European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 the stars and stripes january 1981 Carter gains Chance Tor affection of Public by Donald Rothberg Washington a Jimmy car Ter left office a free by his own unceasing the Burden that weighted Down his final year in the White House was lifted and the outgoing president could anticipate a measure of the Public gratitude he so often was it was sadly characteristic of the Long National ordeal of the american hos Tage crisis that its Resolution included one More Petty Carter yearned to Tell the nation before he left office that the hostages were the diplomatic and economic the threat of military the political changes in the and the repeated frustrations All the efforts Over so Many months finally seemed to be bearing fruit and offering Carter that Las minute Consolation but it was not to the clock ran one last unexplained delay kept the 52 americans on the ground at Tehran air port until 33 minutes after Ronald Reagan had been sworn in As Carters whether the delay was a deliberate move by the iranians to hold up release of the hostages until Carter was out of office May never be but Carter will survive the disappoint ment and he had the satisfaction of flying to to Welcome the hostages to he undertook that Mission not As but As the person Al representative of president for Resolution of the hostage even if the timing fell Short of his last Hope in sends him into private life with a Good Start at gaining the Public affection americans traditionally lavish on former americans Are kind to their former even those they sometimes the process is but even Richard Nixon seems to be emerging from the Cloud under which he left Gerald Ford held the affection of americans even while they rejected his bid for election to a fou year term in the White Carter left office at a relatively Young Man for a former in the Days after his landslide defeat by Carter disavowed any interest in regaining the presidency or even in playing a Strong role in the democratic but Carter is a ambitious Man who feels he was misjudged by the american that he suffered because he was willing to take on Tough problems columns comments i and that he was victimized by events beyond his such As the takeover of the american embassy in Tehran on he will have a Chance to examine his term in to write his own version of that and to watch his successor try to Deal with the Domestic and International crises that bombard the How he will emerge from this period of contemplation is hard to but few democratic politicians will be surprised if Carter decides that he wants to play a More vigorous role than he once indicated in determining the party future on the 444th there was a Glimmer of Hope drawing for by Hunter James Reston Reagan makes Good Start with triumphant speech president Reagan has made a Good his inaugural speech was a theatrical a cautious Compromise Between his supporters and opponents at Home and and that is not he has something else More important going for which is that he is a Lucky no Brilliant Hollywood producer could have dared to imagine so reckless a script for Reagan on his inauguration Day a de parting president Carter trying to liberate the american prisoners in Iran and handing them Over to Reagan at precisely the hour when Carter was departing from the in his Long years As an actor and a poli Ronald Reagan never had such a perfect setting on the american let alone the world the drama critics would have loved for the first a new president looked Down from the West Wing of the Capitol toward the where he could see the memorials to presidents Jef Ferson and and beyond the Poto Mac to the grave of John Kennedy and the mansion of general there was a vast multitude at his the largest at any presidential inaugural ceremony on the Long swale below the everything was planned to perfection for the new presidents Beautiful As had on a red or Raspberry dress and modestly which dominated the Eye of the color television Cam the new president was amiably Seri and made one of the Best inaugural speeches in recent it was flawlessly and divided into three he was courteous to thanking him for the transition from one administration to but ignoring Carters successes while emphasizing his he blamed among for the economic distress of the which he said was threatening the future of our government is not the it is the Reagan it is time to Rea Waken this Industrial giant to get government Back within its and to Light in our punitive tax these will be our first and on these principles there will be no he was very Tough on no Compro Mises yet in the last part of his Reagan was not Only generous but Wise and even he talked about Mak ing amends both at Home and and was hopeful that we could revive our Hope and make Clear our will to defend our Prin How can we love our country and not love our countrymen and Loving not reach out a hand when they fall heal them when they Are sick these were things right out of Franklin Roosevelt and the enemies of Reagan to those who Are our potential and they will be reminded that peace is the highest aspiration of the american we will negotiate for sacrifice for it we will not surrender it now or for Ever this of John Kennedy theme 20 years ago in his inaugural Adas Reagan is fond of saying with an amiable Bob of his we shall see about All this the main thing is that though he says he will never Compromise on the conservative principles he insisted upon during his two presidential is talking in gentler ways now he has entered the White it is a Paradox that those who were most determined to elect Reagan now seem More worried about what he will do As president than those who opposed what is and agreed upon on All is that Reagan has some per Sonal qualities that May be very important and maybe in the end he has demonstrated in his inaugural unlike most politicians these that he has the gift of the question there is maybe not so much who will be in his Cabinet or on his White House but who will help him address the nation and who will help the new president in the Devilish problem of handling the daily press and television Reagan is clearly not an expert on the mystifying problems of a employ or in handling the dangerous conflicts of Money and other economic and political agonies but he does know now to read an English and he has the gift of this was probably Why he won in and what will now probably have to sustain him in the coming we see Reagan now in with his easy smile and cheery not mad at j answering insistent questions from reporters that he should while get Ting in or out of he is the Nice Guy who has come to but now he is expected to take the town Over and prove that what he said in the Campaign but that for another so far like the he has been