European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday january 30, 1969 he prefers sufficiency Nixon tones Down  Complex Washington a presi take for  a fils con monday Nixon appeared to that the  Niff Tsuffis Tori two weeks ago that i be dem Nixon s preference for the Troj talks. T ease the hard stand he took Dur client military per to defend Lieve it is absolutely important Twible  a Trudl. " term sufficiency rather than superiority As his Standard for . Military Power May bean attempt to improve the Cli but it is Likely to provoke de Bate Over what constitutes suf  at his first news conference dictatorial democracy1 makes gains in Brazil by Claude Erbsen Rio de Janeiro a armed with unlimited Powers the brazilian government i methodically moving to reshape the country s  has already purged More than 10 per cent of the chamber of deputies has reached into the supreme court for the first time in brazilian history to unseat three justices and is trying to improve the morals of the coun try s business  Man who signs the de crees is not an Iron listed Dic Tator in the traditional latin cops9 sins condoned author says new York up society is willing to Overlook police abuses summary beatings false arrest and lying in court As Long As the victims Are troublemakers the author of a new Book on the subject claims. Paul Chevigny author of police Power and director of a new York civil liberties Union study of police abuses said police tend to harass drug addicts prostitutes hippies homosexuals political activists an members of minority groups be cause that is basically what society wants them to do. Police Are sensitive to who can be abused said Chevigny. He said the most common abuse is the arrest of individuals who defy police authority in any Way even though this is not a crime. To cover up the arbitrary nature of the arrest he said they falsely charge him with disorderly conduct. And if they have not Only arrested him but beaten him they commonly add charges of re sisting arrest and assault. American sense. In fact. Pres ident Arturo a Costa e Ilva Ife a dictator against his own will exerting Only As much of his unlimited Power As he must to retain control Over restless sub ordinates especially Radical army officers. Meantime uncertainty hangs heavy Over the nation private businessmen Are being extremely cautious in their transactions and real estate agents Are complaining that nobody is buying apartments. In fact Many own ers of luxury apartments Are trying to unload them to avoid possible confiscation. The confiscation could comes part of the government crackdown on what it Calls illicit  this was originally aimed Only at politicians or civil servants who used their positions to get Rich but has since been broadened to include virtually anyone doing business with the government. And there Are few brazilian businessmen especially in the upper spheres of finance and in vestment who in the past have said no to favors from Friend sin High government posts. Get Tough drives such a this have occurred in Brazil at intervals and the country s politicians Are wondering when they can expect a return to Normal. The government says Only that it saved democracy by assuming dictatorial Powers. Every possible source of opposition except for the roman Catholic Church has been muzzled. The press is under censorship and at least one editor is behind bars. Others Are being told what they May or May not publish on such crucial developments apolitical purges. Students who rioted in some brazilian cities last year Are lying Low. European edition it. Col. F. S. Michael jr., Usan editor in chief Mert Proctor managing editor Elmer d. Frank production manager Henry s. Epstein circulation manager this newspaper is an authorized publication of the department of defense Fop . Armed forces overseas. The stars and stripes is published by the com Mander in chief . European command in support of the command internal information programs of the department of defense. Contents of the stars and stripes do net necessarily reflect the official views of the . Government or the department of defense. 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Mind when he told reporters when we talk about superiority that May have a Detri mental effect on the other meaning the russians inting it in an inferior and therefore Gilfil Petus to its own arms Nixon said. The president expressed his administration s goal this Way our objective is to be sure with the d i would hopestandpoint.", t that time voiced the the United states a tion1 weeks 1liev t i absolutely that the United states maintain Superior  Nixon was consistent at his news conference with his past positions in rejecting parity be tween the United states and Russia in nuclear weapons. When we talk about parity he said i think we should recognize that wars occur usually when each Side believes it has a Chance to win. Therefore parity does not necessarily As sure that a War May hot  Nixon seemed to be attempt ing to walk a Middle path be tween extremes of viewpoint on How much atomic weaponry the United states needs. But by opting for a Broa term like sufficiency the pres Dent probably will satisfy neither group. Letters to the editor in the Best tradition Brig. Gen. Kelley s Long an largely irrelevant answer to my letter about the slums in Pat Rick Henry Village