Nixon wants it Dec. 1 Military pay hike d~u se t~ Lhpatu,%8I k 60 From Gazette Wire Services Nixon also stated that the amount of the in- crease will be reviewed for a decision later. Hopes of an Oct. 1 military pay raise Washington Post writer Mike Causey recently all but disappeared Friday when President reported in a by-line article that presiden- Nixon asked Congress to delay it 60 days, tial advisers had lined up behind the 4.77 per declaring an Oct. 1 raise would "need- cent figure despite a new government study lessly fan the flames of inflation." that shows private industry pay went up an The deferral would hold back the annual average of 5.4 per cent between March 1972 and cost-of-living pay boost for 3.5 million March 1973. federal, civilian and military employes, including those stationed at Guantanamo "Unions representing more than half the fed- Bay. eral work force won't buy the CSC-OMB recom- mendations," Causey wrote. Rather, they are Nixon urged Congress to support his ac- pushing for a flat 5.47 per cent raise in tion "not because it is politically ex- October in addition to a one-shot cost-of-living pedient or the easy thing to do, but be- raise of $198 per employe. cause it is in the best interest of all "They argue that postal workers--not included Americans." in this pay package--recently got a 7 per cent In his Friday message to Congress, the raise, and that federal-military retirees got President said that a 4.77 per cent in- a 6.1 per cent cost-of-living adjustment ef- crease had been recommended to him.by the fective July 1," Causey continued. "They also Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and say the rate of annual inflation, which they the chairman of the Civil Service Com- fix at 8 per cent, demands a larger raise with mission (CSC), to go into effect Oct. 1. an October effective date." Nixon's action will delay the pay hike until Dec. 1 unless Congress overrules Bureau of Labor Statistics data, used by the him within 30 days. (See PAY DELAY, Page 2) Few Arab newspapers like Kissinger nnination BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP)--Few Arabs have anything nice to say about Henry Kissinger, the brilliant immigrant Jew chosen by President Nixon as the next American secretary of state. Arab commentators call him the Rasputin of the White House. One went so far as to suggest his nomination was "a declaration of unofficial war against the Arabs." Arab governments have remained diplomatically silent about Kissinger's nomination. But they have encouraged a vigorous press campaign against what they see as Kissinger's pro-Israeli -r sympathies, placing the onus on him to prove otherwise. U.S. diplomats privately concede Nixon's se- 0~ > 0 lection of Kissinger has made their job harder a in the Arab world. 5 0 They are quietly trying 5 to counter the anti- Kissinger sentiment by pointing out that the fact he is a Jew will make Kissinger bend over I backward to be impartial in the Middle East SECRETARY OF STATE NOMINEE KISSINGER conflict. Another American argument: A Jewish .Arabs claim he's pro-Israel (See KISSINGER, Page 2) Page 2--LATE NEW ROUNDUP Guantanamo Gazette Tuesday, September 4, 1973 PAY DELAY- -lw (Continued from Page 1) GAZETTEER CSC and OMB to arrive at the 4.77 per cent federal- .a digest of late military pay raise figure, shows these wage gains for news private industry professional occupations between March 1972 and March 1973: Accountants, 4.9 per cent; auditors, 5.2 per cent; chief accountants, 5.8 per cent; attorneys, 6.3 per cent; buyers, 5 per cent; job analysts, 5.2 per cent; personnel directors, 7.5 per cent; chemists, 3.7 per WASHINGTON (AP)--The Cost of Living Council has an- cent; engineering technicians, 4.7 per cent; and draft- nounced it is allowing the U.S. Postal Service to put ing occupations, 6.2 per cent. a rate increase into effect on some second, third and fourth class mail. It also announced it would not The BLS private industry average increase for cleri- challenge new wage agreements between the postal ser- cal and supervisory clerical occupations looks like vice and nearly 700,000 postal workers. The council this: said it is not challenging wage and benefits increase Clerks, accounting, 4.6 per cent; file clerks, 5.9 for postal workers personnel because the benefits over per cent; keypunch operators, 5.4 per cent; keypunch the two-year period of the contract "taken together supervisors, 8.2 per cent; messengers, 5.1 per cent; constitutes a settlement within stabilization standards." stenographers, 5.2 per cent and typists, 4 per cent. With respect to the postal increases, the council said it was merely allowing the