European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 27, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1977 the stars and stripes Page 27 directed at critics envoy has last word Washington up they Are Whis Pering in London that he is Stuffy and out of but her majesty ambassador to Washington will have the last word before he retires and what he says May Redden a few sir Peter Ramsbotham will advise the British foreign for that Jimmy Carter might rival Winston Churchill As a great inspirational although his foreign policy is essentially warmed Over Henry Kissinger that Amer Ica is in for a Good time under and that Britain is a second rate sir says he will include these and other unorthodox observations in the valedictory message British ambassadors traditionally Send Home when they leave a he retires from the foreign pravda Calls arms limits Long overdue Moscow up the soviet Union said sunday a new arms limitation agree ment with the United states is Long Over due and again blamed the delay on attempts by negotiators to win an and in an article in the communist party the soviet Union also called Henry an enemy of detente who was trying to gain influence with the administration on for eign policy the attack on Jackson was in reference to a Bill introduced in Congress this month that would require the administration to keep both houses fully informed on ability to verify compliance with any new quoting american press pravda said such a development would allow referred to by pravda As to alter the administrations position on foreign both pessimistic both the and the soviet Union have expressed pessimism on the signing of a new arms limitation which would replace a 1972 interim agreement that expires in president Carter said in Washington Friday that his administration had made some policy changes on the strategic arms limitation talks Salt Bear he attempts to reach an Overall agreement with the soviets have not made any additional Steps soviet president Leonid Brezhnev last month accused the United states of taking an a constructive line on a new Salt in the latest pravda the task that is Long overdue is the achieve ment of a new soviet american agreement on limiting offensive strategic there is no Progress in this question at the talks although they have been going on for a very Long period of the reason lies in that the new administration in Washington stubbornly adheres to the line aimed at obtaining unilateral the soviet Union has charged that the Carter administration wants to alter a tentative new arms agreement reached but never signed at Vladivostok in Secretary of state Cyrus Vance suggested two weeks ago that the current interim agreement could be extended by Mutual agreement in october or that both sides could simply agree to act As if the treaty were still in service saturday and becomes governor of the valid victories Are witty commentaries intended to amuse and inform the ambassadors col also will amount to a response to those in the labor government who circulated the in a recent unattributed background Brief that he had to go because he is old fashioned and out of touch with the Young Carter a highly respected professional Diplo sir Peter Ramsbotham going away really mat whose career began with the Berlin Airlift Ramsbotham recently gave Washington reporters a preview of the thoughts he will include in his Farewell among them the Suez crisis of generally viewed by the British As a humiliation that broke their Power in the Middle was because it removed the Fig Leaf of illusion that we were still a Junior partner with the United states in being a world it showed that our Power was inadequate to carry out our foreign Carters foreign policy is essentially a continuation of the previous administrations and puts into effect Many policies that Kissinger had in mind in but  execute because of the election the Carter policy is not the soviets Are now testing Carters by stringing out negotiations in so that nothing comes out of the soviets will be putting the Carter administration to a severe test with Ameri can Public Carter is the Man who matches the words can be action and Carter is using them much like Churchill used words to exhort the Jimmy Carter could be the greatest Amer ican president since world War Praise for Kissinger Kissinger is a remarkable his work in the Middle which expelled the soviets and Laid the ground for Moder ate was an absolute tour de everything that is happening in Southern Africa is based on his persuading the rhodesian to go along with majority All in Ramsbotham he thinks the United states is entering a Golden in going away really comforted by the new administration and the spirit of the younger generation in this which is serious and less he youre in for a Good Kuwait drops Oil Price hike Kuwait a Kuwait has decided to forego the 5 per cent Oil Price increase that was to take effect next minister of state Abdul Aziz Hussein announced he told kuwaiti journalists this meant the two tier Oil Price system will be Hussein said Kuwait Sheik Sabah Alsalm made the Deci Sion at the request of venezuelan presi Dent Carlos Andres Perez toured the Middle East this Spring in an Effort to reunify prices charged by the 13nation organization of Petroleum exporting coun a report from Abu capital of the United Arab said that country Oil Mana Saeed would Fly to saudi Arabia sunday night for talks with his saudi Sheik Ahmed Zaki sources Here said Yamani and Oteiza would announce agreement to raise their Oil prices and bring them in line with those set by the 11 other open members last de saudi Arabia and the Arab emirates split the Cartel then by opting for a 5 per cent Price Rise for the whole the other 11 decided to raise their prices is per cent in two the first stage was a 10 per cent increase that took effect january the second stage was another 5 per cent increase to take effect july most of the 11 Kuwait is the latest have decided to forego no official agreement on a uniform Price has been homosexuals March in Paris Paris a about 100 homosexual men and women demonstrated peacefully in Paris against what they called the re pression of military use of women May grow continued from Page ii much less Likely to become a disciplinary it while Lack of strength is raised by the service leaders As the most common problem positions were identified in we service submission As being closed to women for physiological the study adding that the question needs More it pointed out that Many of the problems arising in using women in nontraditional positions were also faced when adapting american equipment and procedures to the use of male Oriental Allied troops who were also generally smaller than Ameri can the problems Are not but the reality of these physiological differences should not be wished away in our efforts to avoid sexual discrimination or to substitute women for men in sustaining the Al Volunteer the manpower specialists among the the air Force has gone farthest in developing strength Stan Dards to classify positions without regard to about 28 per cent of the women tested by the air Force could lift 70 pounds to a height of six which was the most stringent virtually All women tested could lift 40 pounds to Elbow which would meet the strength needs of most noncombat jobs in the the study another serious concern is time lost be cause of pregnancy and the services report that pregnancy resulted in considerable loss of according to army about 8 per cent of its enlisted women members became pregnant each with about two thirds of those giving the aver age pregnancy completed caused 105 Days of lost about 40 per cent of women giving birth asked to be relieved from Active duty following postnatal the army said time lost for abortions approximated that for minor averaging 10 to 12 including just under five Days of the other services reported similar Fig but the Navy compared total lost time rates for enlisted men and women and found that male members lost More this was due generally to alcohol and drug unauthorized absence and the military wide analysis found a vast difference Between the services in the number of positions available for women after the exclusion of combat from which they Are barred by for the air the total available was 93 per the army combat exclusion was 50 per cent of its and the because of combat and shipboard prohibitions against service by excluded 60 per cent of its the Marine corps had Only 27 per cent of its slots Avail Able to the picture is further complicated by what manpower planners Call the Rota Tion base men who fill overseas or shipboard duty closed to women must have alternate assignments to which they can rotate when their Tours have the air Force says it Doest need any such the array says it must re serve 8 per cent of its noncombat jobs As rotation the Navy and Marine with High shipboard and combat duty experience the greatest prob the Navy reports that it must keep open 55 per cent of its noncombat jobs for and the Marine corps must hold open 75 per cent of the positions remaining after looking at these factors and the defense department analysis finds the air Force would appear to have a tremendous potential to use the study suggests also that some goo Quality male recruits turned away by the air Force might wind up with the other the study identified a number of questions that must be examined before any final judgment on greatly expanding serv ice by women can be these include what Price the services will pay in flex Bili readiness and deployment if they put More women in combat support the manpower planners want to know More about the Impact of women with Small children on service effective Ness perhaps most important of whether High numbers of goo Quality female recruits will be available if they know they will be serving in combat sup port aboard ships and in other non traditional at the close of the 1976 fiscal there were women in or about per cent of the total military personnel of the the with about women enlisted Mem had both the largest absolute number and the highest the Navy had or per cent of the enlisted and the air Force or 6 per cent of its enlisted the Marine corps had or per