European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 4 the stars and stripes tuesday May 10,19bb cartoons help Bridge cultural Gap Seattle a . And soviet artists at help ing to draw the cultural Gap Between the two countries id a close and the idea has people laughing. The travelling user Usa cartoon Exchange Fea Tures cartoons from Bath con nines thai sponsor Hope will erase Walls of misunderstanding. Is it working a exclaimed the show s curator Eric Swenson of san Francisco. Dig yes cartoons communicate the Universal wordless Art that can Raack people laugh he said during the show i debut Here last weekend. I m overwhelmed by the instant rapport inc artists from the two countries develop. Listen to the sound in this  the sound saturday in the gallery was laughter. Through a live videophone Hookup about 10 . Artists serenaded a group or soviet artists in Moscow. They requested a typical american song and got take me out to the Ball  the americans got a Long distance ovation. I m literally blown away by the Quality and the  said Brian Bassett editorial cartoonist for the Seattle times who draws the syndicated comic strip  i guess that s an indication of How Little our two cultures have touched he said. Luri Ivanov a 41-year-old cartoonist from Moscow on hand far inc opening picked his favorite american exhibit of the 40 being shown and sent it electronically to his colleagues in Moscow. I like it because it s stupid Ivanov said not being critical. It describes the stupidity of the situation per  the cartoon by Wiley or san Francisco showed a complacent soviet Bear and casual Uncle Sam stand ing in front of two television cameras one camera soviet the other american. The Lens in the american camera shows the Bear trying to devour Uncle Sam. Conversely the Lens in the soviet camera shows Uncle Sam with a gun to the Bear s head. Very definitely the perceptions Are changing Iva nov said. Trie More of these Type of exchanges us More this picture won t be  not even the most optimistic of the 50 or to people at the opening saw Rosy soviet us. Relation being painted with one Drake of the Brush. Ivanov however hailed increased cultural exchanges made possible by soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev s policy of gun pm which has opened doors for soviet artists. The few political jabs in the cartoons shown by the soviet artists were Light and any political Satin tended to generalize. Bureaucracy was lampooned not the bureaucrats in one of Ivanovo . A Man tied to a noose serves As the Clapper in a Bell. A uniting mail in a uniform swings from the hapless Clapper s feel the common Man suffers so Olsen can enjoy Ivanov explained. But he quickly pointed out the Pic Ture in t representative of capitalism or communism. It s like that everywhere he said. Some americans Are slow to accept glad nose u any thing More than a concept he said. For instance he painted to a picture by Milt Pritee editorial cartoonist for the Spokane spokesman he View. The cartoon shows a Man behind Bare with the familiar smiling faces drawn around it along with the soviet sickle and the word glasnost the artist does t understand the situation of Glas nost Ivanov said the bars arc Cut that was a prob Lem before but not anymore. Things Are immensely better under Gorbachev. Asked for an example Ivanov replied. For exam ple i am  the show continues Here through june 7 before heading to los Angeles Dallas Atlanta Chicago and Washington . Afr that in moves to the soviet  draws honorary degree from Duke by the associated press Durham . Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau received an honorary degree from Duke University and derived same Comfort from presi Dent Reagan s Reading habits. If you read every comic strip published in the Washington Post As Larry up cakes now claims the president docs it lakes roughly eight minutes a Day which Means by my tally the Leader of the free world has spent a total of 14 Days 16 hours ail 4k minutes of his presidency Reading comics Trudeau Lold about 2,400 graduates am 19,000 guests at a commencement ceremony. Which explain a lot. Of course Hal information is downright reassuring when compared with the news that he has Spini a comparable amount of Lime read ing his  in Chapel Hill. Sen. Dale bumpers Lold More than  graduates at inc University of North Carolina that his generation had left item a dangerous legacy of debt. Up life photo cartoonist carry trn Dnn the threat is ominous. With a 12.4 trillion Dollar debt. But we Are handing you a free Republic a democracy and it s up to you to keep it bumpers said. At Rudford va., former . Supreme court Justice Arthur j. Goldberg said free compulsory Public education should be emended to include two years of col lege. In this High Lech Era we require a higher level office Public education than now provided Goldberg