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...compliments for an excellent story on military reform [March 7]. It was a first-class job beginning with Franklin Spinney on the cover to your thorough treatment of the debate...
...Franklin Spinney's briefing is frightening. Yet devotees of high technology are absolutely convinced, despite historical evidence, that highly complex weapons will make up for a lack of readiness and a shortage of men and basic materiel...
...Franklin Spinney was talking about history, not about our current situation. The day before Spinney made his presentation, the Army Chief of Staff testified that cost overruns have been cut to one-tenth of 1%. In addition, Spinney overlooked the savings that were made in last year's budget by the Armed Services Committee. He ignored the fact that the real cost increases last year and in the years to come were caused by the combined actions of the Budget Committee and the Appropriations Committee, neither of which is known for expertise in arms...
...have given substance and credence to this young man's work, which, while thorough, applies to the 1970s. Spinney did not shed any light on the problems that we face today in getting this country prepared...
...Spinney is now a beleaguered figure. He has been taken off broad program analysis and assigned to study nitpicking details. He has been told not to discuss his theories with colleagues. Whether he has enough outside interests to sustain him is doubtful. Apart from admitting a passion for sailing, he will not discuss his personal life in any detail, apparently viewing it as irrelevant to the costs of weapons systems. He is divorced from his first wife, who got custody of their two children, and is remarried to a computer specialist named Alison who has borne him two more youngsters...