European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. June 19, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 pay raise needed to retain top officers Wickham says Washington a Congress must find a Way to improve the salaries of top military officers and stifle its desire to control Pentagon operations Down to the smallest details says the general who has commanded the army for the past four Yean. Some Day somehow this government has got to fix the compensation Issue or we Are going to be condemned to people voting with their  Gen. John a. Wickham jr., the army s retiring chief of staff said in an interview wednesday. We re not in this business for Money Wickham said. I m As patriotic As the next Guy and i almost gave my life for my country. So i m not looking for a Buck. But the incentives Are eroding. I Don t know what makes a younger officer want to be a  Wickham who retires june 30 after four Yean As the army s lop Soldier and More than 37 years on Active duty mid that because of congressional decisions Over the years my pay has been capped since 1973." while Congress managed to approve a pay raise for itself judge and certain ranking civilian officials ear Lier this year be military pay system has degenerated to the Point thai two three and four Star generals now draw the same Basic salary roughly $71,000 year Wickham said. I be talked to a lot of Unior officers he said and they can t afford it they can t afford to put kids through College and they can t afford to buy a  Wickham acknowledged he was grousing but said the main Issue is attracting and retaining Quality Young men and  it begs Tor thoughtful responsible action he said. Cited about his own dealings with Congress Wickham said on balance he had enjoyed working with members of the House and Senate but had become frustrated by the desire of various committees to dictate the management of programs instead of just setting policy. Ave been frustrated by the Micro management in the Congress. I be been frustrated by their sometimes unwillingness to take my opinion on an Issue versus someone i think is Ess qualified. But when they pass Laws we have to Salute. Our system of government however imperfect is the Best system in the world. 1 wish i d been More successful Atit working with Congress Wickham who turns 59 next week sat Down for an hour Long Farewell interview in his Pentagon office wednesday. The four Star general said he saw no need to increase the size of the army or to reinstate the draft bul said his service could no longer take a Back scat to the Navy and air forts in receiving Money for new equip ment. If we Are serious about reducing the risk of nuclear warfare. We have to at the same time be serious about improving our conventional capabilities he said. Wickham also said he supported a controversial Law that strips governors of some of their control Over nation Al guard units asserted thai his special operations com Mando forces had improved tremendously despite continuing congressional criticism suggested that the Pentagon might someday reach a Point when it has no Choice but to discharge servicemen testing positive for aids and acknowledged the military erred by barring reporters from covering the 1983 invasion of Grenada. The Law affecting National guard units was enacted last year and ban gov Emora from blocking guard deployments to Central America. It is now under court Challenge. Wickham said the Law is necessary because some governors were blocking assignment because they Dis agreed with the administration s policies toward Nicaragua. Bul the soldiers deploying to countries such As Honduras and Panama Are not facing any unusual risk he said adding that proper overseas training i necessary to an effective National guard. Wickham a Vietnam combat Veteran said the army Learned a lot of lessons from that divisive War. But Vietnam is truly behind us As an episode. I think the Anny feels pretty Good about in Elf and it ought to. And i think the army today is the Best army that i be Ever seen in 37 years As an officer . Moving too fast to reach arms agreement Rogers says Washington a Gen. Bernard w. Rogers the outgoing supreme Allied commander in Europe says the Reagan administration is moving too fast to Ward an arms control agreement with tie soviet Union on medium Range missiles. Rogers a an interview published in thursday s editions of the Washington Post also said nato should draw the line after the completion of the medium Range agreement by rejecting future proposals that would affect any other nuclear weapons system based in Europe and capable of striking soviet targets. Somebody ought to stand up out there and say to nato time out " Rogers said. We have moved too quickly and it is time for us to sit Back and think and reorganize  Rogers 65, will hand Over command to Gen John r. Calvin on june 26 As commander of the 326,000u.s. Troops stationed in Europe. Rogers has been outspoken in his opposition to the tentative intermediate nuclear missile agreement that stemmed from an april meeting in Moscow Between Secretary of state George Shutlz and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Last week nato approved the Broad outline of the agreement to eliminate medium. Range missiles in Europe and sharply reduce those hat remain elsewhere. When the future of Western Europe is at stake i Don t know Why it is so necessary to make decisions in the aftermath of meetings in Moscow to Rush into this other than the fact that certain administrations Are going out of existence by certain time frames Rogers said. Is it More important to have these things accomplished on certain peoples1 watch or is it More important in the Long term to ensure what we Are doing is right to the future of Western Europe he asked. I happen to believe that the latter is More important he added. But then i am Only a dumb infantry Man trying to make a living As a commander in Europe and with Only 10 Days to  Vietnam deserter faces 3rd charge Washington a the Marine corps on wednesday filed an additional charge of unauthorized absence against Douglas g. Beane the enlisted Man who spent the past 17 years living in Australia after deserting from his unit in Vietnam. Beane who is jailed at the Quantico va., Marine base returned to the United states voluntarily on june 9 in Hopes of visiting his parents including an ill father. When he deserted from Vietnam in 1970, Beane was facing one charge of desertion for an earlier absence along with several other charges including Black mar Ket Money dealings and threatening to kill another Marine. Earlier this week the Marine corps filed a second charge of desertion against Beane reflecting his final disappearance in 1970. On wednesday it. Col. John Holwell a Marine corps spokesman said another charge of unauthorized absence had been filed against Beane a private be cause he did not return to the United slates when he originally promised to. According to Shotwell Beane had indicated to . Authorities in Australia that he would return to Ameri Ca and surrender to the corps in Early May. Based on that the corps officially returned Beane to its Rolls on May 9 for processing. Beane delayed his return however and did no journey to the United Stales for another month prompting the charge of unauthorized absence announced wednesday Botwell said. No final decision has been made by the corps on whether Beane who turned 40 on wednesday will face a court martial on the various counts. Appiott Dillu police officer Joe Mcnulty holds on Longun who tried to escape in Noj b � window. Salvadoran was a leg away from eluding Dallas police Dallas a a Man armed with a Metal pipe a Steak knife and a Machete barricaded him self for More than an hour in a House s second Story room and almost escaped through a window when police fired tear Gas and burst into the room. An officer caught the Man by the leg and pulled him Back inside. The Man received cuts and bruises but no officers were injured officials said. The Man was identified As a 24-year-old salvadoran who had been living and working As a Handyman in the House which was used As head quarters for a wrecker service. Charles outline a co owner of the wrecker service said he had ordered the Man to move out because he was shutting Down business and vacating the building. Before police arrived Guthric said the Man attacked him and choked a wrecker service employees who also lived in the House. No charges were filed. The Man was Laken to the psychiatric unit of Parkland memorial hos Pital for 72 hours observation