European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes William f. Buckley Friday july 21, 1978 open  Why does t Young simply step Down president Carter won t fire an Drew Young for reasons so clearly Politi Cal they at once remind us of the Dis honors of democratic politics and that there Are inherent flaws in the system no one is ready to  one is entitled to ask Why does t Andrew Young resign every defense Oyoung Ever published has remarked abut him that he is a Man of Honor and sensitivity. If it were otherwise if he were personally obnoxious cynical opportunistic he would be left without a single defend  question to raise now is this if he Tays on does t he risk the destruction of what personal reputation he has left he should resign because he is not a repro columns comments Active of the View of the president of the i states and because the views he to enunciate Are much More merely embarrassing to the people government pays his salary Andes him his podium. But one is required to ask has Andrew ung lost that sense of balance which in or Days would have prompted Andrew ung to resign rather than submit As l so ignominiously has done to a Public using Down by the Secretary of state t would have brought a freshman in the .1 service to resign most offensive feature of his state to to the French press was the compari l of his own experience with that of Ginz and Shch Aransky. On the Day that Burg was sentenced to eight years in t the soviet Union Calls a special la r Camp. Andrew Young told the French Ter that after All there Are him perhaps even thousands of people i1 would Call political prisoners in 1 in America. Let that go even though it t both a lie and a defamation. Concentrate if of the next sentence. Ten years ago i my Elf was tried in Atlanta for having Organ Jed a protest  what happened ten years ago Andrew Young was arrested along with several others for doing what asserting his rights As a Black citizen defending the supreme court s decisions no he was routinely arrested for physically obstructing an emergency Phalanx of Atlanta municipal workers instructed to remove garbage that had accumulated As a result of a strike by 800 garbage collectors Over  was As much political oppression involved in the arrest of Andrew Young As there d have been if he had received a speeding  Ginzburg will be sent for the third time in 20 years to a labor Camp. His sentence is for eight years. We know great Deal about the Hierarchy of soviet prison Camps thanks to very recent Testi Mony from Anatoly  Camp to which or. Ginzburg will be sent for the offence of affirming the rights of soviet citizens As guaranteed under their own Constitution allows each inmate one visitor per year but Only after serv ing half the sentence. That is to say i Ginzburg s Case no visitors for the first four years. Lie is permitted one food and clothing parcel per year. And supreme torture one letter per year. For Andrew Young to compare his own experience with that of Ginzburg is a profanation that makes Earl Butz s racist jokes a Ushery by comparison. Andrew Young began his career at the . By welcoming cuban forces to Stabi Lize Africa even As in the past there were individual americans who welcomed the Kuklica klan to stabilize the reconstruction South. He arrived in Africa giving the Black Power Salute thus identifying himself with a movement even Eldridge Cleaver Dis Dains. He has now suggested that Ian Smith whom he once called similar Toimi Amin was the Engineer of the mutilations of the missionaries in Rhodesia. His incontinence causes More than embarrassment it causes pain to those who Are concerned for the preservation of the faculties of ethical discrimination. And As i say. The Only remaining question i whether he has left the dignity to resign. We Longun sur Lym Catt Anthony Lewis 017781 Namibia diplomacy beats o one of the most remarkable feats of american diplomacy in our time that was what one Veteran Diplomat said of Las week s agreement on a plan to bring the territory of South West Africa to Independence As Namibia. The compliment was not exaggerated. Namibia is a faraway place of which most americans know Little. But the agree ment there if it Sticks has Large implications. It could ease the tremendous ten Sions in Angola and Zaire. It could reduce soviet and cuban influence in the area. It could offer mild Hope of encouraging peaceful change on the racial Issue i Southern Africa generally. Perhaps most important is what the Namibia Story says about the uses of Diplo Macy. Americans Are often impatient even contemptuous of diplomacy. On Afri Ca especially these Days a lot of politicians seem to prefer bluster and threat. The situation in Namibia remains so com plex and the parties so Touchy that one has to be wary even now of expecting final Success. But at this Point the diplomatic process has worked. The Odds against a settlement in Nami Bia were very Long. South Africa has ruled the territory since 1920, applying there her own racist doctrines. Numerous United nations resolutions have failed to dislodge her. The local guerrilla Leader Sam no o a of the South West Africa people s organization is a rigid figure wary of negotiations. And South african prime minister . Vorster has said he would never Deal with Nujoma. Last year five Western countries the United Stales West Germany France Britain and Canada decided to make one last Effort to Deal diplomatically with that intractable situation. Under  Aegis they set up a Contact group to talk to both sides. The five worked closely together. But the idea was american and the Leader of the group was Donald f. Mchenry Dep Uty . Representative to the United nations. The Contact group made repeated visits to South Africa to Namibia and to the nearby Black states Angola Zambia Bot Swana Tanzania and Mozambique. It was a year full of delays and frustrations. But in the end both sides accepted the group s plan for a cease fire a gradual reduction of South african forces in Namibia and a . Supervised election leading to Independence. How did it work a number of factors came together in the last few months among them these the president of Angola Agostinho Neto wanted urgently to reduce his re Gime s dependence on cuban troops and soviet military Aid. One Way to do that was to improve relations with the West Calm Angola s Border with Zaire and end the guerrilla War across her Border with South West Africa. The other nearby african countries had their own reasons economic and Polit ical for wanting a namibian settlement. Zambia for example feared South african troops crossing her Border if guerrilla War continued. President Julius Nyerere of Tanzania was especially Strong in persuading Nujoma. South Africa took a crucial political decision last april by accepting the West Ern plan for Namibia. By this unexpected move she occupied the High ground As one Diplomat put it. African states realized to of Plumi of us �  nov Wol ten sunmstriporlmunllidsul.�95fnm�l that they could not support for any More r Africa on the Nam Ibum Tryone looked to Swa Pofi in the end the nearby a ments put heavy or accept the Western i about divisions in so factions ready to Tun Tyes after two last d Western Contact g the political l ment May have i negotiation personal inquired to bring them into Here must go first to t solved Mchenry. He i f Man of strength and be to keep the two l talking Deal with c and at the same i Contact grou Toge credit also goes a 4 in trouble now Becar Mark about political country s chief reared nations he Hart african have so much through him in the policy there could i ment in  of this year j though the United us bluster As a Way of problems. President " words about the t " his intelligence to the Covert met disaster when used 1 diplomacy is More Ding but sometimes it nov out