European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The vol. 50, no. 362 draw Down woes mounting fast Pace causing problems Gao confirms. A. It a a a it a m 4 i i i. A Quot Quot 1 1 1in u 1�% a a a a m a null unit Ltd a a re by Ray Rowden Washington Bureau Washington a the accelerated Pace of the army a draw Down in Europe is causing widespread problems in readiness Cost effectiveness and Quality of life just As the . Army Europe predicted according to a congressional investigator. Testifying before the House armed services committee s personnel panel thursday a general accounting office investigator said budget pressures have forced Gen. Crosbie a Saint Usa eur commander to move faster than he had planned taking 72,000 soldiers out of Europe this year. A Susa eur officials warned that returning soldiers to the United states at a higher annual rate of return than 30,000 a year could result in a higher backlog of goods and privately owned vehicles to be shipped to the United states too few personnel to upgrade and turn in unit equipment before departing the theater higher transportation costs and inefficient use of resources and the erosion of the Quality of life for soldiers and their families a said the Gao a Richard Davis. A a that a exactly what  he indicated that some of usar euros budget problems result from disagreements with the department of the army Over funding for the draw Down in Europe. Davis said Saint decided not to earmark funds for draw Down use explaining that Usa eur planned to pay for the draw Down through savings in operating funds recouped when inactivating units stopped training. A however the department of the army has disagreed with Usa eur about the total operation funding required for the draw Down period and has Cut its fiscal year 1992 budget Quot Davis said. He said the commands operations and maintenance funding has declined from $4.5 billion in fiscal 1989 to a proposed $2 billion in fiscal 993. Rep. Beverly b. Byron d-md., who chairs the personnel panel said she ordered the Gao investigation last fall with Hopes that Early attention to the see draw Down on Page 2lack of data hampered War planners Washington a . Commanders in the persian Gulf had a a neither timely nor adequate reports of Battle damage while ground forces overestimated the number of iraqi armoured vehicles destroyed according to a Pentagon report. The process of determining the extent of destruction Pentagon study obtained by congressional sources. Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf Campaign to oust Saddam Hussein a forces from Iraq was hampered by a critical Lack of timely information about the effectiveness and accuracy of bombing strikes the report said. This made it More difficult to decide what targets to hit and which needed to be attacked again it said. The study said War planners lacked a system to pull together intelligence information from various government agencies. This resulted in a a a piecemeal picture of iraqi War damage and forced officers to decide independently which targets to hit. Satellite pictures of targets and assessments of Battle damage a often were neither timely nor adequate. At times this led to unnecessary Restrike a the study said. The scope of the air Campaign a outstripped Thesee data on Page 2a major Victory British prime minister John mayor with his wife election. His conservative party won an unprecedented Norma Waves to Well wishers after voting in Britain a fourth straight election Victory. Sec Story on i age 2.some cafes new cars Lack required sticker by Luke Britt and Randy Pruitt staff writers some new cars on american military bases in Europe Are being displayed and offered for Sale without the manufacturers Price stickers contrary to a pricing clause in the cafes contract with new car manufacturers. A spot Check conducted this week by the stars and stripes revealed that new car sales outlets in Germany England and Italy had a Large number of cars on their lots that carried no manufacturers Price stickers. An cafes spokesman at Headquarters in Dallas confirmed Friday that stickers Are required on All autos. Cafes oversees the annual sales of $250 million in autos to nearly 17,000 service members and government civilians overseas. The army and air Force Exchange service contracts with Ford Chrysler and general motors state a fall automobiles for delivery to cafes customers in the United states or overseas and display show automobiles will have the manufacturers suggested retail Price Srp Label affixed to the automobile according to the automobile information disclosure act Aida a the cafes agreement is consistent with a . Consumer Protection Law. The 1958 statute states that manufacturers must put stickers on the windshields or siae windows of All new cars prior to delivery to dealers. Failure to affix a Label carries a Fine of up to $1,000 for every absent sticker removal alteration or rendering a sticker illegible prior to the customers taking Possession of the car is punishable by a Fine up to $1,000, one year imprisonment or both. Commonly referred to As the a Mon Roney stickers a named after former see cars on Page 3