European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes wednesday june 15, 1977 Meh a Republican presid Btu of fief up Reu took a Law a communist county. 11% a 6to.t do Plomski Fiche  we Tom Wicker Russia overreacting on the rights Issue the soviet Union reacting like a Bear to a Bee Sling has taken another Clumsy swipe at one James Carter who has now been accused by Tass of having assumed the role of Mentor to the user and other socialist countries on the Issue of human  too much As the soviets seem to be doing on this Touchy subject usually Means the protester is on the defensive. Actually save for his notre Dame speech. Carter has not been saying much about human rights recently he s been leaving it to other High level voices in his administration. Rosalynn Carter indubitably a High level voice met and was photographed in Brazil with two Young americans who told her of being treated like dogs in that country s jails. This meeting no doubt dramatized the human rights message for president Ernesto Geisel. Who had already Roy Wilkins Young knows what he is doing Andrew Young the United states ambassador to the United nations is no fool. He May take Long shots occasionally but he knows what he is doing. A Black Man unfettered by the panoply of the title of ambassador is not Only an Enigma but a detriment to the country he represents in the opinion of some observers. One columnist has asked if he is for  another hinted that his position in the Carter administration is maintained in a sort of Blackm Ailish Way because the Dis Missal or silencing of Young would he thinks produce considerable flak in the Black  Young is no polished Diplomat in the manner of Adlai Stevenson but Nei ther is he a political opportunist using the United nations As a springboard to Politi Cal office. He is not a Black racist As one writer has  Young has infuriated the swedes and the Borough president of Queens new York at the same time. When the crunch comes the Black Man in Sweden in treated just like the Black in Queens he  this statement did not meet diplomatic standards. But Young was saying that the swedes Are like the rest of the peo Ples of the world. They have some racists among them and they often speak More loudly than their  Young believes firmly in the morality of brotherhood and the Equality fall men. His departure from the double talk half truths and robot like Courtesy of diplomatic circles is  critics say that his racial philosophy has no place in the office of the United states ambassador to the United nations. In simple terms was not the United nations founded for the promotion of peace and brotherhood throughout the world were its founders not remembering the bloody War fought against forces trying to establish throughout the world their Theo Ries of racial superiority and their rights to enslave those they considered inferior Andrew Young s racial philosophy is As american As the Constitution of the United states which he believes in for  so too. Is the charter of the United nations for real to him. The president of the United states knows what his ambassador to the United nations is saying and doing. He knows Well the philosophy the ideology and the personality of his United nations representative. The president has indicated that he will espouse human rights around the  he is pleased rather than concerned by the performance of his representative at the United nations. We think americans should be Happy and not apologetic about their United nations ambassador. Cd Btu tour and Tribuz syndic been Given by mrs. Carter what she called my whole thing on human rights. " this followed a pledge by Secretary of state Cyrus Vance to a congressional com Minitee that the United Stales will not Back Down with respect to its position on human  he said the administration would pursue full implementation of an the human rights provisions of the Helsinki  new York Robert Strauss the presi Dent s special Trade representative said the administration s human rights policy had higher priority than expanding Ameri can Trade. And at the naval Academy commencement exercises vice president Mondale said the administration would not heed the advice of critics who demanded that the United states in dealing with other nations put democratic ideals and beliefs on the  added what has always been integral to the Carter human rights policy we re not seeking to throw Down a gaunt let before any nation he said. Nor do we have any illusions that regimes which Rule by Force and terror will change Over that a what makes the frequent soviet protests seem so overheated. No Gauntlet has been thrown Down to them or anyone else. The Carter administration has asserted a principle it has demanded no particular  what they Call human rights issues say in the Case of Angela Davis the soviet Union frequently criticized the United states Long before anyone outside of Georgia Ever heard of James Carter. As for any so called interference in the internal affairs of another country a Case could be made that the soviets have no right whatever to demand of an american president that he remain silent on any subject. The men in the Kremlin know that and obviously Are trying to Bluff Carter out of his position even by Labelling him an enemy of detente which they suggest can hardly survive his human rights state a cols. But detente is based on the hard inter ests of both sides. Even though the soviet Are notably paranoid about internal Security and political dissidence. They nevertheless have to balance this concern  tangible interests in arms control Trade and other vital  question is not so much whether a Tente is truly endangered As whether car Ler s human rights position gains  there would be no Point in annoying the s v Viets not to mention some tour ova allies for nothing or in damaging re american interests for merely rhetorical satisfaction. Well the administration has shown Tor one thing thai its repealed assertions of the principle of human rights can focus to attention of the world on thai subject by itself no Small gain after decade of hushed silence. After the catastrophic damage done by the Vietnam War to the once flourishing idea of the United f As a bastion of democracy and i the nation can once again be sea. For something other than military i the human rights principle also pro Vides an additional yardstick to apply to certain Complex decisions whether Ana where to sell arms for instance or of make Trade concessions or to provide he Mancial assistance. That s not throwing Down the Gauntlet to anyone it s part of standing for a principle. I finally the More Carter talks about human rights abroad the More be and other americans Are going to have to think about human rights at Home. Domestic her Ponsy intact is a deadlier enemy of Cater s policy than any amount of soviet huffing and puff ing