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$100 Million Push In Chemical Warfare Has Benevolent' Goal By DABRELL GARWOOD ilr.S?. '"""-national WASHINGTON (UPI) -Mai. Gen. Marshall Stubbs, a young 57 despite his white hair, doffed nis uniform last week with a goal almost realized. The goal, associated ironically with the deadliest weapons in a STUBBS RETIRES-Maj. Gen. Marshall Stubbs. who has re tired from Chemical, Biological ana narcological warfare, ( is shown here in a photo taken in 1959. (UPI) division of warfare known as Chemical, 'Biological and Radio logical (CBR), is to make possi ble a war in which no one would be killed or seriously in jured. . . Stubbs, a 1929. West Point graduate and native and resi dent of Superior, Neb., headed . the CBR effort 1 during five years in which its budget was doubled, then doubled again to a level well over $100 million a year. He filed for retirement from military service effective Oct. 31. But the CBR effort is wrap ped in such a thick veil of se crecy that even as he stepped into civilian clothes he could not discuss it in detail. Some Aspects Known Reliable information, howev er, confirms these aspects of the big push in chemical war fare which the $100 million ap propriations suggests: Around half of the expand ing budget has gone into re search on "benevolent incapaci tators." These would merely put the enemy to sleep or render him temporarily witless. Within two years, this re search promises to advance to a point whre the United States . could present' a plan for giving the nation overwhelming supe riority in benevolent weapons. For a total outlay of about $10 billion spread over five years, equalling one - fifth of the U.S. military budget for one year, these might provide the answer to everything except nuclear weapons. And there is growing belief that, in the inter ests of self-survival, the latter might not be used. Urges More Research "The main thing at the mo ment is to pursue our research as vigorously as possible, with the aid of all pharmaceutical companies and all the technol ogy on which we can lay our hands," Stubbs told-UPI in a farewell interview. "I myself think there are im portant developments just over the horizon. They won't mean that there will be no deaths from the by-products of war, because war is always going to be hell and there will be some loss of life. But the weapons themselves can be completely harmless." Perhaps as important as the scientific developments in the realization of Stubbs' goal would be a change in public attitude and an untangling of interna' tional law to make it accepta ble to the Western and neu tral worlds. Because they are lumped with poison gas and germ warfare under the general heading of CBR, the United States is now considered to be committed against the u of incapacita te, includes; laughing and tear gas, except as retaliation in kind, while reserving the right to use its biggest city busters. Actually, the United States is not a party to any treaty bann ing chemical and biological war fare. But a declaration by presi' dent Franklin D. Roosevelt at the start of World War II is con sidered to be the binding policy of the government until it is changed. 1 Thus, a simple statement by President Kennedy could change the policy. This could take the form of a declaration Musa Team Could Dominate Special Legislative Te By ZAN STARK United Press International SALEM (UPI) -Oregon's hus band - wife, Senate . - House legislative team could dominate the special session which be gins Monday. ' Democrat Ben Musa, who runs an accounting business at The Dalles, is president of the Senate. His wife, Kaiherine, is chair man of the House Rules Committee. The combination could have a dramatic impact on legislation considered during the special session. Musa, and most senators, have voiced opposition to enact ment of any new taxes at the special session. In Musa's view, this includes the one-shot bill the governor has requested to add $12 million to the state's in come this biennium. Both Musa and House Speak er Clarence Barton, D-Coquille, hsve indicated all bills will be creened by the Senate and House Rules Committees before they are introduced. Could huletrack Measure With Mrs. Musa heading the House Rules Committee, it is possible this powerful group could sidetrack measures not wanted by the Senate. Under present circumstances, the House Rules Committee would be in the most powerful position. Revenue - producing measures must be introduced in the House. Thus Mrs. Musa's committee could hold life or death control over possible new sources of revenue. 