The Michigan Daily-Tuesday, October 6, 1981-Page 7 .Civilian, miitary officials debate WASHINGTON (AP) - The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said yester- day that key element President Reagan's proposed buildup of strategic forces was approved over his objec- tions, sand Senate Minority Leader Robert Byrd likened the package to "putting our money in a used car." But Defense Secretary Caspar Wein- berger insisted that the Reagan ad- ministration will not reconsider its recommendation to build 100.B-1 bom- bers nor resurrect a now-abandoned plan to shuttle long-range MX missiles among desert shelters in the West THE SPLIT BETWEEN the Pen- tagon's to civilian and military leaders was aired as the Senate Armed Ser- vices Committee opened hearings on the six-year, $1180.3 billion strategic modernization program announced by Reagan last Friday. Air Force Gen. David Jones, chair- man of the joint chiefs, testified that the mobile basing plan was dropped over his objections in favor of an interim program to put about three dozen MX weapons in strengthened underground silos now occupied by Titan and Minuteman missiles. Jones, saying he was speaking for himself and not necessarily all of the service chiefs, said, "I remain to be convinced" that the missiles can be made to withstand a Soviet attack by any means other than the so-called "snel game" of multiple bases that the Carteradministration had advanced. QUESTIONED LATER yesterday by Rep. Norman Dicks, (D-Wash.,) at a House Defense appropriations sub- commitee hearing, Jones denied that he was trying to resurrect the multiple shelter plan. Senate committee chairman John Tower, (R-Texas), a strong proponent