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Heritage Sets
1989 Priorities
A s o ffic ia l W a s h i n g t o n w e lc o m e d a
n e w P r e s id e n t a n d C o n g re ss, m e m b e rs
o f H e r i t a g e 's s e n i o r m a n a g e m e n t te a m
w e re p re p a rin g fo r th e y e a r ah ea d .
W i t h a n e y e to w a r d h e lp i n g t o i n s t i t u ­
t io n a l iz e t h e c o n s e r v a t i v e g a in s o f t h e
l a s t e i g h t y e a r s ( s e e P r e s i d e n t ’s
M e s s a g e , t h i s p a g e ), t h e y s e le c te d s e v e n
k e y i s s u e s t o w h ic h H e r i t a g e w ill d e v o te
s p e c ia l a t t e n t i o n d u r i n g t h e y e a r.
W h il e H e r i t a g e w ill c o n t i n u e to
m o n i t o r a n d p u b l i s h o n d o z e n s o f is s u e s
— in
1 9 8 8 , fo r e x a m p le , H e r i ta g e
p u b l i s h e d w e ll o v e r 2 0 0 p o lic y p a p e r s —
s p e c ia l a t t e n t i o n a n d i n c r e a s e d re s o u r c e s
w ill b e d e v o te d t o t h e fo llo w in g :
• T h e S tr a te g ic D e fe n s e In itia tiv e
(S D I). H e r i t a g e h a s lo n g b e e n a m a j o r
v o ic e in t h e s t r a t e g i c d e f e n s e d e b a t e (see
“ D e b a t e s F o c u s o n S D I , " H eritage To­
day, S e p t e m b e r / O c t o b e r 1 988). B e fo re
P r e s i d e n t B u s h ’s I n a u g u r a t i o n ,

President's Message

Kind, Gentle
Conservatism
H o w t i m e s h a v e c h a n g e d in t h e l a s t
e i g h t y e a r s . I n 1 9 8 0 , t h e A m e r ic a n p e o ­
p le s e n t a m e s s a g e t o W a s h in g t o n : W e ’re
fe d u p w i t h l ib e r a l p o lic ie s t h a t h a v e
b r o u g h t a n e v e r-m o re -in tru siv e g o v e rn ­
m e n t a t h o m e w h ile d im in is h in g
A m e r ic a n s t r e n g t h a n d r e s p e c t a b r o a d .
R o n a ld R e a g a n w a s e le c t e d t o c o r r e c t
t h i s , a n d b y a n d l a r g e h e d id . H e r i ta g e
r e s e a r c h a n d a n a l y s i s h e lp e d t h e R e a g a n
a d m in is tr a tio n s e t w h a t p ro v e d to b e a
re m a rk a b ly s u c c e ss fu l a g en d a .
W h e n G e o r g e B u s h w a s e le c t e d l a s t
y e a r , t h e m e s s a g e f r o m t h e A m e r ic a n
p e o p le w a s n o t “ W e ’re fe d u p , ” b u t
" K e e p u p th e g o o d w o rk ." I n a se n se , th e
R e a g a n R e v o lu t i o n is o v e r , a n d w e h a v e
w o n — c o n s e r v a t i v e p o lic ie s t h a t w e re
c o n s id e re d re v o lu tio n a r y o r o u t o f th e
m a in s tr e a m a d e c a d e a g o a re n o rm a l an d
re s p e c ta b le to d a y .
A s t h i s d e c a d e n o w d r a w s t o a c lo s e ,
t h e t a s k fo r G e o r g e B u s h a n d t h e c o n s e r-

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H e rita g e P re s id e n t E dw in J . Feulner, J r. (second from right) a n d E xecutive Vice P resid e n t P hillip N T ru lu ck
(n o t show n) w ere a m o n g co n se rv a tiv e leaders w ho briefed G eorge B ush d u rin g th e p re sid en tial tr a n s it:on.
A lso show n a re D aniel C asey, E x e c u tiv e D irector of th e A m erican C onservative U nion, a n d P hyllis S c h la fh
P resid e n t o f th e E agle Forum .

