European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 16 the stars and stripes saturday. May 14, 1977 John p. Roche lost in . The Art telling Friend from foe in an almost medieval fashion reoccupy our Home on probation on suffer Ance. Sovereignty in fact is exercised by two Himalayan cats Shamus Earl of Everest and his Consort Marian. We have been their tenants for some 11 years and 1 have Learned a Good Deal about International affairs from their week for example. Marian was sunning herself in the driveway apparently asleep when suddenly she literally Rock eted to the roof of a car. Moments later a James Califano legs could Cost billions nearly two weeks have since Secretary Joseph a. Califano announced the government s new rules to end discrimination against handicapped per sons. The reaction from affected employ ers educators and Public officials has been surprisingly mild. It is unlikely that these administrators Are indifferent. They Are More probably the moment the rules apply Only to employers and institutions receiving fed eral financial assistance through the department of health. Education and welfare but the limitation is the rehabilitation act of 1973, every recipient of such assistance must comply with an ant discrimination program. At Torney general Griffin Bell has define Federal financial assistance to include any Grant loan contract other than procurement contract or a contract of insurance or guaranty or any other arrangement involving Federal funds or just about covers the landscape. The rules thus will apply by Way of exam ple to virtually every school University Hospital Library and major Industry in the country. All of these in one Way or another Are recipients of Federal funds or serv ices of Federal in times past it May not have been easy for affected employers and educators to comply with anti discrimination Laws but at least the Law were Clear. Discrimination on account of race religion National origin age and sex could be readily costs of correcting such discrimination might be substantial As in the Case Ofa Large employer found guilty of prolonged discrimination against women but the costs Seldom were staggering. The Cost of compliance with Secretary Califano s regulations will run into billions of dollars. The regulations will impose burdens upon affected recipients beyond any burdens they have borne before. Once the Impact of this program begins to be Felt the stunned silence will surely be is doubtful that Congress intended any such sweeping reforms. The rehabilitation act of 1973 was the culmination of a Lon legislative struggle involving two presidential vetoes having chiefly to do with a appropriation for direct Aid to Handi capped persons. The act was concerned with state rehabilitation programs with research and training Grants with special Public services demonstration projects and the like. The act was thought of largely in terms of vocational , Section 504 of the act never was subject to Public hearings or to floor debate. No one paid attention to an apparently perfunctory paragraph that read no otherwise qualified Handi capped individual. Shall solely by reason of his Handicap be excluded from participation in. Be denied the benefits of. Or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial the Califano rules every new building affected by Federal funds must in clude structural features to Aid the Handi capped. Every such old building must be remodeler within three years. In order to mainstream the handicapped specially trained teachers and interpreters must be idea is to bring the deaf the Blind the epileptic the retarded the crippled the alcoholics and drug addicts out of segregated institutions and into Ordinary channels of Public and private life. The purpose is surely compassionate. But the implementation of these drastic regulations will demand an Effort that Ira. C Eaker plainly will be difficult and As Califano himself acknowledged in some cases maybe impossible. If every classroom with a deaf child must employ an interpreters killed in sign language there will not be enough interpreters to go around where is the Money coming from Esti mates of the Cost Range from 12.4 billion to$10 billion Over the next three years and this is merely the beginning. Section 504was thoughtlessly written into Law. It will demand hard thinking now. F c a Titington sur bad and Good news in nato findings Brussels every Spring for Many years i have been coming to nato for update briefings. For the past several years i have been joined in this Enterprise by the chairman of the United states strategic Institute. Or. . Metcalf one of the most concerned and dedicated patriots of my interest in the status of nato is based on Gen. Dwight Eisenhower s Obser vation that since nato was created no free world soil in Europe has fallen to russian present visit had special significance for we were fully aware of the debate current in tiie United states that Russia May be moving toward military superiority involving the breakup of the nato findings involve both bad news and Good , the bad news. There is ample evidence that the Warsaw pact under russian domination is continuing its obvious Effort to gain overwhelming superiority Over nato. Al though it presently has better than a 2-1 superiority m manpower a 3-1 superiority i Armor and a 2-1 superiority in aircraft. Us Effort still continues