European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                William Safire february the stars and stripes you think Page 15 Navy being scuttled Inch Ikid Gulf one of the greatest naval Battles of Allks is raging at this very and United Stales Navy is lie zone Whiz kid the is area of disagreement that hag opened the Pentagon Between former Whiz kids the Mcnamara Era i assistant Secretary of defense Russell Murray and David fief Ford and our present naval persons Ivy Secretary Graham Claytor and it of naval operations James rhe prize to be won the National Deci n to or to the Navy As columns and comments Brce capable of maintaining command seas in the opening blast was fired late last As the Carter administration shot the f14 tomcat naval fighter which Many defense analysts blight was our Best Chance to combat the backfire a smokescreen of the by Blued with a draft of a pos statement that made Clear that the policy would continue to maintain Ival the kids More whip now i hindered their answer in a secret Crl of the Dayto Holloway posture pro a copy of which has floated into my change references to maritime Supe my or superiority to the nue the admirals reason 6 Terra superiority is a policy inflated by the previous administration i a in direct contradiction with the poli s of the current administration and Sec sry of that will come As news to Many Ameri a proof thai the policy has i critique written in the office of pro in analysis and evaluation cites this Wience the Sec def fiscal year 79 Mure statement does not use the terms but As the Whiz kid critique makes we should abandon naval superiority As our that would affect our entire defense the critique revealed the depth of Admiral Holloway despair the statement of Holloway St balance of maritime superiority will tip substantially in favor of Fth soviets within the next 510 years that some warning from our chief naval officer is not wrote the men around the defense Harold Brown induced the Admiral to change Wilt to a More conditional and less truth Ful could and let him deliver his warning to the House armed services committee last As the smoke clears from the opening engagement of the Battle of Whiz kid the Navy has been Able to navigate around the torpedoes of holds fast to the Flag of but the secret consolidated guidance from the defense Secretary projects a naval decrement that pen Ragonese for the opposite of of s percent a which would bring the Navy Down to 300 ships by you could Call that the soviets would gleefully Call it inferior Harold Brown bids fair to become the Louis Johnson of the seventies Ashe Cia estimates the soviets now spend 13 percent of their Gross National product we now project 5 the lowest rate since they used to say that Only in the presidency of a staunch Anil communist could the opening to communist China take place in the same Only in the presidency of a former naval officer could we see the scuttling of the  royw1lkins blocks still retain Faith in Carter Many Black people had Hopes in come that something would happen which would Lake the problems i or maritime that Hurt the especially the Black i the term to describe the Roll them into a Ball and let the i sea control capabilities in a major Page 95 ocl assumed Sec def Bare bureaucratic trick Here is to Plant a i in your Boss Mouth and then build a on in the unclassified version of Ivy of defense Harold Browns Dos s be says we would want Able to provide sea control forces suf 1 to maintain our but in the n with seem stamped on thai was changed to read we would to be Able to provide adequate sea Rol forces to maintain our pay the change adequate1 and sufi Are the reason for the ration of adequate is so thai the Whu i could have their code word fall from f top mans to be cited As it was in Pineir these Are the games Fea Crais for the highest Security i lust to replace the word Superior with is rooted in this up i our defense policy has been to f a rough parity Al the level to cede superiority to sonnets on the not trying to Wen their 160 divisions of troops and to Hottin our naval the son for our need for naval supremacy is v our allies Are across oceans while the allies Are contiguous to the soviet of prom up nud i m Ulii Miu Tut met own on Notton on non m hour in in Irilua owl 1 hv1 int Unius Tuii winds Lake them where they All that concerned us would be Over and the he joyous the Black Countryside eagerly awaited the but a month passed and nothing two months to the Day after my Telephone in was a Black citizen raging about something i had written saying the Carter administration had not had time to do anything sub Stan ii was a Lime for not said the irate at that time the Carter administration was aware that Black unemployment was worse even than the National but not unlit it was revealed thai Black unemployment was going to percent did actuarial minds announce thai Black unemployment was worse than this was the shape of things when a newspaper reporter interviewed Black voters in the automotive capital of the on their Confidence in the their reaction was mixed but the larger number still believed that he should have More time and had Faith that he would do something to alleviate the situation in which Blacks find we think or scwewilg1 Lawrence president of the Detroit Branch was the first person without any hesitation he Carter has been a Complete disappointment to those who supported him with vim and Clarence a employment is what am a woman said that when Carter got there things were All messed give the Man a Chance give him a year or a self employed Mechanic you go into any administration and there Are a Tot of thinks to be worked out e am not disappointed Matlie a Short order reminded the reporter thai nobody keeps All their Black people Wilh whom 1 have ranging from a parcel delivery Man to a seem to have the same attitude give him More one Man pointed out that Carter does not have the Charisma of John Kennedy or the knowhow based on years of legislative experience of Lyndon but he what an improve ment Over Richard Nixon and Jerry so while reporters and columnists generally criticize Carter for what they con Sider his seeming his nubs in his inexperience and unsophisticated his the Lack of inspirational Quality in his speeches and literally everything but the color of his lies i that is probably still to Blacks continue to Nave Faith in if the president in the second year of his administration projects a program which will effectively tackle the biggest problem facing the Black Community unemployment he will again be supported with vim and vigor by Blacks throughout the m