Heidelberg was if the Best tradition four obdurate Friend the us a eur  the Tenor of that reply insures that the Mili tary bureaucratic spoils system now in being and the Roo cause of the disgraceful . Slums throughout Germany will remain in operation. We will continue to endure the slums even though Congress has appropriated close to billion dollars since world War ii just to maintain family quarters in Usa eur and continues to appropriate about $50million each year. Kelley quotes lots of obscure facts and in the Best official Ese suggests that slums will go away if we Summers will change our attitude coach our children better get into a Spring beautification Campaign Call out the boy scouts or join Aya ventures. This completely misses the Point these activities Are  Point is that the slums exist because the funds appropriated by Congress Are not used by responsible officials to eliminate the slums which exist in Many places in Europe. The next Point is that Ever american sent Here on compe tent . Government orders including dependents has the right to expect that the Money appropriated by Congress will be spent to Benefit him As the Congress intended. The general stooped to impugning my motives and implied that perhaps the problem of the slums in Phi would be solved if Only i would Volunteer to be chairman of the Spring beautification committee or were exiled to duty As housing officer to fill a vacancy now open. Finally his letter suf fers from that old malady so familiar to us All called official  exist in Barracks in family quarters in dependent schools they exist because the military system of administration supervision and manage ment is fragmented and no motivated toward providing and sustaining the facilities an consumer service needs of the troops dependents and Stu dents. But no problem was Ever solved by recrimination and regret Over that which has Al ready passed. Therefore the Only pertinent Point to this dialogue is a solution which will eliminate the  believe a workable solution requires Only two things a single manager system preferably civilian. Military management has failed and i do not deem it capable of eve being Able to eliminate the slums because of internal divergence of Effort Mission and rivalries of  boards composed of members elected by each local Community and authorized to audit the lawful release an expenditure of appropriated funds for the Community rep resented. This solution has the advantage of making the responsible authority visible. At the sometime elected boards act As a Check to balance expenditure against the needs of the Community and insure that the Community receives full value of each Dollar Congress appropriated. Light Bir Heidelberg sympathy without concurrence i noted with some amuse ment Light Bird s indignant expose of Phi. As a Resi Dent of two years i can sympathize with his unhappiness Over housing but i do not con cur in his analysis of causal factors. Admittedly Phi has the appearance of an unsuccessful slum rehabilitation project an to a Large extent for the same reason that some slum rehabilitation programs fail the people in it. To address several of Light Bird s Points specifically let us begin with the buildings the army did not break windows gouge the Walls or scrawl obscenities on the garbage containers nor Are engineers de tailed to swing on the doors to insure that they do not close properly. These High skill requirement activities Are per formed by our children. If the parents fail to instilling their offspring a sense of property value the result is exactly what Bird noted. What he failed to note was last sum Mer s and the previous s u Turner s As Well clean up Effort during which play areas were repaired benches Sand boxes swings Etc. In less than12 hours through a Praise worthy display of perseverance most of the repair work was undone by the elder brother Sand Sisters of the children who would have benefited from the play area. As to the shabby appearance and Lack of foliage these Quali ties Are self evident. Wijit snot so evident is the Effort some inhabitants make to improve the Yard areas near their Homes and the varying de Grees of Success attained. Last May i watched a Man spend four hours preparing a Flower bed Only to see half of his plants destroyed by some of his neighbor s children before the week was out. The father of the children while sym pathetic did not offer to help repair the damage. Granted Phi is poorly de signed with High concentration of people in a Small  it was built Phi was really quite luxurious c o a pared to the civilian Economy. Since that time the Economy has risen and . Facilities have deter rated. These occurrences mutually exacerbate the impression of shabby Tessone develops upon entry into Phi. The impression is Well founded Phi is shabby. The army or rather t h members of the army responsible for administering housing areas Over the years must accept part of the blame How Ever observation during t h e past two years leads me to conclude that most of the blame rests with us the inhabitants. The most unfortunate aspect of the whole problem is that Phi inhabitants who recognize the need Are the ones who in All probability Are already Mak ing an Effort to act the others will remain oblivious or Indig Nant that some unknown Power has not improved it for them Phi resident Heidelberg