unabated. Despite these ominous facts Only West Germany and the United states of the nato partners provide their share of contributions to nato Warsaw pact countries teach that nuclear War is survivable an winnable and their Maneu vers Demon Strate that their armed forces can operate in a nuclear environment they obviously Are placing their main emphasis on conventional warfare where every advantage lies with them. Evidence continues that the political strength which supports nato is Southern flank is still disrupted by the greek turkish conflict. Communist Par ties in France and Italy gain in Power. Any nato country under communist Domina Tion must be promptly dropped from participation in planning defense strategy an tactics for obvious reasons. The economic Outlook is still shaky inmost nato countries As inflation is still rampant. Defense capability is always tied to sound National economies. Nato countries still fail to standardize their weapons such As tanks Artil Lery ammunition missiles and aircraft. The present evidence suggests that the May rot procure the Azacs airborne warning communications and command system presently the highest priority requirement for , for some More favourable aspects. The Warsaw pact also has some Seri Ous problems. It will be the aggressor. The european nato allies will be fighting to maintain their Freedom. Free men Are always better defenders than slaves. Russia must be concerned about the dependability of the conquered Warsaw pact allies such As Poland. Czechoslovak la and East Germany. Russia with Hitler s example of the disaster of a two front War must be concerned about the chinese problem. Nato military manpower although outnumbered is Superior in Many regards. Under the Able leadership of Gen. Alexan Der Haig it la Well trained unified on strategy and tactics and possesses High morale. Haig has followed a Wise policy of designating All those things which the military can do to increase nato defences and in Suring that these Are accomplished. He has also been forthright and effective in telling the political Heads of governments what they alone can contribute by Way of Bud gets and our judgment if nato fails to pro vide a credible deterrent it will result from defective political policies not from the inferior Quality of military forces or leadership. In contrast untroubled on the flagstones Newfoundland ambled up and Lay Down beside there is a a Ruck is Spaniel who appears from time to time runs in a Circle around her and yaps. Marian yawns and Rolls these strangely divergent reactions answer she is equipped with toe Moloy its world War ii name Iff she instinctively identifies friends and foes and react 8cotdkly. Hie More i learn about our begot Tuom with Hanoi and Havana the More i wish Marian was handling them. We seem Mohave lost our capacity to distinguish mend begin with the objective situations i Vietnam and Cuba both Are bankrupt totalitarian countries desperately in need of economic and technical assistance. Both Are dedicated opponents of human right Sand of course. Rotthe United states. Both Are attempting to normalize relations with the United states in Hopes we will bail them out. No one can blame them for trying to Roll a drunk but a serious Case can be mad against our getting stoned. As suggested Here when Castro pulls his army out of Africa and the Middle East its members could make a significant contribution to Cuba s Gross Domestic product. Moreover a democratization of Cuba could Lead to the return of 700.000 exiles mostly Middle class technicians and artisans. On a popu lation base of roughly 8 million they could provide quite an economic democratization could create prob lems for the Caudillo. Sen. George Mcgovern told the Havana periodical Bohemia that Fidel is one of the most important leaders in the world today but the exiles who have Iff Are May be a Nice Man but they question his View that Castro has Success fully guaranteed fundamental rights in Cuba. Mcgovern does not run the dig Fidel s Kab trained secret police. So Exchange ambassadors but let Moscow pickup Fidel s Tab. Now to the american vietnamese negotiations in Paris where Marian would certainly be on the roof of a Renault. Assistant Secretary of state Richard Holbrook struck me As a decent Guy when i knew him in Vietnam but to put him in the ring with a Veteran cutthroat like Vietnam Deputy foreign minister Pham Wen is absurd. You see Holbrooke feels guilty about our Vietnam commitment 1 fed guilty about it too but for different Rea sons 1 we botched it and 2 we then abandoned in million South vietnamese1 to Savage totalitarians. In the words of an impartial witness now after the communist Victory the South vietnamese realize they lost a precious thing. They realize the intervention of the United states was right Only its manner was debatable. Now they would like substantial military help to regain that doubtless some Cia Stooge no alas,100 years late a Leader of the anti Thieu forces in Saigon Learned there can be things worse than War. Nguyen Kong Hoan a former Saigon Deputy and Leader of the anti Thieu peace group who was re warded with a place in the new unified Hanoi legislature managed to escape and boggled the minds of the anti War parti sans Here with these sentiments. For some Odd reason his remarks received Little Media coverage. Perhaps we should ship Nguyen Kong Hoan to Paris to
