European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 10. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 Viet vets memorial stirs up controversy Baltimore a complaints that a pro posed Vietnam veterans memorial would overwhelm a Small but historic Park have angered the project s supporters who worry that the real message May be that Vietnam veterans Are still not Welcome Home. Neighbourhood residents say they support the idea of the memorial but arc afraid the proposed 18-Inch-High Wall running the 340-foot length of Federal Hill is Loo big for the Hilltop Park Overlook Tig the Harbor this is such a Small Park. The question is. If icy go through with this what is going to be ten said Laurie Alcock. However Tom Shaner a Vietnam Veteran and the Procci s chief fund Raiser sharply disagreed saying the priorities Are to build a memorial not to save a  if they would Slop Nurt in inc about it Ihry would realize what an Honor it is Sharer said they do not have a right to interfere with the Way this stale honors its Vietnam  the Park Marks the site where 4,000 citizens Gath ered in 1788 to celebrate Maryland s ratification of the . Constitution. Lost week the Federal Hill neighbourhood association withheld its endorsement of the project saying the Maryland Vietnam veterans memorial commission has reneged on making the improvements it promised three years ago Tor the popular but neglected Park. The problem is the memorial design Goi increasingly grandiose and the fund raising efforts did t follow suit said Jerry wac Helcl president of the association. Despite reservations about the size of the memorial Wachtel said the association will approve it if the Veter ans commission provides new walkways and landscaping and tears Down a dilapidated bandstand and rest room. However commission officials say projected Cost overruns on he project Are Likely to claim some of the Money that had been designated for Park improvements. The state has contributed $2.5 million to the project while another $500.000 has been raised from donation. We Don t have any problems on Federal Hill that can t be solved with Money. However where that Money is going to come from i have no idea said Fred Winch and the memorial com Mission s chairman. Alcock and others believe the Monument would obscure a plaque and monuments to two men who played roles in Baltimore s defense during the War of those now serve As the Only reminders of inc Hill s history which includes the civil War when Union troops occupied and fortified the Hill overlooking the Harbor aiming their cannons Al a Southern minded Baltimore. But Shaner said that to place the Monument any where else would Send a signal to Vietnam veterans that the importance of remembering them is not As important As we have  the names of More than 1,000 Maryland cars killed in the Vietnam War Are to be engraved on the Pink Granite and while Marble Wall and Shaner Hopes it will deliver a Welcome Home message to Mary Landers who survived the War. Some feelings were Hurt when one Long Lime Resi Dent complained publicly to inc Chagrin of Many of his neighbors that children should be Able to play in the Park without having to look Al grieving mothers the association also wants to prevent a worsening of the parking crunch in the Nar Borsic neighbor Hood where developers arc Rushing to convert  houses and other Large buildings into condominiums and apartments. A Compromise is being proposed by the neighbor Hood. But if an agreement can t be reached an alter native site will have to be sought Wineland said tuesday. Alexander Wilson who lives next to the Park and other Federal Hill area residents said inc Community has unjustifiably been portrayed As narrow minded. I certainly subscribe to the general notion these men Vietnam veterans were not treated the Way they should have been Wilson said. But it s out of proportion Given the extraordinary importance of the Hill in the history of  non nuke arms Jackson cancelling contract too expensive to do ads for business schools committee told Washington up the extra tanks planes rockets and troops needed to defend Europe when nuclear missiles Are gone will Cost More than Congress has been willing to spend in recent years a lop Penta gon official warns. William Taft Deputy Secretary of defense also told a Senate armed services subcommittee that the Penta gon is rapidly putting into effect a congressional order to improve the ability of nato forces to fight together with common weapons systems. Budget constraints have forced Congress to pare Back the Pentagon budget from a 1985 High of $324 billion 10 a 1988 budget expected to fall somewhere Between $289 billion and $303 billion. The Price tag is substantial and More substantial in terms of budgets presented to Congress than it s been willing to pay Taft told the conventional forces and Alliance defense subcommittee. This year s request of $312 billion omitted some conventional defense improvements that would be use Ful he said adding that a hypothetical budget to do the Job is evidently higher than Congress has been will ing to provide. Taft said Congress should assess the higher costs of a conventional defense not at the 1312 billion sought for fiscal 1988, but Al $320 billion to $330 billion. Taft also repeated defense Secretary Caspar Wein Berger s comment earlier this year that the Warsaw pact forces opposing nato troops in Europe have a combat Power Edge of 2.2-1o-i, up from around is in i in 1965. But Taft said thai nato improvements in this decade have put the forces More in balance adding the Gap has not been increasing so much in recent  despite a numerical superiority Warsaw pact forces Are not Strong enough to launch a conventional Battle Wilh assurances of a Victory Taft said. You need More than an imbalance to have a failure of deter rence he said. The Issue of a conventional defense for Europe will take on added significance should the United slates and soviet Union agree on a treaty to remove medium and Short Range nuclear missiles from Europe. Taft said that one problem in the nato Alliance is a duplication of research and development efforts Hal have produced six types of main Bailie tanks six types of fighter aircraft and a variety of Ami tank missiles and armoured vehicles. He said the Pentagon is working to Cut the Cost of research programs with Allied financial participation in cooperative programs and seeking to strengthen nato defences by Fielding capable and common inter operable equipment through attention to inter operability Early in a program s  los Angeles a Jesse Jackson says he s cancel ing a contract to appear in paid advertisements for a Chain of business schools o ensure that All his Campaign activities Are not just Correct but also appropriate. The democratic presidential hopeful had earlier said that he saw nothing improper in doing the to radio and print ads and Hal lie did t know details of the contract which was signed last month by his wife Jacqueline. In order to ensure Hal All Campaign activities Are not just Correct but also appropriate i have today asked my attorney to undertake cancellation of this contract Jackson said in a statement thursday. The Issue of education is Loo important to me and to our nation to have it overshadowed by any Contro  Jackson was expected to announce his candidacy saturday in North Carolina arriving Here for a celebrity fund Raiser thursday night. Jackson would not say How much he was to be paid under the agreement signed last month Wilh Al lied education corp. Of Costa Mesa. The first print ads for the 22-school Chain appeared sunday and radio and to commercials were to begin in a few weeks Frederick Eiland a spokesman for the Federal election commission said the commission has in the past approved appearances by candidates for charitable causes but he could t recall a commercial appearance by a candidate. The Federal Law entitling presidential candidates to equal Lime on television and radio applies to All commercials political or not said Milton Gross chief of the Federal communications commission s political broadcasting unil. Some of Jackson s rivals for the nomination reacted with Bomus Emend to the contract. Mark Johnson a spokesman for Missouri rep. Richard Gephardt said the Only thing Dick Gephardt endorses is the St. Louis  Roger Williams Allied director of operations said the company was temporarily withdrawing the advertise ment until we have an Opportunity to discuss the situation Wilh  we think very highly of the Rev. Jackson we sup port him wholeheartedly and there s nothing that we would want to do that would Hurt him he said. Later thursday however Williams said no final decision to pull the ads had been reached and the Issue would be negotiated with the Jackson Campaign in one newspaper and for Barclay career school. Jackson is pictured Wilh the message i want you to be somebody and you can if you to pick up thai phone and Call  Jackson said the ads were consistent with his attempts to promote education and family values and raise the self esteem of Young people and keep them off drugs. One advertisement appeared in wednesday s new York daily news but later in the Day the new York Jesse Jackson state education department ordered he school to halt publication of the and. Mark t. Williams a department spokesman said the and made misleading statements about the availability of tuition Aid and had t been approved As slate regulations require