European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 28, 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 5 Bush seeks International drug Force Dukakis must decide mass fax increases by the associated pro vice president George Bush on thursday proposed an International strike Force to hit Quick and hard and often Al foreign drug operations. Democrat Michael Dukakis campaigned in California while More than Sloo million state tax increases scared his governor s desk Back in Massachusetts. Bush the All out sure Republican presidential Nomi Nee also called for denying Federal contracts to . Companies lacking drug free programs a proposal an aide said could involve mandatory drug testing. Dukakis however made fun of Bush s recent drug proposals the question is. Why Haven t these been done the past seven years in t inc vice president in charge of his anti drug Effort democrats Dukakis and Jesse Jackson were concentrating on California the biggest Delegate prize in the june 7 presidential primary finale while Bush campaigned in new Jersey on the Way to his Maine seacoast Retreat. For Dukakis who has campaigned As a tax cutting governor the Prospect of being saddled with an election year la increase loomed As he sought votes 3,000 m iks away. His slate legislature gave approval to increases in cigarette and other taxes totalling More than s100 million As a Michael Dukakis presents Jesse Jackson with 8 pin declaring i m presidential material before to ctr debate. Sands of time remedy tar newly found budget deficits. A finn Vole was needed but the legislation cleared is major hurdle Over Republican objections. Dukakis declined id say i Helhor he would sign i he cigarette tax increase. With Dukakis leading flush in recent polls the vice president s pollster Robert Teeter said the Bush Campaign is concerned but not panic stricken. You d rather be ahead. Bui surely there is no feeling of crisis or panic acc scr said. We re a Long Way ahead of the election. A lot of decision making is cd m  Bush plans to Lake u week off for meeting with party leaders and advisers in  Maine. He launched a new anti drug initiative on thursday including the Call for a drug strike Force possibly under the auspices of inc United nations to be created to hit Back Quick and hard and often Al foreign drug opera  . Involvement would be coordinated by a Mili tary officer reporting to Bush s vice president. Bush spoke in Secaucus. N j., then visited a drug rehabilitation Center in nearby Newark where he talked with patients. He said he opposed relaxing the Justice department s Zero tolerance policy for seizing yachts and other vehicles in which drugs arc found. I think it makes great  he said. With his own aides acknowledging the vice president has been Hurt by the controversy Over attorney general Edwin a Csc 111, Bush sought to turn the attention to the democrats by renewing his Call for a Federal special prosecutor to investigate House speaker Jim Wright s finances. " wonder if Mike Dukakis and Jesse Jackson will join me in calling for the House of representatives to appoint a special prosecutor to look into its own troubles starting with the speaker Bush asked. Dukakis visited a company sponsored Day can Tenter in i air to Calif where he called for More investment in schools and Clear guidelines to limit corporate Merg ers. Today As in 196 1 we re fighting for the economic future of America Dukakis said. And now As then old ways simply will not  Dukakis offered no defense of Wright except to say it was proper and appropriate that the speaker had pledged cooperation with any ethics committee probe into his activities. Dukakis said Bush should not try to exploit the Wright Issue and referred again to administration Deal Ings with panamanian Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega. I m going to continue to insist on a full explanation from inc administration about what s going on with no Riega he said. Jackson also made California Campaign appearances a Day after he and Dukakis debated in san Francisco. He said Dukakis has followed his Lead on South Africa and in making drugs an Issue. He is adjusting to a new Agenda Jackson said in san a the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. ,. May 28, i94b although the supreme court ruled that a state could not Nave a Law burning a person from owning property on account of his race or color it upheld the right of individuals to make private agreements to do so. 30 years ago today May 28, 1958 after conferring with his Cabinet and president Rene Coty French Premier Pierre Pflimlin re fused to step Down so that Gen. Charles do Gaulle could form a government. 20 years ago today. May 28. 1968 Richard m. Nixon said participants in the poor people s March in Washington should be Given a sympathetic hearing but that Congress could not legislate from behind Barri  10 years ago today. May 18, i97s president Carter and soviet foreign minister Andrei Gro in to clashed sharply during More than four Livours of talks Over Moscow s Afri can and human rights policies. Copfer Purchase awarded Golden fleece Washington a sett. Wil Liam Proxmire on thursday gave his Golden fleece award for May to the National oceanic and atmospheric administration for wasting .9 million on two Unn coded  the Wisconsin Democrat said in a prepared statement that Mcaa s office of aircraft operations circumvented budget processes to Purchase the pair of Bell 212 a but now cannot identify a specific program to justify them. Oao got the rotors and the taxpayers got the Shaft he said. Noaa s office of Public affairs said the Agency had no immediate Commette on the award. Proxmire who makes the monthly award for ridiculous ironic or waste Ful spending said the aircraft office originally justified the choppers As a Way of improving safety in Noaa s program in the Arctic. He said that the aircraft operations office which was established in 1983 to better manage Noaa aircraft use neglected to mention to Congress that the Arctic program s funding was being phased  he quoted an unidentified Noaa manager its saying it was highly Uncer Tain that the program would even continue after 1988, As a result of these cams one of the Hal icon Lime in tors logged Only 4q hours of dying last year Proxmire said. "1 doubt that Many of these hours were spent exploring inc Arctic Continental shelf since the helicopter was kept at Oao Headquarters in miam i for the last 20  Only one new Noaa program a por poise Survey in the Eastern tropical Pacific will need helicopters but the Bell 212 s Aren t suited for this  according to the senator it would be easy to cell this a Fly by night scheme but even that would Over state these helicopters actual useful Ness Proxmire said. For a Purchase that should never have seen the Light Northern or otherwise Oao deserves this month s  services Cut 28,500 personnel in april Washington a the armed forces continued to slash their Active duty strength in april to accommodate budget cuts paring More than 28,500 positions from Lite ranks in one month the Pentagon reported thursday. Rasof april 3u, inc army Navy air Force and Marine corps had 2,113,202 men and women on Active duly Down 28,555 from inc 2,141,757 on March 31 and 4-1,950 below the total on april 30,1987. The air Force had 581,861 people on Active duty at the end of april Down 12,759 compared with March 31. The army listed 759,679 personnel on april 30, Down 8,532 Over the month. The Navy reported a decline of4,0ft5 men and women in april with 577,694 on in Rosier at the end of the month. And inc Marine corps reported 193,968 on Active duty Down 3,159 from March. Defense Secretary Frank c. Carlucci has ordered a Cut of almost 36,000 positions from the Active strength totals re ported at the end of fiscal 1987 last sept. 30. The cuts arc to be completed and the services stabilized Al the new Levels by the Start of fiscal 19s9 on oct. 1, Carlucci has told Congress he would rather maintain a smaller Force that is properly equipped and ready to fight than a larger but hollow Force