European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 columns the stars and stripes Tom Wicker ., contras have to face up to obligations if. Overwhelming defeat of the sandinista in Nicaragua has left the Bush administration with an obvious first order of response a the immediate disbanding of the Contra army organized and directed by the United states and still in place along the honduran Border. The next step for Washington is equally obvious and equally important a to find Means to help the new Chamorro go eminent not Only to take Power peacefully but to govern successfully. Monck. Even the Quot big Bucks Quot specified in Bob Dole the Republican Senate Leader will not be enough. The logic of disbanding the contras a and of sending them no More  Dollars for anything but repatriation a is apparent. In the first place the sandinista fought the Cia created rebels for too Long to turn Over control of nicaraguan armed forces to the new government if reason exists to believe the contras will either renew the War or move into Nicaragua As an organized political Force. Keeping the rebels in being would create that suspicion. The demobilization of the contras moreover. Was the other prong of the Walter Mears Central american peace plan that led directly to the free elections in which the sandinista were Defeated. By holding those elections and letting the people vote without hindrance the sandinista met their part of the bargain a and that s True even if International pressures left them Little Choice. Now its Only fair honorable and Good hemispheric politics for the United states to Honor the other half of the plan a even if the contras resist being sent Home or into exile. In fact they were supposed to be disbanded before sundays elections under the terms of the peace plan. The United states nevertheless continued to Send them a non lethal Aid allowing their continued existence on grounds that their threatening presence on the nicaraguan Border was necessary to guarantee that free and fair elections would be held. They were and no conceivable need for a rebel army remains. Finally Chamorro a new government could Only be damaged if it appeared to be dependent upon or to Welcome the support of an army organized by the Cia and operating from foreign bases. The new president will have enough troubles without having to explain such a situation. Those troubles go far beyond an effective takeover of Power in Managua the sandinista lost the election a As it appears from Here a because the nicaraguan people were tired of War and sick of economic deprivation. The War should now be Over which will help but by no Means rectify the dismal economic conditions that the new government will face. The Bush administrate is offering such financial Aid As it thinks it can afford and to lift economic sanctions As the sandinista relinquish Power. That a the least Washington can do to redeem hardships it did much to create but Nicaragua a real need will be harder to meet. Arturo Cruz jr., a former sandinista and a former Contra predicted the possibility of Chamorro a Victory in a recent speech to the americas society in new York. But he also pointed to the Haemorrhage of a half million or More skilled artisans professionals and managers who had fled Nicaragua during the sandinista regime. As a result he said an influx of a Money capital could not rebuild an Economy suffering most grievously from the loss of so much a human  that loss he suggested was a major Factor in the decline of nicaraguan exports from $780 million in 1978 to an expected $200 million this year. Exports Are necessary to earn the foreign Exchange that could bring an end to the crippling shortages Felt throughout the nations Economy. How to make up for the huge out flux of essential workers Cruz said would be the major problem for Nicaragua no matter who won the election and no matter How much Aid in Money the  Provided. Many of those workers now Are More advantageously employed in Florida and elsewhere than they could be if they returned to even a newly democratic Nicaragua. Without economic Success Chamorro will find it hard to achieve political stability a As has another widow of an assassinated Leader who was elected president not least in his memory in the Philippines. To help Chamorro overcome her country a daunting economic problems is thus a necessity for democracy in Nicaragua and an obligation on the Bush administration As imperative As the disbanding of the contras. C the new York times education Issue has democrats groping to i of frustration of the democratic governors Campaign chairman. President Bush seems beyond the reach of Ordinary politicians a out there in his own medium at a distance from All the rest of  if that a so. Democratic governors helped him get there. There Are 29 of them outnumbering the 21 republicans but that opposition majority did t show at the National governors association this week. In the Antiseptic political atmosphere of those conferences the very idea that a democratic governor a Roy Romcro of Colorado a was suggesting a budget Challenge to the Republican administration led Romcro to raise a Point of order. Iov. Richard f. C Elester a bemused complaint about the apparently untouchable Republican president and his soaring approval ratings came near the end of a tour Day meeting dominated by bipartisan embrace of an education Reform program. The education goals were put together by the governors and the White House. But politically the Issue bears the Bush trademark. There was an undertone of democratic dissatisfaction with the president s education budget complaints that the Federal investment he proposes does t come close to Matching the rhetoric. Cd \. Bill Clinton. D-ark., a Leader in the education Reform drive said Bush should be alerting the voters that they Are going to have to pay More in local and stale taxes to get results. A i think that if he s not going to give us the Money to do what plainly costs More Money then he has to be very Clear and supportive of the governors in doing that at the stale  Clinton said. But at Campaign Lime governors who raise taxes even for the worthiest causes Are governors with a potential problem. As a candidate. Bush said he wanted to be known As the education president. With few Federal budget dollars to spare for new or expanded programs. Bush went to the governors to propose that they Chart common goals for educational Progress to be attained by 2000. That led to the education Summit Bush convened in Charlottesville va., at the end of september. A task Force of governors worked with the administration to shape the Reform goals which Bush announced to the nation in his state of the Union address. With minor changes no dissent and Little debate those goals were approved by the governors on sunday. Then they went to the White House for dinner and a Bush Toast a we come together not As republicans and democrats not As partisan competitors but As fellow chief executives with our hearts and minds focused on a single goal the future of our kids the future of aur  they went Back the next Day to meet with the president then to stand behind him As he praised their part in the first Ever National education goals and objectives to a pave the Way for a decade Long commitment to excellence in education for All  but the questions of Cost and of raising the Money remain unanswered. The goals Are bipartisan but the taxes it will take to attain them will be guaranteed Campaign issues. Gov. Cecil Andrus a Idaho said none of it will work a if he provides the rhetoric and we have to provide the  House speaker Thomas s. Foley told the governors he doubted Bush could be an education president a by proposing a meager two percent increase in Federal spending on  the governors politely requested that part of any peace dividend flowing from defense spending cuts be devoted to education. Romer of Colorado wanted them to Tell the president he should shift a substantial Federal resources from defense to education and other needs but they  go that far. And when a Republican governor suggested the vague language they did adopt Drew a line against Bush Romer raised a Point of order saying he was being mis aug cd. A i did no to in any Way say that i think we need to stand against the president a he said. But the democrats Are after All the opposition party. And consensus Isnit Likely to survive the election season. Thirty six states Are electing governors this year. Education and taxes will be among the issues in almost every state Campaign and Bush will be involved in some. Richard f. Celeste chairman Width Quot a Tuc a Over Onia association said the Bush White House is adept at boosting Republican candidates by helping them raise funds and mobilize party workers. A this is one very politically smart White House a said Celeste. A i can understand Why George Bush dominates an Arena in which we Are All sort of bit  he said democratic campaigners will find effective ways to counter Bush. A we would underestimate the president at our own peril a Celeste said. C the associated press