European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse 4 the stars and stripes november 1964 British Institute makes report cad Over soviets in icbms put at 5 to 1 not Murad by Thaler London slate Kir superiority of the United slates Over Russia has in creased giving America a nearly 5tol Lead Over the soviets in the authoritative British Institute for strategic studies the institutes estimates of the East West military balance for 196489 showed that the United Stales will have 925 icbms by Early next year to russian estimated this compares with the institutes estimate Early this year of a ratio of 479 icbms to in Fleet ballistic including Polaris and its less advanced soviet the american superiority has More than doubled in the past 12 it according to the from under jto1 to red chivas recent nuclear the study does not alter the fact of its Mili tary but us nuclear technology is now apparently More advanced than had been the Institute for strategic studies is a private Organiza and it is Given close co operation by official defense authorities in the Atlantic Al 11 derives its financial support from the Ford found from British Foutuh Sullons and from the study said that 196465 May be the last year in which Western superiority in Long Range striking Powers is so because the american icbms program will be completed nest while Russia is expected to step up product the soviet Union according to the to have overwhelming superiority Over the West in medium and intermediate Range ballistic missiles with an estimated they a tar Geld on West Europe and Japan and Art the South i of the based near Hoffa May run Empire from prison by Neil Gilbride Washington sters Union president James Hoffa is quietly laying the groundwork to continue run Ning his sprawling labor Empire from if insiders report Hoffa is founding out Union sentiment for keeping him As president if he loses appeals of his fed eral and fraud for which he could be jailed a total of is the Hove May set off an other internal Power play by nine members of Hoffas Balky exe Ciure Hoffa and the Board have maintained an uneasy truce under pressure from the he quit drawing on the Union Treasury for his huge be Gal but Hoffa in bypassing the Board in ills new strategy move and going directly to local teamsters officials for some Board members reportedly will try to squelch the Board has agreed to stick by Hoffa through his but made no commitments beyond although Hoffa has not directly approached Board Mem word of his new tactic is spreading among teamster units around the so the Hofta approach has been confined to local of in the the pitch is being made by a trusted Hoffa the Guy who doing it is very close to one teamsters source theres not a Chance he the aide is doing it on his the move is interpreted by some insiders As an attempt to circumvent the Boaro by build ing enough support among convention delegates 1o overrule the the Board is made up of hot Secretary treasurer John English and 11 vice presidents who run the various teamsters sub empires around the coun try on a fairly autonomous Only English spends All his time close to Hoffa in the International teamsters head quarters it would almost certainly be from among the vice presi dents that Hoffas successor would three of them have defied Hoffa openly on various mailers in recent Mouths and others show signs of while no teamsters Conven Tion is scheduled until Hoffa in starting to build sup port for a the outcome of at least one of his appeals should coincide with the i960 if the executive Board re moved Hoffa from he could Appeal to the which would have the final say under the unions Hoffa would apparently also run into trouble under the act if he should go to the Federal labor Law bars from Iti Ilon office anyone convicted of certain including bribery and embezzle Novotny remains strongman of czechs despite switches by United press International Antonon Novotny is the Undis he joined the comm 1 puled Strong Man of Czecho leading both the party and the reelected presi Dent Tor another five has also been the first Secretary of the communist party since when he became president in november following the death of Antonon he was the first Leader of a soviet satellite to have such dual roles in the Post Stalin it was a departure from the Prin Ciple of collective a Cool and calculating had to rehabilitate Many of the men he condemned during the stalinist Era and purge some of his closest As but he has managed to stay on he was born the son of a in the Small Industrial town of let about 10 Miles from and worked his Way up through the ranks by demonstrating skill at organization and agita he first gained International notice As a Delegate to the comintern Congress of a resistance Leader in world War Novotny was captured by the nazis and imprisoned in the infamous Mau Hausen concentration Camp four after the War he became regional Secretary for the communist party in then a Deputy in the National Assem Bly a Secretary of the communist party Central in the first Novotny is said to have never made an attempt to sell him self to the czech he also has been described As the archetype of the colourless communist James Hoffa hanging on but ii would probably take a court fight to determine whether this applied in Hoffas teamsters vice Presl deals who have clashed with Hoffa and thus might be expected to resist Hoffa efforts to run the Union from prison include Backhus of Phila who has already called for Hoffas a Large contingent of Backhus Phila Delphia teamsters is also suing Hoffa and other executive Board members for reimburse ment of the estimated million or More in Jolon Money spent to defend Hoffa in criminal Gibbon of onetime executive assistant to Hoffa who quit that Post in a bitter personal Squab ble and left the Washington Headquarters to return his Missouri Power Orourke of new who originally called for the showdown that led Hoffa to Stop teamsters Money to pay his Orourke also rejected Hoffas drive Robert Ca Palgi from on the Pacific coast and in Russia also has some medium Range while Western strength has been reduced in this sector by about on fourth Over the Pas the on the other leads with 630 Long Range heavy bombers to russian the number of tactical nuclear weapons deployed by the allies in West and South Europe has increased by 60 per cent in the past three the study the soviet army is thought by the Institute to hive some 140 divisions of which Only about half arc at combat but there have been improvements in the Organiza Tion and Inlet Ratlan of the War saw pact the total Active army strength of nato forces is set Al compared with that of a Warsaw pact align ment of red the study suggest could be expected to steer Clear of conflict with the United states or Russia and keep aloof from Hose areas of conflict which could Lead to a world according to the she May Conte or limited wars in South the study continues to follow a strategy which envisages a major offensive role for her army in any future based on the concept of Large scale and Vance at High even across radioactive Ter there Are no signs that the san Osovet conflict has led to any withdrawal of soviet forces from the Institute the soviets Are enlarging Ihler now second largest in the with attention focused increasingly on he sub Marine and Are building some 19 nuclear powered subs a the institutes military East West balance gave the strategic bomber Force As about Amer ican land based strategic mis Siles have grown american nuclear powered the Institute Esti will increase from 33 ii Rev this year to 54 by Early next year compared with 23 and for rus there is no evidence that russian icbms could carry a 50megalon warhead in a bal Listic according to the has made claim of Progress in antimissile to those made by the United russian defense expenditure in ical terms is estimated at Between 130 and 135 billion a that of the United states lit 150 because of increased interest in conventional in site of russian army apparently has not it is estimated at million on red the study said that while its nuclear technology is apparently More advanced than had been the Means by which it pro cured uranium135 is still the chinese army of or million is Short of modern and heavy of most Are and eke train Lynx of pilots is inhibited by Lack of spare China has some 21 As regards soviet mainly instructors and have been reduced to less than but Cuba has modern weapons including surface surface missiles of about 25miles the Institute there Are 24 cuban surface air missile previously soviet manned but now believed under cuban the cuban army was Esti mated to be some with modern antitank and t54 the air Force was said to have a substantial number of soviet Mig fighters including some 40 the latest and possibly equipped with Airt air mis european edition col widow a Smith Usa it col William Coleman of sap Arnold Burnett Elmer Frank Henry deity term ant Rorm Boru cd 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