European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 column the stars and stripes March Mary Mcgrory affable Gorbachev is reagans first serious threat the new general Secretary of the Central committee of the communist parly of the soviet Union already has served notice that he is going to Challenge Ronald Reagan in his two strongest suits affability and Public the raves about Mikhail Gorbachev Are coming not from satellite lackeys or nervous third they to the irritation of the while being spoken in the Crisp diction of the numerous Public figures who met him during his we Klong december stay in great Ronald reagans greatest Marga ret spent six hours with the so Viet and afterwards jolted her coun try and ours by volunteering that she liked him and Felt they could do business to the prime minister explained that it was possible to talk to actually to Exchange ideas without being pelted with the slogans and tirades that arc the usual conversational gambits of old school during his London Gorbachev met almost every politician in England and left most of them with the impression that he is a practical sort of they had the feeling that the Secretary of agriculture was not so much interested in burying the West As in learning from it everything he could about ending the profound embarrassment of russian inability to feed her he turned Nasty Only when a member of parliament pressed him about the cruel treatment meted out to he told him to mind his own the British gushed Over him and his a stylish English speak one Brit went so far As to compare the pair with Jack and Jackie Actu Gorbachev looks More like the late Joseph and nobody gets to the top in Moscow by following the Golden George will his smash Success in London May have been the critical Factor in the politburo decision to choose a charmer Over one of the Ston faced elderly gentlemen in certifiably bad health and badly Cut overcoats who Are generally selected to in comes across As a plausible and focused with an enormous potential As a wedge Driver in the he threatens Reagan with his first real Competition on the world he is not As Reagan seems to he tried to cover his failure to attend Chernenko funeral by issuing an invitation to the new Gorbachev views on arms were partially revealed in where he argued passionately against Star wars but his grasp of Public relations has already been his Victor went toe to toe with our Man Max Kampelman for television coverage and walked away with Karpov was shown chatting genially with Western he was rep resenting his new Leader on arms control the position had been approved weeks the soviets did not wish to let Cher Nenekos death interfere with the opening of the talks they were too Kampelman merely said that in the first the United states and the soviets had agreed to respect the confidentiality of each the in other was talking the West was Gorbachev first speech to the Central committee was free of any anti american without naming he said he shared the dream of the eventual elimination of nuclear there was divided counsel within the White House about the presidents Atten dance at the he said he was too Busy too much on his he put it inelegant assuring ruffled feelings in what a he had been told that by going he could meet the Universal mood of Relief and Hope that an armed and dangerous nation had finally chosen a 54yearold pragmatist to take fearing such Richard of the new fired off a preemptive press urging the president not to go he would Send mixed lose his image of ant soviet and blot his record of dealing with Moscow Only out of not out of la was a Chance to show Good will to what a witty sense of ppr w have Ramoma u woj great the new to push along the possibility that change is in the to Demon Strate that his foreign policy consists of More than Reagan has been having a free ride on arms he is using Geneva As a reason to increase the defense vote for my and continue the arms if Gorbachev is he May make a proposal that will Force Reagan to get Down to cases on arms already Reagan knows that ant soviet rhetoric will no longer be enough in dealing with the new Sharpie in the Universal press Syndicate should sell what it produces Best huge debts a wit once defined a barometer As an ingenious instrument that reveals the kind of weather we Are if you have no you can consult the Senate budget like a measures climatic the committee has rejected the presidents that is rejected As in Russia rejected the vote was 174 and reflected the fact that among the 535 members of Congress there probably Are not 35 who would vote for the presidents program of continuing the defense buildup at the Pace he avoiding All tax increases and significantly cutting Middle class Domestic less than ago the president got a mandate to keep on keeping on to continue the policies of the first that is not the Public rather enjoys getting a Dollar of Federal spending and being charged Only 75 cents in last week there was a languorous White House discussion about sending the great communicator Back onto the Campaign Trail to communicate As he forgot to do before the election his zest for All those specific program but his aides youth for Reagan then thought he would be campaigning against most Senate 40 percent of whom face reelection in 19 Reagan would not be Able to Campaign for a live legislative they talk like what the budget committee approved might bring a Blush to the presidential it would Cut the deficit by More than the presidents budget would have the committee plan would confound sep tics by freezing social Security benefits for a of course All this is in the subjunctive tense because the committee action binds no the Only thing Manda tory is that we pay the interest on the National the without major policy changes the likelihood of which has gone from not very to Are you will increase about trillion in the next four if every year for the rest of the history of the Republic taxpayers will pay about billion in interest just on this fou year addition to the Ronald Reagan is playing Tom who was the quintessential which Means he was something of a a cunning grew up about 185 Miles West of cunning rascals sprout like Corn out not since Tom tricked the other boys into Whitewash ing aunt polls Fence for him has there been anything As nifty As reagans Way of getting others to do his disagreeable he says to Congress Here is the division of labor ill look after the Marine air Force one and Camp you folks Cut the social Pat has a modest proposal for on shot Cash infusion to trim the deficit without cutting any his idea for slicing a substantial piece off the governments debt is sell part of the that by the end of fiscal the government will have outstanding Loans valued at which does not mean that is three times the size of the loan portfolio of one of the nations largest this Federal portfolio is scattered around the government and managed by bureaucrats paid less than a Citicorp Branch Many Loans Are at far less than today interest under Moynihan they would be sold at a discount reflecting their real Market value even assuming that the value of the billion in paper is now that is the real no matter who holds the and the government would get a Cash infusion of the Loans were made to Small Large Farmers and Many other groups including foreign the Point was to let con Gress spare those groups the torture of paying Market rates for but Selling the Loans to private institutions would not change the the people owing the Money would just Send their checks to a different and Moynihan plan has As International Dimen Sion because of the doctrine of comparative Adan according to different nations do different things Well and each nation should Prosper by swapping goods and services according to its comparative Adan for is Good at making cars and Cam eras and television sets and Many other the United is gifted at making Many but it is even gifted at making the japanese save 20 percent of their about triple the american that is one reason Why Japan has Between billion and billion sloshing around the looking for things to America has debt sell at a Call that the America comparatively o1m5 Washington Post writers croup