Arms proposals score bi
with' European leaders
From Associated Press reports
BRUSSELS, Belgium - From
socialist France, traditionally wary of
American influence in Europe, to
conservative Britain, eagle-eyed for
any sign of U.S. isolationism, the
Europeans are crediting President
Bush with seizing back the arms
control initiative for the West.
For Bush, the NATO summit
marked an impressive debut with
America's often restive West Euro
pean allies.
Gone are the grumblings about
Bush's getting off to a slow start,
leaving foreign policy vacuums and
letting Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gor
bachev hog the stage.
And the plaudits were a good deal
more than official courtesy demanded.
"Mr. Bush is a very sympathetic
man. He looks toward Europe, he
has a feeling for Europe, he is an
understanding ally," French President
Francois Mitterrand told a news con
ference at the end of the two-day
summit Tuesday.
Bush scored his biggest hit by
unveiling sweeping proposals for big
cuts in American and Soviet troops
strengths and conventional arms in
Europe.
The initiative, presented as a chal
lenge to Gorbachev, could end the
much-feared Soviet superiority in
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conventional weapons. It also was a
major factor in pushing the divided
Europeans into an agreement on the
future of short-range nuclear missiles,
by tying negotiations to the implem
entation of an accelerated conven
tional arms agreement
Even British Prime Minister Mar
garet Thatcher, who has said in the
past that any cut in U.S. troop levels
in Europe would send the wrong sig
nal to the Soviets, welcomed the pros
pect of troop reductions to 275,000
soldiers each.
Along with the other NATO lead
ers, she said the plan had been the
key factor in averting a deadlock over
the future of short-range nuclear
missiles.
Immediately after Bush unveiled
the offer in a closed-door meeting of
the allies, Mrs. Thatcher said the presi
dent had "transformed the summit"
"His leadership set the tone for
the whole meeting," said NATO
Secretary-General Manfred Woerner.
With a last-minute compromise,
the allies agreed to superpower ne
gotiations to reduce the weapons, but
only on strict conditions linked to
progress on both getting and carry
ing out conventional arms cuts.
"I think he has given a very clear
lead," said Mrs. Thatcher. "But I never
had much doubt about the quality of
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(his) leadership. I much prefer a leader
to be measured rather than dashing
into things. In the long run you get
policies right."
Mrs. Thatcher, who had an excep
tionally close relationship with for
mer President Ronald Reagan, ap
peared at the summit to strike a good
personal note with Bush.
Because of the alphabetical ar
rangement United Kingdom and
United States the two leaders sat
next to each other throughout the
summit and usually left meetings
chatting together.
British officials said they had no
sense that Bush's proposals to with
draw some American troops reflected
a desire for the United States to loosen
the costly ties that now bind it to
Western Europe's defense.
"We saw it seizing back the arms
control initiative, and that's not to be
sneezed at," said a senior British of
ficial. Said Spanish Prime Minister Fe
lipe Gonzalez: "European unity is
reaffirmed."
For Bush, it seemed, at least for
now, things could not have gone bet
ter. "I was elected to do what I think
is right," he said. "I have been told
by others here that the allies really
have never had a meeting that is more
upbeat Whatever political arrows may
have been fired my way, it's all been
worth it."
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From Associated Press reports
WASHINGTON - Claude Den
son Pepper, whose political odys
sey took him from the Senate to
the House, spanned 53 years and
10 presidents, and made him the
unrivaled champion of America's
senior citizens, died Tuesday at
age 88.
Pepper, the Florida Democrat,
was elected to the Senate in 1936
as a liberal crusader for Franklin
Roosevelt's New Deal. He
promptly made his mark as an
architect of some of the nation's
most enduring "safety net" pro
grams, including Social Security,
the minimum wage, and medical
assistance for the elderly and for
handicapped children.
Pepper, who was the oldest
member in Congress, remained in
the Senate for 14 years. After an
interlude practicing law and teach
ing following a bitter re-election
defeat, he began a House career
that would include 14 terms.
Among several leadership posts
over the years, he was most re
cently chairman of the Rules
Committee, a position he took
because of its influence in decid
ing what bills would go to the
floor affecting the elderly and poor.
Pepper also gained prominence
as chairman of the House Select
Committee on Aging, an advisory
forum that he unabashedly used
to draw public attention to the
problems of old people. He was
instrumental in the passage of the
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News in Brief
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Oil spill toll piles up
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Dead
animals are piling up in refriger
ated trailers on the coast as offi
cials collect evidence of the vast
damage caused by the oil spilled
from the tanker Exxon Valdez.
The carcasses of 22,818 mi
gratory birds, 733 sea otters and
51 birds of prey, most of them
bald eagles, had been collected,
tagged and stored by Tuesday at
four coastal cities.
The gooey fingers of the spill
have drifted more than 500 miles
from Prince William Sound across
the Gulf of Alaska and beyond
Kodiak Island. About 11 million
gallons of oil spilled from gashes
in the Exxon Valdez when it ran
aground March 24.
"They are saying these num
bers are about 5 percent of the
actual number impacted from this,"
said Craig Tidrick, a Fish and
Wildlife Service employee in Val
dez. 'The carcasses are being saved
for evidence ... for the courts."
Surveys are underway, but the
federal government has not yet
made an official estimate of the
wildlife deaths.
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