European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 8, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3 Bush enjoys lecture on a bold noisy . Washington apr Theodore Roosevelt boldly shaped the Powers of the presidency but Wasny to too Busy for nightly Pillow fights with his kids according to a White House lecturers fond remembrance. President Bush and 200 guests listened aptly to the lecture on the a bold noisy irrepressible energetic a 26th president on sunday by prize winning biographer David Mccullough. Bush called Roosevelt a a favorite of mine a Man who helped shape the Modem presidency the inexhaustible .�?� the audience included congressional leaders who met afterwards with Bush to discuss future budget negotiations. Bush smiled broadly at House speaker Tom Foley d-wash., when Mccullough read from one letter in which Roosevelt complained he Felt a like a stewed owl after dealing with members of Congress All Day. Roosevelt a solution to such frustrations was vigorous physical activity including workouts with japanese wrestlers that left him bruised from head to toe. He once marched two British visitors right through a Duck Pond on the White Theodore Roosevelt a a Man who helped shape the modern presidency the inexhaustible  a president Bush House grounds that fortunately turned out to be Only 3 feet deep. Roosevelt Only 42 when he became president in 1901 upon the assassination of William Mckinley was the first Tennis playing president As Well As the first to ride in an automobile Fly in a plane sail on a submarine and venture abroad. He dispensed with the formality of being addressed As a your excellency and paid no heed to Public opinion. Mccullough quoted the rough rider As saying a i done to know what they think. I just know what they ought to  when Congress objected to his sending 16 . Battleships on a tour around the world Roosevelt sent the Fleet off anyway. A Theodore determined that there was enough Money in the Treasury to Send them Halfway. So he said a ill Send them Halfway and Congress can decide whether to appropriate the Money to bring them Back again a a said Mccullough author of a mornings on horseback a an account of Roosevelt a Early years. Roosevelt was a prime participant in a rampant wild Pillow fights almost every night with his six children the writer said. He went on a real life safari after leaving office in 1909, but his reluctance once to fire upon a Small Bear led a new York toy maker to conceive a Novelty item the a a Teddy Bear. He set aside millions of acres for nation Al forests and Parks and a did More for conservation than any president before and very few since a Mccullough said. He renovated a a somewhat Creepy White House and scuttled plans to fill the mansion with offices and make the president live elsewhere. A the  spell Worth anything a but read a Book each night and could quote from the books years later the author said. He created a stir in the South by inviting Booker t. Washington of Tuskegee Institute As the first Black dinner guest at the White House. That so delighted pianist Scott Joplin that he promptly wrote a the strenuous life rage in Roosevelt a Honor. Mccullough interrupted his narrative and had a pianist play the piece for the audience. A this words Many of them written or spoken so Long ago still have enormous Validity today a said Mccullough. Among Roosevelt a sayings quoted by Mccullough a this country will not be a permanently Good place for any of us to live unless we make it a reasonably Good place for All of us to  Brandt says Unity has to he achieved soon Providence . Apr former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt said More time should be taken to properly reunite the two Ger Many but East Germany a dire Straits has left leaders with no Choice but to move quickly. A we would appreciate a Little More time on it if we can a he said sunday but the a desperate communist leaders of East Germany a opened the Border and left the rest to the  a two years would have been better a he said a although quarrels about details would naturally arise. Brandt delivered the commencement address at the new England Institute of technology a graduation ceremonies. At a press conference afterwards he said the United states should concentrate on maintaining Good relations with the soviet Union and leave the business of an economically unified Europe to europeans. A it is mostly a task for the european Community a Brandt said. When asked for his reaction to president Bush a measured responses to Lithuania a declaration of Independence and soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev a economic blockades there Brandt said a Why should i go beyond what he is saying a Brandt West Germany a Chancellor from 1969 to 1974, stressed that a United Germany would pose no military or economic threat to neighbouring countries once the european Community is functioning in 1992. Willy Brandt Fri alerts Arkansas churches to scrutinize mail for bombs Little Rock Ark. Apr the Fri is warning churches in Arkansas to be on the Lookout for mail bombs. Fri agent Charles Williams sent letters to Church administrators of several denominations urging them to be wary of any unsolicited packages with a fictitious North Carolina return address that might be rigged to explode when opened. Authorities have said two mail bombs that exploded in a Texas Church in january and at the Christian broadcasting network in Virginia last month were sent from Bladen county . The Fri declined to elaborate on what prompted Williams warning. Margaret Ault Secretary to United methodist Church Bishop Richard d. Wilke said the Bishop sent about 650 warning letters to every United methodist Church in the state saturday. At the Cathedral of St. Andrew the Rev. Francis Malone said roman Catholic Bishop Andrew Mcdonald sent letters to All Catholic institutions in the state. A bomb exploded in the 10,000-member intercom National Lakewood Church in Northeast Houston in late january. One person was injured. On april 27, a bomb in a package addressed to the Rev. Pat Robertson at the Christian broadcasting co. In Virginia Beach va., exploded in the Mai room when it was opened by a Security guard. The guard was hospitalized with shrapnel wounds in one leg. Fra pulls diet cookie off Market disputing its varied health claims Jackson miss. Apr the . Food and drug administration has ordered a controversial diet cookie taken off the Market citing a inappropriate health  Phoenix International marketing co. In Sparks nev., has five Days to Stop distributing the Phoenix diet cookie which has been under investigation by authorities in Mississippi and Louisiana. A we feel that it makes inappropriate health claims a Jeff Nesbit spokesman for the Fra in Washington said saturday. He said the Agency hand delivered a letter Friday ordering the cookie off the Market. The Fra and the Mississippi attorney general a office Are investigating the company a claims that the cookie helps prevent High blood pressure diabetes cancer and other diseases. The Fra disputes the company a claim that the cookie will Speed the elimination of digested food. The cookie billed As High fiber and Low cholesterol does no to meet Fra standards to be called Low calorie and in fact has a High caloric Content Nesbit said. If the company refuses to follow the of Day a order the Agency would seek a Federal court order.. Asks if to wring debts from delinquent nations Washington apr Treasury Secretary Nicholas f. Brady said monday the United states will support increasing the resources of the International monetary fund Only if it agrees to crack Down on poor countries behind in their loan payments. Bradys comments to i mfg a policy making interim committee came one Day after finance leaders of the worlds seven largest Industrial Powers endorsed a 50 percent boost in the funds resources to $180 billion from the current $120 billion. Brady acknowledged that the 152-nation lending organization needs More Money to meet new demand for its Loans from Eastern european countries moving from communism to capitalism As Well As for developing nations. Although the United states had supported a smaller boost he said it has agreed to 50 percent As a Compromise. A we firmly believe that the if must have adequate resources. To continue to fulfil its critical responsibilities in the world Economy a he said. However he said the United states would support an increase in capital contributions from member nations called quotas Only if the fund adopts a new Strat Nicholas Brady egy to extract $4 billion in Back payments from 11 countries a Sudan Zambia Peru Honduras Guyana Cambodia Vietnam Liberia Panama Sierra Leone and Somalia. A these arrears pose a fundamental Challenge to the i mfg a financial integrity and its Central role in the world Economy a Brady said. The group of seven a finance ministers and Central Bank chiefs from the United states Japan West Germany great Britain France Canada and Italy a met sunday in an ornate caucus room in the Capitol. They said a 50 percent quota increase a would provide the fund with the resources to fulfil its Central responsibilities in the world  if managing director Michel Ca Dessus originally sought a 100 percent increase to enable the fund to support emerging capitalism in Eastern Europe and Back Bradys strategy for casing the crushing $ 1.3 trillion third world debt