European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday May .19. 1986 Senate televising draws to hum reaction in poll new York a a majority of americans in a new fill 3 percent did not think television would disrupt the traditions of the Senate How Ever si.1 in id said television would ivc senators with Good camera presence an advantage Over other senators the Home of representatives has had television Cam eras in Tschambers since 979, but Only 32 percent of the respondents in the Media general a poll said they Hud seen any of the coverage. Among those who watched 57 percent said they saw it occasionally and 31 percent said they hardly Ever saw House proceedings. Fec Auvy he Senate has a free flowing More flexible format than the House and because there Are fewer senators some observers say i hat the Senate is Likely to pro vide More interesting television viewing than the House. But that sentiment is not shared in the House which docs not have the Senate s traditions of unlimited debate. Just wait until you listen to those people talk for 35 or 40 minutes said House speaker Thomas a o Neill jr., a miss. You would t believe there could be so much wind and so few  rallying for a cause Upp Lold holding hands on the Steps of the Capitol for he i lands across America Campaign Ore from left rep. Mickey Uland if Texas House speaker Thomas o Neill jr., a mass olympic gymnast Dart Connor and rep. Benjamin Gitman . Organizers say 5.4 million people will form a line 4,152 Miles across he United Stales next sunday la raise Money and consciousness to combat hunger and homelessness. Analyst disputes figures on soviet military spending Washington Dpi an analyst for the defense intelligence Agency is challenging estimates by his own Agency and the Cia and claims Moscow s annual military expenditures Are increasing at about 8.5 percent a year. In an article in the May Issue of the conservative Heri Tage foundation s National Security record d1a analyst , Lee said his estimates based on soviet economic statistics Tell an entirely different Story than the Cia Dja version the two intelligence agencies told Congress in March thai soviet weapons procurement has been constant since 1975 and is Likely to grow Little if any Over the next five years.-. Lee disputed the finding in the article which he said represented his personal views and not those of the a a or inc Pentagon. Based on Cia analyses he said a number of observers have argued thai soviet military spending has grown very slowly since 1971. They claim that soviet military expenditures increased Only about 2 percent per year Over inc past 10 years White weapons procurement did not grow at All at least through 1983. However estimates of soviet military spending thai Ore based on soviet economic statistics Tell an entirely different Story,1 Lee said. According to both soviet eco nomic plans and subsequent published data soviet Mili tary outlays grew from about 50 billion rubles s67 billion Al the unrealistic official Exchange rate in 1970 to about 154 billion s207 billion in 1583, and probably exceeded 170 billion $229billion in1985, this amounts to an annual average growth rate of about 8.5 percent compared to a rate of less than 3 per cent for . Defense expenditures Over Ibe same period Lee said Lee calculated that the military Burden on the soviet Economy As a share of the soviet Gross National product Rose from 12 percent in 1910 to 18 percent in 1080 and probably reached 21 percent in 1985, measured As the soviets do in constant 1970  Lee said that front the late ids through 19si, soviet military outlays accounted for about one third of the state budget each year since 1982, the military s share of the soviet budget has risen and in the years i9h4-5 was about 38 percent of the total he said. This constant shift in soviet National priorities to the military has not been accidental Lee said. Soviet Lead ers planned it that Way As can be seen by the priorities of their three five year plans covering inc period from 1971 through 1985. The soviet Union is continuing to spend a very Large and even growing percentage of both its total slate budget and its Gnu for military purposes he said there Baa been no indication to Date of any significant reallocation of resources to non military spending despite general Secre tary Mikhail Gorbachev s Public promises of economic  vessel s christening ends 102 years of shipbuilding qu1ncy, mass. A to a bittersweet ceremony saturday the Gener Al dynamics shipyard christened its last ship ending 102 years of shipbuilding along the. Fore River. Hundreds of residents and former employees gathered in the rain As company Ana military dignitaries praised the men who built More than 500 Navy Battle ships cruisers aircraft carriers destroy ers and submarines at the shipyard since 1884. Perhaps in the rain there is a message said Gen. Paul x. Kellcy commandant of the Marine corps perhaps the Good lord and All those former fore River workers who have gone 10 their last Reward Are up there weeping and hoping there May be a Miracle. General dynamics announced last year it would close the shipyard because of the decline in Pentagon contracts. The ship Yard which produced to destroyers in world War i and 227 ships during world War 11, had been hired to deliver Only six military ships since 1973. Tile work Force which reached 32,000 in 1943, was Down to 4,300 when the company announced the closing Genera dynamics spokeswoman Evelyn Murphy said the work Force has been reduced to 600 and will continue to be Cut though the rest of the month. She said about 100 employees Wilt be kept through the year for occur ii maintenance and Cler ical work Mary Ditullio of Quincy whose father three Brothers husband son and four nephews worked at the Yard for a total of 232 years was selected by general dynamics 10 Christen the sgt. William r. Button a 671 foot Marine pre positioning vessel. It s both happiness and sadness Ditullio said before the ceremony. It just does t seem possible the Yard is closing. I wish somebody out there would say it s not going 10 close " hundreds of red White and Blue balloons were released the ship s whistle blew and a band struck up anchors aweigh As Ditullio smashed the Champagne bottle against the Button s Black Hull. Smiling children pointed and laughed As parents took pictures. But Many Middle age and elderly men who spent most of their adult lives at the shipyard looked on expressionless. Some just looked away terrible terrible terrible muttered Alfred Mikson of Lynn who was bid off Friday after 29 years As 8 welder