European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes Friday june 8,1990 columns. A David s. Bro Derbush should heed Dukakis economic lesson snsf0b v amp Springfield mass. A ifs doubtful that in the excitement of the Summit meetings president Bush paid much notice to what happened Here last weekend. But the collapse of Massachusetts gov. Michael Dukakis political dynasty dramatized by the events at the stale democratic convention illustrates the risks Bush is taking in tying his most vital foreign policy decisions to the personal Fate of soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev. Two years ago the Man every Massachusetts pol Calls a Michael Quot dominated politics Here As completely As Gorbachev then controlled the Kremlin. Last weekend his lieutenant governor Evelyn Murphy lost the convention endorsement for governor to former attorney Gen Craf Francis x. Bellotti largely because the delegates thought she was too closely tied to Dukakis to be Able to win in november. To underline the message the delegates gave enough votes to Boston University president on leave John h. Silbur to qualify him to meet Bellotti and Murphy in the september primary. Silbur is a conservative Democrat who has proudly proclaimed that he had voted for Bush against Dukakis. What turned the tables was the slide of the new England Economy a which left Dukakis struggling with huge budget deficits and demanding tax increases As voters concerns about making mortgage payments and meeting the other Bills increased. Suddenly the Liberal programs that had been All the rage in the Days of the a Massachusetts Miracle became an Albatross his own supporters would not carry. A convention dominated by teachers Public employees politicians and Issue activists rejected the legacy and political heir of the Man who had governed Massachusetts longer than anyone else in its history and who had led the democrats quest for the White House less than two years ago. In terms of personality As sen. Lloyd Bentsen a Texas might say Michael Dukakis is no Mikhail Gorbachev. But he is like Gorbachev a Man who completely dominated a one party state and pushed relentlessly for programmatic and process reforms. And when the Economy unravelled under him the people and the politicians turned and savaged him. Bush has chosen to ignore the possibility that a similar Fate could be unfolding for his favorite negotiating partner. Throughout the Washington and Camp David meetings the american president Laboured to make Gorbachev look Good at Home a repeatedly rejecting the idea that the tailspin in the soviet Economy altered the terms of the discussions. That has been Bush a attitude toward Gorbachev from the Start. Five years ago last March when he met Gorbachev for the first time at the funeral of Konstantin Chernenko then vice president Bush said a if there Ever was a Lime when we could move Forward with Progress in the last few years id say that this is a Good time for  in his first meeting As president with the soviet Leader last december at Malta Bush reassured him a you Are dealing with an administration that wants to see the Success of what you Are  and last week at the Washington Summit Bush once again underlined his Faith in Gorbachev telling him that a i firmly believe As you have said that there is no turning Back from the path you have  his investment in the soviet Leader now outstrips in Fervour and in significance his personal and policy commitment to any of the leaders of the West. Bush has been generous in his acts of Friendship to Thatcher and Kohl to Mulroney and Kaifu and Mitterrand a but none of them has received the time the attention and the flattery he has lavished on Gorbachev. The evidence is lacking that Gorbachev for his part in any Way sentiment Alizes his relationship with Bush. The authors of the new Book a Gorbachev heretic in the Kremlin a Dusko Doder and Louise Branson formerly Moscow correspondents for the Washington Post and the sunday times of London write that Gorbachev a trusted Bush no More than Bush trusted him. But he needed the american presidents Goodwill speaking of the concessions Gorbachev has offered Over the last five years they observe a fall these moves have been calculated. Gorbachev knew that the Kremlin a global position was weakened. He has been engaged in a rebuilding of soviet society a and thus of soviet Power a and has been ready to pay the Price to gain Long term goals. If successful he expects a revival of soviet  no one with an ounce of realism can object to a soviet leaders setting that As his objective. But if Gorbachev is playing a game whose payoff will come after Bush has left the White House it is essential that american policy have a goal More significant and More Likely of accomplishment than merely keeping Gorbachev in Power. The spectacle in Springfield is a reminder a if one is needed a that ambitious goals and seeming popularity cannot survive an economic collapse. Boston and Worcester Are a lot More prosperous than Moscow and Leningrad. If Bush  bet his Domestic policy on Michael Dukakis should he bet his foreign policy on Mikhail Gorbachev c Washington Post writers group Martin Gottlie searching for courage among Kennedy liberals As politicians in Colombia were being killed because they were running for president a committee in Boston was selecting a Winner of the first John f. Kennedy profile in courage award for american politicians. Could the Kennedy people come up with examples of courage among american politicians in an age when the Public seems too uninterested in issues to hold any stance on anything against anybody a and when the politicians go through life Frozen by fear anyway the Kennedy people did about the Only thing they could do they went Back to the civil rights movement. The first Juk prize went to former . Rep. Carl a. Elliott 76, who had Strong Kennedy tics. Juk a in an Effort to get Liberal legislation through a House dominated by old South committee chairmen a fought successfully to add enlightened members to the crucial rules committee. One new member was Carl Elliott. The courage committee stressed Elliott a role in passage of the defense education act of 1958 Over the bitter opposition of Many southerners who feared that Washington a involvement in schools would mean enforced integration. Of course Elliott Wasny to alone among southerners in supporting the Bill. The other major sponsor was a senator from Alabama. However when Alabama lost a seat in the House the George Wallace forces who were running the state made sure that Elliott was the one squeezed out. Elliott later ran for governor and lost. According to the Kennedy people Elliott is now a will aging Blind impoverished alone and almost  it is difficult to object to an Effort to remember him for his work. Still the Kennedy people could hardly go Back to the civil rights movement and name Only a White male. Getting honorable mention from the com Mittee is Unita Blackwell since 1976 the mayor of Mayersville miss., who earlier was arrested a approximately 75 times Quot in a town a controlled by the Kun flux klan Quot and who eventually fought for government funds for her impoverished Community and helped to integrate the Mississippi democratic party. Two of the remaining three courage citations also have to do with race Leroy Collins was a pro civil rights governor of Florida in the 1950s and Henry Bellmon was governor of Oklahoma in the 1960s, then a senator and is now Jove or again. Bellmon is cited As a a eader in opposing controversial anti using measures which were popular in his own Republican party. The final citation is for rep. Morris Udall whose brother was a fkr a Secretary of Interior. To Udall now suffering from Parkinson a disease is cited primarily for his Early commitment to environmental Protection. The special sympathy of the Kennedy people not Only for liberals but for Ken Nedy liberals is palpable and understandable. The courage committee consists of a fkr a daughter Martin Luther Kings son former Kennedy administration officials and former Kennedy political allies. If these people want to Honor old liberals for their struggles and want to seek out those liberals for whom the struggle was hardest Fine. Its Good work. In the founding Book Juk insisted again and again that his interest was in honouring people not for being right but for being courageous. Still the liberals might Benefit from a Little bucking up from time to time by people who think they were right. However it probably wont be Long before the conservative heritage foundation or some such group feels called upon to set up a Silhouette in bravery award for people who have the moral courage to fight social Security Cost of living increases. Co news service