European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                First too Days in or falling of its own Neus 1 gestures these symbolic state to Are widely wed and they will Widen mandate voters dont pass the climate that created makes an Carter obviously taking of his 70plus approval he Preed last month that his Energy program m cause him to lose 10 or is per cent but he in willing to give Lime of my own personal popularity ing the people of this country to require n to Ace the brutal facts about Dwin t supplies of Oil and natural he question is would Carter show a oar willingness to spend his political ital it he still could claim no More than or cent approval hats the real nub of Carters argument symbolism and substance have part Alp roles in making successful presi tall leadership performance also figures in presidents he has said it is Grunt that americans see him As a i who will do what he after the Carter bad is Tiff compile his Campaign commit Kou in Book As a reminder to acknowledged to be income it lists 845 separate prom Carter is to make Good on All of on the fulfil a different Nik every 2v4 Days during the balance 0 he has redeemed a number of including pardoning Vietnam Era in speaking up for human its seeking cutbacks in nuclear a Levels and working for the creation of Only one Campaign commitment has 1 scrapped and that happened before Carter no longer seeks idly wage and Price said Carter could still attract the Gressional votes he needed if he were ung to make certain that particular projects survived the administration Long was recommending the kind horse trading that has taken place in shingon since the Republic was found hit Carter Doest operate that i think Hes uncomfortable with trades i Wheeling and dealing he thinks t issues should be dealt with one after each on its said Cran n an abrupt Carter with the rebate after Many members of had gone out on a limb to support was Al chair n of the House ways and Means com was All Loo characteristic of Carters go Vional who it known Carter was considering the Learned about the de won a radio 1977 a ii was by Barry Schweiz associated press in his first 100 Jimmy Carter made his crusade to shape a world responsive to human aspirations a hallmark of american foreign a newcomer to the International the president also set an unusually Public style of telling the people More than they Are accustomed to hearing about while upset Ting traditionalists who say he is complicating americas claim to teach others How to live cannot be soviet Leader Leonid Brezhnev admonished the former on term governor of but Carter said he saw no reason for get Ting upset every time Brezhnev he offered the russians terms for a nuclear weapons agreement that would Nave a devastating Impact on future soviet icbms when Moscow turned him Down Carter told congressional leaders he would hang new to world Carter confessed on occasion that he had a lot to but he operated during his breaking period with a Confidence and freshness that could produce some major changes in american policy if he stays on these would include a nuclear weapons agreement with the russians that not Only slows the arms race but makes drastic reductions in existing at the same Carter appears to be conditioning the american people to accept disarmament As a 0 unprecedented recognition of the pal Carter is the first american president to publicly endorse a Homeland for which would be carved out of land held by As Well As representation for palestinians interests at a Geneva peace relations with Vietnam and two old communist Carter has accepted the reality that Only a tiny fraction of the americans missing in Indochina will Ever be accounted and he authorized maritime talks with Havana despite Cubas venturesome behaviour in 9 withholding Aid in order to coax other countries to relent in their violations of human three Ethiopia and were Cut and three Al Salva Dor and gave up american assistance to protest what they consid ered to be an intrusion into their domes tic Carters concern or human rights reflected overriding Ameri can it would be hard to find anyone to quarrel with the thoughts he expressed in a letter to soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov in you May rest Carter that the american people and our govern ment will continue our firm commitment to promote respect for human rights not Only in our country but also there were obvious inconsistencies in the implementation of car ters human rights and righteousness does not guarantee re the democracies on the military Aid list Are just As there Are few of them in the on the other some of the most repressive such As South the and Nicara Are being the administration did not support a congressional Resolution that directed the american Delegate to multinational development Banks to vote against Aid to countries regularly violating human a nonbinding approach was endorsed Carter keyed his Campaign primarily to the soviet and there was no casing of the russian crackdown on Diss jewish emigration did not pick the president also spoke out about conditions in South Cuba and some latin american and he declared that events in Uganda disgusted the entire civilized the russians took the criticism most it would be naive to think you can make Progress in the solution of difficult and important problems while charging the atmosphere with hostility and mis said Georgi a close adviser to Brezhnev and a top in the but on the face of it at was he said he would not modify his human rights declaring they Are consistent with the conscience of this at least partly for symbolic Carter appointed Andrew a Black congressman from head of the Mission to the United with Cabinet he got the longest Leash of any of the presidents far More unconventional than his Young became a so called Point raising controversial issues and talking about critics viewed him More As an unguided on British the former civil rights worker called Britain a Little Chick in on racial matters at Home and he suggested the cubans bring a cer Tain stability and order to he said americans should not get All Par Anoid about a few or even a few thousand on another Young was quoted As saying no one trusted the British As mediators in but he has denied saying Carter showed no sign of irritation with but gave vice president Walter Mondale responsibilities to watch Over african the area Young concentrated Carters own unorthodox style of Public diplomacy prompted some Crit former president Gerald Ford said Carters statements on the details of weapons proposal might make it hard for him to Retreat from his initial every time Carter will change his Ford it gives hardliners in the Senate an Opportunity to say he was one of the most prominent of Henry backed proposals to limit soviet Long Range missiles and Jackson said frankly i would not have gone Public on t suspect the soviets have never been approached this with a Public build it is something that should be reviewed by this Frank a High ranking member of the Senate foreign re lations said it is time to lower our voices and not engage in a War of and former Secretary of state Henry Kissinger called on the administration to avoid rhetorical Battles with the rus sians Over strategic arms human rights and tactics the and through Secretary of state Cyrus presented weapons proposals to the russians that would have hit hardest at soviet land based while having Little immediate effect on existing rejection came As no real sur the negotiations will resume next month in Geneva Between Vance and soviet foreign minister Andrei Grimy there is still enough i be to have Hopes we can reach an Carter told reporters april but the russians insisted publicly that they would negotiate on one basis Only the 1974 understanding Between Ford and Brezhnev to set ceilings of Long Range missiles and bombers for each the from the is that the Kremlin wants the fas devel Oping american cruise missiles counted against the the outcome is As is Carters drive for a reconvened Geneva conference on the Middle abandoning Kissinger step step i the president has vaulted beyond to form some conclusions about a final settlement and to disclose for the israelis defensible which they understand to mean territorial adjustments and Security measures that could provide time to a  to any Arab for the Arab states with Only minor of the land they lost to Israel in the six Day War of for the palestinians recognition that their viewpoint is to be represented at either directly or through a sur and that the government is persuaded that they Are deserving of a Carter is in the midst of receiving Middle East his plan is to Send Vance to the area in late june or his Hope is to reconvene the Geneva Confer ence before the end of the the stars and stripes Page 15