r7 IJVTEKURJBAiV loin usWednesdaynights for frozen margaritas! Only ONE DOLLAR from 9:00 pm until closing. The INTERURBAN 505 University Dr. "an aggie tradition" CONTACT LENSES $79 0, Dallas, Atlanta. Kansas City, and San Francisce>. Most e>l the ailected workers ele> piecework in the apparel industry or are empletyed in light inanufaet ir- ing. 1 he stuely, reejuesteel by subcont- ntitlec chairman Austin Murphy. D- Pa., Ie)lle»\veel upon a 1981 investiga tion that reported non-compliance with FLSA's minimum wage, over time and record-keeping provisions was a “serious and continuing prob lem." 1 hai previous investigation also reported that employers who vio lated the labor I. w often went unpu nished and th.tt the laibnt Depart ment frequently failed to seek maximum compensation for em- ployees who wereduc hack wages. The new report conclude*I that little has changed in four years. “Our current review showed that most investigations were not up dated before settlement and firms who previously violated FLSA were usually not In-mg monitored and it! investigated." the report said. Fo help correct the problem,tit GAO recommended that govtn-j ment prosecutors routinely sed beats damage payments in addiuct to back wages from emplovennit; hieak the law. Murphy, who is still Mudyingilu repoit, had no comment. Assistant Attorney General Ui rent e Wallace responded to then ! |>oi t in a letter, saving that stillerpJ nalties might induce ledtij srosecutoi s to more actively pu® USA s iolations. “GAO may wish to recommendi us re|H>ri to Congress an amen ment to the Fl.SA allowing a terms imprisonment tor convictions sit! a re|KMt ot lender has beensubjedM a prior tivil judgment underlie at t\\ all.it e wrote. As die law is now written.imp' onment is an option onlv after a employer's second conviction. 1 he maximum sentence months. U.S. Treasury juggling books to keep government solvent Associated Press WASHING I ON — I he Trea sury Department used some crea tive bookkeeping Tuesday to keep the government afloat while Senate leaders spun their parlia mentary wheels over a balanced budget plan that has stalled ac tion on increasing federal bor rowing authority. At the same time, House Speaker Thomas IV O’Neill Jr., D-Mass., said Congress is in its current f ix because of insane ad ministration economic policies. In what has become a daily let ter updating Congress on the government’s effort to keep bal ancing itself on a fiscal precipice, Deputy Treasury Secretary Rich ard G. Darman told Senate Ma jority Leader Robert Dole, R- Kan.: “As of this morning, we project an ending balance for October 8 (today) of zero; and — absent re medial action — a negative end ing balance for October 9 (tomor row).” Dole said the Freasury was jug gling its books to maintain sol vency into Wednesday. “We’re advised today by the Treasury that they may be able to avoid default until tomorrow “As of this morning (Tuesday), we project an ending balance for Octo ber S of zero; and ... a negative ending balance for October 9 (today), " — Deputy Treasury Sec retary Richard G. Damian sometime,” he said. So far, the only sign of the gov ernment’s financial problems has been the series t>l letter from the Treasury Department to Con gress. But the administration has warned Congress that continued delay could trigger a process un der which the Federal Reserve System would tell hanks not to honor government checks. Nonetheless, of ficials have said the government will not stop issu ing checks. Some legislators said the Trea sury Department was overdoing its warning. “There is no calamity,” said Sen. Steven I). Symms, R-Idaho, adding the Treasury actionswert I "scare tat tics.” I he problem is that the gw-fl eminent has reached its borrm-1 mg ceiling of $1.82-1 trillion and I t an onl\ operate with theodif has on hand. I n ordei for the governmentto j (sorrow more to meet itsobliga-| lions, (ongirss must increaseiln| debt limit. 1 lie Reagan administration I has asked for a new debt limit of 1 moi e than $2 trillion. After days of stalemate, Senate I leaders began bargaining Tue-i day on a plan that would allow for H a short -term increase in the got-1 ernnienl’s borrowing authoiitvl and allow votes on an amend-■ ment offered by Sens. PMj Gramm, R-Texas; Warren Rtid-1 man, R-N.H.; and Ernest Hofl lings, D-S.C. Republicans, with Presidtnt ■ Reagan's support, have insisted N on linking the debt limit increase 1 to the plan to impose statutonl limits on budget deficits in order ■ to achieve a balanced budgetbrI 1991. Democratic leaders said the I sweeping ha la need-budget plan being considered too hastily and I .ire seau hing for alternatives. I Picture This!