H e r i ta g e P r e s i d e n t E d w i n J . F e u ln e r ,
J r . , E x e c u t i v e V ic e P r e s i d e n t P h illip N .
T r u lu c k , a n d k e y fo r e ig n p o lic y a n d
d e fe n s e e x p e r ts b rie fe d D e fe n se
S e c re ta ry -d e s ig n a te J o h n T o w e r a n d N a­
tio n a l S e c u r it y A d v i s e r B r e n t S c o w c ro ft
o n S D I a n d t h e M a n d a te I I I r e c o m m e n ­
d a tio n s o n th e p ro g ra m .
S D I , i f s u c c e s s f u l, w o u ld e n d t h e
t h r e a t o f n u c le a r w a r, e n a b l i n g t h e
U n ite d S ta te s to re s p o n d to a n e n e m y
m is s ile a t t a c k b y d e s t r o y i n g t h e m is s ile s
r a t h e r t h a n c it i e s , s a y s H e r i ta g e S e n io r
V ic e P r e s i d e n t a n d D i r e c t o r o f R e s e a r c h
B u r t o n Y a le P in e s . I f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s
s u c c e s s f u ll y d e p lo y e d S D I , h e a d d s , “ t h e
S o v i e t U n io n w o u ld n o l o n g e r b e a s u p e r ­
p o w e r. I t i n s t e a d w o u ld b e s e e n fo r w h a t
i t r e a lly i s — e c o n o m ic a lly a n d p o litic a lly
j u s t a l a r g e T h ir d - W o r ld n a t i o n . "
H e r i t a g e D e p u t y D i r e c t o r o f D e fe n s e
P o lic y S t u d i e s K im R . H o lm e s , w h o
e d i t s t h e m o n th l y S D I R eport, k e e p s
H e r i t a g e o n t o p o f t h e l a t e s t d e v e lo p ­
m e n t s in s t r a t e g i c d e f e n s e t e c h n o lo g y
a n d p o lic y .
• T h e S o v i e t C h a ll e n g e a n d t h e
L ib e r a t i o n D o c t r in e . B y S o v ie t s t a n ­
d a r d s , M ik h a il G o r b a c h e v is a y o u n g ,
d y n a m i c le a d e r . B u t w h e t h e r h i s a im is
t r u l y t o r e f o r m t h e S o v i e t U n io n o r m e r e ­

ly t o p u t a n e w fa c e o n t h e o ld e v il e m p i r e
r e m a in s to b e se e n . L e o n A ro n ,
H e r i t a g e ’s S a l v a t o r i F e llo w in S o v i e t
S tu d ie s , k e e p s a w a tc h fu l e y e on
d e v e lo p m e n ts b e h in d th e Iro n C u rta in
a n d t h e i r i m p l i c a t io n s fo r U .S . p o lic y .
A s M a n d a te I I I c o n t r i b u t o r a n d
H e r ita g e A d ju n c t S c h o la r R ic h a rd
P ip e s , D i r e c t o r o f t h e F o r e i g n P o lic y
R e se a rc h I n s titu te , n o te s , “ N o th in g
t h u s f a r ... h a s p r o m p t e d a n y f u n d a m e n ­
t a l o r s t r u c t u r a l , m u c h l e s s ir r e v e r s i b le ,
c h a n g e in t h e S o v i e t p o litic a l, e c o n o m ic ,
o r s o c ia l o r d e r ." P i p e s s a y s U .S . p o lic y
t o w a r d t h e S o v i e t U n io n s h o u l d b e
g u i d e d b y f o u r g e n e r a l g o a ls : t o r e d u c e
t h e S o v ie t m i l i t a r y t h r e a t t h r o u g h e f f e c ­
t i v e d e t e r r e n c e , t o e n c o u r a g e t h e S o v i e ts
a n d th e ir c lie n ts to a d o p t “ fo re ig n a n d
d o m e s tic p o lic ie s m o r e c o m p a t i b l e w i t h
W e s te r n s e c u r i t y a n d v a l u e s , " t o c o u n t e r
t h e e f f e c ti v e S o v i e t p u b l ic d i p lo m a c y e f ­
f o r t in W e s te r n E u r o p e , a n d t o r e s i s t
S o v ie t e x p a n s io n i s m i n t h e T h i r d W o r ld .
A n o t h e r M a n d a te I I I c o n t r i b u t o r .
J a c k W h e e le r , P r e s i d e n t o f t h e F r e e d o m
R e se a rc h F o u n d a tio n , u r g e s t h a t th e
U n i t e d S t a t e s p u r s u e a “ L ib e r a t i o n D o c ­
t r i n e " a im e d a t r o l li n g b a c k t h e S o v i e t
e m p ir e . W h e e le r , w h o h a s v i s i t e d a n ti -

