European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 6 the stars and stripes Friday april 17,1987 acts by William j. Batman Washington United state military person my Are often using Low Grade foreign products that have left the nation dependent on foreign manufacturing in Many essential defense industries sen. Alan Dixon Arnt the it Hinojs Democrat and i staff say they have. Sources who confirm reports that every tank being made has an average of 7,000 substandard imported bolts. The senator and his staff also Are questioning the Quality of Ball bearing crankshafts and other imported equipment Sedoy the armed regularly import lower Grade products for use by our military personnel product thai Are dumped on the . Market,1 Dixon said in some essential areas we May be completely unable to rapidly increase production to meet emergency needs. This worries me.", an aide to Dixon said the senator s staff began Fol lowing up on the question of substandard materials i military equipment following Media reports that for eign manufacturers arc undercutting Domestic producers mainly by marketing weaker bolts. The army s saying in reply to these charges that the equipment Sull comes under our minimum Stan Dards or that we Haven t seen any problems " Thea de said. But we re saying we be heard reports where the have had problems. The aide declined to give further details or name Dixon s senator s aide said he a pets the armed serv ices committee to Lake a look Al the whole Ball Bear Ings because 90 percent of Ball bearings under .30 Millimetres Are imported by the military another example would be steel crankshafts which Are imported and Hoffower qualify he . A member of the Senate armed services committee says such Issue threaten the safely of Mil itary personnel while eroding the United Stales Indus trial base. As a member of the armed services sub committee on defense Industry and technology and As chairman of the armed services subcommittee on readiness sustainability and support Dixon said he is assuming responsibility for legislation to preserve the nation s Industrial base. He has drafted legislation being circulated durin Congress easter recess designed to increase the use or american parts in military items and punish foreigner who dump unfairly Low priced products in the United states. Dixon s Bill would Call for belter Domestic training programs for Industry and making Quality a require ment in defense contracts by making state of the Art technology Standard in the contractors bidding pro Cess. The Bill also would assure Hie use the prune contractor and the subcontractor and it would seek to integrate government and Industrial re sources at the design production and inventory stages. To guard against product dumping by foreigners Dixon proposes fines and restrictions on govern ments and companies found to be dumping or subsidizing products in the . police Issue warning to officials in London offer finding 4th bomb London a postal workers found a fourth letter bomb thursday and police warned civil servants and government officials to watch out for More de vices apparently mailed by the Irish Republican army. On wednesday letter bombs in Teanila envelope arrived at the Homes of prime minister Margaret Thatcher s press Secretary and two senior civil serv ants Scotland Yard said thursday a fourth packet identical to the other three was discovered at a mail soiling Center in South London. Scotland Yard said in a statement that the device was disarmed. It did not reveal to whom the package was addressed. There is a general warning to everyone particularly those in the Public Eye to be extremely careful to Check mail said commander George Churchill Cylc Man head of Scotland Yard s anti terrorist Branch. The British Domestic news Agency press association said the Irish Republican army claimed responsibility late wednesday for sending the firs three devices. The Agency did not say How the Ira which is fighting to end British Rule in Northern Ireland made the claim. The three devices were delivered by Ordinary Mai service to lie Homes of the prime minister s press Secretary Bernard Ingham of Brian Unwin head of the economic secretariat in the Cabinet office and of another senior civil servant who was not identified. Bomb specialists were called in when recipients be came suspicious. The devices were disarmed and no injuries were reported the bombs arrived in envelopes rubber stamped with the words University of Ulster students union.1 the students Union at the University of Ulster a Coleraine near Londonderry Northern Ireland s Sec Ond largest City said in a statement that it had no used that Type of rubber stamp for More than two years and condemned the use of its name on the de vices. The London times reported Security chiefs be Sleve the devices could be the renewal of a terror tactic which had been virtually dropped by the Ira during the 1980s." the