European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday May 13, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 5 lbs enjoyed life in Senate More widow says Washington up lady bin Johnson said wednesday her life was strained and rent by Viet Nam just like her husbands but they both were con Vinced this country had to live up to its comm Tea  Lyndon Johnson s widow also said her husband enjoyed his Job As Senate majority Leader better than be . Johnson spoke to a turn away audience at the Kennedy Center s weekly National town  said her feelings about Vietnam which ultimately Cost her husband the presidency were the same Sjohnson s. I was just As sorry just As strained just As rent Ashe was by not knowing the answers she said but just As convinced this country had to live up to its  he was extremely pained because he could t Findan honorable Way to end that War. He wanted peace for this . Johnson was asked which her husband liked better the Senate or the White  was a Senate Man be loved that life and that Job and i would have to say he enjoyed it More she replied. But he realized the Chance to do things for your country is exhilarating. You get a sense of former 1st lad Johnson Vietnam strained and rent both their lives satisfaction that you could attain Only in that place the White House. Wearing a Tangerine dress and looking Happy an healthy mrs. Johnson gave these answers during the hour Long questioning her husband s spot in history from her Subjec Tive viewpoint will be a High place what he did in education and civil rights win loom larger an timepasses.""., she still pursues her goal of helping beautify America. It s not the business of Garden clubs any More it s the business of politicians and civic leaders. Believe it is Here to stay and is in the hearts of people All across the nation.",.she supports integration but says busing is too often painful and divisive and wishes someone More Wise than she could figure How to achieve desegregation without rending the Community. Because 1 am of a different generation she Early on was Cool to the equal rights amendment she strongly supports it now convinced by my daughters their friends their very Strong  the assassination of John Kennedy that elevated her husband to the presidency was a Nightmare. You held on tight and you prayed and you were determined  a frightening  $111 billion for defense budget okd by conferees Washington a House an Senate budget conferees agreed wednes Day on an initial $460.9 billion spending plan including $111 billion for defense. The agreement projects a deficit of $84.6billion. Agreement on the key defense figure after three Days of hard bargaining broke a deadlock that had threatened to halt work on spending Bills for the year begin Ning oct. , the tentative budget faces tests in both Chambers which differed widely on the slice of the budget to be allocated to  Compromise budget Resolution was tentatively set for a vote in the Senate Friday and in the House tuesday. The Issue was considered especially close in the House which rejected an ear Lier Resolution after liberals deserted it on the defense Issue. They contended that the Pentagon was not subjected to As tight spending control As departments that administer social  House ultimately passed a Resolution providing $109.9 billion for defense while the Senate had approved j111.8 Bil  Compromise defense figure is $1.1 billion above the House approved defens item. $900 million under president car Ter s request to Congress in february and$1.b billion lower than a later sem official estimate by the office of management an budget. Epa admits idea of testing possible cancer causing agent in Mexico Washington api the Environ mental Protection Agency said wednesday that one of its divisions proposed in 1975 totes a possible cancer causing fungicide on mexicans to bypass its own ban on human testing in the . An Epa spokesman said however that the proposal was turned Down by Edwin l. The Odd of time Johnson who was then associate Deputy assistant administrator heading Epa s pesticide  to questions on the subject the spokesman said the proposal originated in the pesticide program s criteria and evaluation division then headed by Leonard r. Axelrod now deceased. It involved a group of fungus killer called Edc which were known to cause cancer in animals such findings automatically bring the chemicals under suspicion As possible causes of human cancer until they can be proven Safe. Edc is also suspected As a possible cause of birth defects. T it the department of health Educa Tion and welfare had placed a moratorium on i Oman testing of such questionable sub stances. In Mexico testing was still permitted. And Axelrod proposed to negotiate a $100,-000 contract at . Expense with the hos Pital de Gin eco obstetrics in Mexico forthe experimental feeding of Edc Chemi cals to human  Epa spokesman said the proposal contrary to a published report was sent routinely to Johnson higher up the Chain of command in the pesticide  consulted attorney Jeffrey Howard in Epa s general counsel office and blocked the proposal the spokesman  said Johnson is investigating to de Termine who. Besides Axelrod was involved in submitting the proposal. Epa administrator Douglas m.  took office earlier this year issued a statement describing the proposal As serious error of judgment on the part of those originating it. Amtrak is looking for cheap wheel Washington a Amtrak has Cre ated a new Job paying $tt,000 a year but can t find a qualified  s because a comparable position in private Industry pays $20.000 or 30,000more. The title is chief operating officer. An Amtrak spokesman said the Corpora Tion is looking for a Railroad Man with extensive High level administrative experience. Several applicants have been interviewed but up to now we Haven found the right Man. The spokesman said. He said whoever gets the Job will be sort of a super assistant to Amtrak president Paul h. Reistrup. He would Deal with Day to Day operations of the corporation in All areas freeing Reistrup from this chore Todeal More with Congress the cities and states and with Long Range planning. The Job of chief operating officer on any Railroad is to ought and demanding. People who do it get Well  the spokesman said. But Congress has placed a 166,000 salary ceiling on Amtrak executives below the president saying they cannot make More than a Cabinet member. When Amtrak was created by Congressi 1971. Its first president Roger Lewis former president of general dynamics was paid $120,000. But two years later in a dispute with Lewis Congress Cut his wages half. When Lewis left in 1975, a qualified Suc Cessor could not be found immediately be cause of the salary Low in comparison wit wages paid Railroad executives. Reistrup was hired after the salary was raised to$85.000. Reistrup had been executive vice presi Dent of Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. May 1j, im7 crack government Cav Alry and infantry forces swept Down from Manchuria through China s great Wall in a Bill would bar dumping sewage in Ocean toward the stand capital of Tallnan Chi Nese nationalist do patches said in Nan May 13, 157 passenger carrying rocket ships will Fly the Atlantic Ocean or Toom from new York u los Angeles in single hour within the next m Yean an in Leni atonal rocket expert  13, 1867 sen. Edward m. Brooke the nation s ugliest elected Black strongly avenged Ort Marti lather King at it was costing the civil rights movement support. Washington up ignoring warning that some cities might have to dump their sewage in the streets the House merchant Marine committee voted 22 to 12 wednesday to ban the dumping of sewage into the oceans after dec. 31,1981. After heated debate the committee agreed to an amendment by rep. William Hughes. D-n.j., that would require the Ocean dumping of sewage sludge to be ended As soon As possible but in an event by the end of 1981. Rep. John Breaux a la. Objected that this would leave some communities with no place to dump their  Don t want to be put in the position of telling the cities they have to put it in the streets Breaux  administrator Douglas m. Costle said in a letter sent to chairman John Murphy. . Shortly before the com Mittee met that the Hughes amendment would create too much rigidity in Deal ing with the  said financing and other prob lems faced by some cities would justify Short extensions of the 1981 deadline in some  strongly believe it is in the Public interest to have the administrative flexibility to Deal with such delays if they should develop and if they Are unavoidable an not the result of bad Faith Effort Costle said. Breaux in arguing against the Hughes amendment said it would be unenforceable and urged his colleagues to vote on the basis of common sense rather than  said the amendment was needed to protect the health and safety of people who live along the seashores and those who might eat fish polluted by the dumping of wastes. He said Many cities were dragging their feet on finding alternatives to Ocean dump ing of sewage because it was the cheapest Way to dispose of it. We have to serve notice on the Pollut ers that the cheap Way is no longer going to be the accepted Way Hughes said