European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday september 17, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7vyuuilq9uayr  i Laou i i it u i a i in a Iii v 11 a v Weinberger attacks House drug Bill Cas military provision pretty absurd by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington a House passed Bill ordering the military to Seal the nation Borders against drug traffickers is pretty absurd and should no been acted. Defense Secretary Caspar a Weinberger said monday. The House by a 392-16 margin last thursday gave final approval to a Bill which among other things would Force the president to Send military forces to . Borders to Stop drug smuggling and give them Power to make arrests in instances where traffickers Are under Pursuit by authorities. This is a Nice expression of something that we Alt Hope could happen. Weinberger told a press Confer ence. But to put it in mandatory language ordering the president to do it is i think not very useful he said. They have ordered the president to Hall All penetrations of the Borders of the United Stales in 4s Days. I think it basically on the face of it is pretty absurd to be perfectly Frank about  the 9-year-old defense Secretary said he objected to the House provision both on Legal and practical grounds we have obviously he historic separation of Mili tary and civilian activities and we be always in our country quite properly said the military should t engage in Domestic Law enforcement he said. As for the practical Side Weinberger said the House Bill would in essence Force the Pentagon to create a new Law enforcement Agency and slip the defens department of resources needed to ensure the nation s Security. Drug smuggling is a criminal  he said. The military time that would be diverted into this is enormous you would have to have commanders and various witnesses testifying in court in thousands of cases an those things Are never Over quickly. And you d have to have All manner of informants and profiles of Likely suspects and trained interrogators you d have to construct a whole new Law enforcement  to Honor the House directive Weinberger continued the Pentagon would have to find some Way of enforcing a 4,000-Milc Navat blockade of the nation coastlines and employ almost its entire inventory of Koch Colls soviet system the pits remembers East Germany As drab1 new York up a group of so Viet children and East German tourists who visited City Hall on monday received a Tongue lashing from mayor Edward Koch who told the russians their government is the  i Don l want to stay in this House one More minute responded soviet student Yegor Druz min 14. He said he wanted to get far faraway from this  he was one of a group of 22 children in an International troupe of soviet and american performers who Are members of the peace child foundation. The Washington based group grew out of . Disarmament Campaign we did t expect such a rude Wel come said Natasha Gro Mushkina 10, of Moscow a member of the peace child cast. It has nothing to do with our cause for  through a translator Kseniya Kuleshova 16, of Moscow said Shedid not understand at first what the mayor was saying. We did t expect that she said it is most inhospitable. We have been saying throughout our Tnp that we want to be friends. We want to Appeal for Friendship and All of a sudden our Appeal is  the 12 american and 10 soviet Chil Dren have been performing in a musical about peace in the two countries and have scheduled an appearance at the United nations. The production is set id the year 2025 and tells the Story of peace evolving be tween the two superpowers through the efforts of  Reading a proclamation her aiding this week As peace child week the mayor told the children assembled inthe Rotunda this has nothing to do with the children not the people in the soviet Union but 1 believe their govera Mayn Reddoch ment is the  a Short time later the mayor greeted a group of tourists from Halle East Ger Many and when they asked his impression of their country a said very drab very  people did not have the Joyful appearance of people in West Berlin said Koch after asking permission 10 speak to the visitors honestly instead of in diplomatic  criticized the soviets for the arrest of american reporter Nicholas Dani Loff in Moscow and said the action should not go  he issued the proclamation Koch said i am not at peace with the soviet government Vladimir Lii Zinov a representative of the soviet ministry of culture an peace child president David Wool Combe expressed disappointment an concern Over the remarks and cancelled a tour of City  Afier the mayor walked Ollio his office Litvinov called Koch s com ments a Surprise to me and described the Inci Donl As a major  Lold that Ine youngsters were also offended by his anime Koch replied thai he always greets go cols in Shin sleeves cd Cpl for he japanese. When they arrive Al City Hall he slips on his jacket because they Are so Correct in their  addition what kind of communist society do they have Iacre everyone runs around in tuxedos in a communist country you Are not allowed to Lake off your jacket and be in your shirt sleeves Litvinov complained that the mayor mixed politics Wilh the  i Don l think this is Good for the cause of peace Litvinov  can i imagine the mayor of Moscow would say things like that to children 10 years old said , Koch said he did not regret his comments. Their government is the pits he said. Obviously the children Are no part of the government and i said  Koch added that he believed there were Kab agents among the adults in the group. A acs radar planes in a drug interdiction role. You have to Slop All aircraft and naval vessels a Complete naval blockade and air blockade to do this against anything on the sea or in the air that might be carrying narcotics he said. That is about 290,000 registered and 4,000 unregistered general aviation aircraft plus a great Many commercial aircraft. We d have to be Able to intercept 160,000 do Cunt item registered vessels and about 170 foreign registry vessels which arrive each Day at . Ports. We would have to intercept anything that we did t have adequate intelligence  Weinberger stressed the efforts being made by the Pentagon through mandatory testing in reducing drug use among military personnel and noted that military aircraft performed More than 10,000 hours of anal surveillance work for Law enforcement agencies last year. Such efforts will continue he added and the Penta gon also Hopes to lend More military support to foreign governments attacking drug production. He cited the current deployment of about 160 soldiers and six Heli copters to Bolivia to assist drug raids in that country. Prototypes to be sought by Pentagon Washington up the pc la gon seeking More efficiency in weapons buying said monday that it will ask de sense contractors to build working mod Els of a system before a decision is made to proceed with development. Following up on a recommendation by president Reagan s commission on de sense management the Pentagon expanded the role of its defense advanced projects Agency Darpa to include responsibility for building prototypes of some weapons and their subsystems before handing them Over to a military service. Expanding Darpa s role will mean seeking one or two prototypes a year that will translate into spending about $200million More annually about a third of which would come from an increase budget said the Pentagon s engineering and research chief Donald Hicks. Ii also will mean adding staff he said. The Darpa budget for this year isj700 million. The Agency deals with developing weapons thai arc on the Edge of technology such As the radar elusive stealth bomber. There Are nearly so of the advanced planes secreted at a Nevada air Force base sources have said. The Agency would pay competing con tractors to build a prototype of a system to ensure it works before a decision is made logo into development. Hicks said prototyping could Cost As much Assi billion More for a major weapon. My belief is thai prototyping is not Loo expensive since it costs about s40 billion to develop a major new weapon such As a plane Hicks said. Prototyping is designed to eliminate  15-year sentence for of Possession protested Given Drew. What they Call an excessive sentence. He s a country boy who Don t know nothing by of ssh i j8he was expected to be transferred to the state prison he in Bein there with perverts and everything his i was sentenced oct. 17, 1984, by circuit gales turned himself in earlier this month and rela Tives and friends have protested at the jail frequently Over the past two weeks. The crowd swelled to More than 50 people sunday but officials said monday that no one had shown up. Assistant District attorney Jim Sullivan said in Selma that marijuana Possession in Alabama is prosecuted As a felony unless it s for personal  it was obvious the plants were not for Bis Persona use said Sullivan who represents the District thac includes Wilcox county we had information that drugs were being sold from his  Gates relatives contend the marijuana belonged to someone else and that circuit judge Edgar Russell who received gales guilty plea planned to order a Fine and probation. Norton assumed the Case after Russell left his Post. Norton s a hanging judge when it comes to drugs said gales Mother. Thai s one of his  Calls seeking comment went unanswered at Norton s office and his Home Telephone number was not available