European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 columns David Goeller the stars and stripes environmentalists Hope Bush keeps promises the Environ mental Community is looking to pc Sidcot a acct George Rush to Lake action Early next year Loback up his Campaign Trail claim of being an environmentalist. If he specifically proposes 1o con Gress half of what he s promised in the Campaign hell have a hell of an Environ mental record says Gaylord Nelson Counselor to the wilderness society 11 proclaiming himself an environmental is is nol enough says Robert Sangiorge inc National Audubon society s vice presi Dent for Public affairs. No is the time for action. He s got a lol to  shortly after gelling the Republican nominal Ion Bush moved to stake out the Green ground proclaiming i am an environmentalist and putting Massachusetts Cov. Michael Dukakis on the defensive with ads about the filthy a ices of Boston Harbor. In what amounted to an indirect repudiation of Reagan administration poli cies. Bush pledged action on a variety of fronts from convening an International conference on global warming to protect ing our nation s disappearing wetlands and cleaning up its polluted air. Roth Bush and Dukakis ran As environmentalists elevating the Issue to a higher level than in previous presidential races. They played loan increasingly popular cause a Gallup poll released two Days before Bush s election said Hal 65 per cent of the respondents republicans and democrats said the lop priority of the next president should be propos ing Laws to increase Protection of Floc in  Nancy Light of the Sierra club said the reason Bush got so Many votes was because he did eliminate some of the scepticism about his earlier environmental stands.1. She and other officials of National environment and conservation groups said in interviews with the associated press that inc scepticism came from Bush s role Early in the Reagan years As head of the Effort to scrap Federal regulations including some sacred to the Environ mental lobby Dush worked to overcome this by Strong although mainly general id statements in Andrew j. Glass Tiff float we w a a ref he will 9wbo& Favores  in Many ways Bush set up the Cupec Lalion he s going to be the Best Environ mental president since Teddy Roose velt said Rick Hind of . Public interest research group. But his past leaves us puzzled As to whether he will live up to this  he made a lot of promises and commitments said Dan Becker of Environ mental action. Ii would be cynical for him to turn his Back on  they and others say the nation won t have to Wail until Bush assumes office Jan. 20 to gel a sense of his envy. Ron Mcneal direction he needs to put in people who Are not like the James Watt wrecking Crew said David Haker of friends of the Earth referring to president Reagan s first and highly controversial Interior Secretary. Fred Krupp executive director of the environmental defense fund praised Bush s first Cabinet Choice James Baker Iii for Secretary of state. He said thai As " Treasury Secretary Baker was instrumental in pushing International lending agencies o pay attention to the environmental con sequences of Ihei third world Loans. Krupp sees the top Jab at the stale department As a Post growing in environmental importance because of world wide problems such As global warming. Environmentalists ticked off a Long list of other items hey say need leadership from the new administration better logic waste control Protection of ground water a strengthened clean air act a National Energy policy Hal puts conservation and Safe clean alternatives ahead of Petroleum and Coal cleaner oceans and Rivers better management of Public lands. Nelson a former democratic senator from Wisconsin says what Bush does about the environment could be the most important legacy of Hij presidency. It could put him Down in history As a great Leader. Nelson said. After eight years of Battles Wilh the Reagan administration the environment Lal Community is taking a deep breath and looking ahead even if Bush was t the first Choice of Many of its leaders. After Ronald Reagan said san George it can t get any  eth a4�il�d Pubil the unknowns who Reay run fhe government they Are people whom you rarely read about. They hardly Ever appear on television. Yet they Are the people who Are Apt to make or break the new Bush administration their governmental titles look Long and stilled on the printed Page who will sit still for general Deputy assistant Secretary for Community planning and development of the department of housing and Urban affairs or special assistant to the president and senior director for legislative affairs of the National Security Council  so reporters arc Likely to refer to informed officials or High level sources and leave it at thai. It is a dirty Little secret of Washington reporting Hal Many insider style news nuggets arc mined from second and third level political appointees ,. But their relatively Low rank should not be equated. Wilh Lack of Power. More often than nol they Are the people who control the paper flow from bureaucrats below to big shots above. By framing the Agenda they gel to make policy simply by deciding what options a president might or might not see. ,. So it should not be startling that much of the real activity in shaping the transition from a Reagan to a Bush White House consists of the not so glamorous ask of filling these worker Bee slots. Nor should it be a Surprise that the policy orientation of the new Adrois. Lvalion will be shaped to a Large extent by relatively Anonymous  a Guy or a on the make such a political Plum can become the Savory launching Point of a Fine career in business Law or the lobbying game. So there s no shortage of applications at transition Headquarters for posts in the administration that you have never heard of and probably never will naturally applicants will have a leg up if they had toiled life Lessly in the Bush Campaign. Bui some Politi Cal types find no thrills in the workday business of government and Rush Back to i hair former and agencies and marketing shops. ,.it s also quite possible to be hired even if your Only overt political act in 1988 was to have voted for George Bush. In such cases however it helps to know somebody. It even May be enough to know somebody who knows somebody As Cabinet posts arc filled in weeks id come the nominations will be recorded on the nation s front pages and television screens Bui the political bargains that led to Hose appointments Are rarely reported because they Are rarely known. One prospective Cabinet member May be told Hal if he or she lakes the Job it will be Wilh full authority to select his or her underlings. Another May have to Check Back with the transition staff before making any commitments " it s even possible to inform a Cabinet Prospect that inc Job is his if he s willing to work amid strangers with whom he shares a Mutual loyally to president Bush. Such appointments have a Way of coming to a bad end. -. Blocking institution presidential scholar Stephen Hess notes that forging a Cabinet is every bit As com plex a task As working a crossword Puzzle since the choices intersect like Downs and accesses. What s More a presidential Campaign in t the Best place to become acquainted with a fresh collection of Quality people. That s Why presidents often rely on prior relationships As Bush did when he nominated James Baker i his Friend of Long standing to serve As Secretary of stale. R on the secondary level he Bush forces will seek prospects among Republican staff people on Capitol Hill inside High octane Washington new York and Texas Law firms on University rosters and within conservatively oriented think tanks. One thing is sure the hits and misses scored in. This Quick process will have a major bearing on the Long term Success or failure of the Bush presidency. The opinions expressed in the columns and Outwin on this Page represent those of the authors and an in no Way to be considered As representing the new of the stars and stripes or the United states government .