European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 01, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page ?8 the stars and stripes thursday june 1,1989 Summit ends with pledge for peace from Page 1 United states to negotiate to achieve a partial reduction of Battlefield nuclear weapons but Only after implementation of a conventional arms agreement be gins. The word partial is underlined. Partial is partial Bush said when asked about the wording. The president added that any other interpretation would be missing the  there will be no third Zero option he said. The missile agreement was the second Summit Success for Bush who on Mon Day proposed cuts of 30,000 . Combat troops in Europe As Well As ceilings on . And soviet tanks aircraft and other equipment stationed Between the Atlan tic and the ural mountains. Bush said the Summit has Given us a double hit both conventional forces and nuclear forces. And taken in Tan dem it demonstrates the Alliance s ability to manage change to our advantage to move beyond the Era of containment the . Policy of checking political and territorial expansion by the soviets. The Short Range missile Issue had Cre ated internal political problems in West Germany s coalition government. The minority coalition partner the free democratic party had been pressuring Kohl to Campaign for Early negotiation with the soviets to eliminate the mis Siles. But Kohl s foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher a free Democrat did not mention the missiles when sizing up the Summit accomplishments tuesday. Instead Genscher praised Bush s Call for a Quick agreement on conventional arms. The dynamics of this proposal Are so great that nobody can hold them Back Genscher said. The West German delegation was As Quick As others to proclaim its enthusiasm for the Summit agreements. Kohl said the Summit has provided a historic Chance for disarmament of conventional weapons and praised the shining cooperation that enabled the allies to Complete their work. Kohl said the foreign ministers com Promise did not represent a defeat for any country. The ability to Compromise is part of Man s existence he said. Still Kohl could t resist poking fun at British prime minister Margaret Thatcher his main rival in the dispute. Margaret Thatcher stood up far ctr interests in her temperamental way1" Kohl said. We do sometimes Haye Dif Serences of opinion. We. Have different temperaments. And she s a Fiman and i m  in an interview  West German television network Zopf Kohl also implied that the missile agreement left room for a future Banning of the weapons. None of us knows what will be in the Distant future Kohl said when asked if negotiating removal of the weapons was a dead Issue. For her part. Thatcher said she was very very satisfied with the missile Compromise. As for the West germans she said it is All written there very firmly indeed and wriggle As they May that is what they have All signed up  in his Bonn news conference Baker said the Alliance has agreed to delay looking at modernization of the Lance missile until 1992. West German officials did not want a decision on upgrading the Short Range missiles until after the december 1990 National elections. Baker said the Alliance would take a look at the world situation in 1992 and then decide if it needed to upgrade the missiles. The decision will depend on How close the East has moved toward the values of the West he  missile question was one of liver Al themes addressed in nato s comprehensive concept a document approved at the Summit that outlines the Alliance s goals on conventional and nuclear arms policies it it slates that a minimum amount of nuclear weapons is necessary in Europe since he removal of All nuclear Wear Orr trom Europe would critically under Minc deterrence strategy and impair the Security of the  the document said soviet strategic nuclear arms pose a major threat to the whole of the Alliance and deep cuts in these systems remain a priority for the Alliance. However the document praised the willingness of the soviet Union to reduce its forces and adjust them toward a defensive posture and said the allies await the implementation of these measures. This would be a step in. The direction of redressing the imbalance in Force lev Els existing in Europe and toward reducing the Warsaw pact capability for sur prise attack the document said. Some Summit leaders including Thatcher said they questioned whether the Alliance could achieve Bush s goal of a conventional arms agreement within six to 12 months. Given the colossal amount of proposals on the ncg9tiating table i think it s quite optimistic. I think it s very optimistic Thatcher said. Thatcher also expressed concern about which aircraft would be included in the arms negotiations saying that both the British and the French did not want to see dual capable aircraft those that carry both nuclear or conventional weapons included in the negotiations. Summit leaders also approved a Politi Cal declaration outlining the Alliance s View of the Long term prospects for East West relations. Our vision of a just humane an democratic world has always under pinned the policies of this Alliance the statement said. The changes that arc now taking place Are bringing us closer to the realization of this vision. The communique said the Alliance wants to establish a new pattern of East West relations replacing ideological an military confrontation with cooperation Trust and peaceful Competition in which human rights and political free Dom arc guaranteed. Finally the allies said attainment of lasting peace will require that the Unna Tural division of Europe and particularly of Germany be  we want to move beyond the Post War period. Based on today s momentum of increased cooperation and tomorrow s common challenges we seek to shape a new political