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Inside this issue:
• B u r t P i n e s d i s c u s s e s B u s h 's p r i o r i t i e s a n d R e a g a n ’s l e g a c y

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• H e r i t a g e c o n f e r e n c e e x a m i n e s h o m e l e s s n e s s ; S t u a r t B u t l e r ’s
c o n s e r v a t i v e w a r o n p o v e r t y .............................................

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• U .S .- M e x ic a n r e l a t i o n s f o c u s o f H e r i t a g e s e m i n a r

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HERITAGE TODAY

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 1989

I n d i a n a p o li s N e w s , D e c e m b e r 6 , 1988
N a t io n a l ly D i s t r i b u t e d b y K in g F e a t u r e s S y n d i c a t e

John Cham berlain

Bush and the environment
George Bush Is losing no time in pro­
claiming himself a leader of environm en­
talist causes. He is mindful that it was a
good Republican. Theodore Roosevelt,
who started the movement in the early
years of the century. After a rocky begin­
ning. the Reagan adm inistration h as left
Bush with a promising legacy. To quote
from Jam es M. Strock’s article in a re­
cent issue of Policy Review, the air in our
cities is much cleaner than it was two
decades ago; lead levels have declined, by
87_perccnt since 1977. and sulfur diox­
ide levels have gone down by 37 percent.
Bush's troubles, however, will multi­
ply when he comes to assess his own
priorities. We have gone mad about toxic
dumps, which must inevitably be moved
s l o w l y if they are to be something more
th an a mere shifting of debris from one
s p o t lo another. Superfurid money for a
hazardous waste cleanup has become an
e x p e n s i v e pork barrel and h as been
■Veined “largely ineffective and ineffi­
cient ' by Congress's own Office of Tech­
n o lo g y Assessment.
.St r o c k says “our current environm en­
tal budgetary priorities are out of sync
with the comparative risks presented.
F o r e x a m p l e , the federal government is

m arshaling far too many budgetary re­
sources for hazardous waste clean-up.
despite mounting evidence th at th e risks
presented are of lesser magnitude than
other environm ental threats, such a s ra ­
don gas exposure, stratospheric ozone
depletion, global warming, accidental
chemical releases, and w ater pollution
from agricultural sources."
Congress will almost certainly offer
dozens of bills to deal with a greenhouse
effect th a t many scientists consider to be
In the making. More and more money
could be going to the Environmental Pro­
tection Agency to ride herd on business.
This probability has moved the John
Adams Associates of Washington. D.C..
who are management consultants for
firms all over the world, to ask whether
“Bush and his appointees have a fighting
chance to explain how market m echa­
nism s can be used to limit pollution and
clean up the environm ent."
In its "M andate for Leadership III" the
Heritage Foundation says Bush can
strike a blow for efficiency and rational
m anagem ent by merging th e depart­
m ents of Energy and Interior into a new
Department of Natural Resources. The
Heritage authors. Gordon Jones, speak­

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ing for Interior, and Milton Cop
speaking for Energy, note th at "ther
many common issues affecting ci
and nonfuel m inerals th a t fall undei
Jurisdiction of both departm ents.
The Energy D epartm ent's defense-rV
ed activities could be moved to a n ag<
linked to th e Departm ent of Defense
With Nolan Clark, who exam ines
EPA. Gordon Jo n e s and Milt Copu
propose a variety of ways in which ei
nomic “ m arket forces can be used i
improve the environm ent far more effec
tively th an the heavy hand of rcgula
tion.”
Jones m entions selling 50-year leases
to federal livestock grazing lands which
would allow ran ch ers to "assum e th e
major responsibilities for such land while
guaranteeing continued open public ac
cess for hiking, hunting, and oth er recre
atlonal u ses." Government tim ber sales
th a t are subsidized below cost could be
stopped. Copulos ask s for a full deregula­
tion of the natural gas m arket in order to
promote a wider use of a clean-burning
fuel.

John Chamberlain w rites fo r King
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