postal service to put into effect the second stage of the rate increase originally KISSINGER- scheduled to take effect July 6 but delayed by Presi- dent Nixon's price freeze. (Continued from Page 1) secretary of state will have more leeway in improving HONOLULU (UPI)--Honoring President Nixon's 1972 pledge relations with the Arabs, or at least steering Washing- to mainland China, the U.S. Pacific Command Sunday an- ton toward a neutral stance in the Middle East, since nounced the pullout of more than one-third of the Amer- he can never be accused of antisemitism. ican military force from Taiwan. Adm. Noel Gayler, com- So far, this argument has found few takers in the mander in chief of Pacific forces, said that the 374th Arab press. Tactical Airlift Wing of about 3,000 men will be with- W "The Rasputin of the White House is out to undermine drawn from the island state off the Chinese mainland. what is left of cordiality in U.S.-Arab relations," Bringing home the unit that makes up about one-third charged columnist Selim Nassar of the prestigious Al of the force of 9,000 American servicemen on Taiwan Hawadess magazine. comes "with the reduction of U.S. involvement and hos- tilities in Southeast Asia and with the lessening of "Kissinger's accession to the State Department can be tensions in the area," he said. interpreted only as a declaration of unofficial war against the Arabs," echoes Marwan Jabri of the equally prestigious Al Diyar. GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP)--Cuban Prime Minister Fidel "There is no doubt that Kissinger is much more pro- Castro met yesterday with Guyana Prime Minister Forbes Israel than any other secretary of state in America's Burnham to discuss ways of promoting closer relations history, partly because of his Jewish faith and partly between the two leaders' countries, Castro had been because he suffered like many other Jews in Nazi Ger- greeted Sunday by some of the biggest crowds ever many." seen for a visiting dignitary. During his stay, Castro Only two newspapers speculated about the possibility also was whisked around the city seeing the sights of new American initiatives in the Middle East by the and looking at housing projects. Castro left later new secretary of state. yesterday for the flight back to the non-aligned summit in Algiers. Water crisis Guantanamo Water figures for Friday, Satur- Local ore Gazette day, Sunday and Monday: a. xa. seen. sure, Capt. z4. morad condernaval 8aea WATER PRODUCED: 4 57 t .S . Arters 0 e.5 WATER CONSUMED: - .. .001 v vevi2 -. .-. Emi., Not Received at Press Time s WATER 20.0 105,5 -fl.- . .,- LOSS: 4~5fl 3) . .005 WATER IN STORAGE: Tuesday, September 4, 1973 'Guant~anamo Gazette LOCAL NEWS--Page 3 Pool opens Terry Cumberland (white shirt), president of the Jamaican-Cuban Civic and Recreation Council, as- sists Capt. Michael F, Durkin, Naval Station commanding officer, in cutting ribbon Friday for new swimming pool at Bay Hill. Capt. Jack Rickles, public works officer at right, and Jamaican workers view ceremony, LOCAL BRIEFS What's happening TODAY OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY will hold registration for the fall semester from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the base library. Tuition aid will be available *CCPO on a first-come, first-served basis. Payment is not required at time The Consolidated Civilian Person- of registration. nel Office has discontinued keep- CPO CLUB: Bingo at 8 p.m. ing an anplicant supply file on SURE LOSERS will meet at 7 p.m. in the Hospital classroom. For more in- all GS-2 level jobs. Instead, all formation call Ann Blum, 99227, or Vickie Hayslip, 96105. vacant positions will be announced. GUANTANAMO BAY SELF-DEFENSE CLUB will meet at 6 p.m. in the Child Day Care Interested persons must file a Center. For more information, call 97110 AWH. SF-171 (personal qualifications BOY SCOUTS will meet at 6:45 p.m. at the Boy Scout hut, Sixth Street, statement) at the time of the an- Villamar. For more information, call 97115. nouncement. For more information, call CCPO, 85209 or 85810. TOMORROW GUANTANAMO MASTER MASONS are invited to a stated communication of Caribbean * Naval Lodge at 7:30 p.m. in Masonic Apts., Bldg. 800, Correction STAFF NCO CLUB: Bingo at 8 p.m. A local brief in Fridav's Gazette OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY will hold registration from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at on the Cub Scout pack should have the base library. read as follows: Kenneth Gault CRANE HILL WIVES CLUB will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Dona Mitchell, was named Cub Scout of the month Defense Housing 427.