European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday january 7, 1991 the stars and stripes a a a Page 7words of War heard throughout Ponder Call to arms in Middle East by the associated press the Coffee chatter at a Denny a in Dallas touches on local politics and sports icy weather and wintertime blues and ultimately to the situation in the persian Gulf. A a next to sex we talk about it More than anything a said Joe Gordon who was arguing with co workers Over whether the United states should go to Iraq. At Martins food amp drink in Boston Bob i Leo thought president Bush should order an attack. But at Johnson a cafe in Estes Park Colo., waitress sunny a Weiblinger said she thinks Bush has to get permission from Congress and Congress should say no. Across the country at lunch counters Coffee shops and stations americans said Friday they were apprehensive about the persian Gulf situation. They said they were studying it closely and discussing it with friends but remained divided Over what action the nation should take a nobody wants a War. They re showing our service. Men and women on television waving and laughing and saying a i mom i dad a and in two weeks they could be coming Home in body bags. Its crazy a a Weiblinger said. A a a a a i done to think the president should do it All by himself a she added. A i think he should consult Congress. I done to think it should be one Many a decision a said Annie Canipe 72, who joins her friends for Coffee every Friday at the Dunk in Dine in Sandy Springs a. A i have two opinions a said Ray Lester of Dallas who works for an International insurance company. A i really done to want to see it break out in a War. But if we re committed we should move. I feel the country should stand Strong and Tell him Saddam Hussein to get Bob Kelly a 49-year-old Vietnam Veteran interviewed at a Brigham a in Boston said a i think we ought to do it or get out. Right now i think we should do it. We be already committed. We should stay with our a a a a a. A a a a a some said they were following the debate in Washington Over whether Bush can act without a declaration of War from Congress. / a Congress wants to have it both ways. They want to say they re reluctant to go to War but they done to actually want to vote against going to War because that would seem to undercut american troops in saudi Arabia a said David Mirchin a 33-Ycar-old lawyer at the milk Street cafe in Boston. Joe Gordon right and co worker Steve Morgan discuss War and peace at a Dallas Coffee shop. A i think president Bush should have congressional approval to declare War but it scares me because Congress will sit on their duffs and make it Long and drawn out a said real estate agent Judy Nystrom 55 of Estes Park Colo. At a local Estes Park station Mechanic Bill not Arianni 49, pulled his head from underneath a Chevrolet Long enough to declare a it should be a joint venture. Bush and Congress a and everybody a should have a say. If he Bush can get away with it hell do it. But i done to think the american people will tolerate it. They re getting mad just like 25 years ago with Vietnam a a it would be better if the president and Congress could get together on it but i feel like Bush is going to push it a said Virginia Manion a Dallas nurse whose son is preparing to go to saudi Arabia with his army unit and whose Stepson is a reservist also preparing to head to the Gulf. A i think most people Are very uneasy right now a she a i believe the president has the Power to declare War without Congress but i done to believe he should a said to Jones 59, the owner of la place de to dress shop. A to me that Falls into the category of a dictator a Brett Michel a 20-year-old Illustrator dining at a Yuppie Boston eatery the Boston Coffee Exchange said a a it a a global Issue. Its not just America involved. Bush is just one person. He a not god. I basically think its inevitable but we be still got to try to resolve this whole Over Coffee after a country lunch that overflowed their plates at the Dixie diner in Alpharetta ga., a group of county sewer crewmen got around to the familiar subject of War making. A sooner or later somebody la always bring that up a said Terry Adams. He and the four other men agreed that Bush should decide not Congress. A one of Mem ought to be making the decision. I think it ought to be the president a said Bobby Sanders. A a everybody a pretty much fed up with Congress the others mostly in their 3 a nodded. A i think if they were going to do something a Joe Gunter said a they should have already taken editors note this Story was compiled by associated press regional reporters George Esper based in Boston Christopher Sullivan based in Atlanta Scott Mccartney based in Dallas and Tad Hartimus based in wis. Lawmaker fights alien world by the new York times Washington a two months ago Scott Klug of Wisconsin won an election to Congress and thereby entered an alien world. Now he grapples with what his chief aide Calls a the monster a the letters Telephone Calls resumes and bureaucratic decisions that can engulf new lawmakers. For rep. Klug the 37-year-old former television Anchorman who scored a stunning upset Over democratic incumbent Robert w. Kastenmeier the pressure goes beyond jus t setting up an office in a new City and a new profession. Klug says his performance in the 102nd Congress is critical to his future in Washington. As a political Novice and a freshman in the minority party he has Little influence. And the democrats he says want his Scalp. A a they Veas much As said this is an aberration that w ill not a and a Jug said referring to his election in a District that includes the Liberal bastion of Madison. A the scandal crowd will be Here forever for better or worse and i can never make them Happy unless i become a Democrat or More like a while Kluge a political challenges May be creator than those of some other new Comers they have at least one thing in common. V a a it a culture Shock a said Rick Shapiro. Director of the congressional management foundation a research organization that tries to help Congress operate More efficiently. A new members have been thrown into a new environment. And Many of the decisions they make now Are going to lock them on courses that they re going to follow for the rest of their Klug and the other 43 new House Mem Bers were Given guidance in seminars by the House administration and ethics committees As Well As a six Day program at Harvard a John f. Kennedy school of government. But As helpful As the conferences Are Klug said the work on the horizon can be distracting. A it was not so much that i was running around As it was that i had to sit in a room for eight hours a Day when there were 9,000 other things to do a he said referring to the Kennedy school session. A there i was in a Roo with my hands folded listening to a lecture on microeconomics. Its sort of like taking exams when you re about to get before he decided to run Klug planned to go into the business Side of journalism and was working on a masters degree in business administration at Northwestern. One night Over pizza and Beer a Friend suggested he run against Kastenmeier. A i do have a certain entrepreneurial spirit and i wanted to be the Captain of my own ship a Klug said. A in a lot of ways Congress will be fun a its something in be wanted to do for a Long among the tasks Klug faced were hiring a staff selecting a Telephone system and deciding where to open a District office. Decisions ranged from ordering carpeting to How to spend the $475,000 each. Member is granted to pay for the up to ih1 full time and four part time aides. Through it All he has had to Cope with what he views As an antiquated computer he inherited from Kastenmeier. A i done to think that Bob has sabotaged us a he said. A but they Haven to exactly Given us the world. When we turn on the computer it says and not Nuch on issues Klug said he planned to. Begin modestly by a focusing on the needs of his District. He added that he would work to create Laws to limit the terms that members can serve. He said he also wants to see safer conditions for farm workers and their children tougher penalties for environmental polluters and a Cap on gov eminent spending. His administrative assistant Brandon Scholz the former executive director of the Wisconsin Republican party will work most of the time in Madison with people who specialize in cutting red tape for constituents Klug said. In Washington Klug will work with a group of aides hired from other congressional offices. In addition to staffing his office King must create a system to handle the flood of mail. The volume into congressional offices has grown by 2,000 percent in the last 20 years the congressional management foundation says. Most members receive Between 500 and 1,000 letters a week. It although mail absorbs much staff time members rarely spend a lot of time on it. Machines do most of that work according to Mark Bisnow a former congressional aide w to describes the life of a staff member in his Book a in the Shadow of the As Bisnow puts it a everyone thinks they re getting a personal letter. But its really More of a publishers dear ing House asked How much mail he had gotten Klug said a i done to have any idea w hats in there and i done to want to look. I think probably bring it into the office with a a
