European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1977 the stars and stripes Page 5 Woodcock and successor Leonard Woodcock mined by president Carter to be envoy o chats with Douglas Fraser i Cesar As president of the United Auto during the meeting in los an Dpi photo addresses Law Carter vows to fight inflation los Angeles a president Carter tuesday promised to Battle successfully against High unemployment and High pledging to take whatever Steps might be needed if the recovery should falter during the years Carter detailed his Domestic policy goals in an address prepared for the annual convention of the United Auto workers which has been critical of the presidents recommended tax Sand rebate plan to persuade americans to buy Energy efficient you and i have honest differences of opinion Over some aspects of my propos he but added that these differences did not cause him to hesitate to ask for your in his Carter brought up the Touchy subject of his proposed tax on Gas a tax the Auto workers and Ine Auto Industry fear will hamper Detroit production and boost purchases of imported the president hailed improvements in the Economy since he took Liberal critics have challenged his economic pro Carter told the Union members we have got to improve the efficiency of our that is Why i proposed the Gas guzzler the tax could increase the Cost of buying a Low mileage car by almost by who has stepped Down after seven years As the Law presi Dent to become Carters envoy to had told the convention sunday that the tax was not properly thought and should be arguing that More efficient Automo Biles with a clean exhaust Are Carter noted imported vehicles in the Jan uary March Quarter claimed a larger share of the american Market than i can think of no More disastrous As sumption for the american automobile Industry than that we cannot successfully compete with foreign companies that pro Duce and sell such he Carter also for the first time in recent his commitment to the phas ing in of a workable National health insurance he said his objective is to submit legislative proposals Early next in a lengthy Carter ticked off six Broad goals ranging from balancing the Federal budget by 1981 to conducting an open and efficient discussing his budget balancing Carter said he will achieve it in the environment of a Strong and healthy Economy with the revenues that such an Economy he said its not legitimate spending on human needs that causes our deficits it is principally the inadequate revenues from a sluggish Economy that create but he acknowledged that we cant afford to do he said the nation will face hard choices in fixing spending the making Only his second Domestic speaking tour since taking flew to California to talk to the Star in a live question answer television Broad cast and inspect drought offshore Oil lease sales postponed Washington up in a major re vision of Federal offshore leasing Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus tuesday postponed sales of Oil leases in Environ mentally sensitive Waters off Cali fornia and the Southern Atlantic Andrus also said he May drop plans for a 1978 Sale of leases in the Pacific from Northern California to the Canadian Border after seeking advice from officials in Cali Oregon and the states whose shores and fishing industries might be one new Sale covering tracts in the East Ern Gulf of Mexico was added to the sched the Eastern unlike Waters off Texas and Louisiana that Are the most heavily drilled offshore areas in the is relatively although retaining Nixon and Ford administration goals of finding new Oil and Gas riches off americas Andrus tried in his new policy to ease the problem of local problems and wishes being Over looked in Federal Energy development of what is substantially different is the manner in which the program will be car ried out in relation to local govern ment and the Genera he said in a i firmly believe that we can have and will Benefit from the advice of coastal states in the Stales May better understand the impacts they must plan the Danco of time May 1m7 Lucius Neucom said be ordered us military government staffs to undertake a full scale information Campaign through the German press and radio to give the German people be full Story about what the United states is doing to help feed May 1957 Russia and the allies Are discussing proposals to close Down the big Spandau War crimes it Wai an big four official Are becoming embarrassed about maintaining the Mas Sive Spandau fortress designed to bold 609 As a jail for three aging nazi War May Middle East tensions appeared near Flash Point with Arab states and Israel moving troops and War equip ment into position or a threatened show Senate oks military weapons Bill Washington Upil the Senate tuesday approved a billion military weapons Bill giving president Carter the options of putting the by bomber into production and re floating the Nimitz class no Clear powered aircraft the big procurement measure breezed through the Senate in two Days with no fights Over major weapons systems a Sharp departure from previous Senate Republican Leader Howard Baker then an Amend ment which would have added Mil for a total of for civil Baker said a soviet program for evacuation in Advance of a nuclear attack could destabilize the balance of deterrent Power with the he said the must Start thinking of possible evacuation programs if we Are to maintain any parity with the russians in this but John said the consensus in the intelligence Community is that the soviets have not been working on a massive program to protect the Popula Tion there is no evidence of a crash pro the Senate accepted an amendment which orders defense Secretary Harold Brown to identify the term combat and make recommendations on expanding Job classifications for women in the armed Barry arguing against a More immediate proposal by William said 1 would hesitate at this time to give the impression we have no hesitancy in As signing a woman to a combat i dont want to see a woman in said i dont mind a woman doing anything a Man can do As Long As she gets Home to Cook the the Senate Defeated 46 to 44 an Amend ment by Robert which would have raised the number of Navy reservists from to the billion Bill covers military pro research and civil defense and and totals about million less than the budget re the schedule which i am proposing today is an attempt to take All these con Cerns into Andrus delayed until 1979 sales covering tracts off originally scheduled for leasing in november 1977 South Ern scheduled for March 1978 and the South Atlantic Blake plateau off South scheduled for december 5tgastax proposed for transit use Washington up the Carter and facing stiff congressional opposition to its Gas tax tuesday suggested using the first 5 cents of Gas tax increase for mass Energy research and transportation Aid to transportation Secretary Brock Adams raised the possibility almost offhandedly in an appearance before the House ways and Means which began hear Ings monday on tax aspects of president Carters Energy Charles chairman of Carters Council of economic told the committee that without the Oil imports will increase by 11 per cent a year to 13 million barrels a Day in at a balance of payments Cost annually at somewhere Between and thais the economic consequences of that kind of Drain would be said until the administration insisted that almost All the Money from the Gas tax be sent Back to the Public As income tax rebates or special payments to social Security and similar that tax would Rise by 5 cents per gallon per year if lower gasoline consumption goals were not for two administration witnesses were peppered with such As Why mass transit was the not in Adams written Estimo came in a Low key fashion partly be cause there still is internal disagreement within the administration and partly to see if it would be received better than the rebate sources said Here is the Basic breakdown of the first 5 cent Gas tax increase 2 cents for a consolidated transportation account which apparently would be combined with the current 4 cents a gallon tax in the Highway Trust fund and perhaps other transportation Trust one of the major benefits would be to spend More for bus and subway transportation to get people out of their 2 cents for Energy research and development including development of Tanker and distribution facilities for alaskan Oil rail and truck systems for trans porting appalachian Coal research and development for transporting Western Coal research and development on solar Coal Gasi fiction and and geological research and Coal conver Sions for Power 1 cent for Block Grants to states for states would be prohibited from reducing Road expenditures or using the Grant Money for use As Matching funds for other Federal Crown Prince to visit Washington up president Carter has announced that Crown Prince fahd bin Abd Alanz of saudi Arabia has accepted his invitation to visit Washington May