European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The balance has swung1 february 1981 the stars and stripes Pago 11 British Admiral tears growth of soviet Fleet letters to the editor Why was de Clark overlooked by Henry Gottlieb England a Navy officials Are not the Only Western military leaders worried about the growth of the soviet seagoing you can frighten yourself out of your life by seeing the new soviet said British sir James com Mander of the North Atlantic treaty organizations English Channel How much longer can we the bal Ance is swinging against there comes a time when we the balance has Eberle gave his views during a recent interview at his Headquarters North of he acknowledged that military leaders often mention the threat of soviet forces in their requests for bigger budgets for hard but he said recent Independent assessments of the growth of soviet sea pow or Are Clear indications that natos Long standing superiority at sea is chief of naval operations Thomas Hayward told a congressional commit tee that in his opinion the soviet Union May have closed the Eberle said nato still has the but he warned that the margin is very clearly eroded and the swing is not in our he said current assessments show that since 1968 the soviet Union has increased its missile destroyer and frigate Fleet from 29 to 110 its missile submarines from 105 to it has built several new aircraft carriers and a giant Battle Cruiser and is now preparing to launch at least one new submarine weighing a record since according to nato Esti the soviet Union has increased its capability to resupply by upping the total tonnage deliverable at one time from to in that same due to phasing out of old nato has reduced its Fleet by 100 has seen its Carrier Fleet shrink from 34 to 26 and has about one the stars third fewer submarines than Eberle the dynamics Are very clearly not in our Eberle he said natos most pressing need is to increase its mine laying and sweeping ability by improving its technology and building new he also said nato should spend less time arguing about what types of ships to ending a debate on whether the need is for greater numbers of simple vessels or fewer numbers of More sophisticated in Eberle the thrusts should be toward Large numbers of solid ships and away from Complex Craft that require finer More maintenance and specialized the pendulum has swung too far to Ward what we Call Eberle the balance has to be swung Back toward simpler ships toward ships that Are More at the same sheer num Bers alone will not create an adequate de he if we built rowboats with machine that int going to deter the soviet he the balance has to swing the question is How the key he is to make sure that the current superiority is main not just to win a numbers game but to provide a credible its a bit like being a he if youre twice the size you go into the ring knowing you can thump your oppo if you re the same he Doest worry so now that the election is Over and the course of our nation has been determined for the next four i want to ask an important Why did de the libertarian party presidential get so Little Media coverage Here and in the United states de Clark was the Only third party Candi Date on the ballot in All 50 states and the District of Why was John an Derson afforded so much coverage but de Clark got Only two mentions in the stars and stripes neither of the major party candidates nor Anderson offered any new solutions to the problems of our All they had to offer were variations of past their major differences being the issues they pm it is obvious that the plans of the past have observe the present state of the and of our political and social is it possible that de Clarks based on the principles of individuals rights and personal could be harmful to our society do the simple solutions to admittedly Complex problems that de Clark proposed present a threat to our nation if i would like to know who in our nation has anything to fear from a Man whose principles arc based on and consist ent with the constitutionally guaranteed rights of the individual citizens 5 Daniel Murphy Neu Germany what about the pos since the hostages Treyve had a lot of that All the world has talked i thank god there out of the now they got those invitations to the White then one or More got promoted to higher what about the pos they spent a Long time in those they were also there Are words that can describe what they went through god knows How Many Are still i feel that these men Are forgotten wherever they Are their families think Only one thing there not alive or Ever coming these pos have scars in their minds As to what happened to Why didst these men get All those they Are heroes just As the free men and some in our minds Are still thinking of these missing americans in just Pray one Day that these men can return just like the freed men and give them a Chance to be United with their 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but we will withhold your name on request and protect your writers Are encouraged to include phone number and Economy especially if they desire a fast because of the Large volume of mail this column receives letters that Are Brief and to the Point have a much better Chance of being and 4 this has been a big question in my mind since we just arrived Why do the checks wee list a l reach the states and act mail and Bills close to Susan Pixley bad Germany manager consumer smiles All stateside checks cashed on and later deposited with a Community banking to the us daily via air courier for further b checks will Clear an East coast Bank within four those checks going to Banks further West May require longer processing i Hope this information answers the writers dont forget generous Souda Bay i read with interest your recent article on Lakenheath Csc fund total of which averaged per we at naval communication de Souda Are proud of our contribution although on a somewhat smaller All 20 assigned personnel contributed a total of for an average gift of this was due in Large part to the efforts of rec Roger As an additional note of the remaining tenant commands along with naval support which is the Host a raised for an average donation of still surpassing that of age Mckay was the Overall 1 feel this is Worth Martin Souda Crete