European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes monday january 27, 1969 Cost of global arms $53 lb.1 has to by Stewart Hensley Washington up the global arms race costs the world More than $182 billion a year averaging out to $53 forever Man woman and child on the Earth the . Arms control and disarmament Agency  an annual report the Acda said that if the Cost of military hardware continues its upward trend the nations of the world will spend $4 trillion on armaments in the next 10 years  figure of $182 billion was the estimated amount spent Byall nations on military equip ment in 1967. Preliminary Dat for 1968 indicated a continued increase. Global military spending exceeds that of any other time i history except the Peak fight ing years of world War ii the report said. The world arms race costs 40per cent More than total world stars and stripes at $120 billion. While part of the increase stems front inflation the major portion comes fro the increase in the amount of War material being  Acda said that the world s two major military alliances nato and the communist Warsaw pact accounted for nearly nine tenths of the Rise in expenditures in 1966 and1967." it said the increased outlays of the two leading Powers in the alliances the United states an the soviet Union made up $35 billion of the 44-billion increase from 1965 to 1967 in world military spending. Fhe increase in the amount spent for arms around the world is considerably Large than the increase in population a 38 per cent Rise in military expenditures compared with a 7 per cent increase in Popula Tion the Acda said. These figures represented the respective increases since 1964, the first year the Acda began making its own estimates. This Means that per capita military expenditures in current by Frank Washington up when he left office last monday former president Lyndon Johnson carried away pension rights up to $49,000 a year and fringe benefits Worth two or three times As much. The Johnsons already Are assured of substantial private income from their business interests which were held in Trust during his presidency. The former president now that he had begun i Fetter ear Lieras a House doorkeeper actually there was no real discrepancy there. House rec ords show that Johnson Wenton Kleberg s payroll As a clerk the Only designation for a member s official pm Ployd then As now on nov. 24,1931. In any ease Johnson was eligible for participation in the congressional retirement pro dollars were 30 per cent higher gets a taxable pension of $25,000 Gram under this members of in 1967 than they were in 1964 a year As Well As a tax free Congress and their employees world average of $53 per allowance of $80,000 a year to contribute 7.5 per cent of their person per year compared with $41 in 1964," the report said. Book says Stalin sure nazis would t attack new York up Jose Stalin was so sure that Hitler locked himself in his office in state of collapse saw no one of cull a of Auric mat  of air v1 it Boan in Uduc Jug years do would never attack Russia that and Abse Teji himself from All White House. Hire aides and secretaries free use of government office space free mail privileges and secret service Protection. As a former employee of Congress and the executive Branch two years As head of the Texas National youth administration he can get a annuity of about $24,000 a year assuming he paid into the retirement fund for the entire32 before he entered the if column Sand comment spending on education and More than three times worldwide expenditures on Public  report prepared in december under the direction of former Acda director William c. Foster said global military expenditures now take More than 7 per Centof the world s Gross product. In Money terms they Are Equi Valent to the total annual income produced by the on billion people living in latin America South Asia and the near  the report disclosed that the rate of increase in the world s armament spending was greater than the increase in the global Gross National product the total value of All goods and services produced in the world in a Given year. The Rise in arms spending amounts to 50 per cent since 1962, when the United nation estimated military expenditures he had a nervous breakdown that paralysed the Kremlin s decision making apparatus for two weeks after the German invasion began a newly published Book claims. Harrison Salisbury Veteran correspondent in Russia and now assistant managing editor of the new York times wrote in the 900 Days the siege of Leningrad that the so Viet dictator refused to believe the Many unmistakable signs of imminent nazi invasion and ascribed All such reports to a British trick to make Troubl Between Russia and Germany. Indeed had anyone in thinner Circle suggested to Stalin that his estimate of the situation was mistaken he would in All probability have been ordered to the firing squad Salisbury  so feared any military move within Russia that might incite Hitler that soviet forces were under orders not to return the fire of the invaders when German armies actually crossed the russian Border on june 22, 1941."it was not possible for responsible commanders in the general staff or the High command to take even Ordinary precautions the journalist  the invasion Stalin governmental meetings until the Middle of july. A Junta took Over including Georgi Malenk Ovand Lavrenti Beria but even so there were no important Deci Sions made for almost a week after the nazi attack. Johnson s official biography shows his congressional service started in 1932 As Secretary to rep. Richard Kleberg a Tex. But Johnson himself said in his final state of the Union speech salaries and upon retirement draw 2.5 per cent of their High est average salary a of e Jas not my intention to Caus new set of chairs but by the time we got them the com feelings or to injure Ger of be on e or my nests had More film footage. Man american relations. For Legal assistance offices headed can help in contacting reliable German attorneys a bespeak English and take cases we had Learned another Valu Able lesson that the com this reason i am asking what recourse is available to me. I munits will literally go to the a not wish to watch my family most ridiculous lengths to score in a perpetual state of illness a propaganda Point?1burke s article ends with five important lessons for Ameri cans recognize that communists regard the conference to from colds which is How therase. Edwin t. Tiedeken Frankfurt editor s note fortunate Iyall americans living on he the Legal officer said Bow Ever after proper advice based on the facts of your Case you May be Able to come to a Satis factory settlement and resolve file problem in a talk i tic the landlord. This failing the Hel Delberg official said a letter from a German attorney migh Correct your complaint without the necessity of going to court