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Show Page 6 The Utah Independent June 24f1976 The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand The Paper That Dares To Take A Stand June 24, 1976 The Utah Independent Page 7 Continued from page 1 6,000; and at least 35,000 armored and other fighting vehicles against our 22,000. According to the Defense Department and other sources, the Soviet Union is ahead of the U.S. in virtually every major area of military strength, though some American weapons remain Preparedness Association, reported on Soviet and What is only now coming to light is the U.S. military expenditures, intensity out that pointing of the Soviet a buildup of during period supposed Soviet military expenditures are much higher than reconcilation. CIA estimates made public in late previously estimated. The U.S.S.R. is devoting-twic- winter is Moscow suggest devoting as much of its gross national percent product (GNP) of its national gross product to military purposes. to armament than was hitherto estimated by the It was previously estimated that U.S. intelligence only 8 percent CIA technologically superior. community. analysts have went for arms. General George S. Brown, Chairman of the U.S. long assumed that Moscow spent between 6 and 8 Defense Secretary Rumsfeld says Soviet Joint Chiefs of Staff, reported to Congress concer- per cent of its total production of goods and spenhas been ding for its for services increasing steadily armed forces. But new information ten years ning his understanding of the Soviet Between 1965 and and a 1975, the Russians increased reassessment of old data have He stated: a peaceful generated their new estimate that as high as 15 to 20 military manpower from 3.4 million to 4.4 per cent of the million, Peaceful coexistence, as the Soviets know it, is Soviet Rumsfeld said; their intercontinental GNP is devoted to its military services a form of class struggle the Soviets use to ballistic missiles increased from 224 to Such an estimate casts new ,600; their on Soviet light their without accomplish goals resorting to war. . . attitudes and U.S. relations with Moscow ballistic missiles from 29 to 700; their that Their devotion to military strength also grows out could have significant policy implications for strategic warheads and nuclear bombs from 450 to of the messianic and expansionistic nature of the 2,000. The momentum from this United States. buildup shows Communist ideology, which views the world as no signs of checking, he added. The realization in Washington that military composed of essentially hostile forces and peace as is twice as spending much as During the same decade, U.S. military manwas but another form of conflict. . . previously thought to be the case in the Soviet strained power dropped from 3.4 million to 2.1 million , its The Soviet leadership sees no inconsistency economy indicates that considerably higher priori- missile force remained static and its bomber fleet between preaching detente and increasing its ty is being given to military power than was long declined from 1,600 to 384. military capabilities. In fact, Moscow views its assumed in CIA studies of Soviet policies. The new Maj. Gen. George J. Keegan, Jr., assistant Air increased military capabilities as the foundation of evaluation shows the Kremlins determination to Force chief of staff for intelligence, raises another detente. achieve greater military is dimension: far. Is the U.S. deterrent still credible?. . . strength stronger The Communist position in the matter of detente than had been apparent. on April 18, 1976 as follows: and coexistence is quite different from that The new assessments do not change the Pen- -' given Increases in manpower and the modernization to the American public by President Ford s and tagon appraisal of the size of Soviet armaments. of weapons in the Soviet ground and air forces in Secretary of State Kissinger. Any country not The estimates of higher levels were spending Central and Eastern Europe have under Communist control, but having brought about sharpened an partially examination of Western Europes by Communist-sponsore- d its over anxiety ability to deter revolutionary movements, lpment caPtured by Israel during the Russian is considered political pressures backed by superior by the Soviets as being under IVJ Middle East war, with an analysis of military force. together imperialism and their policy is to give financial ne w S o viet naval vessels and four new sophisticated and military support to these According to European and American inliberation strategic missile systems now being deployed. movements or whatever names these movements telligence estimates, in 1976 the Soviet Union will For example, a new Soviet armored are given for the purpose of deploy LOGO combat aircraft, 700 helicopters, expediency. carrier captured in the Sinai desert in personnel 1973 was 3,000 tanks and 4,000 armored personnel carriers The official publication of the Communist found to be far better equipped and therefore Party, more the in U.S. A., Daily World, pointed out in an