European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 8, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 4 the stars and stripes november 1964 but no major policy changes expected Pentagon plans tighter rein on defense spending Knuth him bars and in by Charles Corddry Washington up the Johnson administration Wylli tighten the Vise on military which account or More than half of the Federal but it will make no major changes in defense pol that wus the postelection forecast of officials already hard at work on military budget proposals for submission to Congress in they Salo there will be no loosening up on Pentagon the present spending rate is billion a year and the trend is but they also emphasized Thul there will be More than ample flexibility to meet any new communist More Likely in the near future Are new challenges in Viet Nam or elsewhere in Southeast whatever ing a political decision to Widen the conflict in the Pentagon s ready with contingency plans and forces to carry them another Polit com Hilary problem on the immediate Hori Zon is the european desire for More control Over nuclear weapons and the advocacy of a seaborne missile defense Secretary Robert who is considered almost certain to remain in of has scheduled a meeting this week with West German defense minister Kluwe von me also expects a visit from Britain new defense Denis before the end of the no Quick solutions arc expected from these conferences or from the in null nato foreign and defense min meeting in Paris in mid while no Early shifts in main defense policies Are a number of specific decisions on military matters must be these include selection of More bases for the Likely shutdown or curtailment of two or three naval ship will stir a political Buluro of the the Wisdom of producing an antimissile defense system at a Cost of at least the vexing question of whether to build new bombers and in cutbacks in Oversea and what to do about putting military men in in inc manpower the chief question is the future of he the democratic plat form said it would be continued Only As Long As it is the cutoff ume could be when the present Law also Likely is a moderate reduction in the present authorized military strength of which is greater than in military pay is certain to Rise to provide greater incentives Tor a Volunteer career another key personnel Deci Sion which must be taken at once is to choose a successor defense huddle Robert Kennedy Center and new York mayor Robert Wagner left Confer with defense Secretary Robert Mcnamara on possible closing o naval facilities in new including he Brooklyn Navy photo expert says and Russ space failures equal a rus and United slates space failure have been about an expert on the russian space program Charles staff member of the National aeronautics and space Council in bases this est Lento on his compilation of and russian space successes and failure since he admitted the comparison was made mainly from russian announcements on rocket fir and the russians dont Tell about the according to the information he was Able to the United states has fired 262 vehicles since 1957 and 192 were the russians in the same period announced they fired 81 with 79 despite the big difference in announced Sheldon said although they refused to reveal their have said russian fail ures equated those of the United a comparison that would mean Sheldon would come when the soviet Union has enough self conf Dence in its standing in rocketry that it can Tell us what the read count Sheldon said that from state ments by almost everybody connected with the soviet space from Nikita Khrushchev to rocket it is apparent that the itus Vilims Are committed to interplanetary from the very the firmly announced soviet goal has been manned flight to the planets with the intention of exploiting their info Mellon to resources and colonization he Sheldon presented the 50th and last paper to the third manned space flight meeting Sheldon said that because of the Lack of Public announce ments by there was no conclusive Public evidence either for or against the soviet Union having an urgent manned lunar Landing or planetary land ing he it should be noted also that Noth ing which they have done to Dale is inconsistent with con dueling a lunar program just As Large and jus As urgent As our own and they could be even ahead of our current position with the new hardware not yet seen outside their closed so to Gen Curtis As chief of staff of the air retires in in the weapons Mcna Mara is Likely to defer for in other year the question of whether logo into production with the a Lex antimissile system for defense of it is now being tested it an annual Cost of Mcnamara sees Small need or this system unless it is accompanied by a huge fallout shelter which Congress has shown no disposition to a nor is Mcnamura expected to give tin air Force a go ahead for More than research and development on a new the Secretary guar that if Amer Ica Nevils a new Typo bomber when the present b52 Force wears out in the Early 1970s ther will Ksevera choices of planes available for Oversea always a politically sensitive Issue with the Are sure to he reexamined Over the next four As the nations ability to mov troops by air and by Sel is continually aide Veteran envoy by Hubert Erb United n a Tio n Vatican first per manent observer to the United nations is a Veteran Diplomat who describes himself As an expert on the holy see in world War the Alberto Giova a cheerful arrived recently As the roman Catholic Church resident of following a personal audience with Pope Paul in an the 51year old representative of the Vati can made these Points is not Likely that the vat ican will take he final step to Ward becoming a member of the untied role of his Mission is he will spend most of his time working with the social and humanitarian interests in Fields where the Church traditionally has been Vatican named a per manent observer at his time because since the time of the late Pope John xxi the Church has become More in the Vatican Mission is the sixth to represent a nonmember slate at the United nations on a permanent the oth ers Are West South South Monaco and describing the Vatican Posi Glove Nettl we Are like Switzerland helping to further the activities of the United nations but not As a member state because we Glova Nelll do not want to become politically Giovanelli began his Mission to the in where he was the Vatican representative to the Trade and development he was asked How he handled he Touchy questions involving developed nations the i he i abstained so As a matter of it became some thing of a at a cock Tail party As i took a a colleague said to aha i Here you in not he said inc Geneva Situa Tion would not come up Here since he has no Giovanetto said he saw his primary duties As report ing to he Vatican and follow ing closely those activities of the United nations concerned with Protection of minorities and especially the problems of the 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