European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 12, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Evolution defended Cleveland up Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan de tended his statements about Charles Dar win s theory of evolution and the new Deal in an interview published thursday. Reagan interviewed by the Cleveland Plain dealer cited an article on evolution. Why he Washington Post just published an article by a scientist and he said what i said was Correct that it s an unproven scientific theory Reagan was quoted As saying. He cited another article to defend his comparison of the new Deal to Benito Mussolini s corporate state. A professor at Nyu new York uni Iver Sily has written an article saying that is exactly what the new Deal was founded on until the supreme court ruled the Era National recovery act unconstitutional Reagan said. House oks funds for chemical firm Washington up the House wednesday passed a ss.5 billion military construction Bill carrying Money for a new chemical weapons Plant the first such move since president Richard Ninon s 1969 decision to halt chemical weapons  of the new Plant at Pine Bluff ark., is opposed by the administration and in the so talc so the Issue will have to be resolved in a House Senate conference committee. Supporters maintained construction of the Plant docs not necessarily mean chemical weapons production would begin. They said the president would make that decision after the Plant is completed some three years from now. Rep. Clement Zablocki d-wis., chair Man of the House foreign affairs commit tee warned construction of such a Plant would have serious foreign policy implications. It would signal to other nations in said that we Are departing from our policy of a ban on the use of chemical weapons for  Zablocki said the United states is trying to have the United nations investigate re ports the soviet Union used chemical weapons in Afghanistan and Cambodia. A Deci Sion to build a . Chemical weapons Plant would be a contradiction of these efforts we re trying to bring about in the United nations he said. The soviets said rep. William Dickin son r-ala., have a full chemical weapons capability and it would be asinine to think they would not use chemical weapons in an All out War. In 1969, Nixon decided unilaterally to Slop production of All biological and Chemi Cal weapons and not to increase stockpiles of the materials. The Overall Bill Woula authorize j5.s4 billion for new military construction in the United states and overseas during fiscal year 1981, including $246.9 million for us. Military bases in the Indian icon Linuel on Page 28, col. 3 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the us armed forces vol. 39. No. 147 Friday september 12. 1980 is to Xiii Ond us if 21855 a Brown tells Why units Are not com Bat ready Washington Ait is inevitable that some army divisions stationed in the United states will not be completely prepared for Battle Secretary of defense Harold Brown said thursday. The problem Brown said lies in the dual nature of Home divisions their role As a source of reinforcements for overseas units in the event of an emergency and their role As a training base. If the Home units arc Ever completely ready to be rushed overseas he said they would be useless for training. If everybody in them is completely trained that makes it very ready but they re not doing much More training Brown told reporters. The Secretary was responding to published accounts of a Pentagon fitness evaluation that found six of 10 Domestic army combat divisions Unready for Battle. Those accounts were confirmed by Pentagon spokesmen tuesday. As the balance goes you have to give some on the reinforcement capability to please the training capability said Brown. I think it is inevitable that this mixture of functions will cause you to have some units less ready than  Brown emphasized that All six overseas divisions five in Europe one in South Korea had been found ready for Battle. As Long As the front line forces overseas Are ready he declared those in the United slates ought to be less ready. We re not about to fight a War in the United states despite the heat of the  Brown indicated he thought the criteria by which divisions arc evaluated especially strict. If you have Only 75 percent say of the non commissioned officers you re sup posed to have then you Are described As being completely Unready he said. That is the lowest  Brown said a division such As he de scribed could be brought quickly up to strength. If the division were needed overseas he said it would take time to transport. And As the first units to leave were being carried to their destination sub strength units awaiting transport could be beefed up. The army evaluation divided its Active combat divisions into four classifications. Six of the 10 Home divisions were Given a c 4 rating meaning they were not ready for combat. Ratings for the other four Home divisions and for the six overseas divisions ranged from cd completely ready to c-3, ready but with major deficiencies. Absentee ballot for a husband in Iran Dorothea More Field right and son Ste phen apply for an Absentee ballot for hostage Richard More Field at the registrar of Tolces office in san Diego. Rich Ard Morefield is he Consul general at the american embassy in Tehran. A Bani Sadr reportedly says Muskie letter nothing new won f help tree hostages by United press International iranian president Abolhassan Bani Sadr says . Secretary of slate Edmund Muskie s recent letter to Tehran would not make any difference to the hostage crisis and accused Washington of prevent ing Iran from releasing the captives All India radio said thursday. Ban Sadr said the . Is trying to make it impossible for his country to re lease the american hostages the Indian radio said quoting Bani Sadr s remarks in an interview with its Tehran correspond Dent. The radio quoted the iranian president As saying it is . Policy which has been delaying the solution of the problem. He accused the . Of saying one thing and doing another. President Bani Sadr did not feel that the recent letter of the american Secretary of state or. Muskie would make any Dif Ference to the hostage  the Indian continued in Page a. Oil. I