European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes columns Tom Wicker Lack approval of Bush baffles political Wisdom commenting on the strange popularity of president Bush among Blacks professor Lawrence Bobo of the University of Wisconsin argued Bush a has no to done anything seriously damaging of the sort that seemed to happen repeatedly under Ronald Reagan. Ruby Tilghman an unemployed health care worker in West Philadelphia takes a More critical attitude toward the president. In her View on a the real big important issues where it affects the minorities he a doing it in a roundabout Way where it does no to look like he a against us but he  Wickers keen political insight award goes to tilth Man. Both she and Bobo were interviewed for a new York times lbs news poll that found a remarkable 56 percent of 403 Black respondents approving Bush a performance in office. That makes him the first Republican president since Dwight Eisenhower to score above 50 percent among Blacks their approval May be tentative and lukewarm but they be Given Black majority approval to Bush in four consecutive times lbs polls. These scores baffle conventional political Wisdom. Not Only have Blacks for years been the most reliable ele Rilent of the democratic party nox Only does Bush give his highest priority to retaining the support of the Republican right Wing that spurns minorities and shaped the Reagan administration Bush also allowed himself to Benefit in his 1988 Campaign from the Willie Horton and that evoked White racial fears. On minority issues moreover As on education Ruby Tilghman has Bush pegged he is trying to have it both ways. He proclaims himself a the education president but reduces Federal Money for education not a Small matter for minorities. He tells a mostly Black audience hell Welcome the first Black president a while his attorney general says Bush will veto this years most needed civil rights Bill. It is addressed to the supreme courts Radical wards Cove decision overturning established Law dating to 1971 and an opinion written by Warren Burger. Wards Cove assigned the Burden of proof to an employee who charged an employer with discriminatory hiring and employment practices. Chief Justice Burger in keeping with Overall Legal custom had placed the Burden on the party Best Able to show the procedures at Issue were fair and necessary a obviously the employer. The democratic Congress is now considering a Bill it iwo a i Pony pc Kwh to to overrule wards Cove and return civil rights Law to the 1971 Standard. But Bush threatens to veto the Bill if it passes. In non Legal terms he threatens to make it easier for employers to discriminate and harder for employees often members of minority groups to get Relief in court. Meanwhile quietly but steadily Bush follows the Reagan path in naming ideological Federal judges. The presidents aim his Legal counsel told Neil Lewis of the new York times is a very much the same As Reagan so a to shift the courts in a More conservative  conservative and Liberal court watchers agree Bush a 46 appointments so far have fulfilled that aim with dozens More to come. The appointees records suggest that most a like the Rehnquist court a will require civil rights and minority group plaintiffs to meet Tough standards and will take a More punitive attitude toward criminal defendants who Are again often members of minority groups. Three Rehnquist court justices All More Liberal than the majority Are Over 80 so Bush May Well be Able to shape that court even further in the Reagan Mold. If he replaces Thurgood Marshall the courts Only Black he is expected to name Clarence Thomas a Black foe of affirmative action whom he a already put on the important . Court of appeals. Such specific issues Are not always the prime influence on political views White or Black. The times lbs news poll found for instance that Black approval of Bush was based partly on Black resentment of a democratic party they think takes them for granted. That a food for thought for democrats who want to move the party rightward a to the  Blacks significantly seem to expect Little of Bush sadly that May reflect a More general voters attitude toward american politics. A the Hasni to gotten us into any major wars and the Economy has t completely fallen through a Joanne Clark a Black schoolteacher from new Jersey told the poll takers. A a he Sok As Long As he does no to do anything really  or As Many americans seem to think a a he Sok As Long As he does no to do  c new York times William Safire Earth Day honors Effort of ecological activists harpers ferry . A in Celebration of the 20th recycling of Earth Day april 22, Folk musician Glen Mcclure will perform a concert in Rochester on an instrument made entirely of garbage. His supporting cast will be impressive. Around the world ecological activists will join publicity hungry celebrities and tie in conscious corporations to whoop it up for the salvation of the planet. Some 10,000 Trees will be planted along the site of the Wall that for four decades divided Berlin. In Japan a Campaign will be launched against the use of wooden chopsticks. In 1969, when this environmental brainchild of Wisconsin sen. Gaylord Nelson Hove into View the Nixon White House embraced it. Why not conservation As the organized love of nature was previously called was a Teddy Roosevelt crusade. Besides it was Good to have the fierce Energy of Young White elitist demonstrators channelled into other than anti War protests. Now the Day has become a week recycling Day is tuesday Friday is toxics information Day. And coming show hosts Are poised to deluge their audiences with guests fluent in tech bashing Green speak. Politicians mired in peace and Prosperity Are seeking a new source of voter interest aboard this new motherhood express. Sen. A1 Gore of Tennessee who has genuine anti pollution credentials dropped by a few months ago to deliver an impressive briefing on the danger of Carbon dioxide. Jesse Jackson is now trying to steal the Issue from him on the dubious theory that poor neighbourhoods become waste disposal dumps. For republicans George Bush has nicely split the political difference Between concern and Cost we Are for clean air and water but not against necessary industries that pollute a Little and employ a lot. A think globally and act locally a he advises. Better to clean up a single eyesore than to curse the dark forces of pollution. We Are All environmentalists now but we Are not All plan exists. I sit Here in West Virginia on weekends watching the White water rafters shoot the rapids on the Shenandoah River. And i haul my garbage Back to Washington where it seems to belong. My Mountain Retreat is no Walden but nature has its pleasures and deserves respect. A planet St on the other hand puts the Earth ahead of the earthlings a places society a responsibility for the individual ahead of the individuals responsibility for himself. The planet St sees the world whole As if from space. This ultimate outsider discerns global danger with great certainty and demands Supranational solutions at any Cost to Avert nothing less than extinction. Just in time for Earth Days publicity extravaganza i submit this guide for pro earthling non planet ism 1. First do no harm. When planet ism takes global warming As an article of Faith but nasal a latest scientific study refutes it the Layman should err on the Side of caution. If it does no to trigger a depression ease up on the Carbon dioxide. 2. Demand to see the whole Agenda. Before joining the greens or making ecology your switcher Issue Call for truth in activism Are we All supposed to return to a simpler life what of those who like crowded cities or dig Glitz is the third world to be denied development or be subsidized to stay backward and pure 3. Love the activist hate the Power grabber. The Earth Day organizers have done much Good and saw a legitimate health concern before most of us did. But watch out for the bureaucratization of the goo goos in the form of a a Green Seal of approval to Force companies to obey standards set by unelected overseers. 4. Press the a eco eco  ecology and economics go hand in hand. Instead of railing against greedy corporations or too protective unions or complaining about a a License to pollute a use economic incentives to clean the air and water. People pollute because it is cheap and easy. By using tax policy to make it expensive and hard we will change behaviour the productive Way. 5. Put a higher value on growth than on limitation. Malthus was mistaken in world can produce and then feed Ano shelter billions of human beings. We Are not a race blindly Bent on suicide by mindless self strangulation on this peculiarly blessed planet we a among the sperm cells and ova of universe a and in a Century or two descendants will be coordinating our bration with the colonists whooping up for Mars Day and Venus Day. I. . Stimac