European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4the stars and stripes tuesday. March 21,1989 Joe Clark v. \ controversial no. Principal taking vacation Paterson no. A the controversial High school principal who became known for his disciplinarian teaching methods and is the subject of the movie lean on me announced monday  . Eastside High school principal Joe dark also known Tor carrying a baseball Bat and  a bullhorn said he is considering writing a Book Ana is talking with the Bush administration about a Job in Washington. His leave would Start in september.-. Oark has been under fire he last few Weck because of a strip show performed during a school Assembly while he was out of town. He approved the show Bui says he knew nothing about the Par tial nudity he was suspended for five  blasted the Paterson City Council which tried o fire him because of the incident. In no Way am i leaving because of a Bunch of impish insincere and diabolical Council Mem Bers he said at an Early morning news  the Steps of his school. He did t say if he would return to Earls id after his sabbatical " wish him Luck school Board president Al ease Evans said. Eastside will miss Joe Oark. However Eastside will  i think or. Dark is emotionally and physically exhausted she said. But she said he will be Wel come if he wants to return. Clark has been Busy promoting lean on me which features his Elt Orts to improve education at the drug Ridden school. Bush seeks Compromise on Sale of semiautomatic Washington a president Bush on Mon Day called himself a proud member of the National Rifle association Bur said a Compromise must be struck on automated weapons because we re in a very different time  the country needs to know that there is some answer to this. I Don t yet know what ii is he told a group of women state legislators. Later White House press Secretary Marlin Fitz Walcer Lold reporters thai clearly there s been some evolution of his Bush s thinking on gun control Filz Walcer also voiced White House concerns Over reports that Era officials had hinted at political repercussions to National drug Czar William Bennett if he cracks Down Loo hard on gun sales. This is not a Lime Tor threatening people but time to work together Fitzwater said. Sources who spoke on condition of anonymity told the associated press last week that Bennett had been receiving warnings from the Rifle association through third parties hinting that the Era s Campaign fund raising abilities Mig be used against him i fac Ever sought political office. V Bennett said through a spokesman Don Hamilton that there have been a lot of phone Calls a lot of pressure. Let s Cool  at inc Lime. Era official Wayne Lapierre called the allegations absolutely i  " -. Bush directed Bennett to review the entire Issue of semiautomatic weapons. Filz Waler said monday that the administration would Lake no further action until that review is Complete. Last week the administration banned Ihei port of semiautomatic weapons. In his talk to female legislators Bush said on the Era of which i am a member a proud member i believe we can find an accommodation Between the legitimate interest of sportsmen and the interests of police chiefs whose men put their lives on the Tine everyday a we re in a very different time now. T am convince that reasonable men and women can work together to find an answer to the problem of these automated weapons Bush said.  s comments came against a backdrop of Dis. Agreement among senior Federal officials Over How fast and far the government should go in urging gun Manu fact users to follow the example of Colt industries inc. And Stop non military sales of semiautomatic assault rifles the head of the drug enforcement administration John Lawn on sunday urged an end to such sales but Bennett and attorney general Dick Thorburgh advised caution. I Houghl that was a very courageous action on the pan of Colt. Guns arc dangerous Law enforcement is suffering because of these guns Lawn said on the lbs to program face the  i am asking them to take this action on behalf of the officers who arc in dancer every single Day because a police officer Dies every 57 hours in this country he said. Colt announced that it was suspending sales of its ar-15 semiautomatic Rifle starting last thursday the Day after Bush decided to ban temporarily the import of foreign made assault rifles. Bonneil and tji Froburgh urged a broader approach to combating illegal narcotics and said there arc limits on what the government can Tell private manufacturers . This is not a  Bennett said on  do not Tell people How to do their business.". By in a separate appearance on the Abc to pro Gram. Meet the press Bennett said "1 think we can make the Case that we Don t need o whole lot More assault rifles on our streets right now.". Bennett also said we have to get. The person who is sometimes called the casual user. One expert Inthis Field has told me thai 