European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 7, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes february gop attacks Carter defense policies by Hoffman a military writer Washington a Republican party spokesman said monday that presi Dent Carters cancellation of the by his slowdown of the advanced my missile project and other defense cutbacks threaten dramatic future imbalances Between the United Stales and Robert a former Deputy de sense Secretary the administration of Gerald told a news conference Hal Carters defense policies As reflected in the new billion budget Are clearly in speaking for a gop defense he applauded Only one major Carter administration defense he said we very much support administration moves to strengthen conventional forces earmarked for the defense of Western Ellsworth contended that the Pentagon should receive an additional billion to s3 billion a year for the next five particularly to Advance the my intercontinental ballistic missile to restore cuts in the Navy shipbuilding program and to raise funds allotted for research and develop ment of new strategic nuclear Ellsworth attacked the cancellation of the by saying it was done with out gaining any Concession whatsoever from the soviet Union in the strategic arms limitation he characterized As an extremely risky decision Carters move to accelerate and expand development and production of air breath ing cruise missiles As a substitute for the the republicans focused considerable fire on Carters decision to delay by one More year full scale development of the which backers say should be deployed on moveable launch platforms to minimize the danger the russians could Knock out land based missiles in the the former Pentagon official said his Republican colleagues View As shocking the major cutbacks in the navys program for building new i King film premiere gaga Asgual punctured Tanker spills Oil off Maine Esh waste ssh Bonsu or agr Norrie act heading toward Matiiw Tad Harbor Earl of in canons before the leak was Hie ship was later but within Tad onto Beabes at soul the moot Harold Reinauer with a seven member was shuttling Jahi no2 Oil from he King resource Ink farm on Long Island to the Texaco pier to Casco Bay in South Portland about Lam when it ran aground in is feet of water on Camond Island said John Bab a spokesman for the coast guard in the ship is owned by Boston fuel transportation said John Ekman of the coast guard Force Marine safely office in Portland an the effect could be to erode the navys contribution to deterrence of War in limit its ability to support our Ward deployed forces and restrict our Sponic to military contingencies in various areas of the world outside his Worth he said the Republican advisory councils defense which he did not discuss the question of deploying Neutron warheads in Ellsworth said it is his person Al opinion that it would be Well for the North Atlantic Alliance to deploy that weapon he it would enhance stability Between East and West in budget aide doubts goals attainable Washington a the Carter administrations goals of balancing the budget by 1981 and reducing both the of inflation and unemployment to 4 percent highly the director congressional budget office said on Alice budget office director outlined the difficulties of  healthy economic growth while reducing us Federal share of the Gross National her observations were presented lathe House budget Congress were to adopt a fiscal year 1979 budget that simply continued Curvat tax and expenditure there is growth is Likely to slow to i Pace that would halt he further decline in her prepared statement Little Prospect she said there is Prospect for a re auction in inflationary eve to economic growth during the next two 1 she inflation rates ate to be in the percent to 67 Range 1978 and 1973 my compared the budget president Carter sub last no Nuscis restrained offered no sex she said proposed tax reduce f the budget pro by the president represents Essnell the jew spill Black Jwj i Colo api or cancelled All Niziuk of Seiy Unce in Portland said an and military training monday and official visit to Hungary the Academy classes activity h in i