European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 19, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 7 $ i 8.5 a Ion for defense House oks $461-billion budget Washington up with division in both democratic and Republican ranks the House gave final congressional approval tuesday to a $461 billion target for the 1978 Federal budget including a $64.7-Bil-lion deficit. The vote was 221 to 177. The Senate had approved last Friday the same budget by a vote of 54 to 23. It is a Compromise worked out by House and Senate negotiators Between different budget resolutions previously passed by each House. The budget targets will be revised i september. The budget includes authority for $118.5 billion for defense some of it to be spent in later years a Compromise Between 1117 billion proposed by the House and $120 Bil lion that the Senate and president Carter  republicans such As Marjorie Holt of Maryland said although the deficit was too High and wildly  they supported the budget because the de sense figure Rose in the negotiations. Previously the largest number of House republicans supporting any budget Resolution was 12. Holt led a drive to persuade de sense minded republicans to support it. Otherwise she said democrats would be the ones setting National priorities. We gotta participate if we re going to have any voice at All she said. Ralph Regula. A Ohio said he did t like the deficit but was voting for the Mea sure to preserve Congress three year old budget making process. Without it he said the deficit would be even bigger. Some republicans refused to go along. John Rousselot r-calif., said he would not vote to destroy fiscal responsibility in this country As they have done in Britain As they have done in new  Bauman r-md., said the defense figure was t High enough and the deficit would cause  committee chairman Robert Giaimo d-conn., called the budget a reasonable Compromise. But Elizabeth Woitzman . Opposed spending so much on defense that is not needed while we Are shortchanging ourselves on Domestic  three weeks ago the House rejected. 320 to 84, one version of the budget that would have Given Carter his full $120 billion for defense. It was Defeated by a coalition of democrats who said that figure was too High and republicans who said the deficit was too big. The proposed 1978 deficit is nearly $7 Bil lion More than Carter s estimate. Cost of by project rises by almost $2 billion the risks of a fireman a flaming Timber Falls from the roof of the loading Dock behind the former South Bend brewing co. In Indiana. The beam misted capt. George Gyori. Seconds later the roof collapsed on him. He was treated and released. To i l by freds. Hoffman a military writer Washington a the by bomber project s estimated Cost Lias jumped by nearly $2 billion since december because of the Carter administration s program stretch out and inflation a Pentagon report showed  brings the total Price to $24.8 billion for a planned Fleet of 244 bombers or nearly $102 million for each plane. The increase predicted to Congress by air Force officials appears Likely to Stoke opposition to the program from critics who have Long contended the by costs much Loo  Secretary Harold Brown who voiced concern Over the Cost of the Bis even before the new report is expected to make a recommendation late this month on the future of the project. President Carter then will decide whether to continue the bomber in production. At one stage in the 1976 political Campaign Carter said the by would be a waste of Money. Later he said lie would not build the bomber but would keep it under devel  taking office. Carter scaled Down the first year s production of the by from eight to five air planes for fiscal 1978 Start ing next october. The Pentagon also plans to reduce the fiscal 1979 Purchase from a planned 19 to 14 planes assuming Carter allows production to  explaining the $1.977 billion increase in the total by Cost Between dec. 31 and March 31. The Pentagon attributed it to the effects of smaller production in the Early years of the program a lengthening of the total production schedule and increased inflation in later  nearly $2 billion boost in the by pro Gram Cost accounted for almost two thirds of the Overall $3.3 billion Rise in the Cost of 45 major weapons  total Cost of those programs including advanced aircraft tanks missiles and other weapons is now set at $200.9 billion. Many of these projects will be spread Over eight to 10  stretch outs ordered by the Carter administration and inflation also contributed heavily to Price rises in pro Grams other than the by. For example a proposed reduction in next year s Purchase of f15 fighter planes for the air Force with an indicated Exten Sion in the total number of years in which the fi5 will be purchased resulted in total Cost increase of $187.3 million. This brings the k15 program Cost to just under $13 , a stretch out of the army s new attack helicopter program was responsible for a $228 million boost in the project s total Cost to a Little More than $4 billion. The addition to the program of one More nuclear powered attack submarine bring ing the project to 40 ship resulted in program Cost increase of about $495 Mil lion and a new total of about $10.5 billion. Common sense businessman Billy Carter hailed for his gems of Wisdom Washington not rep. James m. Collins a Texas millionaire hailed him As a common sense business Man " rep. Robert h. Michel o Illi Nois the House minority whip praised him for his gems of Wisdom and sen. Herman e. Talmadge of Georgia exulted Over the Man who does not pull any  latest Toast of congressional conservatives is William Alton Carter 111. Peanut Farmer from Plains a. It was a recent article in nation s business the frustrations of a Small businessman that prompted All these accolades for Billy Carter the president s  text of the article has appeared Day after Day in the congressional record inserted by various senators and representatives. In Many  nation s business reported Billy Carter is fed up with the Washington bureaucracy As it affects his  Billy Carter s complaints As cited in the article include the following government forms a lot of what they ask for in those government form they sent out is nobody s  minimum wage every time the minimum wage goes up we have to Lay off a few More people. A lot of people simply Aren t Worth the minimum  unemployment compensation when unemployment was at die High est i needed a Man to run a Peanut drying machine. It would have paid$250 to $300 a week. I could t hire a single person. They would rather draw$90 in unemployment benefits every week and pick up food Stamps at the same time. Environmental Protection Agency Jimmy knows what trouble i be had with pollution inspectors be cause i raised so much hell at the state level when he was governor. He knows How much i be had to  welfare in Sumter county we have As Many people administering welfare and related program As there Are in the rest of the county govern ment. Five years ago we had eight people handling welfare now there Are close to 60. They raise hell if people get Ting welfare go to  internal Revenue service they tax inspectors came to talk about an audit. Said we were selected at random for a Complete Check my records mothers the warehouses the service station s. Jimmy s and the farm s. All six of us at one time and at  occupational safety and health administration the major complaint1 have is that 90 per cent of the folks they Send Here to inspect us Don t know  agriculture census when they do these agricultural censuses you can almost say the hell with every thing else for almost a Mont because it s going to tie you up that  in inserting the article in the congressional record last week representative Michel noted or. Car Ter s brother is currently employed by the . Government. It s my Hope that William Alton Carter s gems of Wisdom about the minimum wage and other matters come to his brother s Atten  Billy Carter