European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Carter the peacemaker treads where others have stumbled by Oan Sewell the associated press Here he goes again. J just Back from the dramatic Haiti it Mission which followed grueling trips to five african nations and Russia Jimmy Garter kept up a torrid schedule a meetings with diplomats from both Korea and other nations Telephone checks with All the key players on Haiti a trip to Memphis tenn., to receive a civil rights award and three Atlanta speeches to promote the Carter Center s ambitious Agenda. Disdaining sleep and jogging regularly As much As three Miles in a morning the former president who turned 70 on saturday claims the schedule was just Quot a Normal week Quot for  has gotten use to being in the world s spotlight. The agreement that he retired Cen. Colin Powell and sen. Sam Nunn a Ca made with Haiti s military rulers to Avert us. Invasion came four months after Carter s  to North Korea to defuse the nuclear crisis there a. A a z a a a. _ z. The two missions focused attention on a new world role fora Man Quot whose presidency was undermined by such foreign policy breakdowns As the Iran hostage crisis the soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the cuban boat lift. A Quot he s Well recognized As someone who has earned tremendous Trust in conflict Resolution said Edward Seaga the former jamaican prime minister also involved in Haiti diplomatic efforts he is turning out to be More effective As a Farmer president than As a  it  Ike this on a fairly regular basis Quot Carter a w a pm. Quot / j a 1 Quot 1 a a a i 5 v amp j. 1 /. A Viz it �?~11? \ Quot s j a it it Quot v a % pm a avid it / h _ i a it it t a a air n a # vyv % 1 it it c v Quot a it k0  sgt 4 % s 4a a 4, yet it v a. A it a 1 let la it a a Quot former president Carter followed by sen. Sam Nunn and retired Gen. Colin Powert takes a break from talks with Haiti in military leaders in port a Prince last month. Professed during a break in his Busy schedule saying a a a a a a Quot there is riot much interest Quot Here at Home in most of the problems he tackles in third world nations Quot we go where others Are not treading Carter added in a speech. A. R a in recent years he s mediated talks involving warring factions in Ethiopia Sudan and Liberia and monitored democratic efforts in latin american trouble spots a this month s trip was his eighth to Haiti alone. Among those who have called on Carter conflict / Buster Are now deposed ethiopian Leader Mengistu Haile Mariam somali clan Leader Mohamed Farrah aided who wrote Tarter and sent a delegation to Atlanta and Fidel Castro who telephoned Carter during the most recent cuban exodus. / v a a a. A a a a Quot we meet with people that the United states considers unsavoury Quot Carter said leaders Quot who Are looking for. Somebody to listen to their . He repeatedly insisted that he defers to the president although his usurping of . Diplomats roles and tendency to go on television to tout his missions led him to joke about Quot my revered state department a  the Carter Center he and former first lady Rosalynn. Carter founded in 1982 grew out of efforts to raise his spirits after his humiliating i 980 landslide loss to president Carter and wife Rosalyn arrive in South Korea for talks with North korean officials in june. Quot we decided that it would be better to continue using my influence perhaps with greater Freedom now to promote the same ideals i had espoused during my. Presidency Quot Carter recounted a keeping Faith his a president to Moirs Quot these were hazy ideas at Best but they gave us something to anticipate  be exciting and challenging during the years  the nonprofit Carter Center financed by corporations foundations and individual donors is affiliated with Atlanta s Emory University and now has 250 employees More than 100 student interns and dozens More volunteers. A besides conflict mediation and elections monitoring the Center has 26 health and agricultural projects in Africa that include efforts to eradicate Guinea worm disease and River blindness. It s also working to promote radio and television Freedom in the former soviet Union and in Atlanta running a 3-year-old experimental project to ease inner City problems. Quot r a / Carter said he Hopes to raise a $100 million endowment that will keep the Carter Center going after he and Rosalynn who have utilitarian living quarters at the Center with a fold out bed and tiny Kitchen retire to the Plains ga., Home where they spend weekends when in the United states. / a z Carter does t respond to occasional speculation which has become frequent that he s a prime candidate for the Nobel peace prize. He s believed to have been nominated for the award at least five times most prominently for his role in mediating the 1978 israeli egyptian peace Accord reached at Camp David. The winners that year were his co negotiators. Menachem begin and Anwar Sadat. Quot somebody recommends him every time Quot said his a longtime Friend and adviser Charles Kirbo. Quot i m sure it would be Nice for him but i Don t think he s worried. About winning the thing. Quot he just likes to work and he has a lot of stamina. He s having a Good  How the Carters summer Here is a month by month summary of former president Carter s 1994 summer a june Carter and wife Rosalynn spent a week in North and Outh Korea for mediation that defused escalating tensions Over nuclear. Development it included unprecedented talks with North korean dictator Kim ii Sung. / they attended a conference in Nicaragua