Lold Radford University s 967 graduates at commencement exercises saturday. Oth wisc our leadership in the free world both industrially and militarily is at  Goldberg an associate Justice on the supreme court from 1962 to 1965, also suggested that students be Given amnesty for outstanding Loans and that parents of graduates be Given lax Breaks. No graduate of a University should be burdened with a substantial debt in embarking on a career and raising a fam ily said Goldberg a visiting professor at the University this year americans need to learn More about the world and its array of cultures if the United slates is to Prosper in the global marketplace the president of the nation Al geographic society said sunday at Oxford Ohio. We face a critical economic need to understand foreign Consumers markets customs foreign strengths and weak Nesses Gilbert a Grosvenor told graduates of Miami University s school of business administration and the school of education and Allied professions. Americans can no longer negotiate in English to sell our products or be oblivious to cultural  Ai Bridgeport conn., actress Susan St. James Lold graduate students at the University of Bridgeport sunday to find happiness through Volunteer work is James the co Star of inc television scities kale and Allic and a Volunteer with the special olympics for in years said America has suffered from a Lack of leadership since the 1960s. Meese clean As he can possibly be aide says Washington a a lop aide to attorney general Edwin a Csc 111 says his Boss is Al clean As he can possibly be and a recent congressional report accusing his Boss of violating White House ethics rules should lop a list of sleaze assistant attorney general William Bradford Rey nolds who last year was Given additional responsibilities As Counselor to Meuse. Said the bipartisan Senate report is harmful to continuing inquiries into the attorney general s actions. We be got a process that s in place people who Are investigating and it seems to me that we do not con tribute to an integrity of that process when we have that kind of report that comes out that so Dis serves and so misstates what the facts Are Reynolds said on lbs to s face the nation program. If Orrl is inc Best Case that one comes up with against this attorney general for ethical conduct i would have to say thai this Man is As clean As he can possibly be in every  Reynolds the top enforcer of the Reagan administration s civil rights policies added if 1 were making a list of sleaze. Id put that the report at the  the report issued wednesday by the Senate governmental affairs subcommittee on oversight of government management concluded that a Csc s Viola Tion of the rules resulted in improper favouritism for the scandal plagued we tech corp. The report said e. Robert Wallach sent a Csc then Counselor to president Reagan 16 memos in 1981 and 1982 detailing wed Letts a Albru to get a contract to build Small engines for the army and government officials opposition to those efforts. A Csc has acknowledged interceding on behalf of we tech but says he Only wanted to assure that its contract proposal got a fair hearing. Wallach a longtime Friend of Melesc is now under indictment in the we tech scandal. He was paid 51.3 million by the Bronx. N.y., company which subsequently won the no bid $32 million contract former Counselor to the president Edwiu Meese Iii and former Deputy Counselor Jim Jenkins ailed to observe the White House policy on contracts with procure ment official which failure resulted in improper favor it ism toward a  the report said. The White House procurement policy in effect since october 1981 say Hal. Obviously no member of the while House Stair should Contact any procurement of incr about a contract in which he has a personal financial interest or in which a relative Friend or Busi Ness associate has a financial  Reynolds said the report made reference to a policy or Rule in the White House Hal was t in existence Al the Lime the we tech thing was referred Over to the attorney general i Gat ii project promoted by i lion inc office of government ethics is conducting an inquiry into Why a desc solicited 30,000 lawyers and Busi Nessman to pay More than $3,000 apiece to a Profil Mak Ingarra nation to attend a conference. Reynolds maintained that despite the investigations morale at the Justice department remains Good. Actually it s very Good he said. We have a lot of professionals. Most of the people in the department take the Alti tude thu is much the same As George Bush s attitude. These Are investigations Hal Are ongoing. They la play themselves out the process ought to be allowed to work Reynolds said. So far he added nobody has suggested Hal inc attorney general has done anything that comes close to unlawful activity or activity that is going to result in an indictment of any