European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday. April 12, 1989 policy review won t affect Bop budget by the Washington Posl  the administration s review of strategic forces will not be completed in time for its conclusions and recommendation1 to affect decisions no. Being made on president Bush s revised military Bujel pc lagon officials acknowledge. Hush has promis a thai the budget which i a pro vide for pm growth in defense spending will go to Congress by april 24 Given the Ideal world defense so primary Dick Cheney acknowledged last week we d have a Nice neat orderly process we d do the strategy and then we d come around and do budget. This City docs l work that Wain any Case the new defense Secretary added there will he nothing Radical in what is called National Saccu nth Rev ice a the study being formulated at the Pentagon White House state department and Intelli gence agencies As a basis. For administration strategic policy. The strategy review ii not going to Lead to a Day five weeks from now where we hold a or is conference and say i icy we be changed our strategy " Chene said strategy evolves gradually Over time. In int of Basic thrust of what we do around Here i Don t foresee Radical change ,.national Security adviser Brent scowcroft said Sun Day on Abc s meet the press that the review preliminary portions of which have been comp cled would nol result in major changes in . Foreign policy. The United Stales ought not to make Sharp dra Mali changes in policy he said. Rico Wcroft also said the Bush administration will continue some form of inc strategic defense initiative popularly known As the Star wars but he indicated it might not resemble the Reagan administration proposal for an All encompassing space based anti missile defense. ,. At a recent Senate confirmation hearing Cheney Deputy Donald j. A Wood said the review would be a finc tuning of existing policies designed to Deler nuclear War not such departures As i veg up one leg of the so called triad which comprise land based mis Siles bombers and missile submarines. The Cari a forc the horse procedure of budget first and policy review second is expected to draw some fir april. 25  before the House armed services committee to cup lain How he Cul s6.3 billion from Lhbn-1 Reid Cal Reagan s Farewell defense budget. Cheney reduced it from 2 percent real growth to a Ketcik d out Over a longer time than originally budgeted. The real spending crunch will come in the mid however when Cheney is forced to make major some of the  coloured Art from he 1988 monks making film "\\1io framed Rii Rit Rab list is sorted out b i at a Redden senior vice president of solve by s auction House in new Yurk and Dana ill hits director of such Obj s famous first for Roger cull Elihu a department who Are planning to Pul 600 of the drawings up for. Sale this will be the first time thai ordinal pieces of animated Art from he Walt Disney studios have Beon Mcnod for Sale fit an auction Bush apologizes to former Boss for aides trashing the Gipper Ems in weapons or reduce inc number of people in uniform to fit within Era growth budgets expected for the foreseeable future. By the new York tinn s Washington presi Dent Bush telephoned Ronald Reagan last week to. Apology for a report that White Louse aides were Tel ruling inc for Mer president while House officials said moriday. John h. Sununu the while House chief of staff ordered senior administration aides to Stop  wit i the former president after angry rime in loyalists said aides were trying 10 make hush Loo Goodal Keagan i expense. The tension Between hush aides and Reagan supporters erupted publicly  when White Howe . Rebuked a re Porter for the a Mph Kidir newspaper Chain who had a Uteri a column charging thai Lush aides have been trash ing the Gippi r As ill informed. Iii Lin Summa lady and  a hit i Louse officials said Sun Gnu had sternly dressed Down senior Nidus i n two staff meetings Tor making comments  be perceived As und alluring 10 Reagan. Sununu said Klinl Uii does a Dissen inc to resident hush and president Bush do can t like it and. It should Slop said one while i Louse official who attended the meetings. He wat Stern but in was said More in Sorro Jlian anger Pil water said monday the president called Reagan last week to Tell him he was very concerned about the comments that some members of ihc.whiil1 House Shaft anonymously provided to report ers writing about the working styles of the to leaders with Bush portray cd As More engaged ind energetic. Lilt id to a i cult us a i " Lead lined water fountains risky schools told Washington a water fountains with excessive Levels of Lead be cause of tanks lined with the toxic Metal arc being used Al elementary and secon Dary schools and More than 100 models have  Levels the government says. The exact number of coolers with the Lead lined Lanks is not known but the environmental Protection Agency did say that More than a million Ether Cool ers arc in use that have Lead soldering or Lead income other form. Although the Epa lacks the authority to order Lead testing in schools a Law enacted lost year requires Stales to a com a program 10 assist school districts in testing for Lead in drinking water. Many such programs arc under Way. Epa officials also said monday they would soon Issue a detailed guide for school officials on How to test for unhealthful Lead Levels and the Agency listed More than 100 manufacturers Model numbers for fountains in w hich Lead lev Els were found to be of concert. The Epa said monday in discovered the Lead lined tanks while inspecting 22 coolers provided by the Navy. The nine with Lead lined Lanfus were All models like those used in schools. Those coolers All made by Halscy tailor co., mostly had Lead Levels of More than several Hundric d parts per Bil lion the Epa said. In some cases when Lang standing water was tested the level was More than 1,000 parts per billion the Epa said. Che Epa considers a Lead level of 20 parts per billion in water to pose health risks especially if a child is exposed to Lead poisoning from other sources As Well. Lead is a Tomc Metal that i harmful to health even at Low Levels of exposure and poses increased risks to children. 11 can cause damage to inc brain and no sous system and Lead w learning disabilities hearing impairment and interference in the formation of red blood cells Accord ing to the Epa there arc a few Hundred thousand children who have enough Lead from other sources so. When Lead from drink ing water is added Al Levels of 20 parts per billion there will be some Adverse health Impact said Mike Cook head of the Epa Walcer contamination office in an interview. The Agency also said that three major manufacturer of school Waler coolers have  that More than a Mil lion coolers have some Lead components usually Lead soldering at joints. Two other companies did not reply to the in Quiris and another said it manufactured no coolers Wilh Lead soldering. The Agency Gac no specific Levels of Lead in Walcer from All the coolers cited by Model numbers but it said the coolers were singled out Only after Levels were found tote in the unhealthful Range. After inc Epa issues a final list of coolers that have Lead lined tanks later this year the consumer products safety commission intends to seek their recall