Haig blames double standard
THE BATTALION Page 5
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1978
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Battalion photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr.
United Press International
MONS, Belgium — Gen. Alex
ander M. Haig Jr. says the Ameri
can “double standard” on drugs has
caused serious problem with the
209,000 U.S. soldiers, sailors and
airmen he commands in Europe.
Haig, who has served for almost
four years in the dual capacity of
commander-in-chief. United States
European Command, and NATO’s
supreme allied commander in
Europe, expressed his view during
an interview in his NATO office.
“In our society, there is some
what of a double standard on this
issue, where soft drugs, marijuana,
have become a sociological fact of
life,” the general said.
But the same “parasite” who sells
soft drugs usually sells hard drugs,
too, Haig added. “So this double
standard causes us some serious
problems.”
Haig described the drug problem
in his American command as “far
more serious than we would like,
but not as serious as some of the
worst case descriptions have tended
to be.”
Drug use among soldiers declined
steadily until last spring, when it
suddenly rose again, primarily be
cause of the easier availability of
drugs, he said.
“Does it affect combat readi
ness?” Haig asked rhetorically. “Of
course it does.
“Any debilitating situation of this
kind that diverts the attention of our
commanders and our supervisory
personnel or detracts from the over
all mental and physical well-being of
our soldiers has an effect on combat
readiness. But I would not describe
it in some of the stark terms it has
been recently.”
In reply to other questions, Haig
made these points:
—While the morale and readiness"
of the American soldiers in Europe
has improved markedly since the
end of the Vietnam War and the
move to an all-volunteer force,
“Raids on the contract conditions
under which they entered service,
ranging from assaults on the com
missary to retirement benefits have
a deleterious impact on their
morale.”
—He has seen none of the “com
pensatory restraint” President Car
ter said he expected of the Soviet
Union in return for his postpone
ment of a decision on the manufac
ture and deployment of the neutron
bomb.
—The American and NATO
forces he commands are applying
lessons learned in the 1973 Yom
Kippur Israeli-Arab war. That war
“reaffirmed” the role of the tank on
the battlefield. More than 80 per
cent of tank kills in that war resulted
from “tank delivered wounds.” The
American army is insuring that its
tanks, artillery and infantry move
together as a combat team, he said.
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AUSTIN — The Texas Supreme
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erations, and two for retail beer and
wine sales.
The state’s highest court said a
district judge in Austin had no au
thority to block the permits at the
drys’ behest or to rule that wets lost
a June 17 local option election on
the liquor issue.
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POLAND SPRING, Maine — A
as Vegas firm is gambling several
illion dollars on whether Ameri-
ans will buy spring water bottled
ly a 200-year-old Maine company
Instead of the water imported by
’errier of France.
“There really is a lot of money at
take. It’s a David and Goliath war
utweare confident we can win,”
obert Gibson, head of public rela-
l/ons for the Poland Spring Water
orp., said Wednesday.
“Perrier is obviously the competi-
bn we have to beat. They have
lone extensive ad promotions and
roken ground in making the whole
untry bottle water conscious. We
|lan to grab on to Perrier’s coattails,
you will, to get started and we
on’t mind admitting it,” he said.
Gibson said the Seven-Up Bottl-
igCo. of Las Vegas, which distri-
utes the popular soft drink in that
rea, purchased the Poland Spring
rm last year and has already com-
ritted $1 million to an advertising
ampaign which should be ex-
anded in the future.
He said the Las Vegas firm owned
iy Paul den Haene was also invest-
ag $1 million in expanding the
laine bottling facility because the
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already greater than we can accom
modate.”
Gibson said radio and television
advertisements have already begun
in some major markets. He said the
firm is already committed to
spending about $75,000 a year in
Boston and more than $100,000 an
nually in Los Angeles and will in
crease the advertising budget as its
campaign moves into New York.
“We consider New York to be
Perrier’s base and the West Coast to
be ours,” he said. “Instead of com
ing right at them in their homefront
we are starting on our own turf and
working toward them as our produc
tion is raised to fill the increased
demand.”
Gibson said besides Boston and
Los Angeles, Poland Spring Bottling
will take its advertising duel with
Perriers into the San Francisco,
Dallas, Houston, Chicago and
Miami markets and plans to have its
water sold in every major city by
1980.
He said the company’s ads stress
the use of native water over “im
ported expensive versions” with
both traditional ads featuring “a
lovely brook and an attractive young
lady” and humorous ads comparing
Poland Spring water to imported
water served on the rocks — real
rocks.
Charles D. Matthews to rescind his
order and leave disputes over the
election outcome to be decided in
Taylor County courts.
“No motion for rehearing will be
entertained,” Chief Justice Joe R.
Greenhill announced.
Election contests by wets and
drys are pending in Taylor County,
however, and the justices noted
Wednesday’s ruling does not settle
the dispute for good or finally de
termine which side won the most
ballots.
The Supreme Court made no rul
ing on the ballot outcome, but said
an Austin judge had no business re
viewing the Abilene judge’s action
or tying the hands of the Alcoholic
Beverage Commission.
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