region, in addition to weapons systems now article expensive than its exterior appearance had deployed there. entitled Detente is No Bar to Liberation Aid, savs suggested. other things, it is sealed and Among Soviet Leader (April 23, 1976): contains air filters for the protection of its try sources in Britain, West troops and France say their uneasiness over The Soviet Union is for detente and is also in chemical, bacteriological, and radioactive en- Germany Soviet strength and intentions is exacerbated bv .irmly on the side of people fighting for freedom vironments, a capability lacking in U.S. troop1 the United States passivity over and there is no contradiction in this Angola and bv fact,' said a carriers. . . economic and political disunity within the Euroleading Soviet Communist yesterday at a Moscow Twelve of the Navy's older ships, including the pean Economic Community. meeting honoring Lenin's birthday. aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt, will be These are elements in a situation in which, one Yuri Andropov, member of the retired fiscal 1977. during Additional ship European political bureau analyst said, there is the intrinsic of the Communist Party of the Soviet said retirements are anticipated in the next few years possibility that Soviet Union, m his speech to over military superiority could 6,000 leaders of Soviet smee more than 60 ships will be 30 years old at the be the basis for political blackmail against weaker society. While pursuing steadily a consistent and end of fiscal 1977. Just to maintain the fleet at its members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organizasincere peace policy, the Party at the same time stockpiles have been augmented to the point that, tion. in any attack, the armored and stands firmly on the positions of motorized proletarian This year, in which the Russians and Americans internationalism and solidarity with the divisions would rely on these stocks of fuel, are at struggle of the people for freedom and social approximate parity in strategic nuclear progress!?. ammunition and food rather than on. material weapons, Soviet conventional strength in Europe Attending the meeting were Leonid Brezhnev, brought from the rear. One motor transport is expected to outweigh NATOs to a greater CPSU general secretary. President Nikolai battalion is integrated in each armored or motoriz- degree than at any time since the Western alliance Podgorny, Premier Alexei Kosygin, and other ed division. took shape in 1950. Soviet Leaders. On April 8, 1976 Senator Strom Thurmond Soviet deployments, addressed his colleagues It was the 106th according to a recent the need to United States regarding anniversary of the V.I. Lenins maintain a study, devote 1.1 million troops, birth, a Soviet national holiday, and more than strong defense capability, after which 36,400 tanks and 3,825 combat aircraft to the he referred to an article 6,000 Soviet workers, scientists, by Harry G. Wiles artists, members National European theater. Under present Russian docof the armed forces, and others were at the entitled Commander of the American Legion trine, the study What Has Happened to Our Will to emphasized, these forces are meeting. organized and trained for massive, preemptive Resist? Excerpts from the article follow: Andropov said Soviet Communists do not attack. For the United States it has been a expect the world bourgeoisie to go over to the British intelligenceestimates that 30 to 40 Soviet year of shattered confidence, revolutionary side, but, he continued, let them recrimination and retreat aircraft factories are 900 to 1.000 Lor the first time since World War II Americans combat aircraft and 700producing (the bourgeoisie) not demand that the' Soviet helicopters annually. are questioning the nations Union give up its solidarity with those who capabilities. Even Soviet tank production averages 3,000 main struggle against exploitation and colonial oppres- Secretary of State Kissinger admits that the battle a tanks . .the United States year. detente with Russia that he has so sion. . . carefully 651 main battle tanks in 1975 and hasproduced a target nurtured and the strategic arms limitation talks An important study of the Soviet build869 of this year. . . figure military up particularly in Europe, made by Drew (SAL!) are in trouble. For the first time in 35 The most conservative Western estimate is that years Moscow can speculate on the American will Middleton of the New York Times, was the Soviet Union has added 100,000 men to its reported to resist. . . In the Soviet Union the forces in Central Europe. Some authorities military has a higher More is the ominous put the Soviet parallel priority than any other activity. The government arms strategic figure at 150,000, . . buildup because that is aimed directly at the owns the factories; the government pays the wages The development of an offensive tactical air United States and the North Altantic of employees which are much lower than in the Treaty force has been accompanied by extensive stockOrganization. Virtually every reliable