or los because they make up about two thirds of the commands civilian work Force. A it would be fair to say the great majority of those Cut would be in because los comprise the great majority of our work Force a Grimmett said. The army expects to accomplish most of the civilian reductions through hiring freezes resignations and retirements but layoffs will occur a particularly among local National employees said Grimmett adding that it will be impossible to avoid some layoffs. A some will be layoffs. I can to Tell you what the percentage will be a he said. Andreas Rogel a Board member for the local National works Council an organization of elected representatives for the local National employees said he expects to be informed by Usa eur later this week of Many local National positions will be lost. Rogel said that he Tias heard that an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 local National positions will be Cut. Altogether the cuts Are expected to trim nearly Dodds employees Given Early retirement option employees with the department of defense dependents schools Are now eligible to take advantage of a voluntary Early retirement program the . Army Europe has announced. The office of personnel management and the office of the Secretary of defense approved including Dodds employees in the program which was first announced March 15. Non appropriated fund employees local National employees employees covered by special salary rates and those holding jobs offered through a special provision by the office of personnel management Are not eligible. Employees can opt for Early retirement Between May 15 and nov. 15, the statement said. An employee is eligible after completing 20 years of service and is at least 50 years old. Employees with 25 years of service Are eligible regardless of their age. More information on the program will be available soon at civilian personnel offices the statement said. Grimmett 35,000 jobs from usage urn a pre draw Down level of 67,000 appropriated Hind civilian positions in september 1990, Grimmett said. Currently the commands civilian work Force numbers about 57,500. Usage urn a figures do not include All . Civilians working in Europe. For example those employed by the department of defense dependents schools the 5tn signal come the defense commissary Agency and the european divisions of the con army Materiel come and the corps of engineers Are not included in usage urn a figures. Those groups have their own draw Down plans Grimmett said. Counting these agencies As Well As non appropriated fund employees the number of civilians working in Europe will drop from 104,000 at the Start of the draw Down in september 1990 to about 50,000 by september 1994. Command officials Hope to eliminate about 8,000 positions by the end of the current fiscal year to bring its work Force to 49,000. Usa eur then Hopes to reach 36,000 by the end of fiscal 1993, and 33,000 by the close of fiscal 1994. Grimmett cautioned however that those figures Are tentative. Some local nationals who have received termination notices have already left for other jobs before their termination Date he said. However local nationals whose positions face elimination still can take advantage of a program that gives them priority Job placement elsewhere within Usa eur Grimmett said. Local National employees who do not take other jobs in the command Are eligible for various pay and Benefit protections As Well As retraining provisions that Are part of an agreement worked out with German labor unions last year. Usa eur is counting on the hiring freeze coupled with a High turnover rate among . Civilians to help achieve the reductions. The command announced a total hiring freeze on appropriated fund jobs on feb. 27. As a result vacant army positions can be filled Only through priority placement programs and by shifting employees within an area support group. Since january 1991 there has also been a freeze on recruiting civilians from the United states Grimmett said. Instead Usa eur a tries to replace a departing civilian with another hired from within the command. Grimmett said he does not expect any layoffs among .-hired civilians because of the hiring freeze and an civilian personnel cutbacks the draw Down of . Forces in Europe by half will also result in a 50% Cut of Usa eur civilian appropriated fund personnel by september 1994. Figures for fiscal 1992 and 1994 Are estimates based on planning goals pre draw Down sept. 1990 source Usa eur civilian personnel divisions amps Heidelberg Germany already High turnover rate. Ordinarily there is a 33 percent turnover annually in department of army civilians he said. A Many return Home after their three year tour is up so we already suffer a loss rate  annual turnover among military family members is even higher a 70 percent. The army has a number of programs aimed at helping . Civilians affected by the draw Down. These include a re employment rights. Some employees have reemployment rights to specific jobs in the United states. A priority placement programs which can help civilians find government jobs in the United states. A the voluntary retirement program which is available this year to certain eligible civilians who want to retire Early. A the inter Agency placement assistance program which tries to place government civilians in other Federal jobs. A the defense outplacement referral system known As Dors which provides information on no government jobs. Usage urn a civilian personnel division has also set up a workforce assistance and outplacement team which provides counselling and assistance to civilian personnel offices in locations experiencing reductions or closures. A right now they re in Stuttgart a Grimmett said. A we Send them All  staff writer de reals contributed to this article philippine group seeks . Aid for amerasian Manila Philippines up a a women a coalition said tuesday that Washington was morally bound to help thousands of children fathered by american servicemen As their bar girl mothers lose their jobs with the . Pullout from Subic Bay naval facilities. Gabriela the country a largest coalition of women a groups urged the . And philippine governments to set up an organization to support some 2,000 amerasian living in poverty in Olon Gapo a City near Subic where Many servicemen Bers go on Liberty. An estimated 50,000 amerasian children have been fathered by . Servicemen in almost a Century of . Presence at Subic nearby Clark a and four smaller facilities. Manila ordered the americans to leave Subic by the end of the year after the philippine Senate rejected a new 10-year, $1 billion lease. Washington did not seek a new lease on Clark a which was heavily damaged in the eruption of mount Pinatubo Volcano in july. . Troops vacated the facility late last year. Most of the estimated 55,000 bar girls in Olon Gapo have been dislocated by the ongoing pullout. A was mothers of these children and As filipino women we demand that the government of the United states recognize its responsibility and take Steps to assure our children lives of human dignity for our amerasian children live in poverty and want a the group said in a statement. A it is a state of crisis that we and our children find ourselves in. A it is not Charity we seek but Justice for ourselves and for our  Gabriela spokeswoman Cecilia Hof Man said the group would deliver a letter to the . Embassy to demand american action. �?~�?��3 food gives illicit autographs Tyson spurns Indianapolis apr former heavyweight boxing Champ Mike Tyson Hasni to taken solid food during his first five Days in prison and faces disciplinary action for giving autographs to fellow inmates prison officials have confirmed. Tyson also declined to cooperate with an educational assessment. Tyson 25, was sent to prison thursday after being convicted on charges of rape and criminal deviate conduct and sentenced to six years. He was found guilty of assaulting Desiree Washington a miss Black America Beauty pageant contestant in his Indianapolis hotel room last july. Kevin Moore a department of correction spokes-4 Man said monday that Tyson has taken fluids but refused to eat solid food during his first five Days at the reception and diagnostic Center in Plainfield about 15 Miles West of Indianapolis. Moore also said that Tyson had been told not to give autographs As they Are considered a something of value and forbidden by rules