European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 03, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday. June 3, 1980 no apologies7 reappointed Leader of pcs will defend his performance of confirmation pane Washington lip air Force Gen. David c. Jones chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says he has no apologies to make to anybody for his performance including his Call for a greater defense budget. I Don t take a Back seat to an body in fighting for a Strong National defense but i do believe i can be More effective working hard to persuade others than to play to the crowd which is a very pm thing to  he said in an interview published in sunday s Washington Post " Hac no apologies to make to  said ones. In faces Senate armed services committee confirmation hearings this month on his reappoint mini by president Carter h i to year term Jones told a congressional hearing last week that car Ter s proposed t ski military budget is too Small to Ward off inc a jul threat. He said his testimony before the panel was the proper nay of handling the situation. It is not proper and honorable logo Back door and connive to try to upset something the commander in chief Carter has decided  Jones said. That does t mean you re a Patsy that does t mean you disagree but you do it in the proper  Jones who has been Antici cd in some quarters for not fighting hard enough for he i -1 bomber program said he regrets c Arter did not put it into production. Jones said he opposed a s750 million congressional plan to b ild two he lest models because it was a dead end  not because he opposed the he concept. Clearly the by Issue is totally misunderstood he said. I was a Strong and vocal of the by. I was a Strong advocate of the b-70. I think we need a new strategic  Jones disputed charges thai the joint chiefs Are an ornamental group with Little Power to influence defense policy. We arc having influence he said citing Carter s turn arounds on troop withdrawals from Korea and draft registration. " cryonic would like to have More influence. But we have turned a number of things  Jones said. For years the defense budget was going Down. Al Casl recently we be been Able to articulate our needs enough to turn it around and have some real  he said. Aspin charges Cia warned of refugee influx Max Cleland a triple amputee in Tran of the Vietnam War and National director of the veterans administration is moment of Comfort comforted by mrs. Pamela Eisner Dur ing dedication ceremonies of the Avenue of the flags in he National cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu. The Dags were Dmia cd by families of servicemen buried in the come cry. Up leads increase in grocery Bills sugar soars of five year Price High by the associated press sugar prices soared during May to their highest level in about five years an associated press Market Basket Survey shows. The increases wiped Oul savings on other items at the supermarket and the a Survey showed grocery Bills went up half a percent last month. The Survey is based on a random list of food and non food items drawn up by the a Early in 1973. Prices of each item have been checked at one supermarket in each of 13 cities on or about the first of every month since March i 1973. The big and bad news during May concerned sugar. The Price of a five Pound sack of sugar went up at the checklist store in 12 cities. Only in Boson did the Price stay the same. The average increase in the Price of sugar last month w As 16 percent the average Rise since the first of the year was 52 per cent. In most of the civics checked by the a a five Pound sack of sugar costs More than $2. The last time the a found sugar prices this High was in 1974 and Early i97s. Then As now the reason was a decline in production and there Are indications that today s situation May be worse. The department of agriculture says world production of sugar dropped 1.7 per cent from 1973 to 1974. Production started increasing again the following year and Rose steadily through 1977. Production during the 1978 crop year dropped by 2.4 percent however and estimates for the 1979 crop year which began last sept. 1 and runs through this August indicate an additional decline of 5 percent the a Survey showed that when sugar was included in Market Baskel totals the Bill at the checklist store went up in eight cities during May declined in four cities and stayed the same in one Detroit. On an Overall basis the average Marke Baskel Bill was half a percent higher Al the Start of june than it was a month earlier. When sugar was removed from the to Las however the a Survey showed the Market Basket Bill went Down last month at the checklist store in 10 cities and Rose in Only three for an Overall average decrease of 1.2 percent. The items on the a checklist were chopped Chuck Center Cul pork chops fro zen Orange juice concentrate Coffee paper towels butter Grade a medium while eggs creamy Peanut butter laundry deter gent fabric softener Tomato sauce milk frankfurters and granulated sugar. The cities checked were Albuquerque n.m., Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Detroit los Angeles Miami. New York. Phila Delphia. Providence . Salt Lake cily and Seattle. On the Bright Side there were scattered declines in the Price of eggs and pork chops. In addition the May increase in the a  was Only half the sic of the april boost. The a checklist originally included 15 items but chocolate Chip cookies were dropped because the manufacturer discontinued the package sic used in the Survey. Washington i d rep.  As pin. D-wis., sunday accused the administration of ignoring a january Cia warning that Fidel Castro planned to resort to Large scale emigration to reduce growing economic discontent in Cuba. Aspin who chairs a House intelligence oversight subcommittee made his charge of administration neglect in a speech pre pared for delivery on the House floor Mon Day. We pay the Cia to find out what is about to happen around the Globe. And we Flay the Cia when it fails to ferret out major  Aspin said. Lizul when the Cia hands the events of May to the administration on a Silver plat Ter to january Here is not one1 possible excuse for the Amateur and fumbling policy we have been witness to these last  since late april when president Castro announced a limited policy of free emigration about 95,000 cubans have made the trip from Mariel Harbor to key West Fla. In a sea lift involving some 2.200 boats. Came for Freedom the cubans now spread through Refu gee Camps from Florida to Indiana say they came to the United states for free Dom and to escape the miserable economic conditions in i hair communist ruled Home land. Aspin released a report by his subcommittee which found that As Early As Jan. 31, the Cia clearly warned the administration of what it believed would happen and did. Aspin said the Agency had reported its findings to the administration on at least five occasions. In its Jan. 3 report. Aspin said the Cia said it was convinced the Castro re Gime May again resort to Large scale Emi Gration to reduce discontent caused by Cuba s deteriorating economic condition. " the . Government however bet All of its Money on the fondest Hopes cuban agreement to our proposal and did virtually no planning to hedge against the predicted outcome the cuban decision to release a flood of emigrants Aspin said. 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