THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, October 29, 1976 53
Jimmy Carter Hits President Ford on Brown Statement Regarding Jews
ATLANTA (JTA) — said he could not recall
that Ford "expressed his
Gov. Jimmy Carter in-
sisted this week that the
concern about the state-
ment or apologized."
matter of Gen. George S.
He added, "the only
Brown "is not closed and
criticism that I would
never will be until we
have of Mr. Ford is that
have new leadership that
will not accept or condone immediately when the
statement was revealed,
low-level performance
from high level officials."
perhaps a statement
from the President would
The Democratic Presi- have been clarifying and
dential candidate scored a very beneficial thing."
President Ford's "vigor-
Ford's final comment
ous defense" of the son the Brown matter in
chairman of the Joint the debate was to chas-
Chiefs of Staff during the tise the Democratic Vice
final Ford-Carter tele-
vised debate last Friday
night.
Carter said, "In Gen.
Brown's case, his com-
ments that Israel is a
burden and Britain is
pathetic were instant
reminders of his earlier
false statements that
American Jews exert
undue influence on bank-
ing, media and the Con-
gress."
He noted that "the only
official reaction came from
(Defense) Secretary
(Donald) Rumsfeld who
announced on Oct. 18 that
the President had no in-
tention of reprimanding
Brown and that while Mr.
Ford did not agree with
the general's poor choice
of words he considered the
matter closed."
Carter accused Ford of
stating during the debate
that Brown had been re-
primanded "and then
praised him to the hilt on
international television
when in fact no such re-
primand was ever made: "
According to the pub-
lished transcript of the
debate, Ford said, in re-
sponse to the first ques-
tion on the subject that
he had "indicated to Gen.
Brown that the words
that he used in that in-
terview, in that particu-
lar case and in several
others were very ill ad-
vised. And Gen. Brown
has indicated his apology,
his regrets, and I think
that will, in this situation,
settle the matter."
Ford said it was
"tragic" that Brown's
remarks were taken out
of context of the full in-
terview. He praised
Brown's "exemplary re-
cord of military perfor-
mance . . . great, great
skill and courage" and
called the Joint Chiefs
Chairman "probably the
outstanding military
'eader and strategist we
nave in America today.
Now, he did use ill-
advised words, but think
the fact that he
apologized, that he was
reprimanded, does permit
him to stay on and con-
tinue that kind of leader-
ship- that we so badly
need," Ford said.
In his debate response,
Carter referred to Browns
1974 statement claiming
"unwarranted influence of
American Jews on the
media and the Congress"
for which "he did have to
apologize. And I know that
everybody makes mis-
takes."
He also noted the state-.
ment that Israel was "a
military burden on us." He
Presidential candidate,
Sen. Walter Mondale
(D-Minn.) for his "very
derogatory, very per-
sonal comment about
Gen. Brown."
James Burdick, Repub-
lican candidate for Con-
gress in Michigan's 17th
District, sent a telegram
to President Ford calling
for the dismissal of
Gen. Brown. John
Shepherd, president of
the Jewish Community
Council of Metropolitan
Detroit, also telegram-
med Ford and asked for
Brown's removal.
Dr. David Hyatt, presi-
dent of the National Con-
ference of Christians and
Jews, called Brown's re-
marks "not only unfortu-
nate but inaccurate."
Detroit News columnist
Col. Robert Heinl Jr. said
in his column that Brown
has been in his job long
enough not to have made
the same mistake again.
"In his post as chair-
man of the JCS," Heinl
wrote, "he is not only the
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bearing-point at which
civilian authority and the
military establishment
interface, he is also, sup-
posedly, the most judici-
ous and professionally
capable American in un-
iform. He cannot at this
stage plead inexperi-
ence."
Heinl said Brown
should have been re-
moved after his remarks
of 1974 became public,
and that he should have
been removed this time.
In a humorous vein,
nationally-syndicated col-
umnist Art Buchwald
wrote that the Pentagon
should send out a letter for
Gen. Brown:•
"Dear Rabbi Schwartz:
"General Brown has
asked me to assure you he
does not consider Israel a
burden to the United
States. What he meant to
say was that some of his
best friends were burdens
— or some of his best bur-
dens were friends — but
in any case they were al'
Jews."
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