European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 columns the stars and stripes wednesday. December 17.1986 William Buckley Mcgovern holds court on Reagan competence n int too Early i lit Down put one s meetup on the desk lower the eyelids and ask what exactly it ii that the Public prosecutors want out of All this Why not let George Mcgovey speak for them his qualification Are pretty Good. He is certainly entitle to laugh at the notion that Mcgovern ism was killed in 1972, quite wrong. It did t Rise Antaeus like fro the ground in the Way that Goldwater ism did sweep ing to Power 16 years after Iti great defeat in 1964. At least intermediary political signs suggest that in 1988mcgovcmism will not come to Power. Halfway be tween old water s defeat and Reagan s Triumph we had Nixon which was a step in the right direction in both senses of the word. Halfway Between mag poem defeat and 1988 we had Mondale who carried the gift Eft cd foul  it a Apps that mistakes were Mape by Somm of of Jhk slate of Minnesota. Narrowly. Speaking in san Francisco last week George to govern told a crowd of 3,000, democrats and republicans in approximately equal numbers. Out Ronald Reagan was not fit to govern. He began with that charge so to speak the Apex rather like the lawyer who begins his address to the jury by saying that the defendant should be executed and then proceeds slowly to build the Case against him. The prosecutor s technique is interesting because normally you begin the other Way As he prosecution.--"l-1 Nixon in month until suddenly the noose was tight and one dramatic Day the trapdoor Felt open. Mcgovern a approach is the pattern being followed by the hot blooded detractors. Sen. Ernest filings of South Carolina is an example from the Senate he judged Reagan to be guilty of lying before the second Day s hearings had begun. In the press Anthony Lewis would serve As an example. And unquestionably the posse got off to a providential Star because of the confused performance of the president on nov. 19, the worst Public appearance he Ever made. Why not said George Mcgovey in effect take that performance and draw from it two conclusions Lake your Choice. The first is that the president knew a labout it in which Case he is a liar and a criminal. The alternative is that he knew nothing about it in which Case he is not master of his own household has be come merely a White House fixture and under the circumstances is not fit to govern. George Mcgovern began to enunciate his syllabus of grievances. The first of these is that or. Reagan is the first president who has not in recent Yean concluded an arms deat with the soviet Union. And Why Isit that he has not done so because he does not really wish to disarm. And Why does he not really wish to disarm because he is a creature of the Pentagon and of those who desire an arms race. And what is the result of being a creature of the Pentagon und of the arms race Well it Means for one thing the possibility of a nuclear War and for another it Means that we Are gradually starving out education students the poor and very important environmentalism. How was it that so Many people voted for Reagan enthusiastically in 1980 and overwhelmingly in 1984?because, Mcgovey explained he is a likable fellow. He knows All the endearing tricks of the professional besides which in Bis own Way he is amiable. He exercised careful now use just the right word a kind of. Hypnotic effect on the voters. But never mind the polls have made it Clear time after time after time that though they like Reagan they do not like read Tim. And now that they have come to realize a Otto this ladies and gentlemen of the jury because of Iii u the main Point that the Man the american people voted for is simply incompetent to discharge i office we can now expect the dissolution of the Reagan Revo Lution and we can make our Way Back in Ifie peace Loving progressive collectivist social orientation that began with for and took us through the Yean of Truman Kennedy and Johnson. So we begin by postulating reagan1 incompetence. That is the tint Page. The last Page it the ver dict Reagan is through. Preferably he resigns impeachment is of course not entirely out of the question for instance if it is established hat he lied about a Segal crime he sanctioned. But the important thing is to think of him As Well the Man who attend the ceremonial functions during the next two years while a democratic Congress runs the  close our Case Yog Honor. Flora Lewis communist reforms recognize big mistakes one Way and another almost All communist countries Are talking Reform nowadays recognizing at last that they have made big mistakes. Each has its own approach interestingly soviet officials emphasize similarities when they compare their Reform ideas to China s. The chinese emphasize differences. There Are some things in common. The key word in both countries is  this is to be achieved by heavy Reliance on improved technology a conscious search for efficiency and better labor discipline. Both push against old rigidities and habits but both insist the Yare determined to maintain their socialist system. The differences Are much greater. Far from endorsing the claim of a soviet ambassador that we understand China s program much belter than the Weil can because we come from the same system the chinese openly Challenge the soviet version of marxist Dogma. Peking people s daily says things like marxism did t overrule the Law of Supply and demand we should not confine ourselves to the framework of marxism in cultural affairs Don t jump to Hasty conclusion in the face of unorthodox Opin ions while we were blindly following the rus sians example we also copied their  u in t Clear How far general Secretary Mikhai Gorbachev will be Able to Lake Bis country against the resistance he complains about within the  and even less dear How far he really ants to go. Moscow has listed subjects for new legislation in the next five Yean and they seem quite Broad. But the topics have Only been named with no outline of intentions. The plans for Reform Are not yet defined. So far they look like a bit of loosening Here a bit of lightening there nothing drastic. Another soviet ambassador told some inside jokes about Goslan the Central planning commis Sion which runs the Economy and admitted that we Haven t found the Way to make it work yet but we will we  the essentials of the chinese Reform Intro Duce Market mechanisms in ways that go far beyond anything even murmured in Moscow. They stress opening the country not Only to a limited amount of Western capital Bat o those Wei irn ideas an techniques considered fruitful and most important of All open debate on the critical question of the role of the communist party. The chinese first opened a free Market sector though not private ownership of land for their Agri culture with resounding Success. The country not Only eats better but feeds itself without nuance on imports. Since 1984 the focus has moved to the much More difficult Effort of reforming the cities and Industry. The official aim is a socialist commodity econ omy and while details Are evolving gradually on a Ariavand error basis the economic reconstruction committee s plan it to remove 65 to 70 percent of production from direct state control by the year 2000. This is to be done by separating management from ownership that is retaining lie property of the stale but freeing managers 10 make decision leaving their enterprises to Benefit or lose from them. The test of their Success said the mayor of Chongqing will be in signals from the Market or  key Industrial raw materials Cementum Ber steel and Coal Are being sold at free Market Price in experimental areas to improve Supply Mia Force economic use. One bankruptcy has been pro claimed and Many More have been threatened to Jolt laggards. Some state enterprises have been Al peking has understood that relaxing centralized state control is meaningless and could even be counterproductive placing responsibility in  lifted local hands without a parallel easing of controls by the lightly centralized party. But if the party does t run everything what is it to do besides Mouth slogans that is an. Unsolved dilemma though some argue that managerial Power will Ere ate a new need for countervailing party Power to represent workers and the Community. Reform it never easy but the nature of the system with itt claim to historic inevitability and scientific certainty makes it much harder. Peting try ing to nuke communism work by red Crnjac it. Coming to ask whether and How much change May also be essential. Itt Succena the by Teit threat to the soviet system Giterm another reason that Moscow need relations with the Wett