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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, April 15, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday april 15. 193b the stars and stripes Page 3 Dukakis Gore spar on nuclear facts Reagan regrets race became Factor new York Al l democratic presidential candidate Michael Duka Kis said wednesday that rival Albert Gore or. Ought to gel his facts Slraight after Gore touched Ofta Campaign clash about the use of nuclear weapons in Europe. President Reagan his vice president a secret service Ageth imps Pitta foreground during n new York rally for Jesse Jck son. The scan came when an of Mure policeman we spotted hearing a gun. In the Campaign Trail and talking Tough about drugs stepped into the political Arena himself saying politicians Don t critic in Jesse Jackson Tor fear of being labelled racist i have 10 believe that a great Many of us would find ourselves in great Dis agreement with the policies that he is proposing and would perhaps be More vocal about Ihm if it was t for con Cern that that d be misinterpreted into some kind of a racial attack Reagan said. Reagan speaking to american society of newspaper editors in Washington did not specify which Jackson policies he did t like and said i just regret that race has become a Factor in the 19s8 presidential Campaign. That was t the mood in Albany where new York gov Mario Cuomo met with Jackson and praised the demo cratic candidate As a singularly important  Jackson applauded Cuomo s decision not to make an endorsement before the end of he primary season june 7 and More importantly in this Pivotal slate before tuesday s new York primary. Governor Cuomo just keep a freeze on All endorsements and keep extending your support he told Cuomo. Gore stirred a new foreign policy controversy in the final week of the new York primary Campaign after Dukakis told the new York daily news that we Reserve the right to use nuclear Force in the event of a soviet invasion of Europe when to arc appears to be no other alter  he added. "1 Don t think that s going to  Gore battling for survival in the three candidate race for the democratic presidential nomination quickly jumped on the Massachusetts governor and said he had made a significant mistake in saying that he would launch a. Nuclear strike against the soviet Union under. Specific Circum  however Dukakis never used the word  the Tennessee senator who has rejected appeals that he Lone Down attacks on his rivals said the Dukakis statement was unwise and irresponsible and it underscores. That experience in foreign policy is  at a news conference in Boston. Dukakis said Gore ought to get his  the policy 1 advocated has been the policy of Fth government of the United slates for Many Many years. It s the policy of the nato Alliance he said. We have always reserved the right to use null car Force under those circumstances. Thai s not saying we re going to do it but we have always re served the right to do so the Gover nor said. Republican George Bush visited a Public school in East Harlem and when asked Why he wants to be president told elementary school students one of the things 1 like Best i like going into the White House you know the while House where the president lives and we work in a speech to the association for a belter new York in Manhattan Bush called for mandatory death sentences for drug Kingpins and people who commit drug related murders. And. Frankly. I d like to find a Way 1o make this penalty Swift he said. Only a Swift Penally will serve As a True deter  in reflection of republicans closing ranks behind Bush on time bitter oppo nent Bob Dole said he would Host a Fri Day reception for Bush in the Capitol. And Dale s Fanner Campaign manager. Bill Brock said he wanted to work for the vice president and turned Over defunct Dole fund raising lists to Bush s Senft. Dukakis won the endorsement on wednesday of puerto Rico gov. Rafael Hernandez Colon and with it by implication the territory s 51 National convention delegates who Are Allied with inc governor. Jackson had won the non binding primary Here on March 20. In his introduction of Jackson. Cuomo said inc candidate was suffering from the dumb blonde syndrome in which potential voters think that if a candidate demonstrates Charisma and passion there is Little else. Nothing could be further from the truth shirt Cuomo. But Jackson also came under new criticism from a jewish group. Rabbi Abraham Cooper of the Simon wisc Plhal Center in us Angeles issued a statement saying we believe Jesse Jackson s presence on a democratic ticket would be a disaster for american jews and a catastrophe for the state of is Rael. For us the Issue is not what Jesse Jackson has said or will say on a partic ular policy of the state of Israel. The Issue is the cumulative record of Jack son s behaviour and rhetoric directed against Israel and jews Over the past dec  the group has 100,000 members in new York. Reagan criticizes kiss and Tell books by sex aides Washington  
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