European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday october 17, 1977 Carters worship disrupted Washington up six demonstrators protesting the Neutron bomb interrupted Church services attended by president Carter sunday and although they were arrested Carter said they were Fine Young people and he sympathized with their concern. District of Columbia police said the six were arrested on charges of disturbing a religious gathering and the Church resumed its services. Carter told reporters at the White House later that the demonstrators Are All Fine people and he sympathized with their concerns. The disturbance occurred shortly before the Sermon was to begin at the first Baptist Church of Washington which Carter attends regularly. A Man in the mid-40s arose and began Reading a statement saying that christians cannot tolerate the Neutron bomb de signed to kill people within a Small area without causing widespread destruction to property. Usher grabs statement As the Man read a Church usher rushed to him grabbed the statement and placed his own hand Over the demonstrator s Mouth. As the protester was being pulled from a Pew a woman Rose in a different Section of the Church and continued the statement. The scene was repeated each time Ushers tried to quell the demonstrators. The president and first lady Rosalynn Carter sat stiffly and stared straight ahead from their sixth Row Pew never turning to look at the demonstrators. But later Carter who has not decided whether or not to deploy the Neutron bomb said they Are Fine Young people and i agree with their purpose to eliminate nuclear  he said the secret service did t think i was in danger and neither did  As the demonstrators were removed several of them sat Down at the front and Side exits to the Church and were taken away by police. One refused to walk and was carried. What the production doctors ordered with a costume and provocative pose like this you would t think that Heather Menzies is co starring in a new Sci ence fiction to series for the kids. While Logan s run was designed for the youngsters prime time shows cannot survive in the ratings without adult audiences. So the producers aware that sex is Selling this year spiced it up a Little. Up no cigarettes would be sold smoked National Don t smoke Day asked Washington up surgeon Gen eral Julius Richmond has proposed a National Don t smoke Day on which no cigarettes would be sold or smoked in the United states. He said the government also could Issue a new surgeon general s smoking report As a Media event which would go far in publicizing the health damaging effects of  the last such report was issued 12 years ago. Richmond summarized the preliminary suggestions of a Federal task Force in an action memorandum to health education and welfare Secretary Joseph Califano a former smoker. Up obtained a copy of the memo from agriculture department sources. The Issue is How tightly the govern ment can circumscribe the choices of its citizens wrote Richmond who is also hew s assistant Secretary for health. The memo offered such other anti smok ing suggest ions As giving government employees time off from work to break their smoking habits. Government encouragement of Pri vate suits against tobacco companies by individuals injured As a result of smoking. Ending All Price support programs for tobacco Farmers and giving welfare Bene fits such As food Stamps and medicaid to Farmers Hurt by the action. Increasing Federal excise taxes on cigarettes. A hew request for Justice depart ment ruling on whether nicotine can be federally controlled As an addictive and dependence producing  hew official Eileen Shanahan said Cali Fano has seen the memo and considers most of the proposals still alive and pos Sibly Worth inclusion in any hew anti smoking plan that might be drafted. But she said Califano wrote no no a thousand times no next to the Sugges Tion the government encourage and sup port suits by private individuals against tobacco companies. He also vetoed the proposed phaseout of tobacco Price supports with the comment How do we take care of the Small farm ers suggestions still under consideration she said include the Don t smoke Day the new surgeon general s report in creased Federal excise taxes and hew encouragement of time off for government workers in smoking cessation programs. Plan to Cut crime poll draws fire Washington a the Law enforcement assistance administration is coming under fire for proposing a $4.5 Mil lion cutback in one of its most popular projects collecting crime statistics through regular polls of about 65,000 american  members of Congress and some Justice department officials Are opposed to any reduction in the project in which families Are asked whether they have been the victims of crimes such As burglary rape or  census Bureau conducts the polling and Leaa periodically publishes the re sults. It has been an expensive project $53 million in five years but academic and government specialists in crime statistics say it is the most promising develop ment in the Effort to measure the nation s crime problem. But Leaa s budget has been Cut $250 million since 1975, and acting administrator James Gregg proposed saving $4.5 Mil lion by suspending the crime victim polling during the first nine months of next year. He said the nine month suspension also would give Agency officials time to Correct some problems in the poll taking methods. Gregg approved the plan aug. 1 without notifying House committees that Deal with legislation affecting the Agency. Nor did he consult with Justice department officials developing plans for a new Bureau of crime statistics which probably would take Over the victimization polls. Judiciary committee chairman Peter Rodino d-n.j., scolded the Agency for approving the action without telling him about it. Congress likes to be informed Rodino said sternly. I must say i think it s unfortunate that these decisions were taken without  Gregg discussed the process in a recent interview after he testified before the House judiciary subcommittee on crime. Frankly we never thought there would be such interest in it. We looked on it As a technical change to Correct some of the problems he said. Crime subcommittee chairman John Conyers d-mich., asked for an explanation from atty. Gen. Griffin Bell. When he did t get one right away he summoned Gregg to the Public hearing. Meantime rep. James Scheuer d n.y., chairman of a subcommittee on scientific planning complained to Deputy atty. Gen. Peter Flaherty. He said the victimization surveys have played an important and necessary role in adding to the knowledge about crime. The Bushfire of criticism May Force Leaa to Back Down from a cutback. Gregg said his staff is examining alter natives and we might decide to go with some data collection or even All of  but Gregg no longer has the final voice on the matter. Flaherty will make the decision said an aide to the Deputy attorney general. Ford defeat Laid to Nixon Pardon new York a Gerald Ford s Pardon of former president Richard Nixon was largely responsible for Ford s loss in the 1976 presidential election says former first lady Betty Ford. But she says she does t think the Pardon was a mistake. Many people who definitely were for Jerry could not bring themselves to vote for him because he pardoned Nixon mrs. Ford is quoted As saying in the november Issue of Mccall s Magazine. I Don t think they realized what a sick Man Nixon was. Physically sick which tended to affect.  mrs. Ford said the Media was More Crit ical of her husband than it is of president Carter but she said she is not resentful. Jerry was a Republican and he was associated with Nixon and anyone associated with Nixon was automatically a bad  said Rosalynn Carter the current first lady is doing a very Good Job especially in View of the fact that she s had her hands full to a great extent with All that  mrs. Ford 59, said she noted one strik ing difference Between herself and mrs. Carter when the women first met several years ago she signed her name mrs. Jimmy Carter whereas i always signed Betty Ford. Of course that was such a Well planned Campaign four years in the making and i m sure she used mrs. Jimmy Carter to promote her husband and 1 think that was wonderful. In the White House mrs. Ford said mrs. Carter is less outspoken than mrs. Ford was and she probably keeps her husband out of a lot of trouble which Idin