European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page id the stars and stripes columns Masha Hamilton Summit Marks changing superpower relations Moscow president Reagan and Mikhail s. Gorbachev May have squared off in private during their fourth Summit but in Public everywhere from the ballroom to the Bolshoi. They looked like a pair of superpower pals. Outside the Kremlin Reagan Flung his Arm Over Gorbachev s shoulder after one closed door meeting. At the Ballet Gorbachev pulled his chair closer to Reagan s so they could share Small talk. They left the theater Box with their arms at each other s waists. The High level Chu miness was seen As a dramatic Symbol of the end of cold War politics. But docs it have any real Impact on soviet american negotiations it would be simplistic to think these two men can ramrod through an arms agreement on their own one american official close to the talks said privately. On the other hand they can Tell their negotiators to Cut through the baloney which sometimes can be the death of an  unlike the in incas thai divides Nancy Reagan Andrais Gorbachev Reagan and Gorbachev share a rap port that even when tempered by wariness apparently helps steer them through differences and allows them to keep talking. Reagan indicated Friday that he sees the soviet Leader As a Man he can talk to. My personal impression of or. Gorbachev is that he is a serious Man seeking serious Reform the president said in London. Earlier in a warm Farewell speech Al the Krem Lin s St. George s Hall Reagan told the Gorbachev we think of you As friends. Whether or not Gorbachev will strike up such a relationship with the Man who succeeds Reagan in january 1989 remains to be seen. That uncertainty has fuelled speculation that a fifth Summit might be held before Reagan leaves office. The growing cordiality Between the two leaders appears to be based in part on each Man s ability to be casually charming and personable. Gorbachev demonstrated his Charisma during his news conference. He interrupted his own statement about soviet american relations when he noticed a electronic system which provided a simultaneous translation of his remarks was not working in one Row. In a remarkable performance for a soviet Leader a smiling gesturing Gorbachev orchestrated a solution asking russian speakers to change places with the for Mary Mcgrory of Keck to Vuk Khz which ft.\fittifvott6haost., eign journalists. The burgeoning Friendship Between Reagan and Gorbachev also reflects a deepening understanding of each others countries which analysts Hail As an important development. Reagan apparently with some Surprise told a group of soviet students they reminded him of Ameri can University students Back Home. And although he met with soviet dissidents during his five Day visit Reagan has become progressively less preachy about human rights issues during his four summits with Gorbachev. There was More and More politics and less rhetoric in this Summit Gorbachev said Friday in remarks carried by soviet Media for his Parthe general Secretary has acknowledged that the soviets have much to team about the Ameri cans. The american administration does not have an understanding of the real situation regarding human rights Gorbachev said wednesday at his unprecedented news conference. But he quickly added probably we Loo do not have a Clear understanding of the american situation in this sphere of  this improved familiarity with each other s Cul Tures As Well As he recognition that there is More 0 earn is probably the greatest contribution the Reagan Gorbachev Friendship has made to superpower relations. " when americans see a president with the Hartline political views of Reagan embracing the soviet Leader it is an image that carries some weight. In political circles As Well As in private Homes the . Official said. All of a sudden it has become All right to be diehard capitalist and still have a communist Friend he said. And that is a change that will outlast Rea Gan s  president s selection of friends is shocking to me the most shocking revelation in Donald Regan s Book has nothing to do with who runs the schedule by the Light of the Moon or who knew what about the Iran Contra business. It is that president Reagan keeps a bag of atoms in the Bottom drawer of his desk and feeds them to squirrels outside the Oval office every Day 1 have known for some time that he is a Squirrel feeder. But i assumed it was a random weakness Well in hand. As re ported he got a couple of acorns from a Park policeman and every now and then and for reasons  to me handed them out to squirrels. For those of us who spend much Money and emotion trying to keep the varmints at Bay to hear that the chief executive seeks out their company is the most damaging charge that the vengeance mad Regan has made. Feeding them is like giving a course in assertive Ness training to to talk show Host mor Ion Downeyjr. Here is a Man who believes in Means testing for All other forms of Charity. The while House grounds has seven splendid Oak Trees. The squirrels have Only to wait for the atoms to fall on their Heads Ronald Reagan has spent his political career bewailing the fact that the government gives handouts to the unde serving. He has preached self Reliance individual initiative self help the squirrels must be snickering let us pass Over the fact that he likes them. There is no accounting for taste. But giving to those who have is a Republican trait deeply ingrained the Vic president wants to reduce capital gains taxes. But so is i had thought an aver Sion to waste motion and duplication. The acorns Regan cells us Are gathered at Camp David and brought Back to the Acorn Nch White House so the president can give them to avaricious rodents who would with half a Chance storm theoval office and clean him out of Jelly Beans before he could Buzz for the secret service. 1 realize there is a theory that if you feed squirrels they will be Nice and not cat your Bird food or dig up your bulbs. Of sure and general Nonga will turn his drug Money Over to the poor and turn himself in to the . Attorney in Miami. In the Condo where i live and where i As the chairman of the Garden commit tee planted tulips and hyacinths on either Side of the Entrance the squirrels dug up All the bulbs on one Side Only making sure that when Spring comes we look absent minded or unbalanced. Of course the president is not running again so he has nothing to tear from the Large anti Squirrel constituency thai 1 know is out there. I wrote a dispatch from the front in my losing Battle and got More mail than about anything i Ever wrote except for Jan Austen and sullen postal clerks. 1 was taken Aback by the ferocity of this group. One woman reported that Shehad Strung electrified Copper wire be tween her nouse and her Bird feeder and zapped the raiders As they came. Another winged them with potatoes she kept in a bag by the door. This year. 1 thought 1 might be gaining on the squirrels. 1 found a Squir Rel proof feeder in the Hammacher Schlemmer Catalon a Large plastic affair with a Cone shaped hat that i could seethe squirrels sliding off of i could also picture them standing on each others shoulders until they got to the tiny troughs but i had Faith and had it in stalled my clientele from the first Day has been sparrows Only. I have been lectured on Bird snobbery by a Cousin who does a brisk Trade with cardinals finches and other glamorous Type Sand i am fight ing it out i m not there yet. Last sunday my heart leapt up a car Dinal came. He sat on a Branch about afoot from the cafeteria. My neighbor said they never feed Al feeders. I rushed to get Sunflower seeds and put them where he might gel them before the squirrels struck. But he hew away whether put off by the clientele or the cuisine 1 have no Way of knowing. Finally in desperation i Cut up crusts Fried them in Bacon and put them in the feeder. Alas they were Loo big to ooze Down to the proper place. Ii May be to same old Story. Pencil size perches Small enough to fail squirrels Are nol big enough for anything heavier than spar rows. The squirrels Are off in the Bushes i know killing themselves laughing. Or and 1 have to say this having Bee warned by the attorney general about leaping to conclusions about guilt in the absence of indictment they May be zonked out. Here s Why. I had a urge bag of Cocoa mulch lying around. One room ing 1 came out and found it dil open an Beans in the grass. I am sure the Squirrel know what cocaine comes from and had been shoaling up i put nothing past them. Ronald Reagan is stubborn in his de Votion to unsuitable friends. 1 Hope this will make him think. Una jul a to synd Cito the opinions expressed in the column and cartoon on this Page npnuat4hoh of the Iii Hon inn Are in no we to reconsidered u representing the news of the Sun us Stripe or the United slates government