European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 tug stars and St Hopes thursday october h. 1987 columns James Kilpatrick what Price peace in Central America Oscar Arias president of Costa Rica came to town id present i pro Gram for peace in Central America to several Hundred no ii this of Congress. His was an can him i and he dearly bowled Jihnu Over a Jive peace n Chance he pleaded. Thai is a Tough Pica to ignore. Surely the Reagan adminis Lvalion would Low to Sec a workable peace plan in a pleasant outcome would put an end to a costly and divisive Battle on Capitol Hill. It would Calm nerves i Honduras and Al Salvador. It would per Mit president Reagan to attend to the More pressing problem of an arms agreement i n the soviet Union. Every body wants peace. But peace Al what Price under what conditions in the Wake or the Arias mis Sion Daniel Ortega president of Nicara Gua took a couple of Steps thai liberals in Congress have jubilantly acclaimed. He authorized a roman Catholic broadcasting service to a churn in the air. He announced that subject to minimal government censorship. La Prensa. The apposition newspaper could resume publication. The of text of these pronouncements can be Felt on Capitol Hill. On sept. 30, an appropriation of is do million in Aid to the Nikara Juaiil contras expired. Only a supplementary appropriation of s3.5 million remains. There is no realistic Prospect that Congress will consider another dime in Saidlo the contras until mid november the first session of the 1 Woolli Congress will thence close to adjournment. Ii could be Jan uary or february before new congressional action could be taken. That Prospect troubles sons cry. A tics. Over the years through Obser vation and experience we have Learned something about communist regimes an communist promises we have Learned they Are not to be trusted. We Are not so Gullible As we were a i the time of the Yalta agreement 40-Odd years ago. We have heard pious declarations of peace Good will and brotherhood and we have witnessed the oppression imposed upon the soviet the pattern is too Clear 10 be misunderstood the velvet hand the Iron fist the Friendly cold Rebuff. Ortega s softeners fit perfectly into George will trying to seem reasonable what win thet sh90p10 next this pattern. Houm speaker Jim Wright is purring like a Well fed Kitten. There is no scepticism in him. The speaker seems truly o believe Ihal a millennium is at hand. He sees Palm nil reconciliation and he dreams of an end to inc a and to under in Surg ends a Central America he kicks ahead to revitalised economics new markets for . Sports. Repayment of debts. Hallelujah Rill suppose to be supposing that or Tega is playing Congress and his neigh Bors for suckers. Suppose that Onega agrees to All these toy Fly propositions a cease fire free elections free press human rights tails with the contras an end to soviet military Aid the whole works. This is a vast Deal to suppose but let us suppose it. What happens in inv Congress which has no taste fur anything distasteful aban dons inc contras altogether. Without . Aid the anti commune it cause dries up. Or Tega is now Home free. Olio would Ihen be surprised to see la Prensa closed Down again who would be amazed to Sec elections postponed at this Point. Ortega a Good communist reasonably could be expected to follow the pattern of duplicity his masters have perfected. Speaker Wright is a Good Man possessed of Good instincts but in this business his head is full of Mush rewrites thai the real american interests lie in our concern " hat Central Ameri cans have the right to self determine piffle let us gel our priorities straight. The real american interests lie in preventing the establishment of soviet bases in this hemisphere. On sept. 11, in an on the record inter View president Reagan addressed some of these concerns. He recalled thai the sandinista from the beginning have announced that their revolution knew no he commented upon the billions of dollars provided to Nicara Guan marxists by the soviet Union. He welcomed the Arias peace plan but there Are such loopholes in it that Only pressure from the contras could bring he regime to Dan Torrati action. Thai pressure is jelling lighter Day by Day Reagan is right in wanting to keep it up. Universal prn5� so Odeala sausage maker counters tide of a competence if historian Barbara Tuchman it right about a rising tide of incompetence that is a symptom of National decadence she should Lake heart from the exam ple of David Nosiglia a Usuga maker. In a recent essay Tuchman decried a deteriorating ethic in Many spheres her focus is government the sending to the persian Gulf of the frigate Stark poorly office red and Usu Ilid to its Mission and the Iran shambles in which government operatives plunged into strange nations with no More serious though than tourists off n cruise her examples of incompetence Are fair if obvious ill they arise from inc plague of Small incompetence from which inc big ones Rise products poorly made and carelessly repaired restaurant meals sloppily survid services indifferent rendered an around us. A social climate of tolerance for incompetence Breeds big botches by government. Don t blame David Nosiglia he is a 27-year-old who from a nondescript building at 15 Coventry st.,Boston, manufactures sausages and other delectable. Nine years ago with inc single mindedness that is the a i her of excellence be decided he wanted to make the Best sausages the freshest finest Healthiest i America. He does. His three year journey to craftsmanship look him to apprenticeship to i master Butcher in Germany when jew worked 14-hour Days and half Days on saturdays and on sundays he went to the factory to see How certain salamis Are made. His travels took him 10 Switzerland and France and Milwaukee and to Louisi Ana to least cajun cooking. At 17. He had decided that he unlike his siblings was a hands on fellow who did not want to go to College. He did something thai Many Young people now slogging without enthusiasm through Colleg should do he chose a Craft rather than the credentials Chase. He has a wife who dressed As he is in jeans and a sweat shirt and leaning casually on a menacing looking grinder cd army has a heart for any Fate. He an she and his father with just three helpers Are making sausages and smoked Turkey cheeses. Trout and Oiler things in smaller quantities and much higher Quality than is necessary. But both the sea Quantity and High Quality Are necessary to the Nosiglia. The Quantity is a function of their insistence on Quality and the insistence in self is their vocation. A cynic has said thai when people Are free to do As they please they usually arc pleased to imitate each other. Not inc Nosiglia. David Nosiglia spurns the categorical imperative of capitalism maximum expansion. Not for him Ever expanding production More outlets franchises. He will remain a Micro manufacturer he says with the arresting eloquence of the severely Plain spoken i will always have to be in a sausage and no matter to whom he might Delegate authority they re never going to Lake the same inter est i he quickly Learned inc futility of trying o sell to Large supermarkets. The supermarkets buyers All came quickly to he 10 them crucial question what s your Price Nosiglia s prices arc higher Lilian those of he industry1 giants. Bui a discerning minority of customers who care about High Quality will seels out those who provide ii one regular customer is Alicr a particular Quality. The customer is a Mother who appears every Friday to Purchase inc strongly seasoned garlic sausages. She serves them to her daughter for supper on weekend Date nights the daughter has not yet caught on to the Mother s motives a realist has said that although truth is scarce the Supply always cams to exceed demand. The same could be said about Quality. Bui not in Boston where Sam Adams Beer Sells for much More than Budweiser but sell briskly. It is produced by one of the new Micro Brewe they Are another sign that individualism is alive and Well both on the Supply Side and the demand Side. Boston the Cradle of american Lily try. May now be the movement demanding i Quality. Bookstore shelves groan beneath the weight of tomes telling us How to beat the japanese at their own game which used to be our gum Ilia tiny manuf eur ing. Most of the Hooks stress managerial skills. Such skills Are necessary but Are not substitutes for inc Pride that makes a Man like Nosiglia pleased 10 Andin sneakers in a workplace that is Smigill tin i All his. Poll Wrt i go it
