European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 14 the stars and stripes april columns what everyone thinks an editor does by Art Buchwald when the american society of newspaper editors held their annual convention in everyone was overjoyed to see you May do these High powered newspaper editors do when they Arent stroking each other at an editors convention everyone seems to have his or her own Here Are some varied which de Pend on where you Are the editor As he sees a slightly aging Robert maybe five pounds it want his but someone has to be the Captain of the its lonely at the is it lonely on the top you dont know who your real friends Are because youre Tough but youre Al ways getting a bad the editorial staff thinks youre constantly Kuckling under to the business Side of the and the business Side is always giving you a hard time for wasting the papers valuable space on editorial they cant pay you enough for the aggravation you youd go Back to the police beat tomorrow if you could just keep your present salary and still eat in the executive dining the editor As seen by his she never sees except at 2 in the morning when she wakes to hand him the the editor As seen by the editors have two no heart and eyes in the Back of their pointy for some which the reporter cant the editor either ignores the reporter All the time or is constantly on his or her the editor has his favourites and assigns them the Best he recognize real Talent if it were staring him in the the Best Way to keep your Job is to have As few dealings with him As you possibly editors used to tear up your Story with a Black Crayon in front of your eyes now they do it on the computer in their and theres nothing you can do but stare at the Monitor and Bash your head against the the editor As seen by the wears shirtsleeves in the office and polyester suits with unmatched pants and jackets to dinner either looks like Jason Robards or de depending on whether you saw All the presidents men or watched Lou Grant on he is responsible for All the bad news in the especially the unfair and libellous articles about the readers a political b religious affiliation or c favorite sports the editor is held accountable not Only for printing the news but also for the news he has too much and you cant wait to see him Cut Down to the editor As seen by the never is around when there is a is responsible for million in libel suits now pending in not to mention the Legal fees which the paper will have to win or the editors entire operation is a Drain on the papers All he wants to do is spend Money that int his and print news that nobody wants to has no sense of How much flak the publisher has to take from his friends and business associates for some stupid Story the editor let the editor As seen by the syndicated columnist who appears in his intelligent and the editor is not Only a credit to his profession and his but the one indispensable person in a free and thriving demo cratic his main Job is to make crucial for this article May have been submitted to and he had to decide whether it should appear in a family if the editor no then you be read ing it right but since youre Reading you have to assume one of two your paper has an editor with a sense of or yesterday was his Day los Angeles times Syndicate will Reagan be a peacekeeper by Andrew Glass recent moves by president Reagan show a desire to be viewed by future generations As a Leader who helped bring peace and stability to the that Strong craving explains in Large measure Why Reagan is Angling for an Early Summit meeting with the newly installed Kremlin Mikhail even though Reagan apparently has nothing to propose at this Point that could tempt the russians into striking a broadly based Reagan has told confidants that he Hopes to escort Gorbachev on a coast coast he wants to show his prospective communist guest that this is a society eager to preserve reagans enthusiastic Espousal of the Star wars research program also reflects his underlying concern for securing his place in the president believes that Long after he is people May be grateful that a longstanding threat of nuclear annihilation has been lift reagans critics discount his lofty motives and focus on the results of his Gorbachev believes that Pentagon planners seek the Means of launching a preemptive strike when a crisis in the East West Power struggle so the Star wars scenario could appear from Moscow perspective mainly As an effective Means of Block ing any potential ragged nuclear response that could be launched from an already devastated soviet another problem is that reagans military advisers tend to Point him in directions Likely to frustrate his aim of going Down in history As a peace defense Secre tary Caspar Weinberger noting the additional so Viet warheads that have been deployed since the arms con tool process gathered steam in 1969 concludes that the soviets Are arming for world Weinberger feels the russians went to Geneva because they feared a technically advanced America could attain a defensive shield that could Render their huge missiles Impo Weinberger also feels that Star wars must go for Ward because the russians enjoy a Lead in defensive research aimed at neutralizing american seeking to hedge their the Reagan uts have con Vinced Congress to free billion for a new the but they have yet to find a politically acceptable Way to protect that weapon from any soviet in the present the my is a missile that belies its orwellian name the All this has led such sober democrats As Jim Wright of the House majority to complain a year we were told to vote for the my because the russians were not at the bargaining we Are being told we have to vote for the my because the russians Are at the bargaining by restoring a sense of National Reagan has revived Trust in showing that he easily could maintain his hold on the White House for a second that process has also Given him some political but it is still unclear How wisely he will spend if he spends it the last american president to enjoy such widespread popular support in his second term was Dwight Eisen when the soviets launched sputnik in Eisenhower came under pressure to launch a Large Mili tary space the military got a big chunk of the space in creating Eisenhower ensured that the Pentagon did not also control the Eisenhower was widely seen at the time As a bumbling grand fatherly but today historians have largely come to View him As an astute Leader who was on top of what was going on at the White one can Only guess at what historians will conclude about 30 years from it stands to reason that a president who orders an arms buildup without gaining an arms thereby lessening the nations could be judged quite c 1985 new York times Syndicate 00puw an Weil Kips shawm a i i ill show excuse my is Sta Tiff few today crossword by Eugene Sheffer across 1 bed substitute 4 Spanish Home 8 frolic 12 one of mickeys exes 13 first Gar 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