European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page .10 the stars and stripes Friday october 18. 1985 urns continents William Buckley Congress ought of read Dod s soviet yearbook is i i Osi 111 i a Hada a i ". Limits were i l .1- to i in. Nid meaning of .1 so i a Insi Alla cd to their enemies t comp Cau to diplomatic reasons us desired not i pub Sci a exact i v it is that this so a i i up to hut on the other �.in1. Of in to be suggestive a Mil it. In other , Vou to Lei out word that the soviet i Ninn in t fooling of. But of Don t want o spread a general alarm. And of Are putting out the current defense department yearbook called soviet military Power " How might you handle the problem one a utile be to Call in an artist an employee of the c t \ and of i to him. Sam. Here s i Pic lure of the research and development site the soviets have going at Sar Shagan. If Vou study in club cd very Ciosek of can see what it s All about is a facility for testing ballistic missile defense through ground based lasers hut we Don t want our shot of Illo be obvious tier All. If we did. All we would need to do is run a straight photo of Sarv Shagan in our 19s5 soviet military Power publication. So you give us an artist s rendition and Here Are three details i want urn to obscure Over there Hal thing make it look just like a traditional launcher right1 and Over there take out this detail and Ilia detail. Got it .1 Good boy. so the Reading Public a month or two later finds itself staring it what could be a Cornfield in Iowa with a granary and something thai looks a Little like n Church Steeple. And the caption reads. The directed Energy re Silc at the sir proving ground includes ground based lasers that could be used in an anti satellite role today and a had role m the and then in the months ahead we listen to speeches from Gorbachev and sic a Monad a and the Tell us Over and re Aimin that the soviet Union in t testing any technology. Those of our people in the know just Wink when Thev hear this. Hul the american people and allies of America Don l really know inc full Surv of Sar Shagan or the full Story of w Luil the soviet 1-Nnin is up to in the development of what we Call our defense initiative. "1 he term arms race hid of notice ,1 look on. We the past do in cars. Or unpleasant sounds sort no like what adultery used to sound like before it was laundered Ulics of arms races were so scornful of unit Cessaro monies Speni. Of Lelis Mic Pursuit of Mili redundancy of a St Angeune s lne of High skill Forthen will 6tt the Sake of High skill that the entire other meaning of arms race tended to get lost in the verbal commotion. Suppose that it is the intention of the soviet Union to develop a comprehensive defense of its own territory such As to Render it substantially immune to damage from hos tile nuclear weapons. Suppose that its motivation in pursuing that objective is to permit in to pursue its blackmail against the free world sufficient to achieve ultimatum status. Suppose then that the free world. Reacting healthily desired to prevent this from happening by achieving a complementary Security of its own by cultivating a Star wars technology. What of have there is the makings of a race. Not Necess Arih a race we began but certainly a race we desire no lose. So if you want to Call in an arms race go ahead. Hut if you do. You should Force yourself in complementary honesty and say if we lose this arms race we May very Well lose our capacity to stay free " what astonishes then is thai whoever is in charge of Secu Rity arrangements in Washington and it in t necessarily the names that come instantly in mind Casey Weinberger shult/., me Farlance Are important men. But there arc those Little committees that have a Way of quietly prevailing is attaching More importance to keeping from general circulation knowledge of what we know the soviet Union is up to than to doing exactly the opposite. Nothing at this juncture in particular would help More in advancing a general under standing of. And then an enthusiasm for. The development of our own strategic initiative the disclosure Hal the soviet Union is very far along in the development of its own strategic initiative the difference being that ours is All about defense while theirs is All about offence. Here is one for Congress let the to from Dod Over. And ask them certain questions begin by asking about Page 58 in the publication soviet Mizilar 1985. Carl Rowan self appointed censors soon grow bold greedy to Kirk c an never be a final Triumph Over would be censors who carry a Bible us their weapon. There is an endless Supply in every generation of people who try to control the nation s destiny b controlling Iqbal children Are allowed to read and hear in the Public schools. The urge to censor to stifle Freedom to read pc in and think knows no Bounds of race class or geography. Those who make political Points and dollars trying to intimidate the Media soon grow bold and greedy enough to to to intimidate professors and control what is said on the College campuses. 1 us moved to set Forth these truisms by a couple of recent developments that said a lot about the stale of free speech Freedom of the press and academic free Dom in America. A fortnight ago the California Hoard Welcome act cd turks i Wei jul let Roeu. Coo us jus3ce a Rel hero due Fez eve Ackmon Hutu Jusna fair in of education u old inc Public Hirs of the nation s Tom books thai they have become tip timid tiptoeing around controversial subjects doctoring manuscripts to meet the do viands of the lowest common de nominator of Public clamor. I wish no statewide school Board had to gel into the business of pressuring pub Lishers with regard to what a science text Book for example can say about the Evo Lution theory vis a vis the Christian fundamentalist argument Hal the Bible says god created the Larth in seven Days and that is what children should be taught. But As Long As local teachers and principals arc being pressured to be sure Hal certain lines Are excised from Romeo and and misguided Blacks arc trying to ban the classroom Reading of Huckleberry i i guess it is desirable that a statewide body stand up inc Way California s school us Erinton Deal. Rill Leonig. Did when he said censorship is on the Rise if nobody takes a Strong stand for Quality. Those people who stand up for Quality Are the antidote for the second development to which i refer occurred in july when a group carrying the misleading and self glorifying title of accuracy in Media spun off an other group called accuracy in Aca Denv la. Reed Irvine. The founder of both groups a Iid the purpose of accuracy in Academia is to Stem the flow of disinformation from Liberal College professors. mud nos and older people of Irvine s Menla Lily who in Roll As will blow the whistle on professors who things that Irvine can construe As a corrupting influence. I have never taken aim seriously. I Long ago Lold Irvine directly Hal he is a right Wing whose Inie Resl is not in accuracy but in intimidating journalists who Don t share his distorted ideology. Aia is bound to be just an Extension of Irvine s efforts to intimidate while collect ing donations from the commas and pop Pas who Don t want their Jimmy or Janie corrupted by the "10.000 to 20,000 marxism professors that Irvine says Are on America s College campuses. Our Constitution stands As a mighty protector of our Basic freedoms a magnificent Barrier to judges Legislatures school superintendents and other officials who might Bend to inc passions of a Given hour or year. Hut the i funding fathers the Long dead men who still Man the ram parts need a lot of help from living school Board members textbook publishers and others who refuse to knuckle under to the Book burners Witch Hunter and the would be who want to make College students their Hitler Ite brow Shirl accusers of the s k. Without eternal vigilance and a Good measure of guts not even in this great nation can free people be sure of remain ing that v. To
