European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday. September 23,1989 the stars and stripes Page Carter Bush urge anti sandinista Aid Washington apr president Bush won the support of former presi Dent Carter thursday for spending j9 million to Aid the sandinista opposition in Nicaragua s elections next year. Carter who As head of the Atlanta based Council of freely elected Heads of stale will Lead an observer delegation tothe nicaraguan elections said As Long As the Money is used in accordance with nicaraguan Law it will Benefit the Politi Cal process. He spoke with reporters after meeting with the president. Carter reiterated his opinion that Indi cations arc the elections will be fair Al though some in the administration re main wary of the leftist sandinista sincerity. Bush was expected to Send a formal request for the Aid to Capitol Hill according to congressional sources. The Aidis intended to help opposition candidate Violta Chamorro considered a Long shot get a fair Chance in the presidential election scheduled for february. Secretary of slate James a. Baker Iii has been sounding out prospects for the measure with congressional leaders and one Senate gop source who spoke on condition of anonymity said responses had been encouraging. Sen. Christopher t Odd. A Conn. Critic of past administration efforts to Aid opponents of the leftist Nicaragua regime said late wednesday his initial reaction to the package was favourable. Administration officials and Many i Congress believe the elections while an Uphill Battle for the opposition offer Thebes Opportunity in a decade to oust the sandinista and president Daniel Onega who arc closely linked to the soviet Union. Most of the Aid some $5 million would go for use in non partisan Effort sat voter registration voter turnout and election organizing said sources in bathhouses of Congress who spoke on Condi Tion of anonymity. The administration by i ves those efforts can be at least ind Ircul helpful to Chamorro. The publisher of the opposition newspaper la Prensa and the candidate of the opposition coalition known As Uno. Another $2 million would go directly to Uno but under nicaraguan Law would have to be split 50-50 with the country s electoral commission which will run the elections. The remaining $2 million would help fund the activities of election observer groups such As one to be sent by the United nations the sources said. Earlier this month the Bush administration had considered asking for $3 Mil lion for an open direct donation to Cha Morro s Campaign but modified that approach in the face of congressional opposition. In visits to Washington last week Uno representatives asked for overt . Aid for the electoral process in Nicaragua despite what they said was the certainty that the sandinista would seek to use american support As a propaganda weapon against them. Jimmy Carter Sullivan urged to Speed up health care financing plan Washington a a congressional com Mission thursday said the Bush administration must move faster toward solving health care problems and urged health Secretary Louis Sullivan not to be come a victim of your two members of con Gress who sit on the Pep per commission asked Sullivan to push up his october 1990 deadline for an internal study to Louis Sullivan develop recommendations to Reform health care financing. The commission will draft its own proposals by March of next year. I Don t see Why it should take so Long said rep. Bil Gradison a Ohio. We re not experts in this but you arc. Your department is. The repository for the expertise inthe executive Branch for dealing with these Gradison said Sullivan should change the deadline for his recommendations to coincide with that of the com Mission s so Congress and the administration can act sooner on the problems that both agree need urgent Atten Tion. When sen. David Pryor d-ark., interjected amen and hallelujah Many in the audience of More than 100 burst in with applause. Pryor noting my temperature is a Little bit High right now said the department of health and human serv ices last year before Sullivan became Secretary spent $31million in consulting fees for studies. Somewhere in that Slack. There s enough evidence enough statistics for you to make recommendations within six months Pryor said. Pryor told Sullivan you arc a breath of fresh air Inthis but he cautioned the Secretary please Don t become a victim of your own Sullivan said he has asked his second in command Athos to gel the recommendations to him no later than october of 1990," and that while some proposals May be ready before then others May Lake the full period to develop. We do share your sense of urgency he told members of the nine member commission formally called the . Bipartisan commission on comprehensive health care. The needs of the uninsured and those who require Long term care were highlighted with testimony from several witnesses who recounted their own medical horror stories for the commission. Greg Nugent of Phoenix told the Story of trying to get care for his 3-Ycar-pld son who had a malignant tumor in his head. At the time the child was diagnosed in 1986.nugent was self employed but could t afford insurance. The family eventually qualified for Public medical assist Ance and their son survived but for the no genes the experience was a Nightmare. I m broke. I lost the House i nearly lost my family Andi m tired he said his voice cracking with emotion. If this commission could do one thing it would be my request to provide this information to our leaders let s take care of our most important commodity the people of America and not treat them like pressure s up but Frank won t quit Washington a rep. Barney Frank says i would be a great mistake and cowardly to resign in the midst of a scandal Over his involvement with Amale prostitute. The Massachusetts Democrat broke his Public silence wednesday to declare his resolve to ride out the scandal at least until the House ethics committee completes its inquiry into the Case. He disputed reports that democratic party and con Gressional leaders were urging him to step aside in order to save further embarrassment and risk partisan damage."1 Haven t been asked by anybody to resign Frank said. No one has been urging me to one of Frank s leading allies backed off plans to draft and circulate for the signature of democratic colleagues a statement supporting Frank s desire to stay in office through the ethics . Joe Moakley a mass Dean of Frank s Home state House delegation said through an aide that head planned such a statement but that press attention has been so negative for Frank that he decided it was better to do he s not running away from Barney aide Jim Mcgovern its editions sept. 16-17, the Boston Globe Long a supporter of Frank called on him to resign. Democratic National chairman Ronald Brown said tuesday that pressure is building for Frank s resignation but said the ethics investigation should go Forward. Frank a five term House member and leading Liberal in Congress is an acknowledged homosexual who admitted last month that he had an 18-month relationship with male prostitute Stephen Gobie. Frank admitted paying Gobie for sex then hiring Hamas a Driver and personal assistant. Gobie who went Public with his allegations last month contended he operated a prostitution ring out of Frank s Capitol Hill apartment with Frank s knowledge. Frank denied knowing and said he threw Gobie out when he Learned of asked for the ethics committee review heading off a certain request by opponents."1 think that resignation would be a great mistake Frank said wednesday. It would Cut off the ethics com Mittee process and i think that would be a cowardly and inappropriate Way to Crowe favors use of military in drug War Washington a adm. William jr., retiring chairman of the joint chiefs of staff said thursday the United states might con Sider doing unusual things with the military to win the War against drugs. If we want to fight it and we want to whip it we want to prevent it i would suggest that it docs require unusual measures Crowe the nation has never seen the fiber of our society eaten away by a insidious uncontrollable threat Crowe suggested that in he anti drug fight America might want to use the military in new ways. That does t Appal me he said he could not outline the Pentagon s role in great adm. William a Crowejr. Detail noting the plans arc being worked out on orders of defense Secretary Dick but he said . Forces will not be drawn int anti drug combat overseas and Pentagon officials arc not interested in shooting Down unidentified aircraft suspected of carrying narcotics into the country a possibility suggested by some in Congress. Crowe said he finds the drug threat is so severe a problem that he could foresee an expanded role for the . Military overseas in fighting International drug traffickers. Crowe is to retire oct. I after 43 years in the military. The 64-year-old former submariner is wrapping up two terms As the chairman of the join chiefs of staff. Crowe said the nation s civilians must consider curbing some of their beloved free Doms if the drug problem is to be eradicated. Certainly if the threat is As grave As Many people picture it to be the United states can t fight a threat that serious and be Normal he said. Crowe said certain elements in our society wan drugs to go away but they Don t want the Quality of their rights asked which rights americans must think about curbing Crowe said search and seizure. The most simple one is random drug testing. That is what has allowed us to bring Down the usage so heavily in the asked if unidentified aircraft should be shot Down he said we Don t want to shoot Down anybody. There s lots of things we could do
