European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 Navy eliminating Materiel command Lehman plans to Cut bloated staff by by Norman Black Washington a Navy Secretary John Lehman continuing what he described As an assault on bureaucratic said tuesday he was eliminating one of the major commands beneath him and moving to reduce the navys Headquarters staff by More than Lehman stressed the Navy intends to avoid any layoffs of civilian personnel As it dismantles the Materiel com Mand effective May 9 by taking advantage of Normal but he added he had already informed con Gress it could reduce by 450 positions his request to add More Active duty personnel in fiscal in addition to those 450 slots that will not have to be maintained in future another 600 to 700 positions or 10 percent of the people who staff the five specialized Navy commands in Washington that buy weapons gradually will be shifted in coming months to line positions out in the Lehman we intend to Send Many of these people out into the operational the shipyards and the commands that Are actually executing the rather than concentrated Here in Washington where were to heavy in Headquarters High ranked he we really feel the 10 percent is quite achievable without losing a beat in War fighting agreed James the chief of naval oper Lehman and Watkins both described the Navy mate Riel command tuesday As an unnecessary layer of bureaucracy that had been created at a time when the services believed they needed to centralize All their operations at the by eliminating the the five specialized bureaus that actually buy the navys air planes and other items no longer will have to work their Way through a bureaucracy before recommendations reach the chief of naval operations and the Navy Lehman in the Secretary he has ordered a special reorganization of one of the five specialized by the naval electronic systems command is being renamed the space and warfare systems command and Given added responsibility for the navys space related operations and to ensure that weapons programs Are properly integrated with other besides the space and warfare systems the four other specialized bureaus that will now report directly to Watkins and Lehman include the air sys tems the sea systems the Supply systems command and the facilities engineering com Lehman estimated that the salaries for the 450 slots being eliminated at the material command amounted to at least million the Secretary added that he would like to reduce his own direct support which includes about 400 Indi but that he has been frustrated by the demands made by the proliferation of congressional subcommittees involving themselves in defense last year he his staff had to answer phone Calls from respond to written queries and appear at hearings and we would love to reduce our own and we Are hopeful that Congress will address the bloat in their own overhead that drives so much of the bureaucracy in the Lehman Larry Rosenblum of Boston appears less than pleased after a water main break All washed up in the cites old leather District apparently eroded a Section of Leav a photo ing his automobile and another one in this loyalty Worth a lot anti apartheid protesters end hunger strike new York up1 More than 100 students maintained an ant South Africa blockade at Columbia University in Defi Ance of a court order seven others have ended their hunger what do we want divestment now chanted students who have demonstrated daily since last thursday in a demand that Columbia withdraw investments from companies that do business with South seven protesters ended a two week Hun Ger strike monday night after University president Michael Severn agreed to talk with John a spokesman for the co Lumbia coalition for a free South said the talk with Sovern was it was a major Victory and Cre ated an atmosphere in which we can Deal with communication rather than confront Klavens but the protesters and Sovern discussed Only the hunger strike and the health of the two of whom were temporarily hos the president and the demonstrators did not discuss the blockade of Hamilton the demonstrators said they would keep blocking the Entrance to the building until they receive a letter assuring them the University trustees will sell off the schools holdings in companies dealing with South impounded canine fetches Man is trapped los Angeles a a couple paid at an auction for a German Shep Herd that refused to leave the Side of a companion dog fatally injured in a traffic Accident and was impounded when its own ers could not be the retired City couple promptly named the dog As far As my recollection Over the last 15 this was the highest Price Ever said Gary a supervisor for the City department of animal which auctions impounded animals when More than one person wants to adopt the male 12 to 18 months received Media attention March when a companion female Doberman was struck by a the Shepherd refused to leave the dying dobermans Barking at passers by in an apparent attempt to get this log stayed with it the whole time trying to lick its Olsen that on his new Mark Lucky made it official by Nam ing him hero because Hes a Little Marlatt for the amount of love he he de serves the same in Marlatt he said he had been prepared to bid More than for the but he  say How much we live on a fixed were not wealthy said who is re tired and  give his but if you cant spend Money on something you its not Worth Olsen said hero loves not just other he befriended the animal control offi cer and became his Hes been real Good in our care and has greeted All the he the Doberman was so badly she had to be put to the Shepherd seemed to have been Well cared for and in excellent Olsen neither dog had any and no one came to claim the but weve had thousands of people in since the dog was Olsen the one of the largest in the United generally attracts a lot of but visits were up noticeably last Olsen on about 40 All hoping to adopt the were at the shelter before the doors opened at 8 bids went up steeply and the Marlatte started bidding for hero at and walked out the door with him after paying the for shots and lord knows what said de Setta Marks the Marlatte have no but do have another dog and a big Yard for the said in sea of peanuts a a worker fell Down a loading Chute and was sucked into a storage where he was trapped under a Mountain of peanuts for five hours tuesday before workers were Able to dig him Roosevelt Roberts was helping Load a bin at Seaboard Farmer Peanut Market when he fell face Down into with the peanuts caving in around said Ottis chief Deputy for the North Hampton county sheriffs about 50 including Farmers and other took turns using buckets and shovels to dig Roberts workers knew Roberts was alive because they would periodically push a pole into the and Roberts would push it Wheeler