European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 17, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday May 17/ 196j Pentagon analysis cd Ron attacked students haul Ida out of its Ivory Tower by Donald m. Rothberg Washington a in a Ivory coloured lower overlooking the Pentagon works a group of thinkers who feel much misunderstood and a bit work for the Institute for defense analyses Ida an their Job not coincidentally is to Analyse. As its annual report says the Basic objective of Ida is to provide an Independent an objective source of studies and advice for the Federal govern ment and in particular for the department of , after years of comfortable anonymity Ida is a initials scrawled on picket signs appear on campuses across the nation. At universities associate with Ida Columbia Princeton and the University of Chicago for example students Demon Strate and demand that Aca Demic ties with Ida be severed. On the top floor of Ida s 10-Story building Norman l. Christeller Ida vice president and general manager com Plains students have very much distorted what we do. It Svery frustrating to have so Many people no napalm or nerve Gas is made at Ida. Its scientists Don t work in laboratories trying to develop new and More virulent germs for warfare. Ida has no laboratories. Its building one of Many of like design built on the Virginia Shore of the Potomac River indecent years is a Maze of monkish cubicles each furnished with a desk a couple of chairs and bookshelves room designed to allow a Man to very few exceptions the thoughts of Ida men Are consid ered very secret. In the ground floor lobby beyond a Garden of plastic Flowers and shrubs a receptionist backed by uniformed Security guards asks visitors to announce their business and pro Duce their identification. Once cleared the visitor needs a Plas tic tag and an escort to get beyond the lobby. You can wander through the corridors of the Pentagon easier than you can make it to the elevator at need for secrecy Chris Teller said in an interview causes some of Ida s he pronounces it Ida like the Wom an s name troubles with Stu Ida projects Are listed in unclassified publications their titles Are kept vague and uninformative. This is required to get them by Pentagon censors. Unfortunately cd Ulster Ler said groups such As Stu dents for a democratic society ads look at the project titles and draw some rather explicit conclusions about what Ida must be another Ida spokesman said it is the Assumption of the leaders of ads that Ida i strongly supporting in its work the prosecution of a War. That War happens to be in assumptions Are based on Jwo other misconceptions Christeller says he finds in Stu Dent protests Are that Ida s work is done on campuses an that the Institute draws Large portions of its staff from its 12sponsoring universities. Both Are incorrect he employees work full time for the Institute and Are recruited from the same sources Pri vate Industry universities other research institutions and government that other research firms draw upon for Talent. Ida was formed in 1956 after the defense department asked Massachusetts Institute of technology to undertake weapons evaluation studies. Mit official Felt the project would be too big for one University and suggested that an Independent Institute be created. Five universities started out As member sponsors and the group soon expanded to 12.Ida spokesmen claim with emphasis that the universities contribute neither facilities personnel nor 12 University presidents or their representatives sit on the Ida Board of directors. They elect other Board Mem Bers. In addition to Mit the Mem Ber sponsors Are the University of California California Institute of technology Case Institute of technology University of Chicago Columbia University University of Illinois University of Michigan Pennsylva Nia state University Princeton University Stanford University and Tulane the government Ida works primarily for people based across the Street in the Pentagon although in recent years Ida has taken on More and More no defense now Ida is doing a study for the department of housing and Urban develop ment on the possibilities a breakthrough in reducing the Cost of describing his dealings with Ida s clients Christelle often refers to himself and other Institute executives As being Fon the firing he refers to pressure often intense to have Ida s analyses support a particular Point of View. One method government officials use says Christeller i to so restrict the scope of study so As to practically grantee that it will support of government s position the if the official refuses in remove the restrictions id refuses to accept Tho contract it says adding unit it is "d6 cases that the University backing becomes important. Because we have 12 University presidents behind us we can command the attention of the. Before Long Ida will have the backing of Only i University presidents. The University of Chicago has announced it will withdraw from Ida sponsor ship. She s not excited the Young lady at right stifles a Yawn As she and other South vietnamese women prepare to March in review before president Nguyen Van Thieu during a Parade in Danang. The distaff soldiers have formed a Mili Tia unit to protect themselves and their Remote villages in he northeastern Sec Tion of the country. A photo unless sea can be stopped Engineer fears death of Venice by Peter Muccini London a Venice Willdie within a Hundred years unless $120 million is found to Stop the ravages of the Adriatic warning was issued in London by or. Simon a Sereni woman engineering and architectural expert lecturing i Britain on Venice s problems. Or. Sereni painted this Pic Ture three Mammoth floodgates would have to be built to keep the sea from flooding the inner Lagoon during High tides. These tides have caused so much damage to buildings that people Are abandoning Homeland businesses and living on the population fell from 170, 000 in 1951 to 122,000 in 1967.the abandoned houses and other buildings Are being converted into cheap hotels Cater ing for the tourist . Sereni warned that Venice is turning into a Disneyland which would be dead for about eight months of the year during the said we must save Venice not just As a museum but As a living City with a healthy commercial and the floodgates would provide guarantee against future Clam age she said. Groups have been formed to build an underground railway which would put Venice Bac Kinto the mainstream of modern living. The other alternative to build motorways crossing the Lagoon would prove a Dis Aster or. Sereni said. The motor car has already made its presence Felt in the City and to provide Means of bringing More would completely choke up the she said she would seek Thea id of British experts in build ing the underground engineers have already played an important part i working out the project. The railway would have to serve about one million people living in a Triangle formed by Padua and Treviso on the main land and would also have to serve the million tourists who Cometo the City every year. Or. Sereni said that i Venice s plight were made known to the world at Large people might contribute to the Cost. The United nations educational scientific and cultural organization and the italia government also would help to provide part of the greatest difficulty in planning anything is the fad that Venice is unique and we cannot copy another Model she added. European edition. Col. James w. Campbell Usa de or u Eielt. Col. F. S. Michael jr., a of Deputy editor in cow Mert Proctor Mabas Lenl Motif Elmer 0. Frank production Man Henry i Epstein circulation or an unofficial newspaper of and for the . Armed Force a Bli he Mitwol commander in chief . European command and printed daily at Are Ali Germany. Military a Drewi the stare and str pee Apo 09176. 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