European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Art Buchwald if you Winder Why its impossible to keep defense costs Down in Iwa perhaps i pm help the Navy wanted a new plane alter budget opted for us pm made by Cru men areas pack in Long the f18 designed by Mcdonnell Douglas was scrubbed be cause u was too expensive and Loo Contro this might have been the end of it except that the engines for the is would be made by general electric in Strong Rumor has it that House majority Leader tip Oneill of Massachusetts and Ted Kennedy and a Brooke leaned on the while House and the Penta gon to keep the fib and after several Telephone Calls defense Secretary Harold Brown decided the fib might not to a bad plane after four Hundred and Nineteen million Dol Lars has been set aside or research and development for the but a spokes Man for the Secretary said the decision was made of its own i believe the reason is that i talked to an expert who advises Oneill and Kennedy and Brooke on military and he advised me in last thing any of the three Legisla tors i wild want to do is waste Money on an air plane the Navy said u did it the Navy needs this he told flies european edition Eiliv jobs Ompir Elmer a they cp1teih Mumm Brit Nat mar to author Ltd us Aklil Yumlu Tiemit tit Arnod Perot Sun dlr let it pit atm in to i Rind inform Itan Pratrie of lot con met at to to tort Era it my ill try Lott my vow it Tow Mwiwa or wit eur Mai tip of 41 i Pitt we Emu Ctm data m Gnu Lull in Omar vhf Olix including military nil intr tin sure in Ink Ullius Mil to Iton my ii h Tim girl mini it hid 111 Imp dlr Klimt april Rio us new Yak it win ii York Typl Arm ill Suva it new Bureau plav4 but Milb Uwi i Quiry to Kii Wal Tillton Ioui him Atni Mutryn we Mill or a mtg de a Tow i Surv out Raf writ Apo Mil nil or Coluin Wium Luu Tun Jim it Hun of Ciyi Limi Xvi Brt Civ Mil Iii f in the worst they just dont know once its sitting on their flight decks be grateful to tip and Teddy and de for persuading them to buy what makes the fib so great i the general electric engines which Are produced in by the finest technicians and engineers in the he How do Kennedy and Brooke know that they All have be appliances july 1977 the stars and stripes Paoo 11 letters of the editor conformity and shipping a car Swiss k Mil 1st Civ Mil Norla Ai Niin Sliwin Mil 710 or Mil my Kmim leghorn Mil it Abr a Jofrid or Torrono Mil j14 tuck of i top Rrt Flat Civ in their Homes and there aware of what a great product be some people have said that if the in Glinea for the plane were not made in Mas none of the three would have gone to Bat for the that up has always wanted a Multi Mission fighter that could Outney anything the soviets Teddy has dreamed of this country someday having an aircraft with an increased Wing area and a wider and longer fuselage to provide greater internal fuel and Ive heard de Brooke say Many this country needs More than any thing else is a fighter plane with a radar dish on its when it comes to National Security these three men would never let politics stand in the Way of the Navy getting the bes Lelanc that Money can even if he Navy Doest want it what does the Navy know about fighter planes but if the Navy has already ordered the fit from what Are they going to do with the fit the can sell their f14s to Ute Shah of hell buy anything that i never thought of i the whole thing makes sense when you explain the Navy gets a plane it Doest Ges Massachusetts Plant gets to build the gels to build the and the Security of the country will be Safe for years to tip and Teddy and de have put in any what Witt Cost the taxpayers in you have to ask a lot u costs to have a new fighter you own i have a Small problem to which i am Unble to gel an i own a 1970 opel record 1700 which i would like to Lake Bock to the i am authorized to ship a vehicle Back to the although i did not ship a vehicle Over Here to question what it the last year a car can be sent Back to the without 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