70 percent of the cocaine that s used in this country is used by the so called. Recreational user the  that person Bennett said needs Torcasi a. The clearly there s been some evolution of his Bush s thinking on gun control. Marlin Fitzwater kinds of things he s responsible for the murder and mayhem that s going on in Washington the fact thai we have babies now Beinin born addicted to cocaine the murder of de a agents in other countries. These people arc accessories n All those things and they need to Start paving a Price for  if you re using cocaine and driving around in your Bow when you get stopped you lose your Bow there arc ways we can make people pay the Price and help them Mccog Nize what they redoing to inc nation s children Thorr Burgh cautioned against believing that Giro micks could Stop Dpi abuse. If we think that the Only Way to Deal with the drag. Problem is to ban a particular Type of weapon we re dead wrong Thorburgh said on the Abc to pro Gram this week with David  the Issue of drug use in the nation s Capi Tal Bennett said he had not yet decided whether to declare the Federal District a nigh intensity drug trafficking area enabling him to assemble a government strike Force to fight drug dealing in Washington. As of sunday 1 8 murders had been reported i Washington in 1989, a record Rale and police say that nearly All arc drug related. The Washington Post quoting unidentified Bennett aides said sunday that the strike Force would target repeated drug offenders try to close the City s 90 open air drug markets and use abandoned military facilities As temporary prisons for drug offenders. We Are looking is whether we should do that or not Bennett said. Justices to review drug use in religious rites Washington a the supreme court agreed monday to decide whether taking a hallucinogenic drug As a religious practice can be made a crime. The justices voted to review a ruling that Oregon officials violated religious Freedom by denying unemployment compensation to two men fired for using peyote it religious ceremonies. In their decision expected sometime next year the justices necessarily must resolve whether any slate May criminally prosecute someone for the religious use of peyote. Lri other ,.lhe court cleared the Way for the partial merger of Detroit s two daily newspapers. Agreed to let the Bush administration through the solicitor general s office participate in the april 26 Oral argument scheduled for an abortion regulation Case from Missouri. State officials arc asking the justices to use the Castro reverse or limit the court s 1973 decision legalizing abortion let stand the criminal convictions of 10 people who participated in a 1985 protest demonstration at a Philadelphia abortion clinic. # refused to revive libel lawsuits one in Oregon and one in Wyoming against Hustler Magazine and its publisher Larry Flynt by two women Active in fight ing pornography. Turned Down the Appeal of California death Row inmate William George Bonin the freeway killer of supreme court Roundup four teen age boys in Orange county. Refused to bar Oklahoma prosecutors who seek incriminating evidence from forcing the surgical remo Val of a Bullet from a murder suspect s Arm. Left intact decisions i waning a Florida based company s requirement that All its employees attend weekly Christian devotional services. Lower courts said the mandatory services violated an atheist s rights. In the peyote Case the Oregon supreme court last year ruled that its slate s criminal Law makes no exception for the religious use of peyote a Cactus Ballon containing the Hallucinogen Mescal me. But the state court ruled that the Federal Constitution s first amendment which protects religious free Dom bars stale officials from denying unemployment compensation to two members of the native american Church. " in effect the stale court said Oregon criminal Law must make an exception for Good Faith religious use of peyote by adult members of inc native american  two men Galen Black and Alfred Smith had been fired from their Douglas county ore., jobs coun seling people who suffer from drug or alcohol Addic Tion. No one has disputed that both men arc members of the native american Chirich and sincerely believe thai peyote is part of the Church s religious practices. Lawyers for the two men said using Small quantities of the drug in that Church is comparable to sacramental use of Smalt quantities of wine in Christian religious ceremonies. The Case was before the nation s highest court last year and he justices voted in april to Send it Back to the Oregon supreme court. The april decision held out the possibility that states in which peyote is outlawed May deny unemployment benefits to workers fired for using in during religious ceremonies. But Justice John Paul Stevens in writing for the court then noted thai the Federal government and some slates exempt the religious use of peyote from criminal prosecution