European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Dolt not Santary Dick Chanty it the my caught in the Middle 6fwen Demanda Lor Natar difanian cute and put Jdant Bush s cautious approach to duct Toni. The dark Side to peace Pentagon under siege the new easing of  tensions May bring sweeping changes in . Military policy. Defense contractors Rale in each state s Economy map shows defense funds spent in each state prime contracts awarded for 1 987 As a percent of the state s Gross product goods and services produced in 1 986. Massachusetts and Virginia Are highest ajl 6%-3% de 3.1% -5%  Mains Alaska budget share military personnel percentage of 1990 defense budget percentage of . Total it Foj Aimy /36%29%\ �3 Navy marines sources doll. Of Commerce stale economies. Dept. Of defense continued from Page 13 Opportunity Lor supporters of conversion legislation intended to ease the Economy s transition from military to civilian endeavours a Bill sponsored by rep Ted Weiss. In y. Would require defense contractors to set aside 1 25 percent of revenues to pay for economic adjustment Laid off workers might get 90 percent of their wages while being retrained to make civilian products. Maybe it s about time to redirect some of that Money that has been used for National Security to the Security of people who live in cities across our  Boston mayor Raymond Flynn said recently. The Bush administration cautions against Hopes for a peace payout it says big savings on defense should not come until new arms controls deals Are struck democracy movements in Eastern Europe take firmer Root and More doubts Are erased about the future of Gorbachev in his proposed 1991 budget presented to Congress Jan 29. Bush set Pentagon spending at $292 billion for the fiscal year that starts oct 1 that s a nominal increase from the $287 billion to be spent in the current budget year but is a 2 percent decline after the effect of inflation Bush foresees similar cuts in each of the next several years but critics say the Pace is far too slow in Light of the extraordinary political turnabout in Eastern Europe where the Warsaw pact has fractured and at least two pact members Hungary and Czechoslovakia Are Demark a soviet troop withdrawals Willirm Paulmann. A defense analyst at the Brookings institution think tank and a frequent consultant to the Pentagon says the defense budget could be halved Over the next nine years without risk to National Security others counsel More caution. We should t be so euphoric about the prospects for  says James Blackwell a defense specialist at the Center for strategic and International studies. Of the soviet threat he says it s different but it s not  much of the heat on Bush s defense spending priorities comes from critics who say the president is putting Money in the wrong places. For example his budget proposal seeks More than $18 billion for weapons targeting Warsaw pact forces according to Congress bipartisan arms control and foreign policy caucus that is an increase of More than $1 billion from the current budget we should t pour billions into new weapons systems designed to counter Warsaw pact forces that no longer exist said rep Howard l Bermand Calif. Chairman of the caucus the percentage of americans who want defense cuts is growing although it s still a minority. A new York times lbs news poll conducted in mid january said 36 percent of those surveyed favored a decrease in military spending. 48 percent said it should stay the same and 13 percent said it should be raised a year earlier 24 percent said it should be Cut 58 percent wanted it the same and 13 percent wanted an increase of Bush s big ticket weapons projects the chief candidates Lor congressional slashing Are the strategic defense initiative or Star wars project to develop a space based shield against ballistic missiles and two new Long Range missiles the Mobile my and the smaller midget Man Bush requested an increase of $900 million to $4 8 billion Lor Star wars research in the 1991 budget Congress last year Cut $1 billion from the program which Many see As a fat target for reductions Given the Low risk of a soviet nuclear attack. The administration says a growing number of smaller nations Are acquiring ballistic missiles even while the superpowers Are negotiating big cuts in their arsenals. So they say. Star wars could be used to Knock Down a missile lived irom Iran or another hostile nation. The president also aces a Tough Light in Congress Over his request or billions of dollars to begin modernizing and in some cases expanding the network of production plants and laboratories that make  nuclear weapons. Some lawmakers say they la oppose Bush s plan to spend up to $600 million to extend the life of the Rocky Flats plutonium processing Plant near Denver that Cost $225 million to build but has never worked properly. The plan runs against the Grain of a Democrat led move in Congress to seek a superpower ban on production of nuclear arms materials. We Are not exactly living at the height o the cold War what is the Rush to build a new facility at Rocky Flats asks sen. Timothy Wirth a Colo. White the size and scope of defense spending cuts Are debated the military is pondering its future in a fast changing world. Sullivan the army Deputy Chie of staff says his service already is implementing a new vision of a smaller army one with More mobility and fewer foreign bases but also one that could be easily expanded. One question on the minds of recruiters As Well As soldiers who survive manpower cuts is How s the Job going to change Gen Colin Powell chairman of the joint chiefs Jalaff says one new chore will be lighting the drug a Bush s 1991 budget Calls for Pentagon or ending of $1 2 billion to combat illegal drugs. That s ass than one half of 1 percent of the total defense department budget request but it would mean a big increase in military resources to help in drug patrols along the Border with Mexico and in deployment of National guardsmen to Stop drug trafficking. Marines have been assisting Border patrol agents in drug surveillance since last fall. Also last summer Bush sent about $65 million Worth of helicopters weapons and other military supplies to Colombia to try to Stem the flow of illegal drugs to America and to help Colombia Battle its drug Cartel we Are in this one or the Long haul Powell said of the Pentagon s anti drug Mission. Page 14 the stars and stripes wednesday. F