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The conference will feature one of the largest groups of nationally-known foreign language specialists ever to convene at one time in the Pacific North west. A highlight of the program will be a presentation on the Army method of teaching a foreign language, by Col. Lloyd H. Gomes, director of the De f e n s e Language Institute in Washington, D. C. Another of the 11 out-of-state speakers is Dr. Gustave Mathieu from Orange State College in California and well-known to many Oregon foreign language teachers. Dr. Mathieu, who will speak on "Pitfalls of Pal tern Drill," has conducted sev eral foreign language work shops in Oregon sponsored by the Stale Department of Educa tion. The conference will cover virtually all phases of foreign language education, from re search to classroom application of modern techniques in language instruction. More than 20 exhibitors of foreign language materials maps, books, labora tory equipment will display materials at Gcarhart,. Engineering Program Will Be Introduced NEW YORK (UPI), Pratt Institute will introduce during the 1964-65 academic year the New York metropolitan area's first major cooperative work study program in engineering. The undergraduate engineers will spend a year of study on the Pratt campus in Brooklyn, then study and work in local in dustry on alternate semesters during the next tnrce years. A fifth year will be spent in full time study after which the stu dent will be awarded the bache lor's degree in engineering. New Monetary Unit Poses Name Problem I WELLINGTON, N.Z. (UPD- , New zealandcrs are now debat- ! ing a name for a new mone i tary unit, scheduled to change from the pound-sterling system to decimal currency in 1967. Many favor names of local birds like kiwi and tui while staunch nationalists advocate 'such names as zeal, zed, and zcalandia. Accountants fa- I vor the dollar. Some people sug- continuing the ban on non-retaliatory use of deadly agents while reserving the right to use benevolent incapacitators. The Russians have shown an equal interest in incapacitators, according to their open litera ture, and arc equally free from a policy standpoint as far as the United States and its allies are concerned. In the mood of the nuclear test ban treaty, military leaders believe they might join in making such a distinction. The Soviets signed the 1925 Geneva protocol outlawing chemical warfare at a time when this was thought of in terms of mustard and phosgene gas, but attached a qualifica tion voiding the protocol in the case of non-signers and their al lies. The United States never ratified that agreement. A continuation of the ban, such as it is, against deadly cuemicais coma oe strong Dases in the fact that these are far more lethal and practical than those known in the last use of gas in World War I. Could Kill 600 Stubbs said a single cubic centimeter of the German nerve gases which the U. S. and Russia have both stockpiled, re leases enough fumes to kill 600 persons. A centimeter is less than a half inch. The stuff va porizes rapidly when dropped or released from a missile or shell as a solid. The nerve gases are sudden death within two or three minutes. They paralyze the nerves, contract the muscles and prevent breathing. But a similar-appearing pellet, or a tew thousand of them, might put a community or an army to sleep for whatever length of time it took to move in and take over. There is one respect in which chemical and biological weap ons are not comparable to nu clear types. They require an element of surprise, because a forewarned and industrially advanced enemy could be pre pared against them. This puts a premium on secrecy concern ing new developments. . The chief element in defense is the ordinary gas mask, cost ing about $5 each, which will screen out all known gases and many germ agents. Steps by a nation to equip its citizens with gasmasks might be the first indication that the CBR warfare was to be expected. So far, the United States has done well in providing gas masks for service men, but nothing to make them available to civilians. They awere not in cluded in. the equipment for radiation fallout shelters, al though all soldiers carry them in their packs or. have them near at hand. SECTION D PAGES 1 to 10 Medford Tribune MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1963 Stubbs said the extent to which the Soviets have provid ed gas masks for civilians is not known to U. S. intelligence. He believes, however, that on the whole, Soviet preparations for CBR warfare are more ex tensive than those of the United States. . .- . . Meanwhile Stub.w said there is nothing in CBR preparations enforced like the nuclear test that could be patrolled and enforced like the nuclear test ban. The best hope, he believes, lies in a possible agreement on definitions and policies while preparing for the worst. Stubbs plans to travel, at least until he gets tired of it. He was succeeded as chief chemical officer by Brig. Gen. Lloyd E. Fellenz, a native of Leavenworth, Kan., who comes from a family with a history of long service in the army. , Tar Heater & Furnace Repair . i( Sales & Servics JACK HALL 72-6181 482-3950 rasas Del Monte Tomato auce OHOK m m i r 8 oz. 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