European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daily Bazine Secretary of defense Cheney Dick Cheney modest with a steel Backbone t  and Melissa Healy los Angeles times his time mild Manti Eird Dick Cheney was really mad House speaker Jim Wright had broken Iho one ironclad Rule of politics Adeal Badcaul Falci Barety Lomg a key vote on a budget Bill in october 1987, weight adjourned the House temporarily reconvened in shortly ail Orward and twisted i in rules u bring the measure up immediately Lor another Volo Wing he Lei Alt Iirene for Vot no entire then won Back the allegiance of a Texas Democrat who had Elroy de on i he Issue Thiis carrying id Bill Lor me rnai Onty Tho next morning rep Richard Cheney then the third rank my Republican m the House unleashed his anger in on interview with National journal a Magazine widely read on Cap to Hill calling Wigtil 3 heavy handed son of a Bitch Cheney accused Unghi of arrogant abuse of Power. He does l know an Yoshor Way to operate Cheney fumed and Hov Iti do anything he can to win us any Prico including ignoring the rules bending rules,.writing rules i denying  the Opportunity  work its will in brings disrespect on the House Itsell this is Dick Cheney the soil spoken can Chalor he poll local scholar who can disagree without being disagreeable the Man president Bush describes As a. Thoughtful a quiet Man absolutely says his Wile Lynne v Cheney author and director of the National endowment Lor the humanities la a quiet cold sort of anger not an  Lynne Cheney said la a loot she says one he uses selectively but to great elect and on the rare occasions that her husband loses his temper it is usually Al somebody double dealing somebody no keeping a bargain " Dick Cheney 4b. Who was confirmed no anointed at Breakneck Speed As the nation itch Secretary o Desenso last week is portrayed by political fiends and rivals alike As Bright articulate fair unflappable and eminently likable. But he  " need to be Lough Loo and sometimes angry Asho moves across fhe Potomac River to the Pentagon which sits mired in scandal and virtually paralysed by an absence of top managers in Sheafler Malhot the Nasty and prolonged confirmation Battle Over John Tower Bush first Choice As defense Secretary. Cheney a Wyoming Republican in his sixth term in the House is everything thai Tower a Lormer Texas senator is not. Cheney is balding Gray suited and soothing Tower is pomade Londo tailored and abrasive. Cheney is Cool Tower is hot. Cheney is Dull Tower is Sharp. Cheney has no enemies on Capitol Hill. Tower in the end had no friends. To former rep. Tom Woelfler a Texas a close Friend and political ally of both Cheney and Bush no one could serve Bush belter than Cheney he is a Strong stable and Stout negotiator Poeltler said. Dick has remondous respect Ami credibility among Hia Peers in the House and scale and on both sides of the aisle. There is no question that the president selection of Dick Cheney was a slam  Cheney came id Washington As a Young Man in the late 1960s, quickly rising by Vrr Luo of brains and a Lule Cori hellions to become former president Ford chief of staff in 1975-1977. Allor Ford was Defeated in his bid Tor reelection in t976. Cheney was briefly a banker in Washington Tien moved Back to his native Wyoming  for the state Solo seat in Congress. Cheney demonstrated a sense of humor and a he ally dose of humility during that Campaign his first run for Public office after suffering the first of his three heart attacks Early in the race.  several weks recovering a formed a mythical group called cardiac Lor Cheney and wrote a highly personal two Page letter to All the slate republicans explaining that he had Given up his three pack a Day cigarette addiction and Learned a lol Toboul life from the crisis no one he later Lold reporters had Ever tried Tho heart attack gimmicl1  it worked. He won Tho 197b race and has been unassailable Ever since. He Lough As nails when he needs to be a said Jack Gage who lost the 1978 race to Cheney he like a father who does t need to raise his  for Wyom Engiles Dick and Lynne Cheney childhood in Casper and their ascent into Washington political stratosphere has been like a movie script As Long Lime family Friend Mary Meyer of Casper put it last weekend Dick the Brainy Caplain of he Loo Ball team and senior class president Ell in love with Lynne Anne Vincent the studious Homecoming Queen and chief of Tho Baton squad a six year courtship spanned their Early College years and culminated in a 1964 wedding Casper oilman Tom  Rock. A Yale graduate saw in Cheney the kind of Young Man i would Tike to see Wyoming Send  a to persuaded Cheney to apply to his Alma mater. But Lor Cheney Yale was a painful encounter with Unla thar territory and better prepared classmates irom the nation top prep schools and big suburban High schools a dropped out after his second cof. Having loss his scholarship because of poor grades. He returned to Casper and worked As an electrician laying Power lines irom f e. Warren air Foice base to ballistic missile silos when he returned to College a i University of Wyoming in Laramie he was More serious and More comfortable Wilh his surroundings and his classmates. After he earned his Bachelor and. Master degrees in political science to and Lynne moved to Madison. Wis., to pursue advanced degrees Al the University of Wisconsin in 1966. He never finished his but she earned a doctorate in if la Century British literature. With 1he help of his professors Fieney won a congressional Fellowship where he worked Lor the late Wisconsin rep. William a. Sleiger and met a sen rep. Donald Rumsfeld of Illinois who became his Friend and Mentor. After his Brick career on Capitol Hill Cheney took  of jobs in. The Nixon administration serving As ass Island to the director of the Ohice of economic Opportunity  Slaff Nide and assistant director i the Cost of living Council under Rumsfeld when Nixon resigned in 1974, president Ford appointed Rumsfeld while House Chol of staff with Cheney As Deputy. A year later when Rumsfeld became Secretary of defense. Cheney moved Inlo the chief of staff Job at age 34.  close loss 16 Jimmy Carter in iha.1976 ejection Cheney went to work for the Small Washington investment House of Bradley Woods & co., where he. Did research on economic and Logi Stative issues. I can t Fink of anything he not qualified 10 do said vice president Tony Woods. But Cheney quickly grew restless and decided to run Lor Congress. Moving to capital Hill As a first term lawmaker after holding a top White House Job was a Dif Licul adjust men but one Cheney handled deftly according to rep. Tony Coelho. A Cahl. His problem was did he come m a freshman or As Lormer chief of staff to came As a irishman Coelho said to understood his role and he performed it excellently. So Well in fact  quickly gained the Trust and support of his colleagues and ended up in a leadership  Lale last year Cheney was unanimously elected minority whip the House republicans second ranking Post a was Able to unite the party s., Radical  its Moderal and progressive blocs because of his. Personality and his Diligence in defending his party and is press def interests in Congress despite three heart attacks in 10 years and quadruple bypass surgery last summer his doctor has pronounced him lit Lor All activities Hie skis plays Tennis backpacks and r. He ind ufos in an occasional Budweiser but does not qualify As even a social Drinker friends say he loves Popcorn and enjoys cooking to his family and i rinds when he can t prepare Trout from the streams of Northern Wyoming he is Ollen spied hanging around the fish counter Al a supermarket in suburban Mclean a tuesday March 21, 1989 the stars and stripes Pago 13