European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes columns Terence Hunt Bush Tower association goes Back a Long Way president Bush s determination to stick by John Tower in his struggle for confirmation demonstrates a Premium on personal loyalty and a stubborn belief thai a president is entitled to choose his Cabinet. Despite allegations against Tower  drinking womanizing and conflict of interest with defense department contractors. Bush has never wavered in his support for his fellow texan and longtime Friend to run the defense department. I be made my  Bush said. I be looked at the record i be known this Man since 1959 and my support is unequivocal John Tower is in my View the Best Man for this Job at inc risk of a damaging political loss. Bush is heading for a Senate show Down that he easily could lose. The Epi Sode threatens to sour a honeymoon with Congress  has been strained by wrangling Over he budget. The White House says the Battle is stained by partisanship. Rut with the democrats holding a 55-45 Edge in the Senate a partisan Light is the last kind of lest hush should want. Promises to get ugly with democrats and republicans trading Sharp charges and insults. Strategically this is the worst thing that could happen to Bush. The Longe this goes on the More people arc. Going to say things they re going to  said Stephen Hess a specialist in the presidency at the Brookings institution. A new president should try to Engi Neer an Early decisive Victory when peo ple arc really noticing. He should do something he  \ less said. It s Al most As if George Buah has engineered a  White ii oust. Deputy chief of staf Andrew card said Bush believes the president should have the right to put people in inc Cabinet unless it could be shown without any question that they arc not  Bush has pointed out that the Percsi Anthony Lewis Dent is in charge of the executive Branch and that according to the constitutions he Sena in merely. Provides advice and consent on Cabinet appointments. Over the past 200 years Only eight Cabinet nominees have been rejected by inc Senate and never in the first stages of a presidency. After examining Fri reports Bush re fuses to believe any of the charges against Tower and argues that it s wrong for anyone to be judged by minors and innuendo. The president has known John Tower longer than anyone in he United states Senate has known him said Phil Tutock the heritage foundation vice president who was among a group of conservatives that met with Bush last week he knows pro Hab a better than anyone the senator s Short fallings and his  Bush and Tower have a Long his Lory of political favors in i960,Bush was the Harris county Texas chairman for Tower s first race for the Senate. More recently at he drop of a a i Tower packed his bags during the presidential race to Campaign alongside Bush particularly in Texas when people were drawing up the names Tor a defense Secretary Underbush Tower s name was always first. Washington s Rumor Mill has buzzed with unproven speculation that Tower s appointment was a political payoff for having headed a commission that essentially cleared Dush of any significant role in Ilic Tran cd Nora scandal of inc Reagan administration Tower brushed that idea aside saying congressional investigators also found nothing to implicate Bush. I wonder what kind of payoff hey re going to get Tower said. Whatever the outcome. Bush has tried to limit the political damage by refusing to be drawn into a name calling Finger pointing Ighel with his democratic opponents. The one Good thing about the presi Dent is that he understands politics and he knows that most people Don t hold grudges arid can More from one Issue tothe nest without a lot of Bias said card. Eos Tab 9 note tune cd Hunt a i a Metal lha Whin Hom Lima 1061 and n m Aiu Eurid pmi1  v Mccarran a a Fer act victim deserves us be of could be a Story by Kafka a Man looks for Freedom in a new country. Tit i educated there goes to work marries. Then the authorities declare him an enemy of the slate. He asks Why  will not say. He hires lawyers he goes to court but he can never find out what he is supposed to have done in the end he and his wife have to leave the country. Lizul he Story did nol happen in the Tim fun Tijay world of Franr Kafka or in Ilsc reality of some stalinist stall in our Lime. It happened in the United states. The names of inc characters Are Emi and Judy Suciu. He came to the United states Flora Romania 20 years ago As a student he stud Jed aeronautical Engi Neering at Mit graduated and went on to gel master s and doctor s degrees at Boston University 1 starting in 1972, Suciu sought permission from the immigration and naturalization service to stay in the United Stales aft Chris Iudin status ended. He ran into one of the ideological barriers of the Mccarran Walter immigration a the ban on people who have belonged to foreign communist parties. Hutiu had indeed joined the party in Romania he had to in order id become a University student in 1973 the ins denied his application for Perma nent residence because of his past party membership. Bui it allowed him to slay in the country temporarily. In 1977 Emi Suciu and Judy were married. A Law yer advised him to try again Oti the basis of his marriage