interU.S.; the government sets all prices. national military estimate gives the Soviets piling of material close to the probable theater of An authoritative newsletter The Common superiority over the United ".States in nuclear operations. Defense, published by the American Defense missiles, naval European and American defense analysts say strength and armor. there is ample evidence that forward Soviet so-call- co-existen- e 15-- 20 6-- ed, ce. 1 sea-launch- ed -- strength of 477 ships, down from 976 in 1968, will require the addition of 18 ships per year to replace those dropped from the active inventory because of age and obsolesence. Union may seek t0 retain all or rTuhe,0cV part 1,500-ma- n of Cuban force in Angola for use as a foreign legion for future contingencies in Afnca, according to Washington analysts. This belief is reinforced by press reports of up to 40,000 Cuban settlers, consisting mostly of armv dependents, moving to Angola. These contingen- PhLmay 'ncluLde mounting pressure against Africa, Zaire, and Namibia. What has not been generally realized until their involvement in Angola as proxies for their Soviet sponsor is that Cuban forces have seen wide service elsewhere in Africa and the Middle East over a period of years. Either as a fighting force or as military advisers, have been or are still they deployed in Syria, South Yemen, Guinea, the Congo, and the former Portuguese colonies of Guinea-BissaMozambique, and Sao Tome. Rep. Jack Kemp .) warned his colleagues m Congress on April 28, 1976 about the attempts to reduce our defense budget. He said that it is misleading to ignore the fact that trends of the past five to ten years are adverse with respect to the military balances. this time that the During defense budget has been falling in real terms, boviet defense spending has been steadily inin creasing real terms, and is continuing to increase regardless of SALT talks. This steadily mounting military spending has produced for the Soviets: First, an increase of 1,600 Soviet ICBMs; Second, an increase of 700 Soviet P- FLAG DAY -nt 1 u. (R.-N.Y- sea-launch- ed ballistic missiles; Third, an increase of 2,000 Soviet strategic warheads and bombs; Fourth, development of four new ICBMs, two of which are currently being deployed with MIRVs; production of a new generation of , ballistic missile submarines; Sixth, the development of mobile ballistic s; mis-sue- Seventh, large MIRVs with high-yiewarheads; Eighth, a one million-ma- n increase in Soviet with military personnel added tanks, artillery and armored personnel carriers; Ninth, an increase of 2,000 tactical aircraft; Tenth, an increase of 800 in Soviet naval ship construction; Eleventh, an extensive program of civil defense against nuclear weapons; and a large and growing military production ld bui Congressman Kemp noted that weakness inherent in our position is obvious and it is partly a result of the psychology of detente which works against the will of the American people to support adequate defense budgets because of the tendency of people to see detente as all that is necessary for security. These psychological effects do not operate in the Soviet Union where detente is explained as a forced change in U.S. policy as a result of Soviet military power. The Soviet hypocrisy concerning detente is evident in the following statement: The (Communist) party reached the conclusion that the Armed Forces and the country as a whole must prepare for war in which nuclear weapons will be widely used; which will represent a decisive, classic division of two opposing social systems; and which will be distinguished by unprecedented violence, dynamic force, and high maneuverability of combat operations. Not since the war preparations of Nazi Germany under Hitler in the 1930s has a major nation at peace devoted such a high percentage of its resources to the production of weapons and to the buildup of the related scientific, technical and industrial base for military production. Why do our leaders seem so unconcerned? The U.S.S.R., Communist China, and all the satellite countries still follow the doctrine of bringing about world Communism and their primary obstacle is the United States. so-call- ed A very important part of military capability is obtaining the best intelligence information concerning our enemies both within the country and without. Yet, the F.B.I., C.I.A., and police intelligence units have been under constant attack which has lowered their morale and made them less effective. In the meantime, the Soviet K.G.B. and other Communist intelligence services have increased their activities through the world. The wars and the Communist-inspire- d war resistance have left much of the American public apathetic to their future military defense and no-w- in national security. Extra copies of this issue 50C, 5 for $1, 0 for $5 100 far $10. THE HERALD OF FREEDOM AND METROPOLITAN REVIEW is published every other Friday by The Herald of Freedom. P.O. Box 3. Zarephath, N.J. 08890 Subscription $12 per year, $7 for 6 months Frank A. Capell. Ed & Publisher, Tel. 8 (201) Office - Zarephath. N.J, Entered as Second Class Matter at U.S. Post Office Zarephath, N.J. 08890 469-208- Continued from page 3 held at Mexico City from June 19 to July 2, 1975. That conference passed a wide assortment of resolutions obHOxious to most Americans, including one calling on the United States to give away the U.S. Canal in Panama. Even the U.S. delegates did not vote against this resolution. It stated: The negotiations between the United States and Panama on a new Panama Canal Treaty ... must envis-ag- e Panama s effective jurisdiction in the Canal Zone and control of the Canal by Panama in exercise of its complete sovereignty. (Vote: 58 to none, ed with 33 abstentions.) What S. 2913 Really Means The bill to establish a National Women is a dangerous and expensive - r ine.r piece ot legislation for many reasons, including: 1) It would give Federal administrative, compliance, and subpoena power to a narrow special-interegroup to promote womens lib objectives. Based on the proven record of the agencies which would be absorbed into the Center (the 1WY Commission, the SOW Council, etc.), there is every reason to assume that the Center will use its power to promote Ribicoff-Perc-y st ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment, government-finance- d abortion, and other anti-fami- ly and womens lib objectives. 2) S. 2913 would provide unlimited Federal funding which would be used to further these womens lib objectives and to enhance the administrative and spending power of the Center. The bill also makes it possible for the Center to receive large gifts to supplement its budget. The Rockefeller and Playboy Foundations have already proved that they are disposed to the making of huge foundation grants for womens lib purposes. 3) S. 2913 creates a new Federal y of massive proportions and unlimited funding. super-agenc- . Pursuant to a resolution of June 7, 1776 Congress appointed a committee to draw up a declaration. Although John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and. Robert Livingston shared the responsibility, the Declaration of Independence was largely the work of Thomas Jefferson. Completed in 1747 after fifteen years, the State House for the colony of Pennsylvania became better known as Independence Hall, the Cradle of Liberty. From the steps of this national shrine the Declaration of Independence was read July 4, 1776. June 14. 1777 was just another day in a dreary scries for the fledgling United States. The war did not go well in fact, the British were about to invade the colonies from Canada by way of Lake Champlain. The war had seen few victories for the Rebels among them Trenton and Princeton and those had done little to stem the tide. They had only shown that the conflict would be bloody if the American could hold out for any time at all. In Philadelphia, the routine was reflected in the actions of Congress. There were debts to be paid, and there were other small matters that needed attention. The Congress appropriated money for several militia companies. then authorized the Marine Committee to do something with colonial ships on the Delaware in the event the British appeared on said river. Then the representatives passed a one sentence resolution without explanation or introduction. It said: RESOLVED: that theilagof the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation. than suspended Congress Captain John Roach, commander of the Ranger, because he was of doubtful character, and gave the captaincy of the Ranger to one John Paul Jones. With this and . HOW THE LIBS AND THE FEDS PLAN TO SPEND YOUR MONEY so-call- . HISTORICAL FACTS FLAG DAY. JUNE 14 The resolution, one sentence long, .v passed without explanation or introduction. other matters decided.- Congress - adjourned until the following Monday. Thus, without fanfare or celebration, the United States had adopted a new flag. Due to the confusion of war, the flag was not supplied American forces during the Revolution. In passing the resolution. Congress intended that the Grand Union flag not be used by its army. The Grand Union displayed the crosses of St. Andrews and St. George and thirteen white and red stripes (the six white stripes had been imposed on the red field of the British Red Meteor flag). The resolution thus removed the stigma of the crosses which had long been symbolic of ties with Great Britain. In its resolution. Congress created doubts about flag design. There were no instructions as to the specific arrangement of the stars, or about the size of the stars and stripes. As a result, seamstresses improvised, at the sacrifice of uniformity. Many variations of the flag appeared on land and sea during the Revolution. None however, was supplied by the government. Congress did not officially supply the army with the true standard until 1783. after the Revolution was over. One interesting note: John Paul Jones, who was given command of the Ranger the same day the flag resolution was passed, flew a version of the Stars and Stripes when his Ranger defeated the Drake on April 24, 1778. 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