European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes drugs threaten . Soul Bush says he strikes at critics of funding plan new  president Bush trying to enlist new recruits a jigs War on narcotics declared Friday that a nation to a consumes As much illegal drugs As America cannot Tom preserve its very  let me Challenge you get invoked. There Are so Many that need your help Bush said Insp Rcch to a Conven Tion of the . Hispanic chamber Fota Mcrae. Later he was to deliver the same mesh log to the pre dominantly Black National Baptist Convent in with the hispanic business audience Chc beg misstatement that the War on drugs can be waged higher taxes Bush struck Back at critics who say his billion strategy is underfunded and does t go far enough those who judge this strategy by a Price tag alone Don t understand the  he said. Those critics Are the same ones who complain they Don t know How we can fund the proposal without higher taxes. To some the first and Only answer is to hit the working Man or woman with More taxes Bush said. That is not the right  the government estimates that 23 million Ameri cans used illegal drugs last year the president said adding that 8 million americans tried cocaine and that about i million used it at least once a week. Beyond that he said hundreds of thousands of babies were born to mothers who use drugs. A nation with those numbers cannot Long preserve its very soul he said. America must take Back its streets. We need More jails and prisons and courts and . Indeed in my View tougher  Bush called for the death penalty for the ultimate drug violators those that do the most to corrupt the kids in this country and strip them of every Chance of a meaningful life. I m talking about those drug Kingpins or those that kill police  Bush s trip to new Orleans came amid signs that democrats arc rethinking their strategy of attacking the drug plan. Senate judiciary committee chairman Jis Boh Biden. The Delaware Democrat who originally said Tosh s program was not Tough enough bold enough the imaginative enough said thursday wanted Sopuj the legislation on a fast  j Bush s pro gwm seeking $716 million More a Jiffy Al ready proposed mus budget emphasizes a crash Jbrown on drug users and mors Moncy for prisons  and treatment ccnlcrs7%swell As More Jar key to attack the problem in drug  the while House chief Otow Tjohn Sununu said in diplomats. Union files route to new Orleans on Friday that tolf president did not want to make the anti drug package so harsh it would suspend constitutional rights Oinui Zens. However he said he was Plascid that Congress seems to be getting into the swim things and added that the Senate ought to be complimented for voting to Cut members free mail Pruul cacs to help the drug War. Asked whether a administration would be Amena ble if  More Money for the drug War than the $7.9, called for by Bush Sununu said it would bcj41fficult to approve More funds within the boundaries of the budget Compromise the administration Impf reached with Congress. Sununu said however that we re not going to be a minded if there Are Good suggestions that come from  in a speech wednesday to inc annual convention of the american legion in Baltimore Bush kept up his drug theme saying. Criminals in this nation must understand that if they commit a crime they will be caught and if caught they will be prosecuted and if convicted they will do  training his fire on his critics. Bush said some incredibly say Well it s not enough. This from the very people who oppose the death  Appo of menus Washington a the Union that represents career diplomats filed suit Friday in Federal court against the slate department As pan of a Campaign to expose what it regards As the Inco pc Ncncy of Many ambassadorial nominees. The highly unusual move follows the nomination by the White House of a number of envoys who have come under Sharp criticism on grounds that they have neither the diplomatic skills nor background knowledge of the count Rig where they arc being sent. Many won favor with inc acted Ripstra Tion through political contributions or their skill at raising  the Republican party in the i$80 election Campaign. Sen. Paul Sajt Ancs d-md., has called some of inc choices  but sen. Rudy Boschwitz r-minn., said that wealth should rot disqualify anyone from being an ambassador but should be regarded As a signer consid Erable  the lawsuit is Thuja test Salvo in a Long simmering Coo jct in which career diplomats  they Are by passed for  posts in favor of political activists with dubious qualifications a Snong the nominees who have drawn to most complaints is i Clur Secchia who helped president Bush carry Michi Gan last year and was named ambassador to Italy. Many italians were upset when he joked that the new italian Navy has Glass Bottom boats so they can Sec the old italian  the new York times complained in a july editorial that Bush s nominee for Spain Joseph Zappala a Florida devel oper has but one claim to the assign ment a distinctively Large contribution to the Republican party reportedly $126,000." Senate  Zappala an two other nominees has in delayed be cause of double about . The diplomats Union  As the american foreign scr i citation filed the lawsuit to obtain of certificates of competency that the Lal. Requires the president to submit to the Senate on the qualifications of each nominee. The association said the stale depart ment maintains the reports Are confidential and has refused to provide them to Union officials. Since the information in the reports is not classifiable the association said they arc being withheld Only to avoid embarrassment because they so clearly demonstrate the Lack of qualifications of Many of the  Charles a. Schmitz the Union s vice president said that hiding certificate from Public View is self defeating be cause they routinely arc made Public after they reach the Senate which must confirm ambassadorial appointees for them to become effective. Stale department spokeswoman Margarct Tutwiler herself a political Apointe cited the example of a 1970nination to demonstrate the Wisdom of unc selections outside the foreign she Satin that then president Nixon chose Bush  candidate for the Senate to be his ambassador at the United nations Over he Strong objection of a major news  asked what her Point was Tutwiler said the example illustrates that there is no simple answer to the debate Over career is. Political appointees. You can find instances from both sides she said. Town wins of for Pooh statue Orlando. Fla. A Walt Disney co. Has re in cd and Winnie the Pooh will be immortalized with a Slatic in a Small Canadian town after All. Officials in White River Ontario received a letter from a lawyer for the entertainment company authorizing the town to proceed with its plans to Honor the Bear made famous in children s stories by . Milne. White River claims it is Pooh s Birthplace and sought approval to build the statue from Disney which acquired rights to the character in 1961. Disney initially said no. The company is protective oils trademark characters and copyrights and recently has increased Legal efforts against those trading on ils products without a  while River mayor Ollic Chapman said thurs Day she believes Disney bowed to Public  got Calls from people As far away As Australia who said go for it. Give it the Good fight. Show them they re not god " Chapman told the Orlando Sentinel. Disney lawyer Robert Ogden had one condition for the statue Pooh must resemble the drawings in Milne s stories and not Disney s character. We re Happy about i said the mayor. We Are Start ing a fund raising program now for the  the Pooh legend started in White River during world War i. Harry Colebourn a veterinarian with Canadian infantry brigade bought a Bear from a trap per for $17 when he was passing through town on a troop train. The Young Black Bear sailed to Europe with the  Bear named Winnie for Colebourn s Hometown of Winnipeg could not go to the front lines so it was left at the London zoo. There the Bear later captivated Milne s imagination and became a character in his stories along with Milne s son Christopher Robin. Made in the .s.r. Sen. Alan Cranston d-calif., thursday on Capitol Hill in Washington displays his soviet made to shirt to Konsul Elln Lulu Schenko a Deputy of the supreme soviet a so dict legislative body. Cranston said he bought the to shirt for $75 in the exclusive shopping i Ulrici Rodeo drive in Beverly Hills Calif