on. Democracy and economic Reform. A july the Carters spent one week at the Cheyenne River Sioux Indian reservation in South Dakota building Homes As habitat for humanity volunteers. A a / 1 they spent to o weeks in Japan meeting with japanese officials participating in the american festival Japan 94, a cultural Exchange festival and pursuing Leisure activities that included climbing a mount Fuji. A a August the Carters went to Albany ga., to help flood victims. _ on aug. 29, they began a 12-Day african trip to visit Carter Center projects in Liberia Ghana Chad Mauritania and  september from Africa the Carters went to St. Petersburg Russia for meetings of a commission formed to promote radio and television Freedom in the former soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Back in Atlanta on sept. 14, Carter began Telephone talks that led to the Haiti Mission sept. 17-18 that averted . Invasion. A the associated press the Carters take time out from their negotiating missions to lend habitat for humanity a hand. _ former presidents successes underline contrasts with Clinton by Marsha Mercer Media general newspapers Immy Carter is not the first former president to refuse to go quietly into retirement. A John Quincy Adams became a z congressman and William Howard Taft chief Justice Theodore Roosevelt whipped up Public support for entering world War i. And Harry turban sent Herbert Hoover on a humanitarian Mission delivering food to Europe  War if and asked him to reorganize the executive Branch. Or it z but Carter has done something Quot amazingly original Quot in carving a Niche for himself in the Public consciousness. Said presidential historian Leo Ribuffo. Z Quot now in any emergency americans Are going to say / let s Send Jimmy Carter before we do anything else Quot. That s great for Carter but not for president Clinton. White Clinton badly needs a boost with the american people Carter gets the credit for being to id. Z Ribuffo a professor at George Washington University who is writing a Book about Carter said Clinton s Rocky a experience with Carter May teach future occupants of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue How not to u be thcir7 predecessors. Z a  Quot Quot z a a a while Carter s negotiating trips defused crises in North Korea and Haiti at least temporarily the missions also spotlighted the administration s inability to conduct foreign policy without Quot assistance. Quot plus Carter made no secret that be initiated his foreign policy adventures because he deeply disapproved of the Clinton administration s approach. Carter has used his a emissions to Bend policy his Way and he intends to keep at it. Carter dropped hints recently that he May return to the korean Peninsula and that he s willing to help with Cuba in a time when Many people loathe politicians Carter offers expertise and credibility. He s not running for a anything. But Carter s father knows of fest Independence is trouble for Clinton. _. Quot Carter s very willing to go beyond his instructions. But we can Only have one president at a time said Stephen Hess of the Brookings institution. Quot Clinton has a right to worry about someone who puts him Irta position he can t  v a z1 z Carter has tried to downplay his disagreements with Clinton but unquestionably there s a Strain Carter and Clinton Are temperamentally very different. Nobody Ever called Carter Slick Jimmy. Testy and Cool yes. W Hile Carter is unfazed by what people think Clinton is warm a Hugger he seeks approval constantly and wants to be liked. In making a decision Carter gathers All the fads studies them arrives at what he believes is the Best policy and is impatient to act. V Clinton s agonizingly slow decision making process is Well known. He listens to everybody weighs the. Arguments and frequently changes his mind no decision is final. Moments after announcing to the nation that an invasion of Haiti was the Only possible course Clintell walked into a meeting on whether to Send Garter to negotiate. A z Clinton As president has to juggle  opinion political pressures the niceties of diplomacy v Carter s a free agent unfettered by peripheral concerns he cuts to the heart of the matter. A a a �1. A. ,. A a a a a in Haiti Carter ignored Clinton s demand not to Deal with Emile Jonassaint the interim president installed by the military. Clinton finally relented agreeing to let Jonassaint sign the agreement. Such flexibility allowed Carter to Cut the Deal that averted a hostile invasion but it left Clinton appearing weak. So did Praise by Carter and other members of the Quot negotiating team of the military leaders As honorable men just Days after Clinton characterized them As murdering thugs. A a z a z Zig a Quot historians say that Clinton  himself to blame both presidents Reagan and Bush kept Carter on a very tight Leash. When Carter offered his negotiating services they firmly refused. A a _ scholars disagree about Why Carter has stayed so Busy. Many say he desperately wants to repair his image As a failed president who was  his bid for Quot re _ election. But Ribuffo maintains that of a recent z a presidents Carter is least concerned about his place Irr history1 a z Zzz Quot a Quot Carter is working in his Christian fashion to make the world better Quot much As he does by spending a week every year building houses for the poor Ribuffo said a a a Scrippa Howard nows to Vico Quot president Clinton with t f a Carter at his Side explains the terms of the agree ment on Haiti. 16 the stars and stripes monday october 3,1994 the stars and stripes 17