order of peace in  in his Toast at tuesday night s dinner with Kohl in Bonn Bush said if Hope exists for ending the division of Europe it is because we have for 40 years been willing to defend our own Freedom. The United states and its allies share a vision of a less militarized Europe where great armies no longer face each other across barbed wire and Concrete Walls the president said. That is Why put Forward my conventional arms control initiative yesterday. We seek a Europe without barriers United by free markets and  contributing to into report Tuff writer Joseph Owen in Brussel and de Reaves m Bonn Fri probes finances of another top House demo Washington a the Fri is conducting a preliminary inquiry into allegations of payroll padding on the staff of rep. William Gray d-pa., who is seek ing a leadership Post in the House sources said tues Day night. Gray who is seeking the majority whip position in anticipation of the expected resignation of speaker of the House Jim Wright a Texas confirmed earlier in the Day he had been approached by two Philadelphia based Fri agents on monday. But Gray the highest ranking Black in Congress denounced As an outrageous lie a televised report that he was under criminal investigation. Gray said agents told him he was neither a target nor a subject of a criminal investigation. But government sources confirmed a lbs news re port that the Fri was conducting a preliminary inquiry into allegations regarding personnel and expenditures in the congressman s office. One source said there were allegations of a no show employee on Gray s payroll. The source stressed however that the Fri s inquiry was preliminary and agents did not know whether it would Lead to a full scale criminal investigation. Although Gray denied that he was a target or subject under the Fri s definition of a preliminary inquiry no one is a subject or target of such a probe. I was told Over and Over again that i was not under investigation Gray said in a statement to reporters adding that Fri agents told him monday that an employee or employees of his office had been under investigation for several months. We pledged to provide any materials or documents to assist in this investigation Gray said denying that he was in any Way uncooperative. Gray spoke to reporters at a Capitol Hilt news con Ference shortly after lbs news quoting unidentified sources said the Fri was investigating him. Gray is chairman of the House democratic caucus and a candidate for the House majority whip Post being opened up by the planned resignation of rep. Tony Coelho  report on Gray comes As democrats await the expected resignation of Wright who faces 69 charges by the House ethics panel. As i am in the midst of a leadership race in which some have said i am the front runner. I have to ques Tion the sources of these leaks and their motives As Well As their timing Gray said. Gray appeared on a lbs program sunday and said he was confident the democratic congressional Lead Roble is of Wright involving Coelho Reship recently rocked by ethical problem and a questionable financial Deal inv was headed for better times. I know that All of us feel very confident Gray said. I know this member feels very confident that there Are no  Pepper Champion of elderly Dies at 88 of stomach cancer Washington not rep. Claude Pepper d fla., the oldest  Congress died tuesday of stomach cancer at Waller Reed army Hospital in Washington. He was 88. X. Pepper was an unabashed Liberal and a former . Senator who became a champions of the elderly in a political career thru spanned More than $0 years. He had been hospitalized since Early april Pepper first went to Capitol Hill in 193fth a a inv Ator helped to Pioneer ind Locasc Ingi Slation Ijlal aided Britain before the United states entered world warily co sponsored a Bill to rep Gil the pol tax and promoted compulsory military service. He Rose from jigs family s farmin Alabama to Iccomb one of the More striking personalities in american politics. Pepper dubbed red Pepper by some because of his red hair and fiery oratory and by other for his left of Center political. Views had a razor Sharp mind a wealth of Knowles up and a great flair for the dramatic. From 1929, Ven he first entered politics until his death Pepper bought for the rights of the elderly. One of Hii first acts in the Florida House of representatives was to sponsor a Bill that allowed older Resi dents to fish without a License. A was a Stalwart supporter few Deal and world War ii Pepper in his Senate of president i policies. At the University of Alabama he earned Phi Beta Kappa membership before graduating in 1921. He then enrolled in Harvard Law school graduating in 1924 in the top half dozen of his class. " he then taught Law at the University of Arkansas. In 1925 Pepper moved to the Small lumber town of Perry fla., establishing a Law practice. By 1929 he had been elected to the Florida House. In 1934 Pepper challenged us. Sen. Park Trammel but was Defeated in the primary. But the race established him As a Strong statewide candidate and he ran in Oppold in a special election in 1936 to finish the term of sen. Diet Nan u. Fletcher who had died in office. Pepper immediately began to speak out in support of the  re election 1938, a resounding Victory Over four opponents was considered a referendum on whether voters still supported the new Deal. Pepper s Liberal ideas Cost him his Senate seat in 1950, losing the primary to rep George Smathers. After a tailed attempt to recapture a Senate seat in1958, he successfully ran for the House in 1962, win Ning in a newly created congressional distinct rep resenting downtown Miami and Miami Beach. In 1977 Pepper was named chairman pc the House select committee on aging soon becoming known As or. Social Security for his ardent defense of social Security and medicare