mainly roman Catholic Ira wants to unit predominantly protestant Northern Ireland with the overwhelmingly Catholic Irish Republic to the South. In the past decade letter bombs have been sent to Thatcher and British officials in Northern Ireland and Scotland. Several bombs were attributed to the scottish National liberation army a shadowy extremist group seeking Independence for Scotland. None of the de vices caused injury. Randolph nominated for air Force systems come Washington a u. Gen. Bernard a Randolph a been nominated by president Reagan for promotion to general end id Hud Theair Force systems come. If confirmed by the Sennit Randolph s3,would be the third Black officer to attain Fotter Star rank in be . Armed forces. Gen. Law rence a. Skantze. Who now he Dihe by Tunis come will retire aug. I after More than 37yean of Active duty service the Pentagon said. The systems come the air Force Organiza Tion responsible Tor the research development and procurement of new air planes and aerospace systems Randolph now is the top military Deputy tothe air Force chief of staff and Secretary for weapons buying and research and development programs. Brailsford gets selected for position in Dover army Brig. Gen. Marvin1 "j9lhord brigade Heidelberg. Brailsford commander of Al in Parma sons Germany has been tapped to be come the Deputy commander of the armament munition Ana chemical come Pic tinny arse Nal Dover n.j., a Usa eur spokesman said thursday. Col. Frank Cunningham Iii executive officer10 the army Deputy chief of Raff logistics Wilt replace Brailsford who has been in 1984, Cunningham has been selected for promotion to brigadier general. No prep course grads raise $2,800 for charities Raf Alconbury England in Ihetu Stix months of fiscal 1987, graduates of the no preparatory course raised More than $2,800 for local charities and funds. Recipients include a children s Home the voyager Crew american red Cross and air Force Aid society according to a base news re lease. Naval on Call Force to launch exercises shape. Belgium _ nato s naval on Cal Force Mediterranean will begin intensive exercises wednesday in the Mediterranean and Gibraltar approaches shape announced Thun Day. The routine exercise code named deterrent Force 1/87, wih include training in naval War fare communications seamanship and replenishment at sea. During this 34th activation ships from Italy Turkey the United kingdom and the United Stales will visit up to four Mediterranean ports. Gorbachev admits some officials resist plans Moscow a Kremlin Leader Mikhail Gorbachev acknowledged for the first Lime thursday that his plans to restructure soviet society Are resisted by officials As highly placed As the communist party Central committee. His comments came in a 90-minute Tele Vised speech to a Congress of the Young communist league known As Bonuomo Gorbachev concentrated on Domestic is sues in the speech presented the Day after Secretary of state George p. Shultz ended a visit 10 Moscow that focused on arms control. Gorbachev told the Komsomol con Gress that he has been asked in letters to identify opponents of his policies. I think we must clarify this question. We Don t have political opponent no opposition to restructuring. The difficulty of the beginning Steps of these revolutionary changes do exist he said. Those who slow Down the changes exist at the level of the Central committee and government in the ministries Republic Sand provinces. They exist in the work collectives and even in the the 300-Rncmbct Central committee Isth main policy making body of the communist party and there have been 10 Gorbachev within it Gorbachev is seeking to streamline in soviet Economy improving efficiency and productivity through better administration and use of Modem technology. He also seeks to Cut through tie bureaucracy and stagnation he ays set in during president Leonid Brezhnev s 18years in Power. Brezhnev died in 1982. Gorbachev who came to Power i March i9s5, also has promoted glasnost a greater tolerance for criticism unselected topics he told the Komsomol Congress that his plans to restructure society will fail without More open discussion and criticism. He said glasnost is not a temporary utilitarian requirement but a vital element of his plan to restructure soviet society. Criticism and openness should Stan guard Over the political and moral health of soviet society he said. Without these his drive to modernize the society will stagnate he said. Gorbachev also promoted what recalls greater democracy. It is More than Lime for everyone to understand that there can be no social ism without genuine democracy because socialism is a system of the working peo ple he said Komsomol has criticized itself lately for excessive bureaucracy and Stagna Tion. In a speech to the Congress opening session wednesday Komsomol Leader Viktor Mirony Naco criticized red tape and ossified forms of work in the organization
